Ludlow Race 4 ..Ruby Crown...Whats going on???

I am on Holiday on the KZN South Coast so i go into the local tote/ Tattersalls,( the one near the shopping center) and ask for the horse Ruby Crown 10000/3000 ( 33/10 ) and get told NO the horse is 28/10 and you can have 3/1 ...so i log on to Betting World Mobile and what price do they have 7/2 ( 10000/2800 ,never took the bet though ) on offer so i beg the question WHY is there such a massive difference in Price ..??? Does anybody know ? Who would have the correct price?

Returned 4/1 in the uk

Sorry returned 7/2 but was available at an easy 4/1

Thanks Hibs...so if the ruling price is 7/2 in the UK why do some bookmakers have 28/10 here in SA?
Do these bookmakers put up the prices themselves...how does it work?

andy

they are all fu cking crooks every single one of them inclusive of the advertisers on this site.

3 years ago in Shelly Beach i backed a UK horse while there on holiday. The horse was 10/1 they had it at 7/1 and they paid me with a grudge as my next bet was not accepted at the stake i wanted.

Because they have no book

Guys,all pricing,the world over,for whatever commodity you want,is determined by supply and demand.......what would you think the average hold is,for a bookmaker,in a place like Shelly Beach.(particularly for UK racing)
If you thought you could walk up to a bookmaker in that kind of town and get on as much as you like at UK prices,then you crazy.
As far as I know he is not even compelled to price up at all?
A couple of years ago ,I was playing in a golf tournament on the coast and was with 3 punters and we intended to punt a horse towards the end of the day.Instead of trying to give the bookmaker a F%(&,I spoke to him early,told him we wanted the bet and asked him to help us get it all on.(Not huge,but it was bigger than the "claiming of the odds" limit in those premises)
He layed most of the bet off at a "bookmakers stretch" and gave us the benefit of sharing in that......result: we got on at a good price and stayed friends with the bookmaker..........is that what they mean by "you reap what you sow?"

@ rob i was not trying to give him a fu ck as you put it. I was there for the day eating and drinking and betting. I could not get onto betfair and therefore was using his facility to bet. Now you talk about supply and demand, what has that got to do with it? That bastard took my bet and got on BETFAIR himself.

its 2011 there is no need for a bookmaker to get the odds wrong in this day and age. If i back a horse at the correct price he can still get it taken back if he chooses to. If he wants to bet to 150% then unfortunately i am the CU NT for taking the bet and not him.

But I will never bet there again and i would hope that most would adopt that attitude, then all of a sudden there is no supply.........................

oh Rob i forgot to mention it was a R400 rand bet......and you are correct he does not have to price up and he showed the prices and it was my fault for taking the short odds. Still make him a prick though albeit me a bigger 1

Easy please stop the childish swear gettarounds

Easy,All I know is that business works best with a good relationship based on mutual respect.Sadly it is not always possible but I have never regarded a bookmaker as the enemy,just a business associate.
They have always been much more worth to me when I treated them like a business partner.
It is more rare these days as the internet has made most relationships impersonal,but can still apply in this type of situation.

@ rob

I disagree. That guy has a shop and pays rent.I am not his mate i am a customer and bad service/prices will be met with boycott. Maybe bookmakers in sa prefer "regular" credit clients. you know settle inwards or outwards every tuesday, keep the balalnce steady wether its in your favour or the "client/buddies"

but for a cash paying client we should get the best service at the best price.

@ hibs i swear at home and at work and certainly in church when i go, ill swear here if need be. sometimes it does sometimes it does not.