Dim wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:48 pm
That makes sense, but
I can't imagine "betfair" doesn't care about it reputation. And after the site goes "down" there is less activity after the site is back and running., therefore less commission is generated as a result. Or the amount of commission they would make out of this crash is a lot more, compared to what they would get if the exchange is running normally????
I think, it's pretty safe at this stage to declare that they do not! Or that should be, of course they care, but not more than they're willing to risk it by graping as much as they can off their best customers, and cutting costs to the point of effecting the product negatively. Whether it's an effect of their de facto monopoly or PP turning the screws on BF exchange running costs, who knows.
All too regular outages, PC, a discount feed provider/inplay issues, and an issue with the start times, combine for a pretty grim picture of how much shit, they think, they can make the customers eat before it hurts the bottom line! The start times are the smallest problem, and yet the the biggest concern imo. It's been weeks without being fixed. If the Romanians, they've hired for peanuts in the IT-department, cannot find and fix whatever bug is causing it within a timeframe of weeks, it spells trouble down the line. I'd hate to see the panic stations during these outages with that level of "expertise".