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PoorDave

Tr&#64 wrote: »

Mrs. Sparkle, thats what they all say thats how it starts. You are in enough debt to know better. Im certain ive forgotten more about gambling than you'll ever know if you live to be 100.
People on debtfree wannabees need sensible long-term advice that works, not that drivel from idiots like you.

You might want to take a look in the mirror sometime before you go around insulting people.

I can sort of understand the point that someone with sizeable debts shouldn't "risk" matched betting, as if they do it wrong they could lose money they need more than someone who has cash to spare. Matched betting done properly isn't a risk, but someone just starting out at it is more likely to mess up.

What i can't understand is calling someone an idiot just because they happen to put across a view you don't happen to agree with.

cathybird

I've reported the "idiots" slur as abuse

BornToBeAPrincess

Tr&#64 wrote: »

Mrs. Sparkle, thats what they all say thats how it starts. You are in enough debt to know better. Im certain ive forgotten more about gambling than you'll ever know if you live to be 100.
People on debtfree wannabees need sensible long-term advice that works, not that drivel from idiots like you.

Well that was rude. Just because you have obviously got into trouble gambling doesn't mean everyone else will. I see you are trying to give advice from your own experiences but calling people idiots is going the wrong way about it.

Thanks for your advice before Mrs Sparkle and enjoy your pregnancy. I miss my bump!!

jillie1974

what a gobsh*i*t*e !!
well done for reporting him!!
we're not all addicts everyone has their own reasons for getting into trouble
ignore him!!
you're with friends on here -apart from him that is

cathybird

Tr&#64 wrote: »

I know you're 25k in debt dear that tells me all i need to know.

But her debts are not due to gambling, so your accusation is incorrect.

People on here are mostly ALREADY addicts in one form or another and take it from me, gambling is addictive as it gets.

I'm sure "gambling" in the traditional sense can be addictive, but matched betting is not gambling in the traditional sense. And I don't agree that DFWs are necessarily addicts. They're people who for whatever reason have paid too little attention to how to handle money. The two things are completely different. I'm in debt and I am not addicted to anything, thanks.

cathybird

mrs sparkle are you out there? just ignore him

moneyman4u

Idiot rude troll.

Matched betting for most people is a great way to earn free money fast, unless your a thick troll like tracker who cant add 2+2 or wipe his own A**e that is

bpyoung

What utter drivel. Matched betting has very little to do with gambling. Claiming that people will become gambling addicts because of it is roughly equivalent to warning someone that they're going to become an alcoholic because they go to the pub and drink orange juice.

Since I took up matched betting about two years ago, I've learnt a LOT about gambling. And what I've learnt has made me far less likely to gamble than I would have done before.

cathybird

If I said what I thought of his post I'd be descending to his level of rudeness which I don't wish to do!

cpu

Tr&#64 wrote: »

People on debtfree wannabees need sensible long-term advice that works

I agree with you..(but there was no need for the insult at the end :rolleyes: ).

I feel the need to butt in here to add a note of caution. Although matched betting may not be the same beast as other forms of gambling, none of us know the type of person the OP is and I can see a potential danger in advising (however well meant) this as a route to go down. For all we know the OP may have an addictive type personality and may get carried away after a while and decide to try other things in the gambling world which will make her situation much worse.

I'm not saying that's the case mind, but I do think it prudent to stick to the tried and tested forms of debt management and not advise an alternative such as this, given that we know little about the person who posts.

Hope I haven't offended anyone, I just wanted to advise caution after seeing a family member ruin his life through gambling. (It wasn't the gambling in particular, in the sense that he wan't addicted to a particular thing like racing or poker etc, iyswim, it was the feeling of winning which he got regularly and then made him feel he could do more and he branched into other forms of betting which was his downfall.)

Perhaps Tr@cker feels so strongly about this kind of thing that maybe his emotional response kicked in before his reasonable one did. That's not to excuse rudeness, but I have to say I agree with his sentiments about perhaps this isn't the best advice.

*tip toes off now......*