New Posts For Thread: Premium Charge- Helphttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--helpI have just been hit for 200 odd quid in premium charges.... what can I do about this. This is just daylight robbery... any ways to mitigate the PC?dunno, fred. not for me, though.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480139321#480139321dunno, fred. not for me, though.Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:12:46 -0600For little players in little markets hasn't cross matching been more devastating than PC?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480132709#480132709For little players in little markets hasn't cross matching been more devastating than PC?Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:55:41 -0600All of the really big players would love to only pay 22.5% of their profits in commission. "It is an injustice it is".https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480131857#480131857All of the really big players would love to only pay 22.5% of their profits in commission. "It is an injustice it is".Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:44:11 -0600because its primary target is traders.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480130853#480130853because its primary target is traders.Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:28:32 -0600my guess is that the really big players pay no PC and have headroom from here till doomsday.If that is the case then why have it at all? If it ends up hitting the lower level market setters then how do the smaller specialist markets survive if they dhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480122693#480122693my guess is that the really big players pay no PC and have headroom from here till doomsday.If that is the case then why have it at all? If it ends up hitting the lower level market setters then how do the smaller specialist markets survive if they dSun, 02 Jan 2011 04:41:23 -0600The introduction of PC charges has minimal effect on most of the persistent profit makers.The biggest losers to this charge indirectly are the current losers, they will now lose more or bet less.The losers should be the ones most vocal against the PChttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480116085#480116085The introduction of PC charges has minimal effect on most of the persistent profit makers.The biggest losers to this charge indirectly are the current losers, they will now lose more or bet less.The losers should be the ones most vocal against the PCSun, 02 Jan 2011 00:14:38 -0600plus, if you have enough money and are on 2%, you can arb across the spread in related markets to mitigate it in a way that's not possible on 5%.my guess is that the really big players pay no PC and have headroom from here till doomsday.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480105309#480105309plus, if you have enough money and are on 2%, you can arb across the spread in related markets to mitigate it in a way that's not possible on 5%.my guess is that the really big players pay no PC and have headroom from here till doomsday.Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:01:39 -0600"the PC is actually designed so that it's much easier for big players to avoid/mitigate than smaller scale traders"Exactly! Yet another reason why it is so unfair!"which is probably why liquidity hasn't been affected the was many predicted it would"Ihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480104833#480104833"the PC is actually designed so that it's much easier for big players to avoid/mitigate than smaller scale traders"Exactly! Yet another reason why it is so unfair!"which is probably why liquidity hasn't been affected the was many predicted it would"ISat, 01 Jan 2011 19:52:43 -0600I think there's a bit of a difference here between 'betfair forum big players' and the big players.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480097661#480097661I think there's a bit of a difference here between 'betfair forum big players' and the big players.Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:56:07 -0600don't agree about the big players; the PC is actually designed so that it's much easier for big players to avoid/mitigate than smaller scale traders. which is probably why liquidity hasn't been affected the was many predicted it would.if I had a bankhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/26519837/premium-charge--help?post_id=480094517#480094517don't agree about the big players; the PC is actually designed so that it's much easier for big players to avoid/mitigate than smaller scale traders. which is probably why liquidity hasn't been affected the was many predicted it would.if I had a bankSat, 01 Jan 2011 17:16:28 -0600