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Hey Manchester, I am entitled to my opinion!
We have different strategies - you are more 'efficient' than me. You think that is a good thing and you are entitled to your opinion and I won't be rude to you if it differs from mine! The bottom line for me is the amount of money I make not the amount of losers I have or the amount of commission I pay. I believe it is entirely reasonable for betfair to amend their commission structure in order to ensure everyone pays a minimum amount of their profits back to them. It certainly isn't unfair, unethical or discriminatory we will have to agree to disagree, i didn't mean to suggest in any way that my betting is more profitable or better than yours was just pointing out that it is my type of betting that is unfairly (in my view)discriminated on for the purpose of premium charges, if i was you i would like the premium charge also because it would allow me to continue making a profit at the expense of the most efficient winning punters and continue to enjoy low rates of commission because of the likes of me paying extra, although i would like the pc in those circumstances i wouldn't be blinded to its unfairness to the chosen few who have whose right to keep their profits after commission has been sacrificed |
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Paying Betfair for a "service" bears no relation whatsover to how much of your profits (percentage wise) you pay in commission. The only reason Betfair have linked the 2 is that those who are paying less profit/commission are those who are more likely to have no alternative to betfair, and are therefore more likely to put up with it.
An extra charge for services provided should be related to the activty of your account - opening a market, placing a bet, clicking refresh, cancelling a bet, making a withdrawl etc. The cost to Betfair of matching a £10 bet, for example, costs the same regardless of who places it. The only fair way to charge extra for services is flat commission rate, with extra charges based on site usage - number of bets placed, number of cancelled bets, even posting on the forum or emailing the helpdesk. Person a pays 18% of profits - liable for pc Person b pays 22% of profits - not liable. Yet Betfair could have provided far more services to person b. I have a background in accountancy, and if you are going down the road of charging extra for services and costs, then that is how I look at it. |
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Paying Betfair for a "service" bears no relation whatsover to how much of your profits (percentage wise) you pay in commission. The only reason Betfair have linked the 2 is that those who are paying less profit/commission are those who are more likely to have no alternative to betfair, and are therefore more likely to put up with it.
An extra charge for services provided should be related to the activty of your account - opening a market, placing a bet, clicking refresh, cancelling a bet, making a withdrawl etc. The cost to Betfair of matching a £10 bet, for example, costs the same regardless of who places it. The only fair way to charge extra for services is flat commission rate, with extra charges based on site usage - number of bets placed, number of cancelled bets, even posting on the forum or emailing the helpdesk. Person a pays 18% of profits - liable for pc Person b pays 22% of profits - not liable. Yet Betfair could have provided far more services to person b. I have a background in accountancy, and if you are going down the road of charging extra for services and costs, then that is how I look at it. |