Feck N. Eejit signs MOU with traders

seek help

Nurse! He's out of bed again.

last week i would have paid less PC with that formula.. ? unless i am calculating wrong ?
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Ok, there was the first pc, then they made it worse for the long run, now this, if I'm not mistaken makes it even worse for the customers. Why is this good again? (not a pc payer)

Yeah, I know it's not official. I meant to ask my question, as if what he's written were true.

actually, though I was critical of it at first, the change they did make about 18 months ago made things better not worse, imo.

before it, some people were effectively stuck with crippled accounts. by resetting everyone's notional lifetime charges paid to 20%, they at least gave everyone the same chance to build a buffer against future charges.

viva, are you forgetting that they also changed the yearly 1 k allowance to a once in your lifetime allowance ?

Eddie the eagle Joined: 01 Feb 04
Replies: 2246 11 Feb 11 20:20 
viva, are you forgetting that they also changed the yearly 1 k allowance to a once in your lifetime allowance ?

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no, that's why I was against the changes originally. but the upside far outweighs that, at least for me.

previously I was in the position of effectively paying off a massive debt I was never told I'd been running up. having that "debt" wiped has been worth more than a grand.

why are people discussing something feck made up?

if I make up something out of thin air and say betfair are going to do it, can we go into the minutiae of how that will work as well?

It would be unbelievable if the Labour Party did not obtain any votes.

Most professional gamblers, particularly those of the trading variety, should be grateful that the Labour Party gained power in 1997. If they hadn't, gamblers would all probably still be paying 9/10p in the £1 on every bet struck with UK based bookmakers. The likes of BF would have been squashed at birth.

The social, moral and religious Conservatives, by far the most disturbing types of Tory, would have been very unlikely to have approved the progressive gambling legislation that New Labour passed under the glorious leadership of Tony Blair.

The change to lifetime fecked me up.  With the rolling allowance I was doing OK, all of sudden they went to lifetime and I had used up over 50% of something I never even knew I needed

Nothing a socialist hates more than freedom.

You're a comedian JC. When people like yourself talk about freedom what you mean is that there should be no rules that prevent you doing what you want but there should be a system and rules in place to protect you and shelter you from your actions should things go t1ts up.

Ok let's have a go at this.

1) The reason Labour abolished the tax is because of the onset of online betting. If it hadn't then all the uk companies would have just got up and gone overseas and there would be no betting shops on the high street (or very few) as they could not compete with the competition from overseas bookmakers that the British public were now gaining access to on the internet.

I think the conservatives would have done this as well, it's just all down to timing, of course we will never know. That's just my opinion i'm certainly not saying Conservatives are better than Labour or vica versa as political debates can become pretty dull pretty quickly on the internet.

2) Feck - I'm afraid to say this but I think that there will always traders using this site. Your proposed PC change will not stop traders trading, they will just have to arb a bit more as well. They will still be here and still on the forum complaining about charges only maybe a bit more with increased charges. I don't know whether you will enjoy that more (more winding up opportunities) or it will annoy you more, only you can answer that one.

3) Traders - I don't know why you give Feck such a hard time, you should be applauding the work he is doing. As a trader surely the less people there are trading and doing what you do, then the better it is for you. There's less competition for you. Feck is doing all he can to try and put people off trading. Posts like this are genius, people who read it will think "oh the charges are going to go up in the future I don't think there's much point in becoming a trader" or "maybe i should stop trading and do something else, it's just not worth it". The best thing to do is surely to play along with it (well done Lmansini), rather than try and dismiss it. Feck really is the trader's best friend. Oh the irony, the irony...........

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What's it like in Broadmoor Feck ? how are the other loonies treating you ?

That's a very hurtful post Mathew. I'm now booking into a swiss clinic because of you.

stewarty - there's no evidence that this is any more than the ramblings of a deluded feck.

if you don't know it, this link will give you some idea how close you're getting to the threshold.

https://premiumcharge.betfair.com/PremiumPortal/portal

It doesn't work with Opera, it should be viewable in IE though.

Thanks lads, I'm not very clued up PC/technical wise. This is what came up....


Your account has not incurred Premium Charges. If you become eligible to incur Premium Charges in the future, we will contact you before any charges are paid. If you require any further assistance, please contact premiumcharge@betfair.com.


It doesn't tell me that much apart from an offer to E.Mail them at the said address.

Having said that, since the PC charge was introduced I've upped my stakes and cut down on the number of bets I have. It would break my heart to pay this parasite charge. I'd rather trawl through the city putting my bets on. On the bright side, i'ts made me 'concentrate' that little more extra when reading the form, and I always have purple to fall back on....

stewarty b
It might break your heart but it shouldn't break your bank.
It does have a ceiling on it you know .
But as you say maybe it has had a good effect on you after all, causing you analyse your betting techniques a bit harder.
All is not lost then.