RDT - 33% increase in cost to bookies

the cash back scheme is a very good idea.

What's the daily rate?

20 from 15 davy as of may 3rd.

how did you find monday night davy ?

quite right jimnast, one word in ur reply explains all

Very hard - 1st race (3 runners a non event), took a lot of £2 bets and the results were poor, won on the book but didnt cover expenses.

I fell like the bubble is starting to burst but equally was a poor card, £17 to get in, no big screen etc

to often davy the fields are to short,cant understand why books are still paying the extra to bet.

sorry gleddoch you have lost me there.

i'll do the gordon brown and say i misunderstood ur reply, so please explain!!

well the bookie numbers are clearly dropping off, just the front row lineround with us. How was the paddock? You going next thursday eve or you at chester?

i was refering to the new cashback scheme,where the more you spend the more you get back.

paddock was ok,next thursday will depend on weather/runners how about you ?

jimnast,i know you do a lot of days,but do you really think its fair the smaller operators paying more per day ?

Jimnast - I dont go to chester so i'll probably go, but its flat which is even less popular than NH down that way.

hard one that dm,we pay the money for insurance really i doubt any off us ever wont to call them for help,so the daily rate should be the same for everybody,however i do think its wrong if your battery runs out you have to pull up 15 quid,my biggest concern with the service is many of the staff have there favorite books which they will look after first,new years day i ended up not working at cheltenham as most of the staff were rushing around helping a well known off shore bookmaker who does around 200 days a year less than me.

jimnast, i have no idea about this cashback, tell me more

THey spend most of there time doing the pitches with 3 links.think ive used them less than 5 times in 5 years apart from there software problems.i have 2 of everything and if it wasnt for the** wouldnt need them.

stars = purple firm

over 400 days 20%

200/400 16%

150/200 9%

100/150 5%

EXANTE is a £10 a day, but no on course support unless its a festival, though most issues can be dealt with over the phone.

move over then regit

regit thats a very good point about the link ups,i have noticed a lot of late that they spend much more time looking after those than the single books,that has to be sorted out.

i think a cashback for not using them would be fairer,like a no claims discount :) or smaller fees in the minor rings,even if they do get to you there it often is delayed

unfortunately the link ups pay per pitch so often £60 per day !! do they really need them 3 times as much ?

dm fair point about the silver rings.

bk needs them every day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can just see lindsay saying yep after that pr disaster

and your man needed them for an hour at wetherby.the same rain and wind hit me but i never needed them.

in less than a year bk will probably have his own man to follow him around.probably cheaper.

and another 1/2 hour at sedgers !! :(

That's a good point about the silver rings dm. Quite often, at Windsor particularly, we never see them until they come around for the £15.

Do you have to pay them the £15, are you paying them for oncourse support or for using the network?

simple solution then guys, dont pay!

dj, network crashes- tough you stll pay!

ianp, they'll be looking for 20, but should be related to the ring ur in surely!

ian how many books would you expect at windsor monday ?

Good question Davy Jones - what is the £15 for? is it to use the internet connection or is it for the technical help? If its for the technical help then why pay, if you have your own spares?

smurph, u missed the header! 20 quid!!

don't for the life of me understand whyanyone pays this silly money when a much more reliable system is available.
and it's not £10 per day
i'm working 25 days this month and theTOTAL charge is £36.25

rdt are the 2nd most profitable organisation on the racecourse but a long way behind no.1.

adge - dont understand, what do you mean £36

all you got to do is wait for one of them to get a coffee or go in the betting shop for a punt and go and nick yourself 3 boxes of till rolls a port replicator and one of those nice red coats, do this once a month and the extra flim won't make any difference.

the one morris had on yesterday fitted him so well. but he managed to swap with one of the ascot jobsworths after 2nd race and never seen again

he's made a right rick the ascot smuther will only get you in 1 track the little red number gets you in the lot.

tell me adge do u pay the 36 quid when your away.

had to laugh asked one of the staff ;
what buttons do i press so tickets say betting without the fav.
staff gets on phone to ask some one.
now in your 20 quid your paying for staff training!

sorry i didn't get back...i took a £300 bet on an outsider near the end of posting and it threw my concentration.
i'll try again
i pay £35.25 p per month [ every month ] the max as i work more than 150 days...part timers pay less... plus £3 per day to download the runners plus £3 per day to use betfair through the software.
the cost of batteries is about 40% lower than RDT and you never see me running round the ring looking for help.
why .. because the system works .

what system, any contact numbers? thanks

adge = exante. Not recommended if you are a pillock with pcs. If you are averagely competent its different class imo. Networking not as developed as rdt but I'm working on them.

i seem to remember the proceeds of the early auctions was to re vamp the rings and supply each joint with electric, where did all that money go...

yes , i'm sure it's not by accident that wasnot, radgepot and others don't use RDT.
as well as the daily costs you have to consider
1. we use betfair at 2% commission with vastly more liquidity
2. the LED boards are superior with a scrolling top information line AND COST LESS
3 the batteries and printers [ in fact eveyrthing ] are at least one third cheaper
4 the majority of irish books use the exante system

adge - you on a different deal then to just paying a tenner a day?

There is 1 advantage RDT has over exante, you get the colours of the runners in your screen - Im too mean to waste £2 on a racing post so that would be useful :)

wasnot do you ave a contact tel for exante cheers dave

visit exantebusiness.com
put an 0 before the 8

08700 101101

davy,
i didn't know anybody paid a tenner a day. that must be a hire contract.
i believe there are three monthly rates [ one quite low ]mine being the max. because i work over 150 days per year

adge - £10 (£3 to donwload runners, £4 to monitor exchange & £3 to bet on betfair, or something like that). I dont do many days so it sounds like there is a better deal for those doing large amounts of racing.

The charge is fine and the product good, though there is a problem with internet connection at the big meetings which I think they are trying to resolve.

jimnast re Windsor. 10 in the silver on a Monday n ight when it starts @ 6:30. 8 on the front and two on the end of the other rows - nobody else turns up any more. Think there has only been one book in attendance for the past two weeks - we don't go until June at least, apart from this Monday which is an afternoon meeting.

yes davy , vodaphone , has it's moments. that's why i have another dongle on 3 network..if on doesn't work the other does

on= one

just another thought.
the cost of converting to decimal odds betting

a big fat ZERO

is there a price list anywhere on the site? cant find one!