Is apathy affecting this site
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Look in here from time to time but noticed recently that a lot of the enthusiasm seems to have drifted away.
Is this as a result of the gubbings or just a realisation of all the time and effort doesnt justify the reduced rewards at the moment.+0April 11, 2016 at 1:13 pm
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Errr what reduced awards? You just have to plan your day and make money normal horse racing applies today.
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Well I don’t post paddy offers or sky offers, or will hill offers etc etc because I don’t keep an eye on them any more. Why should I?!
I think the new generation (last month’s newbies) need to step up and fill that void because as the “veterans” (I think when you have a list of 7 bookie’s you’re barred/restricted from you can qualify as a veteran) get barred you can’t expect us to still scan our old bookies and post up offers for you!
It could be that or it could be that the bookie’s are offering less promos. I think March was the first month since November that there wasn’t at least one bookie doing regular daily money back 2nd offers on the horses.
Plus the virgin accountant gets abuse for spending too much time on this site from some narky forumites from time to time. I think some ppl’s enthusiasm for the forum is waning for the abuse you can get sometimes or lack of appreciation..
Also some ppl are putting out that you will get gubbed for posting on here, and that MarkCorrigan works for Paddy Power, so many ppl are afraid to post out of paranoia.
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I’ve lost enthusiasm. Getting banned from promos really pisses me off.
Still got plenty of accounts but only Sky and Betfair out of the big ones.
Made £3400 out of this little hobby but the thought it is all coming to an end really annoys me.
When there’s no offers I often think about having a gamble so it’s not good+0
Yes, there are a lot of Smartypants on here looking to stick the boot in!
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Where is the new offer in this post?
+0I’m just shy of £5k in three months but closer to the end than the start. It’s become a bit of a compulsion which is why the gubbing hurts so much. I lost betfair, Stan James and coral (times 2) on Friday which has to be a blog record. Sky and bet365 remain supported by 888, bet stars and 188. I know we are up to no good but I don’t get how the can advertise a promotion and then gub you as a result. I posted an Apollobet thread on here for MBS one Sunday and we all hammered it. I was due two free £25’s but got one and had my staking restricted to 30p or less. Others got the same treatment. That’s just being cheated and leaves a bad taste.
You don’t buy two loaves of bread for the price of one and then have some spotty prepubescent sales assistant taking one of the loaves off you as your getting in the car without at least the opportunity for refund. Similar principles should apply to betting. The contract should work both ways.
+0Less worthwhile offers, more gubbings. People will inevitably drift away.
Otherwise the discussion is mostly pretty soulless/dry.
It can be rewarding trying to help newbies but seems a lot of us have become exasperated with the same lazy/stupid questions.
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I intend to “retire” from this soon as I am very close to my target and am slowly losing bookies but people come and go. You only have to look back to the 2015 Grand National blog post and the comments section to see loads of users, none of which are here today.
I’m glad I was in the first group to be involved with this new forum, its been fun and isnt quite over yet.
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It’s definitely a despairing thought that everyone from last year’s national time is no longer posting…they could however be making loads of money Sharbing like that loveday guy or from some other method unbeknownst to us!!
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Been away for a few weeks, so no MB for me lately, but must admit to suffering a severe case of post-Cheltenham blues. Losing a load of high street bookie accounts just before and after Cheltenham has not helped, so until I can bother myself to set some new accounts up I guess I will continue to let it take a back seat.
Personally, I don’t like using the “2nd tier” type bookies (i.e. any bookie with numbers in its title other than Bet365, etc…) so given that is where the offers seem to be right now I am happy to take a few weeks/months off.
Previously I would have backed and layed up to 15-20 bets a day during the week and twice that at a weekend, but right now I just can’t be arsed – so yes, apathy is most definitely a factor.
I’ve been on this forum since day 1 and whilst it has always been a bit dry, the amount of bullshit and chew has risen markedly of late. That is one reason why I post less nowadays, as well as the fact that I no longer look for offers at PP, WH, Laddies… as I cannot partake.
Plenty of new members around now though, so I am sure that the forum will continue to thrive :)
+0I have been gubbed a 4 bookies and only been doing it for 4 months. Some of them I placed as little as 5 bets with. It is profit Accumulator that is the source of our problems! My mate has been doing it for years and only started getting gubbed after that site came online.
+0Yeah, I was away too for a few weeks, so posted very little whilst on holiday. Like Tony I was backing and laying 10-20 bets every day, and I was happy to do that for £3 here and there. I guess I’ve been a bit spoiled with some of the big wins, and so the smaller things are a bit less appealing. I think the reduction of the other regulars posting has also added to my malaise, as I quite liked the community feel here. I feel this less now, but some of the recent additions seem like they’re getting into the swing of things, so hopefully, as Fog says, they’ll step up to the plate.
I think having a daily horseracing thread is pretty good, but apart from B365, I don’t knoe what’s on atm. Is WH doing MBS??
My gubbings have been PP, Labdrokes, Stan James, and another one I forget right now. This does rather suck, and when B365 and Sky goes, well, then it’s game over, man, game over!
+0I wouldn’t say the enthusiasm has gone but more likely the gubbigs have taken their toll. I used to post quite a lot when this forum started but now I’m gubed from a lot of the more decent bookies I don’t bother with their offers or checking what they have to offer and so don’t post about them anymore.
As Ive less to bet on and the regular visitors know what they’re doing with the regular offers there’s less to post and comment on unless you want to reply to a new thread explaining how to do this that or the other which has already been covered numerous times and could be discovered with a quick search or a read of the terms.
Matched betting isn’t dead or even dying it’s just got a bit harder. I don’t mind working for my money, I quite enjoy it in fact and has made me a fan of sport even more. For example I couldn’t have given a toss about golf a week ago, but after going in for a few masters offers I was glued to the screen on Sunday night and was thrilled when an English man I’d never heard of put on a god awful ugly green jacket!
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nah not really
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Agree with Fog, the Newbies need to chip in.
A few members were away but during Chelt the forum was roaring and Aintree too. Think that things have been quieter too, WillHills added a lot in January with offers every day. There’s a sell by date on this for all of us. Get out of it what you can while you can and have a plan what to reinvest the money in to keep the ball rolling. There are other great opportunities out there like tipsters and systems. A lot of people will shoot down tipsters (a lot are rubbish and scammers but there are good ones too) and the same with systems, there are steady bank builders out there.The bookies will get stricter and stricter too because everyone is trying to pocket off of selling matchedbetting now, just look at oddsmoneky’s new format and business plan
there differences of opinions there, some think everyone is entitled to slice of the cake, problem there is that the cake gets eaten too quickly. Personally I think us who were mug punters at some time (90% of us I’m sure) deserve the cake more.
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