[Vampyr]

With a record number of people turning to online bridge, i suppose it was only a matter of time before the profiteers started showing up.

[FelicityR]

Vampyr, on 2020-April-10, 18:38, said:

With a record number of people turning to online bridge, i suppose it was only a matter of time before the profiteers started showing up.

There's a big difference between profiteering and providing a service. Profiteering is selling £2 hand sanitiser on Ebay for £20. Providing a service is different.

Having someone experienced to show you how to navigate BBO's extensive site if you are not familiar with it for a set fee, especially if you not too familiar with the internet generally sounds sensible.

Anyway, here's a bridge club owner not making any income from their actual bridge club due to lockdown. The fee ($20) isn't excessive given that it's one to one-and-half hours. I would pay if I were inexperienced in such matters.

https://www.sagamorebridgeclub.com/

Their website seems completely legitimate and bona fide.

[keith77]

FelicityR, on 2020-April-11, 01:12, said:

There's a big difference between profiteering and providing a service. Profiteering is selling £2 hand sanitiser on Ebay for £20. Providing a service is different.

Having someone experienced to show you how to navigate BBO's extensive site if you are not familiar with it for a set fee, especially if you not too familiar with the internet generally sounds sensible.

Anyway, here's a bridge club owner not making any income from their actual bridge club due to lockdown. The fee ($20) isn't excessive given that it's one to one-and-half hours. I would pay if I were inexperienced in such matters.

https://www.sagamorebridgeclub.com/

Their website seems completely legitimate and bona fide.

I am new to BBO and this is exactly the type of service I was hoping to find. The fees seem very reasonable. Thank you.

[hrothgar]

I don't see anything wrong with people selling services.

With this said and done, I don't like spam in my inbox and I've now gotten two separate emails from said individual...

[Vampyr]

keith77, on 2020-April-11, 06:11, said:

I am new to BBO and this is exactly the type of service I was hoping to find. The fees seem very reasonable. Thank you.

You can ask any questions on these forums and will get answers for free.

[pilowsky]

I'm pretty sure that all of us who have been playing online for any time at all are offering as much help as we can to anybody that wants it at no charge at all. I know that I have.