New Posts For Thread: Premium charge, can somebody explain me this, please...https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-pleaseMy english is not so good to exactly understand this "premium charge rule"."Premium Charge for week commencing 24 Dec 12 98.69"Why? Will They charge me every week? How much?Thanks in advancekenilworth 07 Jan 13 08:45 CONER, it's their toy so are entitled to ask for a fair remuneration from those who want to play with it.OH so sorry kenny,i did not understand how fair it is.Think a lot of the tax payers do not understand either.THAThttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=528625031#528625031kenilworth 07 Jan 13 08:45 CONER, it's their toy so are entitled to ask for a fair remuneration from those who want to play with it.OH so sorry kenny,i did not understand how fair it is.Think a lot of the tax payers do not understand either.THATWed, 30 Jan 2013 18:33:47 -0600kenilworth 07 Jan 13 08:45 " it's their toy so are entitled to ask for afair remuneration from those who want to play with it."Nuff saidhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=528616643#528616643kenilworth 07 Jan 13 08:45 " it's their toy so are entitled to ask for afair remuneration from those who want to play with it."Nuff saidWed, 30 Jan 2013 13:17:38 -0600Have to say I have never bought a Betfair share and never will.I like my shares to go up!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527987987#527987987Have to say I have never bought a Betfair share and never will.I like my shares to go up!Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:07:37 -0600My 2c:Using Betfair is not like a market stall because market stall holders (and market venues) compete for business. This results in the price of a stall being set below what a lot of stall-renters would be willing to pay.What BF is trying to do ishttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527864513#527864513My 2c:Using Betfair is not like a market stall because market stall holders (and market venues) compete for business. This results in the price of a stall being set below what a lot of stall-renters would be willing to pay.What BF is trying to do isTue, 08 Jan 2013 12:15:57 -0600The city are obivously very concerned about Betfair , their share are in freefall , another 3.5 % down today.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527862121#527862121The city are obivously very concerned about Betfair , their share are in freefall , another 3.5 % down today.Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:57:41 -0600TheInvestor2 08 Jan 13 13:10 True aspy, until that happens what Betfair are doing is commercially sound though. Short term I certainly agree with you, but long term I'm pretty sure they'll regret coming up with it. I belive PC and going public ishttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527857561#527857561TheInvestor2 08 Jan 13 13:10 True aspy, until that happens what Betfair are doing is commercially sound though. Short term I certainly agree with you, but long term I'm pretty sure they'll regret coming up with it. I belive PC and going public isTue, 08 Jan 2013 07:56:28 -0600betfair may be getting there foot in the door in the USA markets (california horse racing ) which would obviously be a big money spinner... however when betfair launched in uk they never had PC, winners welcome etc etcif betfair insist on keeping thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527856861#527856861betfair may be getting there foot in the door in the USA markets (california horse racing ) which would obviously be a big money spinner... however when betfair launched in uk they never had PC, winners welcome etc etcif betfair insist on keeping tTue, 08 Jan 2013 07:23:41 -0600True aspy, until that happens what Betfair are doing is commercially sound though.Ladbrokes taking over purple will just kill them, I reckon they'll strip their technology and the biggest rival exchange will be doomed, good news for Betfair, and perhhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527856643#527856643True aspy, until that happens what Betfair are doing is commercially sound though.Ladbrokes taking over purple will just kill them, I reckon they'll strip their technology and the biggest rival exchange will be doomed, good news for Betfair, and perhTue, 08 Jan 2013 07:10:22 -0600the money in the exchange is NOT betfair,s.... they take a risk free commission similar to poker sites. however because of the lack of compition they are exploiting there dominance in the market. like said previously, if any decent rival exchangeshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527855659#527855659the money in the exchange is NOT betfair,s.... they take a risk free commission similar to poker sites. however because of the lack of compition they are exploiting there dominance in the market. like said previously, if any decent rival exchangesTue, 08 Jan 2013 06:21:16 -0600I pay 20% premium charge and i am not a big winner on here by all means,on average enough to pay my gas and electric bill every year.Generally i make a bit of money laying on selected markets.I can understand why Betfair starting the premium charge ihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29610681/premium-charge-can-somebody-explain-me-this-please?post_id=527853291#527853291I pay 20% premium charge and i am not a big winner on here by all means,on average enough to pay my gas and electric bill every year.Generally i make a bit of money laying on selected markets.I can understand why Betfair starting the premium charge iTue, 08 Jan 2013 03:31:33 -0600