I am just pointing out that local known bookies can be trusted to pay if they've been in the business long enough.
Yeah, tell that to my guy who had run a book in Oxford, MS for nearly 30 yrs! One Tuesday afternoon on collection day, I even noticed a uniformed Oxford police officer diggin' into his wallet. Fella was good as gold, and NOONE EVER had to worry about him settlin' a score.
Guess what?? Purvis no longer participates in the book makin' business. Wasn't the local police, State Troopers, FBI, DEA, or ATF agents that paid him a visit one Sunday afternoon. It was the agency that likes to keep roughly 35% of your paycheck! The infamous Internal Revenue Service came a knockin'. I became aware of the unfortunate incident when I called the pool hall one day. "Purvis around", I said. "Purvis who"? exclaimed the gentleman on the other end of the line. 3 months later, I somehow graduated from grad. school. I would always inquire about Purvis when I ran into people that did business with one of the more popular figures in Northern Miss. The only information that I could find would be either in the Oxford Eagle or the Daily Mississippian. Seems as though Purvis had owed some back taxes for nearly 20 damn years! Gov't tends to get a little pissed off when they don't get their fair share of your check. Through the years, Purvis had short-changed the Federal Gov't by only claiming his downtown pool hall as his only source of income. I will have to say that Purvis did look kind of out place in that big ole house he was living in, as well as the brand new cadillac he seemed to get every January. I gave serious thought to opening up my own pool hall once I graduated from school.
It's been 8 yrs. since I laid eyes upon my good friend, but I can almost guarantee ya Purvis aint making book anymore. The IRS took nearly everything the man had, and I'd say that he's probably continuing to work for the Internal Revenue Service. Strange thing about bookmaking is the fact that the better you become, the more attention you bring to yourself. While it's usually a good career move to work hard and bring home more money, it's quite the opposite when you're in the book biz. I'd say that the one common word to describe people such as Purvis, is simply
GREED.....
In addition you don't have to pay credit card fees
Why not try and save up to meet that minimum balance requirement, which is usually around $300 dollars. This may be hard for you to believe, but the Book will usually reimburse you for any costs you incur when opening an account....
or lose money converting currency
They got computers in Pakistan??
Another thing I was just trying to point out that local bookies are a viable option and you missed the point.
I think quite a few are trying to figure out what's the point of this thread? Please help me fall asleep and tell us that you're only joshin'...
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Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OFFSHORE BOOKS VS LOCAL BOOKIES
Kind of ironic don't ya think?
