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The Cheek
08 Jul 21 09:05
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Have found that reduction factors for early non runners are being applied to a few of my bets on place  markets after the race has finished which has given a false position.

Anybody else had this issue?

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By:
Andriy
When: 08 Jul 21 09:27
Yes. But not happening in the main place market, where the new (reduction factor included) price is shown in matched bets. Only happening in the 2TBP / 4TBP etc, where matched bets still show original taken price, but graphs show it has been reduced. Been happening certainly since the start of June, since the Derby gave me massive problems working out my real position on the favourite Bolshoi Ballet, after Haggas' horse was a late withdrawal about 1 hour beforehand. Unfortunately trying to explain this on chat would be a complete waste of time and mental energy, so many small annoying things like this happening on the exchange and getting worse rapidly.
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 09:37
Yep it is giving false information making it difficult to manage positions.

Am on chat now and the operator is completely clueless no matter how simply I spell the issue out
By:
sparrow
When: 08 Jul 21 09:46
I have never had this problem in any of the place markets but bet no earlier than 10 minutes before the off.
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 09:51
As an example a bet on a 4 to be placed market about 5 hours before the off yesterday did not have the reduction factors applied till after the off despite the non runners coming out shortly after the bet was placed
By:
The Management
When: 08 Jul 21 10:02
It's the same in the Each Way market - it would appear the only market they can be bothered to adjust now after a Non-Runner is the win market.

Shoddy Betfair. Going downhill faster than Franz Klammer.

I do admire your optimism (The Cheek) thinking that any of the apprentice YTS robots on "live-chat" would understand (or give a sh1te). I think you might spend your time more productively trying to explain Quantum Theory to my border collie! Grin
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 10:11
Still on the chat, now escalated to a Duty Manager who has no understanding of the issue either!
By:
The Management
When: 08 Jul 21 10:14
The Cheek - The five people that knew how the exchange worked all left in about 2008. Full marks to you for your persistence. GL
By:
The Management
When: 08 Jul 21 10:16
If you have them completely confused - but they know deep down that you have a valid point - they will offer you a "call-back".

At that point - open a cold beer, sit back and start growing that beard that you've always wanted to grow!
By:
elise
When: 08 Jul 21 10:31
cheek, is this on the main bf site or thru an api (or both), does page refresh on the main site not correct it?
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 10:39
It's on the main exchange site and the mobile app - I checked both as thought it may be an issue confined to just one or a display issue my end
By:
elise
When: 08 Jul 21 10:41
ok, not doubting you just hadn't seen it, im mainly using api on racing, ive seen something else which required page refresh on main site, but what you're describing feels like it should be the same on the api as well, i'll keep a look out thanks
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 10:45
It only seems to be an issue on additional place markets from what I (and Andriy) can see
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 10:45
It only seems to be an issue on additional place markets from what I (and Andriy) can see
By:
The Management
When: 08 Jul 21 10:46
It's also an issue in the EACH WAY markets TC.
By:
elise
When: 08 Jul 21 10:47
sure, but with bf you tend to find problems grow, the site is creaking at times, do wonder whether they are that bothered these days, seems to be the bare minimum of management on the site
By:
elise
When: 08 Jul 21 10:48
as above lol
By:
Andriy
When: 08 Jul 21 10:52
The strange thing is that the graphs update to reflect new prices (reduction factor etc, you can see that the graph has 'moved down'), but the matched bets only show original price taken... until it comes to settling up.
By:
elise
When: 08 Jul 21 10:57
that's why i was asking whether a refresh changes the prices, im trying to rem what i had but it was on a win mkt and it required a refresh to sort it,can't recall what happened
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 10:59
Yep the graphs reflect the reduction factor so must be a display issue relating to users accounts, impossible to mange positions if the figures are completely incorrect. Duty Manager has escalated it again to somebody who no doubt will be equally useless. I've even suggested I place test bets for them in order to help them grasp the issue!
By:
The Management
When: 08 Jul 21 11:02
elise - refresh doesn't work.

In the Each-Way market it's the same as Andriy outlines - i.e. the graph is correctly adjusted downwards but both your matched bets and P&L (the "what if" display) still show the same price/amount that was shown prior to the NR.
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 11:13
I will try and get to the bottom of this even if it means mailing their CEO. Long gone are the days when a quick call to BF was answered by a  person who had an understanding of their product and could resolve issues...
By:
elise
When: 08 Jul 21 11:59
cheers tm, whatever i had did but i'll watch for this one going fwd
By:
Brian
When: 08 Jul 21 12:35
Good luck with getting this sorted The Cheek. It's been around for quite some time covering a few upgrades. I agree with everything TM has said about wasting time trying to explain Betfair Customer services.
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 14:07
A predictable response from The Escalation Management Team has been received stating nothing more than settlement was correct on the the example I gave them! I couldn't have spelt out the issue more clearly and even backed it up with screenshots showing the reduction factor not being applied. Will take it to the next level. If anyone has any specific examples of markets affected by this issue then please post here and
I will send them on ..
By:
ItsMeSwaddle
When: 08 Jul 21 14:09
Goodluck even getting to the next level sir.
By:
The Cheek
When: 08 Jul 21 14:11
It's going to the CEO's office so one can only hope...
By:
ItsMeSwaddle
When: 08 Jul 21 14:15
Can you also ask him if he knows Willie Shafter? Ty
By:
greenteethnarrabacktroutmoy
When: 08 Jul 21 14:17
Scared
By:
bettinghelp
When: 08 Jul 21 16:50
The graph display issue described above is the opposite of what happens in VAR footie matches. There they leave the graphs showing erroneous matched prices which have been voided due to a VAR decision, so you still see huge spikes long after the bets have been adjusted.
By:
The Cheek
When: 23 Jul 21 15:10
Finally got through to someone half sensible at BF via their CEO's office and got it raised with their technical people.

A fix should now be in place but do post here if the issue persists
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