<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hamneggs:
_Pat_
There was a time when it was rare to see an Irish post down here. I used to think that you were reserved and PC. I heard stories about the days when you did not agree with the Rx. I had no idea the kind of monster that laid within.
Now you have come out and shown me the type of a basher that you can be. You mixed in the pictures as well, which is something that I have not yet gotten into. Having said that, you have put together a series of very comical posts. LMAO
If I could express my own opinion, I think that deep down you have a lot of respect for him. As you know, he has always been a gentleman around the Forums and has shown us a solid effort in various sports. Of course, he has time to turn things positive in the NBA.
You won't like this, or maybe you will, but just listen up. You can imagine that people are paying for a _service_ when they pay a tout. Think about what it means to provide a valuable service, although you are likely thinking about a service that provides no value. Value is highly relative. What is valuable to one has no value in the eyes of the next.
People buy picks for a variety of reasons. For some, it is a plan to make money. We really don't think about the people who are going to gamble, but want to be able to blame it on someone else instead of themselves if they should lose. There is no question that providing picks is a service, whether it is done for free or for compensation, whether it has value in your eyes or not.
I know people that buy used socks for more money than they would pay for new socks. They ask for them in a plastic bag, sealed, and well used. How crazy...but the used socks have value in the eyes of those that like to smell them.
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Hammy - I agree with much of this. Well said sir.
To be clear I don't want to sound like I am against free enterprise, people have the right to both buy and sell picks if they so choose. My problem is with this Dogball guy specifically, no one else. Sometimes my posts paint with a broad brush but he is my main focus, not anyone else. People have a right to buy and sell
honestly if they desire. Just as people have the right to call BULLSHIT when a Dogball like tout is exposed.
Good post though, often I get angry buyers who purchase picks who think I am calling them idiots and get offended. You're only an idiot if you buy from Dogball. Down a documented -54.4 units but swears he is really 90 units better than that somewhere else? That's just one of many tricks and lies this man has has bestowed upon us. These kind of guys give the honest touts a bad name, assuming one actually exists.....
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I know I am down over -54 units in the NBA but I am winning over 90 units on the plays I don't tell anyone about until the game is over. - Ben "Dogball" Matlock/Tout