New Posts For Thread: Generous "Bonus" Offer. Thoughts Please, Gents.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gentsI normally ignore bonus offers from bookies. (I can't be @r$ed keeping track of how close my investments are to fulfilling the conditional requirements.)However, I recently accepted one. Very unwisely.The useless football team I support was playing iWell you're absolutely right. Condition 3 most definitely doesn't allow them to do any of the things they've done here. And, as you say, it most certainly doesn't allow them to take £110 of totally unrelated wins and add them to the existing ring-fehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506889111#506889111Well you're absolutely right. Condition 3 most definitely doesn't allow them to do any of the things they've done here. And, as you say, it most certainly doesn't allow them to take £110 of totally unrelated wins and add them to the existing ring-feSun, 18 Sep 2011 15:21:03 -0500I've been asked to phone b-e-t365. I'll do so when I've got time to endure a lengthy phonecall.They've now offered to recredit the bonus that has been removed from my account. That's not good enough - I won't be using my account again after the conclhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506887003#506887003I've been asked to phone b-e-t365. I'll do so when I've got time to endure a lengthy phonecall.They've now offered to recredit the bonus that has been removed from my account. That's not good enough - I won't be using my account again after the conclSun, 18 Sep 2011 14:38:58 -0500The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 19991999 No. 2083 Regulation 5 btw.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506886331#506886331The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 19991999 No. 2083 Regulation 5 btw.Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:27:17 -0500What the terms and conditions say means diddly squat, tbh.I could invent my own bookmakers, and put in my t%cs that anyone who bets on a football game which is found to be fixed agrees to forfeit their entire balance. The fact is, of course, that ithttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506886263#506886263What the terms and conditions say means diddly squat, tbh.I could invent my own bookmakers, and put in my t%cs that anyone who bets on a football game which is found to be fixed agrees to forfeit their entire balance. The fact is, of course, that itSun, 18 Sep 2011 14:26:03 -0500This case does sound fairly despicable. I've taken on various types of these offer, and I've never experienced anything like this. I've never known the bonus balance to be raised for no apparent reason. Obviously if you had £100 in there, and that bhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506885011#506885011This case does sound fairly despicable. I've taken on various types of these offer, and I've never experienced anything like this. I've never known the bonus balance to be raised for no apparent reason. Obviously if you had £100 in there, and that bSun, 18 Sep 2011 14:00:55 -0500Tell them to give your money back or you will sue them in court. Simple as that, really.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506883269#506883269Tell them to give your money back or you will sue them in court. Simple as that, really.Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:20:40 -0500Bookmakers have given gambling and sports associated with them a very bad name by creating a wholeculture of mug punters and addicted gamblers, god help all the young lads you see now perpetually going into bookmakers and playing the roulette machinehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506882321#506882321Bookmakers have given gambling and sports associated with them a very bad name by creating a wholeculture of mug punters and addicted gamblers, god help all the young lads you see now perpetually going into bookmakers and playing the roulette machineSun, 18 Sep 2011 12:54:34 -0500Hi Jane, when you consider that many legal bookmakers were spawned form illegal bookmaking per-legislation and that so may have jumped on the band wagon knowing its easy money and you can avoid paying winners out and ban them at will without recoursehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506882105#506882105Hi Jane, when you consider that many legal bookmakers were spawned form illegal bookmaking per-legislation and that so may have jumped on the band wagon knowing its easy money and you can avoid paying winners out and ban them at will without recourseSun, 18 Sep 2011 12:47:50 -0500Cheers, guys.Hi, Vis. You may remember me from the Rugby Forum a couple of years or so ago as... er... hang on. I think I wound you up on there. Bets keep schtum. Anyway...Yeah, Vis. I agree. It is indeed Mr. William Roseff's bunch we are talking abhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506881195#506881195Cheers, guys.Hi, Vis. You may remember me from the Rugby Forum a couple of years or so ago as... er... hang on. I think I wound you up on there. Bets keep schtum. Anyway...Yeah, Vis. I agree. It is indeed Mr. William Roseff's bunch we are talking abSun, 18 Sep 2011 12:22:49 -05003 6 5's offers are excellent but you need to be fully aware how to play them through should your bet winhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28281935/generous-bonus-offer-thoughts-please-gents?post_id=506872421#5068724213 6 5's offers are excellent but you need to be fully aware how to play them through should your bet winSun, 18 Sep 2011 08:58:39 -0500