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[Mr. Poon]

Glenn - gotcha. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Honestly I don't see anything sinisterly wrong with your opinion on the matter. Somet things just weren't clear from your earlier post. That's all.

 

[jmizeus]

you screwed up, should have taken cuse on the moneyline

:mj07:


in all due respects: what comes around will go around. you should have been honest :SIB

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Glenn - gotcha. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Honestly I don't see anything sinisterly wrong with your opinion on the matter. Somet things just weren't clear from your earlier post. That's all.

Cool. Yeah, I've been told about a million times the way I write often comes off sounding much harsher than I intend it. Never meant to imply that people should be out to screw others over whenever they get the chance. Not at all.

GL with your plays today and going forward!

 

[UGA12]

From SIA's rules and regs:
Sports Interaction cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions in respect of the announcing, publishing, or marking of prices, runners, times or results, despite every effort to ensure their accuracy. In the event that such an error occurs, Sports Interaction reserves the right to either void any affected bets or to correct the error and settle the affected bets at the correct odds at the time of acceptance or at the starting price for the event (where applicable).

This was an obvious bad line that I would not have personally bet. Having said that I find it hard to have anything but distrust for a book that says we will either cancel it or let it stand at the correct odds. Who in the hell would ever know if they cancelled the winners and allowed the losers at the original odds. I do not do business with these people so do not have a dog in the fight, but if they do not allow for clients to cancel or change bets in which they mistakingly made the wrong play then they should stand behind their bad lines. I understand it not being good form playing the bad line, but that does not excuse books that do the same. JMO and have no idea about this book but I do know from experience a couple that would tell you tough, you should pay more attention.

 

[yyz]

Again, this is all about personal accountability, or the lack thereof, to me. Why should people NOT be held responsible for their actions? I don't think anyone will ever be able to convince me that they shouldn't.

You know what? I would for you. I would honor the bet. I would fund the account fully. Then, I would have the same nincompoop "lackey" make sure he/she screwed up, and deleted your account somehow. No record of it, nothing.

Then, when you called to bitch, I would tell you, "We don't fix our mistakes here, you should know that, sir. Have a nice day."

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

You know what? I would for you. I would honor the bet. I would fund the account fully. Then, I would have the same nincompoop "lackey" make sure he/she screwed up, and deleted your account somehow. No record of it, nothing.

Then, when you called to bitch, I would tell you, "We don't fix our mistakes here, you should know that, sir. Have a nice day."

That's pretty funny. So the guy that thinks it's so immoral to try and take advantage of a bad line would be alright with a sportsbook stealing the money in a customer's account. The words 'pot' and 'kettle' come to mind.

 

[yyz]

No those words don't mean a thing to me. You converted me!

 

[greggraffin]

so to get back on topic, did the book honor the wager?

 

[INEEDMONEY]

I went to foot locker the other day and they had a pair of nike shocks on the rack that had a 69.95 price in them with the name and everything written. when we went to ring them up the came up 110+. I said I thought they were on sale so the guy went and got the shoe and saw the tag. he said he had to give me that price and pulled the tag out to fix. was I wrong to take the advertised price? I think not!! Dont see much differnce. but knowing these books, that most end up screwing you some how since they arent sanctioned in the us, they canceled the bet both the +35 and 3.5. had it been a loser I am sure they would have honored the correct line and took your money. just my opinion

 

[Randercity]

I went to foot locker the other day and they had a pair of nike shocks on the rack that had a 69.95 price in them with the name and everything written. when we went to ring them up the came up 110+. I said I thought they were on sale so the guy went and got the shoe and saw the tag. he said he had to give me that price and pulled the tag out to fix. was I wrong to take the advertised price? I think not!! Dont see much differnce. but knowing these books, that most end up screwing you some how since they arent sanctioned in the us, they canceled the bet both the +35 and 3.5. had it been a loser I am sure they would have honored the correct line and took your money. just my opinion

EXACTLY~~~ that's why you NOTIFY them of the mistake, make the "actual" wager you intended, and enjoy the peace of mind of doing the right thing, and may actually win $100 by using their $10 bonus and playing a four-teamer and cashing in on the karma train baby~~~:0corn

 

[NYMess]

I guess all of you guys have received an extra dollar change when at the supermarket and stopped and gave it back or had food (chinese for example) delivered to your house and after the delivery person left you found an extra item in the bag and all you good samaritans called them up and returned the unordered item. I find that a little hard to believe, not that there are not good people in the world but let's not split hairs. If you go to the store and something is mispriced, that is the stores mistake but you are entitled to the displayed price otherwise it is false advertising. Unfortunately, the offshores don't have to abide but such regulations -- they in essence have you by the balls.
One season I played some baseball future wagers and one of them was who would hit more HRs for the season -- Bonds or Sosa. Well everyone and their Mom knew that Bonds was ailing and had the possibility of being out until June. So naturally I took Sosa. The day before the season began the cancelled the wager based on the fact that Bonds was not going to start the regular season on time. If you are not going to honor a wager why put it UP!! IF there is a game I want to wager and it is not on the board I can't bet it can I?? I can only wager on what they have on the board.
Now, I due think that he was a little greedy in putting a max bet on it, kind of like those kids who fixed a Pick 6 in horseracing but they made mujltiple tickets not just one and that is how they got caught, or a friend of mine who bet on a horse race after it finished because his book allowed it. He normally doesn't play horses, but when he does it is usually $20 win/place. Here he is doing $100 triples!!!! That is being a real dick.

Thanks for reading and just my opinion

 

[shawn555]

I guess all of you guys have received an extra dollar change when at the supermarket and stopped and gave it back or had food (chinese for example) delivered to your house and after the delivery person left you found an extra item in the bag and all you good samaritans called them up and returned the unordered item. I find that a little hard to believe, not that there are not good people in the world but let's not split hairs. If you go to the store and something is mispriced, that is the stores mistake but you are entitled to the displayed price otherwise it is false advertising. Unfortunately, the offshores don't have to abide but such regulations -- they in essence have you by the balls.


Thanks for reading and just my opinion

Then dont play offshore if its so horrible.

Some of you people are unreal. Does anyone remember what is was like before there was offshore gambling? I do and it sucked. If you think it is so horrible take your money out and stop betting online.

This is all about being a honest person and not trying be a thief. If you are so jaded about betting offshore than STOP, you are an adult no one is forcing you to do this.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

I guess all of you guys have received an extra dollar change when at the supermarket and stopped and gave it back or had food (chinese for example) delivered to your house and after the delivery person left you found an extra item in the bag and all you good samaritans called them up and returned the unordered item. I find that a little hard to believe, not that there are not good people in the world but let's not split hairs. If you go to the store and something is mispriced, that is the stores mistake but you are entitled to the displayed price otherwise it is false advertising. Unfortunately, the offshores don't have to abide but such regulations -- they in essence have you by the balls.
One season I played some baseball future wagers and one of them was who would hit more HRs for the season -- Bonds or Sosa. Well everyone and their Mom knew that Bonds was ailing and had the possibility of being out until June. So naturally I took Sosa. The day before the season began the cancelled the wager based on the fact that Bonds was not going to start the regular season on time. If you are not going to honor a wager why put it UP!! IF there is a game I want to wager and it is not on the board I can't bet it can I?? I can only wager on what they have on the board.
Now, I due think that he was a little greedy in putting a max bet on it, kind of like those kids who fixed a Pick 6 in horseracing but they made mujltiple tickets not just one and that is how they got caught, or a friend of mine who bet on a horse race after it finished because his book allowed it. He normally doesn't play horses, but when he does it is usually $20 win/place. Here he is doing $100 triples!!!! That is being a real dick.

Thanks for reading and just my opinion

Exactly. This was my point from the beginning. If you don't want people taking advantage of bad lines, then don't post bad lines. Doesn't seem like rocket science to me. :shrug: And once a line is up, it should be honored IMO. Yes, people make mistakes. And when they do, they should take responsibility for them.

I still haven't gotten an answer as to whether or not a book would void my bet if I accidentally bet the wrong side and that side ended up losing. Should I call in and expect them to void the bet since it was just a mistake on my part? Would they then be the a-holes if they didn't void the bet for me since it was an honest mistake? A couple of years ago I accidentally checked the wrong box on an O/U game. I watched the game, thought I won, then realized I clicked the wrong box. Of course I felt like a total dumbass. But it was a mistake I made and I lived with it. No pissing and moaning, just a lesson learned. Not sure why the book shouldn't be held to the same standard.

And maybe this is a bad analogy, but when I was younger I worked in grocery stores. It really wasn't that uncommon to have items mislabeled. EVERY time an item was mislabeled the customer got it at the labeled price, even if it was obviously an error and much lower than it was supposed to be. I don't know, maybe I'm just naive to think that should carry over into other aspects of business.

 

[NySportsfan]

I consider myself a very honest person. And I'm not someone who "looks for an angle" to screw someone else. Personally, I have never placed a bet on a "bad line" myself. All I was saying is that I really have no sympathy for the books. Why should you?

This isn't a matter of honesty for me, it's a matter of personal accountability, which is a completely foreign concept to most people these days. If you screw up, buck up and admit your mistake, and make it right. Period. If you need other people looking out for you and covering your ass all the time, maybe you shouldn't be in business.

And if you're a sportsbook and you have some dumbass working for you who is posting lines that are 31' points off, you should be more concerned with why that guy is in your employ, rather than individual bettors who try to take advantage of that line.

Just my .02.

I couldnt agree more :SIB some people amaze me.......personal accountability = no existent these days, yet people on here act like we should have a tip cup on the corner for the books.....Bottom line, is it worthwhile betting on an obvious incorrect line hoping they wont catch it? NO, because it won't work and theyll find it.......but as glenn said, it's the books fault NOT ours, jeez....answer me this, if i incorrectly click on the wrong team or amount of $ and call to change it or cancel would they let me? not a chance.....also, do we get any kind of insurance on whether we'll get paid? negative on that too.....airportis and glen you guys couldnt be more correct, it's just a joke how some people feel sympathy for the books that shade lines, lower peoples limits, and sometimes steal....go figure

 

[NYMess]

Then dont play offshore if its so horrible.

Some of you people are unreal. Does anyone remember what is was like before there was offshore gambling? I do and it sucked. If you think it is so horrible take your money out and stop betting online.

This is all about being a honest person and not trying be a thief. If you are so jaded about betting offshore than STOP, you are an adult no one is forcing you to do this.

I don't post to criticize people but apparently you can't read. I did not say I dislike using offshores. I just happened to mention an instance I had in which I believe I was taken advantage of by a book, and the book wasn't exactly an offshore, it was one that was raided by the FBI. Point is they don't have any accountability, especially when they already have your money.

BTW, shawn, I don't use this particular book anymore because I am an adult and smart enough not to be taken advantage of.

 

[bennyboy]

definely email them, tell them of the mistake, you won`t get paid anyway