The new 'official' Party Stole my backgammon bonus thread

[ridonkulous]

If you dont want them taking money out of your account, just play at Empire.

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you [censored] people make me sick. all you do is just bitch bitch bitch about party. then when you see an oppurtunity to scam $100 (or more with the cabin downgrade), you cash out as fast as you can and then send them angry emails.

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Last month, Party gave me a free $50 basically just for downloading their casino client. I wagered my $50 exactly once, as required, and never played another hand of anything at their casino.

Was that a scam too?

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we both know it wasn't. im sure you didn't hurry up and cash it out because you were worried they would take it back. you actually completed their terms that you have to wager $50.

[maniacut]

i'm with jrz on this whole thing. they have been up to some really bad marketing lately. I haven't played there since they stopped offering me reloads back in may and now with the monster crap I doubt i'll be there even if they do offer me another reload. i cashed out the $100, they took whatever pennies i had in there today and i don't think i will be putting money back in there for a very long while.

[Wacken]

So did i in this bonus. I didn't even attempt to cashout. because i WAS a party player. I did fulfill the WR as was stated in my account's bonus section.

[chigger]

OK, now they are actually now stealing money above and beyond the bonus . The wife (she really plays) had $100 taken out of her cashout. Now we see that today they have stolen the $0.50 that was left in the account [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]. WTF PARTY? You've crossed the line.

[sorry4me]

I would not care about this if they had at least sent an email out. They took my 42 cents but left all my points. So, I just ordered a bunch of junk and I plan to close my account.

[reyd22]

My first (and second) email to party support

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Your first response to this email was generic and insulting. It doesn't seem that you even cared enough to read the email, so I thought I should send it again.

Hello,

Your action in reversing the transaction XXXXXX in my account was
completely unacceptable. I had already budgeted that money into my
monthly budget and will now be unable to pay my entire electric bill
this month. It is incredibly rude and discouraging that you would
reverse a backgammon bonus that had been credited to my account. It
would be one thing if I had made a mistake, but it was a mistake on YOUR
end that caused this cash to be released. I am aware that technical
difficulties can and do happen, but when I make a mistake, I take
responsibility for my own actions. I really need this money and the
fact that you stole it back from me a full week after it was given to me
will put me in a serious financial bind. Thank you for ruining my month.

[MicroBob]

Grunching because I don't feel like trying to read both lengthy threads to figure it out.

I didn't do this bonus at all and don't know a thing about it really.

Can I get a cliff-notes version of this? I assume the original wagering-requirements were ridiculously easy?

[peregrine]

Play 7 games of backgammon wagering the 50 cent minimum. Set the maximum (because of doubling in backgammon) at $500. They counted that as $500 wagered so seven games met the wagering requirement of $3500, for a $100 bonus. Doesn't matter if you know how to play backgammon, just resign 7 games, losing 50 cents a game, and net $96.50 in 5 minutes.

[pzhon]

Most of the people in this thread don't actually have any substantial to complain. You were not harmed $100. You lost 10 minutes and $3.50 seeing whether Party was giving away $100. Party wasn't trying to do this. What they implemented was a mistake, and not a reasonable interpretation of the total amount wagered.

The annoying thing to me is that I have made real progress toward clearing this bonus, but I have to keep track of the rest or the wagering requirement by hand.

By the way, this was the second bonus Party offered under these terms, and people noted the exploitability of the first bonus on a backgammon discussion board. If you all had been less blatant about exploiting the misimplementation, such as only playing 7 games and resigning on the first move, it is likely that Party would not have noticed the problem.