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Knight Who Says Ni
05 Feb 11 21:49
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£85, unmatched bet which I intended to lay off before the start, came back to watch the market a minute later and site was not working. Lite site also not working. Tried ringing them to confirm the bet status and unable to get through, in the meantime site is back and the bet was matched and the other team had scored :( What else could I have done? Even if the site is down, BF should have a mechanism to inform of bet status at all times!
We should pay for crap like this?
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Report getting better February 5, 2011 9:54 PM GMT
It is very hard to know what one would have done if the markets had been open, especially on the Newcastle Arsenal game. But I guess I am net up a five figure sum due to the outages, as I was not able to lock in small profits which became big ones due to extraordinary events.
Still a slightly frustrating experience though probably one of my most profitable days ever.
Report jimmy69 February 5, 2011 10:08 PM GMT
Nowt.
Report jimmy69 February 5, 2011 10:08 PM GMT
...as far as I am aware.
Report Just Checking February 5, 2011 10:39 PM GMT
Nothing, THIS time, but I've been lucky, reviewing the day.

Some form of basic backup portal to allow you to cancel bets and see what's taken would be great though.

Like .. a reserve parachute.
Report brendanuk1 February 5, 2011 10:43 PM GMT
Stoke cost me, couldnt even it up pre kick off, site came back with Sunderland one up which was my worst result. Took the hit and evened it out abit Cry if it stayed down for whole game would have been laughing
Report Coachbuster February 5, 2011 10:43 PM GMT
ridiculous , it has  cost me dear on what is normally my best day of the week .
Report jimmy69 February 5, 2011 10:52 PM GMT
I'm sorry to hear that Coach.
Report Coachbuster February 5, 2011 10:55 PM GMT
Very frustrating Jimmy , normally a loss is part of the furniture and can be blamed on bad choices or bad luck ... it's my fault for keeping faith in the set up after it was 'fixed' the 2nd,3rd and 4th times .

Hope your day was more fruitful Happy
Report Just Checking February 5, 2011 10:56 PM GMT
"it's my fault for keeping faith in the set up after it was 'fixed'"
My mates dog was 'fixed' - didn't stop it biting you though Devil
Report PHS February 6, 2011 12:08 AM GMT
Anyone know what time it came back up (the first time it went down). I had a lay matched at 13:19, yet I could not get on at 13:15, so did not have the option to cancel or adjust the price. (How is that fair ?)
Report CONER February 6, 2011 12:51 AM GMT
BETFAIR EMPLOY THERE OWN TRADERS
Report caramba February 6, 2011 7:33 AM GMT
PHS, it came back right after Carew's equalizer (1-1)
Report NineofWands February 6, 2011 9:41 AM GMT
Bound to be winners and loser by the nature of the exchange unless of course Betfair dipped in and took the bets themselves. Even where one did not have any open bets I still normally cover my losses by a lay when my correct score prediction is reached but couldn't do this on eg 2-2 on the Stoke game.

I am only a small fun better but I have had enough - the site can obviously not be trusted.
Report postmannick February 6, 2011 11:11 AM GMT
just going to sign up with the purple people iam not a big punter but £50 is what it cost me and i cant afford that everytime the site goes down i feel sorry for the punters who bet big
Report zipper February 6, 2011 11:57 AM GMT
It saved me 1400  on my comp with  the manager zip said all in  Mr Hyde  ok it got beat  but the site was down hence i could not place the bet .. some you win some you lose
Report betting_quant February 6, 2011 12:15 PM GMT
CONER and the relevance of your statement is ?
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 12:15 PM GMT
haha zipper
the site wasnot down before that race or during it
Report zipper February 6, 2011 12:24 PM GMT
It was here
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 12:30 PM GMT
u lucky lucky man
i bet the race on here and during it
will u go all in again today with the 1400
Report zipper February 6, 2011 12:37 PM GMT
Greed  were do you live  roughly
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 12:44 PM GMT
scotland
Report zipper February 6, 2011 12:47 PM GMT
Greed i had a bet on Lease Lend placed at 13.29  lost and  my nap  in the AW comp  Pelmanism placed at about the same time  all so lost . after that  the site was down  all   afternoon  so i turned off   honest , looking at the results   this morning i would have done my balls .
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 12:53 PM GMT
yes the site went down
i didnt turn off
kept trying
it came back up
110
120
210
220
225
240

these races no betting before the off or in running
all the rest of the racing was ok and went in running
Report zipper February 6, 2011 12:55 PM GMT
Well iam in York,  how you  boys up there got the service  i have no idea
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 12:58 PM GMT
u turned off
it was nothing to do with internet connection
it kept going down and coming back up
i just kept trying
Report zipper February 6, 2011 1:02 PM GMT
Well that solves it,  zip just go a blank screen  and turned off went shopping with the wife .
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 1:08 PM GMT
betfair was to blame
somebody forgot to 50p coins in the meter
if u kept refreshing the betfair site u would have got ure bet
on mccoy in the 300 no problem
went 6/4 in running
finished nowhere
Report PHS February 6, 2011 1:28 PM GMT
caramba

PHS, it came back right after Carew's equalizer (1-1)


Thanks caramba. Assuming it was a 12:30 KO, goal was after 32min, that would make it 13:02. I tried several times after that time, but could not get on.
Report Lori February 6, 2011 2:04 PM GMT
zip,

Is your .... key broken? I'm finding it hard to read your posts.
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 2:23 PM GMT
Shocked
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 2:27 PM GMT
zipper u did type on here at 2.50 and 3.20
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 2:38 PM GMT
good old but wise zipperLaugh
Report zipper February 6, 2011 2:45 PM GMT
Greed yes i did  post  2.50 and 3.20  the forum never went down  the betting site did .
Mr Management  your post is rubbish  yes i did post  but bet i could not  bet .. the site was down,  re shopping  me and the wife was out   about  55 mins  buying  the good  lady a birthday present . deal with it  . this should  shut you men up . all in £1400   ( and this is not aftertime )   3.25  Sawago . win lose or draw
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 2:52 PM GMT
sorry zipper forgot the forum was still working
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 2:53 PM GMT
zipper goes all in again



balls of steel is what he has got
Report askari1 February 6, 2011 2:57 PM GMT
Does anyone know how they came up with bf SPs? Did they just use the weight of 'take SP' bets or were they artifically calculated?
Report zipper February 6, 2011 3:04 PM GMT
Mr Manager you  are  a prick , zip had two bets  before the site went down   £1,000 on  2.10 Wetherby  Lease Lend  about 9/2  and  £1100 on my nap on the A/W  comp  2.35  Pelmanism   I got the value  both horses    bets on here  on Pelmanism  between 4/1 to small 7/2  plenty  100/30  rest at 3/1 . the horse started  2/1 fav    And got beat  hows that for value  .. now listern up mug  you cannot eat value    Its True zzzzzzzz .....there is no value in a loser  no matter what price you got .  do you understand that idiot
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 3:15 PM GMT
zipper
u must have loved the guys on course betting with u going all in
all the time.

just noticed you have gone all in on a gmoore horse
i would only do that if gmoore himself came round my house and told me too
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 3:41 PM GMT
why do u think i dont know what it means
the number one rule of gambling is
dont do it
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 3:49 PM GMT
i am being sarcy everytime i type about zipper
Report greedkillsmybankagain February 6, 2011 3:50 PM GMT
his favourite saying is
"its just a bit of fun"

its got fluck all to do do with fun
when i am punting
Report zipper February 6, 2011 4:09 PM GMT
Greed your post 15.15  re all in  the punters dont play that way   £5 a race  at most   heres one for you  today all in was 1400  ok it lost.
tomorrow  zip will start with 2k  all in 5   timer say they went in  at 2/1   9/4  5/2  1/1   2/1 == a 204.75 run up  x 2 k = £409.500 quid  to you   if at any time  one lost i only lost 2 k   but   all 5 win its a £409.500 pay out to  you  bet you  would wet your under pants
Report zipper February 6, 2011 4:13 PM GMT
Got to go now the  fairy is calling .
Report allinadayswork February 6, 2011 6:03 PM GMT
Hard to say what I would have been matched at overall but judging by the first price I TRIED to take, in the region of £300, hadnt read the forum beforehand so didnt realise the site had been playing up prior to that and by the time I realised what was happening (none of my bets had actually been matched) the event was underway and I couldnt place it with a bookie.
So a little bit seething underneath, thankfully I'm not quite in the PC bracket as that would be the straw that broke the camels back after this!
Report Coachbuster February 7, 2011 10:29 PM GMT
Has anyone been onto BF since the this fiasco ,and has anyone gained a positive response ?
Report cpfc4me February 8, 2011 1:10 AM GMT
zzzzzzzz .....there is no value in a loser  no matter what price you got .  do you understand that idiot said the pot to the kettle.

Classic! I guess we should be grateful there are people like this on the exchanges.
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