With BetFred sponsoring the British Masters golf tournament at The Belfry this week, there was plenty of value to get stuck into at the Fred offices this week, doubling up with some golfers playing in the Tour Championship over in the States.
I went early, driving around to my nearest BetFred on Tuesday afternoon rather than the Wednesday. I asked for a coupon, marked out the golfers I wanted, and handed it in to the chap behind the desk. I think possibly because it was early and the markets hadn’t matured sufficiently, but there were more price cuts than I’m used to, a couple of which were pretty significant. Enough to make me to not want to bet them.
So, taking some time to find replacements for those golfers at odds judged to be too short, I left, used the Bookie Bashing Golf Tracker, and drove to the next nearest Fred shop some ten minutes away.
Armed with a new list of golfers to back, off I trot to the counter and again, ask for the coupon.
Now the chap I’m talking to, I didn’t know. Not my usual Fred shop, you see. He seemed nice enough, but perhaps not…shall we say…the brightest bulb in the house?
“Sorry, mate”, he says. “No coupon with both tournaments on it. Got one just for the British Masters, you can have that.”
Well yes, I could have it, but it wouldn’t be much use bearing in mind I’m trying to back in doubles. Which, to a blank expression, fell on deaf ears.
I mean, how many times can you ask someone for a coupon and insist there is one? That you KNOW there is one?
After about five minutes of asking to re-check, and then re-check again, I gave up. He was beginning to lose a little patience as I was keeping him from his fish and chips, which to be fair, did smell good.
Ten minutes later, and I’m in my third Fred shop, and funnily enough, when asked for a coupon they were able to produce the correct one within seconds.
Not sure what the lesson learnt here is, but I feel there is one somewhere!
It’s been a bit of a tumultuous week results-wise (and not in a good way), and I have a fair number of thoughts formulating and brewing. So I’m going to think on those over the weekend, and report back properly on Monday.
Have a lovely weekend!
