New Posts For Thread: Laying odds on here lower than the Books' best prices - a growing trend?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trendNoticed this alot over the weekend, generally on the footy I only lay at the highest odds being offered by online bookmakers, not everything gets matched but if the bets are up early enough the majority do in good markets.Off the top of my head I canHaven't noticed a trend for this increasing. If anything its actually to less of an extent than it used to be, since the books are quicker to get in line with the betfair market than they used to be thanks to the plethora of arbers out there.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928950#420928950Haven't noticed a trend for this increasing. If anything its actually to less of an extent than it used to be, since the books are quicker to get in line with the betfair market than they used to be thanks to the plethora of arbers out there.Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:00:20 -0500Lori 28 Mar 22:17 Only if your original % is low enough... which for most pc payers it isn't (but the kinds of people Investor is talking about for this thread would be low enough of course)Correct. The threshold is still lower for any PC payehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928938#420928938Lori 28 Mar 22:17 Only if your original % is low enough... which for most pc payers it isn't (but the kinds of people Investor is talking about for this thread would be low enough of course)Correct. The threshold is still lower for any PC payeSun, 28 Mar 2010 20:17:28 -0500Also Premium Charges offer no benefit at all, whereas commission gives you points which in turn reduce commission, so paying more commission is preferable to paying PC.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928934#420928934Also Premium Charges offer no benefit at all, whereas commission gives you points which in turn reduce commission, so paying more commission is preferable to paying PC.Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:58:22 -0500Nah it aint new, been happeneing since the dawn of Betfair, just seems to be happening alot more this past month.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928922#420928922Nah it aint new, been happeneing since the dawn of Betfair, just seems to be happening alot more this past month.Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:59:38 -0500dont think this is anything new, but dont have any stats on ithttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928878#420928878dont think this is anything new, but dont have any stats on itSun, 28 Mar 2010 17:25:38 -0500*likely to have been heavily backedGot a big bowl of Choc + Vanilla cheesecake to deal with here.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928866#420928866*likely to have been heavily backedGot a big bowl of Choc + Vanilla cheesecake to deal with here.Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:28:38 -0500Possibly one of the reasons Lori, the three teams I mentioned in the OP were likely heavily to have backed with the bookmakers as they were on here, it is always the fav in the market that ends up trading below whats on offer elsewhere.The Investor,https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928862#420928862Possibly one of the reasons Lori, the three teams I mentioned in the OP were likely heavily to have backed with the bookmakers as they were on here, it is always the fav in the market that ends up trading below whats on offer elsewhere.The Investor,Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:25:57 -0500Only if your original % is low enough... which for most pc payers it isn't (but the kinds of people Investor is talking about for this thread would be low enough of course)https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928858#420928858Only if your original % is low enough... which for most pc payers it isn't (but the kinds of people Investor is talking about for this thread would be low enough of course)Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:17:59 -0500Investor: Interesting, so the more commission you pay, you avoid *even more* premium charge? That sounds bizarre but I'll take your word for it. (I don't have experience with PC but I've heard it's a strange system :) )https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928854#420928854Investor: Interesting, so the more commission you pay, you avoid *even more* premium charge? That sounds bizarre but I'll take your word for it. (I don't have experience with PC but I've heard it's a strange system :) )Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:16:34 -0500When I isolate all the prices I've laid folk on here that are easily beat elsewhere,It's almost impossible to get bets on at non-exchanges elsewhere for more than a few weeks though. It's getting more ridiculous by the month.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535558/laying-odds-on-here-lower-than-the-books-best-prices---a-growing-trend?post_id=420928850#420928850When I isolate all the prices I've laid folk on here that are easily beat elsewhere,It's almost impossible to get bets on at non-exchanges elsewhere for more than a few weeks though. It's getting more ridiculous by the month.Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:13:47 -0500