New Posts For Thread: Betfair FY13 Post Close Trading Updatehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-updatehttp://corporate.betfair.com/media/press-releases/2013/07-05-2013.aspxFY 13 Post Close Trading Update07/05/2013“Momentum building from early success”Betfair Group plc (LSE:BET) is today releasing an unaudited trading update following the end of ithe customer acquisition numbers beg a couple of questions:*do they include the 120,000 bluesq customers BF got for 5 million as reported on april 3?*what effort if any was made to exclude the duplicate accounts - ie Bsq customers who already had BFhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532070299#532070299the customer acquisition numbers beg a couple of questions:*do they include the 120,000 bluesq customers BF got for 5 million as reported on april 3?*what effort if any was made to exclude the duplicate accounts - ie Bsq customers who already had BFTue, 07 May 2013 14:20:01 -0500Are Ebay fees good? Didnt Betfair recruit some of the top management from ebay?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532070053#532070053Are Ebay fees good? Didnt Betfair recruit some of the top management from ebay?Tue, 07 May 2013 14:14:59 -0500I was really talking as an investor... ideal position for punters is two good sized exchanges. 10 years ago I thought high streets would see bookies pushing their business through betfair, but alas.Have you seen ebay fees recently!?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532067383#532067383I was really talking as an investor... ideal position for punters is two good sized exchanges. 10 years ago I thought high streets would see bookies pushing their business through betfair, but alas.Have you seen ebay fees recently!?Tue, 07 May 2013 12:46:34 -0500J_LivermorePeer to peer businesses are natural monopoliesin an ideal world, sure... but in the real world, this is offset by monopolies allowing businesses to take the p!ss out of their customersi'd be happy for a good alternative platform to split thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532066635#532066635J_LivermorePeer to peer businesses are natural monopoliesin an ideal world, sure... but in the real world, this is offset by monopolies allowing businesses to take the p!ss out of their customersi'd be happy for a good alternative platform to split tTue, 07 May 2013 12:17:53 -0500I don't like it either... Company was sold as a growth company but they've given up on growth and the strategy is all about monetisation, cost savings... sounds like a mature (low growth) business to me.Peer to peer businesses are natural monopolieshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532066327#532066327I don't like it either... Company was sold as a growth company but they've given up on growth and the strategy is all about monetisation, cost savings... sounds like a mature (low growth) business to me.Peer to peer businesses are natural monopoliesTue, 07 May 2013 12:06:31 -0500The statement wd not satisfy me if I were a potential investor.It seems they've had to find 30 mill. of efficiencies to tread water on revenues and lose approx. 18% of retained earnings. I wd have wanted the CEO's statement to have addressed why earnhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532064719#532064719The statement wd not satisfy me if I were a potential investor.It seems they've had to find 30 mill. of efficiencies to tread water on revenues and lose approx. 18% of retained earnings. I wd have wanted the CEO's statement to have addressed why earnTue, 07 May 2013 11:10:50 -0500If progress is so great why is it so hard to get a bet matched? Or more likely it's all cherry picked nonsense like they write on their customer commitment. Why don't they update everyone on the beta website and loading... please wait message I had fhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532062083#532062083If progress is so great why is it so hard to get a bet matched? Or more likely it's all cherry picked nonsense like they write on their customer commitment. Why don't they update everyone on the beta website and loading... please wait message I had fTue, 07 May 2013 09:33:33 -0500What will the proposed takeover offer be now that the company has reported such fantastic progresshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532059247#532059247What will the proposed takeover offer be now that the company has reported such fantastic progressTue, 07 May 2013 07:20:12 -0500Encouraging news on expansion overseas. That really is key to future of exchanges. It'd be great to get China on board soon too.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532058491#532058491Encouraging news on expansion overseas. That really is key to future of exchanges. It'd be great to get China on board soon too.Tue, 07 May 2013 06:35:01 -0500Also reassuring that they're not aiming on making the Sportsbook a market leader, just the minimum a customer would expect from such a site.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29919181/betfair-fy13-post-close-trading-update?post_id=532057579#532057579Also reassuring that they're not aiming on making the Sportsbook a market leader, just the minimum a customer would expect from such a site.Tue, 07 May 2013 05:49:46 -0500