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dvds2000

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You will only have to read this once, once the thread has been viewed then you won't be directed here again!

In an attempt to get a little income for the forum , with the aim of paying for the hosting and hopefully upgrading the forum software to the newest version of vbulletin, I'm putting a few posts up for a few bookies, along with any current offers they may have. Apologies in advance for anyone who looks on them as spam, but I think they are better than having annoying pop ps on every page and such like.

If anyone doesn't already have an account with any of the bookies, it would be appreciated if you could open an account and make at least one bet, even if its just a small one, using the links on either the forum pages or the links within these posts.

I don't make a fortune from the affiliate links, in fact in 15 years I think there has been one year when I actually made any money from the forum, which was about £15 lol. However, luckily, the forum doesn't exist to make money, its never been for that, and never will, but I do think it should really be able to cover its own cost, hense this post.

I would like to be able to upgrade to vbulletin 5 connect, which, as you can see by clicking here, is around £275. I paid for the last upgrade we had by myself, which was over £200, hopefully if a few people click the links within a month or two we could have a up to date much nicer forum for everyone to use.

The reason for doing this now is two fold.

One, vbulletin 3.8 isn't very mobile/tablet friendly. Vbulletin 5 is optimised for all this, without having to use external apps, like tapatalk etc. Upgrading the software will give you all a better experience, not just on mobile devices, but on most aspects of the forum, even from laptops & pc's.

Two, some of you might remember the forum was offline for a few days at the beginning of the year. The reason for this was that the hosting company upgraded the php version on the server, and unfortunately the software we use for the forum isn't compatible with that version of php (google vbulletin 3.8.4 php 5.4 if you would like the reasons why!).
The hosts downgraded again after a few days and quite a few emails between us, but at some point they will be forced to upgrade and stay there. At that point, the forum won't work. The choice then will beeither go back to using a free forum, or upgrade. Upgrading is by far the better option.

To give an idea of costs, upgrading the forum and paying for a years hosting will be over £400.

So, sorry for the post, but hopefully some of you can help out by clicking the links. Remember, the forum is completely free to use. This can be your way of helping the forum, and it doesn't cost you a penny, I'm sure a lot of people on here have a bet, and many won't have accounts with every bookie, so why not help up by signing up now, and taking advantage of any sign up offers available, so you get something back too.

Here are a couple of links

Bet365 - up to £200 in free bets & more.

Racebets - Very good reviews and up to £100 deposit match offer.

Skybet - Completely free £10 when you sign up, no deposit required.
 
AliGupter said:
Do you have a Paypal or anything we can send money to to help out?
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thanks for the offer, but i would prefer not to take donations, please don't take that the wrong way, but say 10 people sent £10 then that wouldn't be enough to pay for the upgrade, and then I would want to refund which is just hassle for everyone, plus, and more importantly, I don't think anyone should have to pay for using the forum, ever. If it gets paid for by a few affiliate links, then, ultimately, the bookies have paid for it, albeit out of your money, but if its money you are betting with anyway it doesn't really make a difference to anyone :p

Roddy Owen said:
Already have accounts with these except racebets
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No proble, I do assume most will already have accounts with them, but if people who don't could have a bet it would be appreciated :)
 
Thanks for all your efforts - they are appreciated.

A small point is that the message you have put up is knackering up the tapatalk app as you can't click through it.
 
well there you go, we upgrade and you won't have that problem :)

seriously though, sorry about that, now you have been on the forum premumably from a different source, can you see if you still get redirected using tapatalk as, as far as I'm aware, once your user name has viewed the thread it shouldn't send you here again.
 
Not got an account with Racebet so will open one up this week and use it Col. Speaking of Taptalk, I instaled the app on my tablet, but the couple of times I have tried, it doesn't find the forum at all. Any idea's any one?

P.S. Virtually everyone on the forum is extremely grateful for what you do here Col.
 
no idea at all Dave, I don't use it but was asked a couple of times by members so installed it.
Ill try to have a look a bit later
 
BennyB said:
Still not working via tapatalk I'm afraid.
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Same here, I cannot access the forum via Tapatalk either.
I imagine when the obligatory "Read This Thread" is discontinued, then, Tapatalk will work again. Hopefully anyway.
 
Same goes for me now. I'll have a proper read through the list and start doing my meagre betting with anyone who will give you money col - worth every penny :)
 
I've already signed up with those bookies, Col, two of them through links here. Best of luck.
 
slimchance has 75k from gigilos tips and he wont even part with 400 nicker for a froum he spends 24/7 on trolllin.
 
Well I've disabled the 'must read' thing so I'm not sure whats causing it, I'll see if I can get someone install it and see what the error is myself
 
Tapatalk working fine for me now.
I'm glad because it wasn'just TH -- I couldn' access any other forum on the Tapatalk platform.
It's a sweet little App, and I would miss it.

Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2
 
icebreaker said:
Tapatalk working fine for me now.
I'm glad because it wasn'just TH -- I couldn' access any other forum on the Tapatalk platform.
It's a sweet little App, and I would miss it.

Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2
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you couldn't have mentioned that earlier before i spent ages trying to sort out what was wrong lol :D
 
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