A The cheapest way to sell or buy stock is through an online broker over the Internet. Since you have stock certificates and want to do this easily, you may want to deal with a firm that has a local office. You could go to a discount broker such as Scottsdale Securities or TD Waterhouse and simply sell the shares. The costs at brokerage firms are somewhat dependent on the number of shares you are selling and the price of the shares. There is some play in the system depending on the circumstances, however.
Discount brokers have their limits, too.
But Scottsdale wouldn't allow you to do that if your intention was simply to perform that one transaction. Mutual confusion From time to time, I receive questions about the different share classes mutual fund companies use to identify types of shares. There may be another fee, however, when you sell the shares. As you run through the alphabet, the share types get confusing. To make matters worse, designations may vary among companies.