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Old 8th January 2006, 06:43 PM
KennyVictor KennyVictor is offline
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Default Why Sell a System?

Why would I sell a winning system?

......and why would anyone want to buy it?

This is a question I've seen asked a few times, usually as a retorical question, but never satisfactorily answered. Someone doing an undercover promotion job did answer it a few months back along the lines of "Well a dentist sells his services to people by fixing their teeth so a professional horse rater sells his services by tipping horses". I thought at the time this was a rather unsatisfactory answer because a dentist can't turn his work directly into money like a punter can.

So, let's assume I have a successful system. Would I sell it?

Well, yes, I would.

I'm convinced, after reading about various people either being taken to the tune of many thousands of dollars or asking if they should hand over a large wad for a system, that there is a lot more SAFE money to be made selling systems than using them. If you have a system that is consistently turning 10% Profit on turnover you have a very saleable product which I'm sure a lot of unsuccessful punters would love to have. But to use it yourself - well, you've got to worry about things like long losing streaks, how much of my bank can I afford to bet with, will the system stay successful long enough to make me a fortune. No, I'm sure a lot more stress free dollars are available by selling a good system than by using it.

So, maybe some of these systems on the market are genuine winning systems.

Now, from the other side of the fence, would I like to buy a successful system.

Well, if I was a severely unsuccessful punter, doing my dough week after week I might indeed think it was a good idea to buy a system. Chances are I'd get ripped off because I'm sure the bogus systems out there far outnumber the genuine ones, but let's say I found a successful one. One that had turned the 10% profit over the last few years. Would this be a wise buy?

I don't think so.

The system seller isn't going to be selling the one copy to me is he. He will be flogging it to anyone who will give him their money. Pretty soon we'll have scores of punters putting their money on the same horse that my system is picking. The 10% will drift down to 5% as the price on my horses drop. Then the profit will dissappear altogether as I tell my friends about this fabulous system and half the country is backing the same horse that I am. Only one guy is coming out on top here. The joker selling the 'winning' system.

An overly simplistic view I agree. But I'll be interested to hear other people's views on this largely unanswered question.

KV

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