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barstool
22 Sep 13 18:09
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Just had a look at my last 3 months profit and loss.

Horse Racing +£1073.38

92 days x 10 hours

Probably have average of 20 bets a day at a £20 each

Turn over approx. £36,000

Return 2.9%

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By:
Cider
When: 22 Sep 13 18:17
Don't forget costs.
By:
barstool
When: 22 Sep 13 18:20
Thanks for cheering me up Cider.

92 Racing Posts = 92 x 4 mile round trips.

That's about £250.

I need a pay rise.
By:
onlooker
When: 22 Sep 13 18:27
barstool     22 Sep 13 18:09
 
Just had a look at my last 3 months profit and loss.

Turn over approx. £36,000

Return 2.9%
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Don't check you COMMISSION paid -

It will probably make you feel like closing your Account
By:
mange
When: 22 Sep 13 18:31
Cry    fink im loosing.............
By:
broadsword
When: 22 Sep 13 18:35
tax free though ..... dont forget that
By:
Cider
When: 22 Sep 13 18:35
Heating (in winter), lighting (possible), powering electrical appliances, lunch etc
By:
barstool
When: 22 Sep 13 19:00
Stop it Cider, please.Scared
By:
Cider
When: 22 Sep 13 19:03
GP always looks more healthy than OP Happy
By:
barstool
When: 22 Sep 13 19:03
It has just made me think about spending £1000/year obtaining the Racing Post. Especially now I am using the ATR site more.

Nothing like holding a paper though.
By:
GandalfTheGrey
When: 22 Sep 13 19:09
Less associated costs :

Nerve tablets Happy

New underpants regularly (decreasing since Dave Smith retired) Happy

Mediation service(to save marraige) Happy

Ear plugs(reducing cost since mediation started) Happy
By:
NorwichRob
When: 22 Sep 13 19:11
Yep you can't beat the Post for scribbling in bets & odds - well worth a couple of quid and miles better than the ipad app imo.
By:
barstool
When: 22 Sep 13 19:22
Your dead right Rob,

I don't know why I still do it, but I usually mark down the 1:2:3 and the prices.

Just like they did in the Bookies back in the old days.
By:
hearts1874
When: 22 Sep 13 19:22
could be worse barstoolSilly

3month P&L

Football: -£86.22 | Golf: -£87.52 | Greyhound Racing: £15.01 | Horse Racing: -£24.61   Total P&L:  -£183.34
By:
halcyon days
When: 22 Sep 13 19:26
hearts.... stick to the hounds !
By:
broadsword
When: 22 Sep 13 19:26
barstool....i used to think i couldnt do without the RP but ive not bought one for well over 12 month now and i prefer to use the sporting life website, but it has to be on a seperate computer when the racing has started............wouldnt go back to the RP
By:
hearts1874
When: 22 Sep 13 19:37
HALCYON DAYS, Maybe I should just give upCrazy
By:
s.kenbo
When: 22 Sep 13 20:12
Presuming gambling is a hobby to you hearts, there's not too many hobbies you can have for £15 a week.
By:
barstool
When: 22 Sep 13 20:22
Will have to have a look a the sporting life website.

Thanks broadsword.
By:
Born Unlucky
When: 22 Sep 13 20:41
Thinly veiled "I'm better than pricewise" thread imoDevil
Fair play barstool, any profit's better than no profitWink
RE the racing post, haven't bought it for years out of principle, all the info you need can be found on the webHappy
By:
hearts1874
When: 22 Sep 13 20:42
true kenbo, true!Happy
By:
Brother Mouzone
When: 22 Sep 13 20:51
broadsword   22 Sep 13 19:26

i prefer to use the sporting life website, but it has to be on a seperate computer when the racing has started...



Bit nosey imo but why a seperate computer broady?
By:
barstool
When: 22 Sep 13 20:56
Hi Born Unlucky,

Nothing to be smug about in winning the little I have, far, far better than me on here for sure.

What does give me a little more satisfaction though, is that since I retired and had more time to study, I have done a lot better, and I am far more controlled than I used to be. ie too many multiples, place pots, no staking plan, chasing and the rest.

Just keeping to a simple £10/point staking system and knowing my p&l every day helps me a lot.

I guess at 61 I have started to appreciate the value of money a bit more.
By:
Born Unlucky
When: 22 Sep 13 21:17
No offence meantHappy. Yours is a refreshingly honest outlook barstool, discipline and sticking to the staking plan is the downfall of many I'd imagine, for a very long time I could include myself in that group tooBlush.
By:
broadsword
When: 22 Sep 13 22:53
brother m...........ive found that when navigating between betfair and SL on the same computer....it isnt long before i start having problems with betfair mrkts.....maybe its just my set up but  a lot of the time i would go back to betfair from the SL and all amounts would have changed to dollars and not long after that betfair would become unstable
since the switch to a seperate computer i havent had these probs
By:
Brother Mouzone
When: 23 Sep 13 00:44
Cheers for the response, I've had betfair wobbles and plenty of those dollar problems too, aside from random switches I get it every time I go to the withdrawal page, the feckers have even sent withdrawals in dollars twice.

It's always been Betfair that has caused every issue I've had during racing, throughout the day I will have Betfair and/or Daq on with combinations of the Post, Sporting Life, Timeform and a couple of US sites and I'm pretty much glitch free now, I'm sure different for everyone but for me the big helps for smooth running are:

not leaving a live video window open when the race is over,
not leaving market pages open after they have settled,
closing the forum tab when I'm not actively using it,
clearing cookies and history before I log in, and right after I log out of Betfair.

I find the old site with Google Chrome the quickest option for me.

^It's ridic any of that is needed if you're reading Betfair.
By:
onlooker
When: 23 Sep 13 01:29
Don't think you NEED Two Computers - unless you are using old 'low processor/low memory machines'.

But I would advise using [b]separate BROWSERS.

Google CHROME is the lightest, and therefor, FASTEST Browswer for BETFFAIR.

Mozilla FIREFOX - with ADBLOCK+plus and FLASHBLOCK 'Add-On   (easily installed) for RACINGPOST.com.

RacingPost.com far better - and easier to NAVIGATE than sportinglife.com - which has far too many inaccuracies .... such as having the whole Ayr Bronze Cup Field 8lbs 'out of the handicap' on Official Ratings published on their sportinglife.com Racecards.

Many similar errors with Official Ratings - regarding Penalties, over-wights etc.
By:
chavman
When: 23 Sep 13 06:37
Banna only earning Minimum wage in McDonald's if that makes you feel better
By:
chavman
When: 23 Sep 13 07:04
Hal only earning £20 a shot in the car park if that makes you feel better about yourself
By:
Rico-Dangleflaps
When: 23 Sep 26 10:16
ewe cannae win.
By:
howard
When: 23 Sep 26 10:53
enjoy the play. you can't take it with you.
By:
Amherst
When: 23 Sep 26 12:12
Bar- you still need heating and lighting in your house whether you're on betfair or not so that's not a negative Grin

Kenbo- spot on £15 a week is cheap as chips- I spend anywhere between 3 to 5 grand a year on golf and I only play 6 months of the year.
By:
Amherst
When: 23 Sep 26 12:13
Racing post is a cost you should of binned 15 years ago imho.
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