New Posts For Thread: Paying a Premium Charge betting 'straight'https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straightAre there some who are doing this, that is NOT trading,NOT using 'bots' ?i've moved a fair chunk of business away from bf, i am now on a lower rate of comm elsewhere and no pc so it makes good sense if the market will take my beti still put business through here when it is clear i have no other option to get onhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520693995#520693995i've moved a fair chunk of business away from bf, i am now on a lower rate of comm elsewhere and no pc so it makes good sense if the market will take my beti still put business through here when it is clear i have no other option to get onMon, 11 Jun 2012 05:38:55 -0500you say liquidity is fine, i spent half a day trying to get a bet on a match where there was never any real liquidity offered just bots controlling the game between themselves.i am just a regular punter who only uses betfair now and again,the last 2https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520690957#520690957you say liquidity is fine, i spent half a day trying to get a bet on a match where there was never any real liquidity offered just bots controlling the game between themselves.i am just a regular punter who only uses betfair now and again,the last 2Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:54:39 -0500What happened to the mass migration to other exchanges by all the heavy hitters on here ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520683497#520683497What happened to the mass migration to other exchanges by all the heavy hitters on here ?Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:27:40 -0500Lack of any viable competition for many.Winning £100 on here, and paying £50 in tax is still better than netting £9.95 anywhere else.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520683171#520683171Lack of any viable competition for many.Winning £100 on here, and paying £50 in tax is still better than netting £9.95 anywhere else.Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:17:09 -0500Bert didn't think of a lot of things when he dreamt up the idea of an exchange ( which btw wasn't an original dream).The PC doesn't seem to have affected liquidity in quite the dramatic fashion that was generally predicted on here.Why is that ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520682993#520682993Bert didn't think of a lot of things when he dreamt up the idea of an exchange ( which btw wasn't an original dream).The PC doesn't seem to have affected liquidity in quite the dramatic fashion that was generally predicted on here.Why is that ?Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:11:16 -0500I punt straight, rarely trade my position much (used to trade far more, but the in play stuff has got worse over the years, people at venues beating people at home, etc)Pay a fair bit of pc, obviously I get hit hardest when I have a good week puntinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520682551#520682551I punt straight, rarely trade my position much (used to trade far more, but the in play stuff has got worse over the years, people at venues beating people at home, etc)Pay a fair bit of pc, obviously I get hit hardest when I have a good week puntingSun, 10 Jun 2012 16:59:59 -0500What about people like Hazel, or maybe even smaller-denomination players, who have market-made for a profit of 5-10 pounds per market ten or more times a day, full-time, for eight or more years?They wd be paying super-premium charge; and bf's attitudhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520679479#520679479What about people like Hazel, or maybe even smaller-denomination players, who have market-made for a profit of 5-10 pounds per market ten or more times a day, full-time, for eight or more years?They wd be paying super-premium charge; and bf's attitudSun, 10 Jun 2012 15:44:09 -0500http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betfair#Premium_Chargehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520676993#520676993http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betfair#Premium_ChargeSun, 10 Jun 2012 14:49:43 -0500About 20% of my profit goes in commission (I only bet straight). Personally, if and when I get close to the 250k limit, I will put as much business through the other site(s) as I can. That could be as much as 100k a year comm lost to bf due to this phttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520657959#520657959About 20% of my profit goes in commission (I only bet straight). Personally, if and when I get close to the 250k limit, I will put as much business through the other site(s) as I can. That could be as much as 100k a year comm lost to bf due to this pSun, 10 Jun 2012 05:25:37 -0500http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29163991/paying-a-premium-charge-betting-straight?post_id=520655335#520655335http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaxSun, 10 Jun 2012 01:21:45 -0500