MFi3 & before I am 40 + my MB journey

Dan29 · 27 January 2008 at 1:57PM

TallGirl wrote: »

Really fed up my so called verification with Coral failed apparently because they have me down as a man and with no first name. He guy at customer services was really nice and he will try to put it through again. However if it does not work then I will have to send them a scanned copy of my driving license. Problem is I have no scanner.

Often a digital camera (especially if it has 'macro' mode) will take a good enough picture of your ID to keep the bookie happy. Coral are a big reputable company so I'm sure you'll get this sorted out soon.

benbenandme · 27 January 2008 at 2:08PM

TG - loving the matched betting updates, I really must get started on it soon so will keep reding your progress :beer:

TallGirl · 27 January 2008 at 2:12PM

Thanks Dan29 that is a brilliant idea. Not heard from them yet and it has not yet been 1 hour so have to be patient.

benbenandme it is not as difficult to do as you may think but I still havent got my head around snr & sn and how you keep finding free bets. Need to get Coral sorted out before I do anything else though.

Update: Coral is now sorted and I have a balance of £50.50 £25.50 more than I had yesterday so a nice little earner. Now I need to work out how to carry on and bag more free bets.

ailuro2 · 27 January 2008 at 9:45PM

TG- I'm another MFi3 who is 40 in 2010- In January 2010, though, so I don't think we'll have the mortgage paid off by then.

But if we try hard enough then who knows?

TallGirl · 27 January 2008 at 10:45PM

Ailuro2 you have done really well wow £16 left I am sure you will get that down before 2010. I am 40 in August so have a bit longer to get rid of my £25k.

Not done anymore Matchbetting but did try the 888ladies bingo site. We did quite well but then lost the lot. Never mind it was free money. Need to go to bed now, too much white wine.

IFA · 29 January 2008 at 12:49AM

I'm well on target to be be mortgage free at 40 as it stands, unfortunately I now want a bigger house, so make that 45

Good Luck to all!

TallGirl · 29 January 2008 at 9:16AM

IFA well done for nearly getting there and if you need a bigger house then you have to get it dont you. I am so tempted to have our bathrooms done eventhough they could last a bit longer. Havent had the qoute yet but that could affect my MFi3 dream.

TallGirl · 29 January 2008 at 9:23AM

Right update time on MB. It is such a fascinating world I am getting more and more hooked. Sent and email to Ladborkes asking them if they would give me a free bet as I did not get one when I signed up. I know it was for their casino offer but thought it worth a go. They replied I could have a free £25 one so off to Match Bet to release it.

Had to check with Guru Tim that my odds were OK and went for Gretna in the end. Got 1.57 on Gretna to win and backed that with Ladbrokes and then did the Lay at Betfair at 1.64. This could have been better but the odds changed all the time and I just went for it. I bet £25 on each and ended up with a £1.55 loss of my own money but that will release the free bet. Just logged into Ladbrokes but the account side is down so will have to wait and see if I have got it or email them again. Customer Services are so quick to email back it is actually quite easy.

I then went and had a go at the £20 Deal or No Deal offer with Coral. Had to play through £100 to get £20. Taking the bankers offer 1st time minimise the risks but it does take forever to do. I came away with a £15ish clear profit. Not bad for 2 hours on the laptop while watching TV.

Need to have a go at to other no risk Casino offers today at Coral and then there is the Betfair challenge. So much to learn but next proper bet will be to use my free one.

It is a stake non returned one so it has to be at high odds to make a decent return. Will need Tim to check it before I place it not sure I trust myself yet.

Anyway enough waffle will update you when I have placed my next bet.

TallGirl · 29 January 2008 at 10:02AM

Sorry couldn't wait to tell you I have done the two Coral Casino offers and gosh were they really really easy took 5 min.

So to take stock this is where I am now these are my balances:
Ladbrokes: - £25 = £25 loss (waiting for free bet)
Betfair: + £91.42 minus original deposit £50 = £41.42 profit
Coral: + 78.98 minus original deposit £25 = £53.98 profit

Over all MB Profit to date: £70.40 :T :T :T

Now need to do some work

TallGirl · 30 January 2008 at 10:04AM

Right time for an update. I have now got my £25 free bet from Ladbrokes but I need to place it as a £10 and a £15 bet and I am struggling to find good enough odds to make it worthwhile. I sat with my laptop last night and looked and looked but the best return I could find was £7.02 and that is only 70% so not good enough. Should be looking at around 80% return. Will look tonight but going out for dinner with some girlfriends so may have to wait.

Anyway I concentrated on getting the Betfair Challenge Completed which can earn you £20. You have to do 6 things on Betfair to earn the money.

Firstly Lay a bet, well that is easy as we use Betfair to lay and I had already done it.
Secondly Back a bet, not too difficult either just remember to lay it at the same time or it would not be MB.
Thirdly bet on a in play game. That was a bit harder but I went with backing Sunderland to win when they were 2-0 up last night with about 20min to go. I did Lay it at the same time so when they won I only lost 6p. That should be my first challenge completed and it cost me pennies to do. Now waiting for the £10 credit.

Second Challenge is in the games and casino section obviously to get you to play in there. I played 2 hands of BlackJack won 1 lost 1 so came out even.
Then you have to play this poker game and download some software. I could not get it to work on my laptop but just done it now and it worked. Ended up loosing 5p but that was that done.
Third thing to do was the exchange games but had to make a bet on a computerised game and back the winner or lay the winner. The guide on here suggested doing it on poker so I had a look at that. Now I know very little but I back the favorite and £2 as he had a pair of kings and all the others were rubbish. I wasn't sure if I should lay as well but it all happened so quickly and my player won so got 54p profit.

That should be it now I should get £20 in my account in 48 hours if I have done it right. Will wait and see but it has not cost me a thing due to the 54p win on Poker.

Here is the link to the guide to the Betfair Challenge:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=385607&highlight=betfair+challenge

The main post you want is post 9.

PS it is for new Betfair Players only.

MFi3 & before I am 40 + my MB journey

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