Quote Originally Posted by vegas1369 View Post
Placed $2200 on the Raiders @ -2.5 at -110 for a friend who lives out of state yesterday. Personally I hate the bet and would have taken the other side if it was my money. Eagles D has been much better as of late. Same can't be said for their O though, although Foles could step up and there's always Shady, and despite what some people think the Raiders still do suck, so...



Question though... What would be the acceptable amount to expect in return for this service? It's somewhat of a pain in the ass, especially considering it was on a Friday, having to go to the bank, waiting in the long pay day lines to withdraw the money, then going to a casino and hitting the book. I told him I get 5% ($100) if he wins, nothing for a loss. He said too much and tried to get me down to $50, we settled on $75. Sound about right?
It's a good question Vegas, and and ultimately subjective. Personally I wouldn't do it for anyone who wasn't a really, really close friend, but frankly I wouldn't charge anything.

I'm in a similar situation this week in that a buddy of mine asked if I could hook him up with two Seahawk tickets for tomorrow. He could buy them from a reseller or on the street tomorrow, but I said I'd see what I can do. Two nights ago two of the dudes I checked with both came through, so now I'm over ticketed and I've fronted $700 for two different transactions and I had run around yesterday and I'll have more run around tomorrow getting everything sorted.

I wouldn't do this for most people, but my buddy is almost like a brother and in the end he ended up with a great deal.

Your situation is different in that you're putting up significantly more money and it's likely a bigger hassle. I don't know if you're often asked to do this considering where you live, but this sounds like it's more of a one-off situation.

I'd do it for free, and if my buddy wanted to show some love if he won then all the better. I'm not suggesting you're out of line in any way, and frankly the amount you suggested seems reasonable. Again, it's totally subjective and for all I know you've got people sweating you all the time to place bets for them, which would be a pain in the ass and certainly deserving of compensation.