Hello SBR
I asked Bill about Futurebet and he said there were issues and that "some are unresolved and some are paid..."
This highlights an important issue. To me, this assessment is too black/white. Obviously, if you're a recreational player looking for a great book, you know not to get involved. But a more fundamental distinction (that the above does not address) is that between a SLOW-PAY and a NO-PAY.
Both specifically in this case and more generally by looking at the avoid/blacklist one can not tell the difference! In this case it would be key to know about the unresolved complaints. Are they unresolved because they're new. Are there any old ones that are unresolved? Has anyone not been blatantly stiffed? If someone was stiffed, was there any justification for it?
Take Sportsinteraction (what I know about them). They have slowpaid and been graded poorly here for years. But I have never heard of anyone getting stiffed. Sharps have pounded them for years for the max. So while someone reporting on them might say, "Yeah there are a ton of complaints there" but a more thorough look will show that these complaints will get resolved after some time and frustration and they do not stiff people (again this is my educated guess.)
As for the avoid/blacklist, you can see if there are Payout Problems but this does not get into whether they SLOW or NO-PAY and to me, this is the most important thing one can learn with these C-F books.
New Guy
I asked Bill about Futurebet and he said there were issues and that "some are unresolved and some are paid..."
This highlights an important issue. To me, this assessment is too black/white. Obviously, if you're a recreational player looking for a great book, you know not to get involved. But a more fundamental distinction (that the above does not address) is that between a SLOW-PAY and a NO-PAY.
Both specifically in this case and more generally by looking at the avoid/blacklist one can not tell the difference! In this case it would be key to know about the unresolved complaints. Are they unresolved because they're new. Are there any old ones that are unresolved? Has anyone not been blatantly stiffed? If someone was stiffed, was there any justification for it?
Take Sportsinteraction (what I know about them). They have slowpaid and been graded poorly here for years. But I have never heard of anyone getting stiffed. Sharps have pounded them for years for the max. So while someone reporting on them might say, "Yeah there are a ton of complaints there" but a more thorough look will show that these complaints will get resolved after some time and frustration and they do not stiff people (again this is my educated guess.)
As for the avoid/blacklist, you can see if there are Payout Problems but this does not get into whether they SLOW or NO-PAY and to me, this is the most important thing one can learn with these C-F books.
New Guy
