Can't understand how much the historic data costs

Horse racing costs £0.50 for all races at a meeting.  The data includes win and place markets.  So all you need to do is multiply £0.50 by all the race meetings in a year.

You won't, however, be able to order a whole year's data yet, as only the last few months are available at present.  

Time Machine costs £6 per month, but if you take out a new subscription to MFPro by 07/01/14, TM is included free for the subscription period.

Hmm... Looks like it might cost more than £1000 per year for the data . And to do sensible back testing, I would need about 5 years of data (£5000 or more... )

I renewed my annual subscription to MF in November.  Does it include Time Machine?

Your November sub does not include TM.  You should have waited until the offer for the festive season, that expires on 07/01/14 and you would have got TM included and a 30% discount. 

 

Seems like I'm not getting a very good deal. My annual subscription expired in mid November, so I had to renew it in order to continue using the software. I don't remember being informed of any 30% discount if I wait until "the festive season" until I renew.

Is it possible to cancel my sub, get a refund, and then join again for a year with the 30% discount?

The offer was posted on the website and the forum on 5th December:
http://community.welldonesoft.com/announcements-1/time-machine-for-free-and-30-off-for-christmas!/

They don't inform anyone individually.  You should check the forum regularly, lots of useful information is posted there.

Quite!

There weren't any offers in mid November. So I just renewed for another year. Seems that it wasn't a good idea to renew my subscription on time. If my renewal had been due in December, I would have paid about  £100 less (including Time Machine). 

I don't want to pay an extra £6 per month (£72 / year) for something that should be included in annual subscriptions, so I'll pass on Time Machine until November. Then I had better delay renewing until I see what offers there are in December. 

I am sorry flanna, but Time Machine is not something that "should be included in the subscription". It shouldn't, it is just a temporary offer which will expire on 07/01/2014. Anyone can choose to take it or ignore it, but it is not something that everyone is entitled to.

I was hoping that the idea of holiday discounts was generally well understood.

Thanks Oxa. I'll have to wait until the next holiday discounts, in December. Maybe I can get the discount and Time Machine then. 

I would have liked to have had Time Machine included with my annual subscription, but support has informed me that I cannot cancel the subscription that I paid for 6 weeks ago in order to benefit from this offer.

flanna, sorry if you are so upset, however Time Machine is just £6 per month - not a fortune to spend.
I'm sure we'll have more promotions during the year, well before Christmas, so you will not have to wait for long.

That's OK. Not upset about the £6 per month. I was just a bit peeved at the offer appearing a couple of weeks after I paid for a years subscription.

The £6 per month isn't my main concern. I'm not too happy with having to pay for the data "per meeting". Perhaps you could consider offering a whole week or whole month package. I would like to back-test as far as possible but this would be too expensive at 50p per meeting. It could cost more than  £1000 per year!! 

Thanks Rubold. I didn't know that.

It is £0.50 per meeting including the tax, that's what "inc. tax" means.