question about BPU

[dominique]

What's up with all the BPU arguments over here?

[Sassy1]

Originally Posted by dominique

What's up with all the BPU arguments over here?

Out of frustration for those of us who got banned there because we don't agree with them and their tactics and say so. It's unwise to discuss them here, or anywhere though, as it just gives them free advertising (which IMHO, is their reason for posting here). I'll stop helping them advertise and not mention them again.

[jod5413]

Although many gamblers do not think much of bingo in general, there are a lot of bingo players out there that have been greatly helped along in their education of certain bingo sites and The BPU. I would say that you have done a great service to a lot of us, Sassy.

As is proven true over and over again, there are unscrupulous, self centered, egotistical, and greedy folks in the on line gaming world. And thankfully, some honest and upfront ones too.

Thanks from a bunch of us for allowing us to have our knowledge increased about our ventures into the bingo world!!

[NAVYMANS-MOM]

associating them with BingoKnights and BingoIsUs....

This was a comment made quite a while ago when it appeared that 123Bingo was actually associated with those two sites. It was later shown (I can't locate the thread now where it was posted here or at BPU) that, in fact, 123Bingo not only wasn't associated with those two sites, but also that there were some major changes taking place at 123Bingo...to the good....regarding how the players were being treated.

As sites change in the players' favor, obviously opinions of those sites will also change. One of the largest sites that was notorious for treating players unfairly and finding every excuse under the sun to not pay cashouts was IPlayBingo.com with Maxi at the head. I've recently been to their site again to check things out and found some huge changes being announced and taking place this month. I posted that information at BPU and am now in a position of 'watch and see' if any of those changes actually take place and are proven to warrant a change in my own opinion of their site.

Right now, I'm not endorsing any site, other than BingoMania regarding fair play for players and cashout rules no matter what forum recommends which sites, but I am willing to keep track of the ones that are announcing changes in policy so that my opinions about them can also change to the point of hesitantly trusting them enough to deposit once in a while and test the waters for myself, including 123Bingo and possibly IPlayBingo (the portal I use for them is MajorBingo.com)

[Sassy1]

Originally Posted by Sissy

They have had some ups and downs in the past, but seem to running a good site. David, the manager, is always quick to work with BPU if we have issues that come to us concerning his site. I have done some monitoring of 123Bingo and they have some really good jackpots. All I know for fact is what I see and read, but on a trial run I guess 123 would be as good as any to try out.

They also have a cashback perk that I have never seen before at any site. If you spend all of your deposit and bonuses, you simply go to live help and ask for "cashback" and they will put back the amount you deposited in you account as a cash balance to play on.

I hear they are adding new games etc. As with any bingo site, read the rules and ask all of your questions BEFORE you deposit . Good luck should you decide to try it Byand!!

Sissy, I now understand why you were supportive of 123Bingo in this thread, as you were an employee (chat host) at 123Bingo when you posted that.

It would have been helpful (if not ethical) if you would have been up front regarding the fact that you were an employee at 123 when you recommended the site in this thread. Now that you are a disgruntled ex-employee, perhaps you could (should?) update this thread to warn people against playing there? Hopefully, no one that might have played there based on your recommendation, got hurt. Do other BPU staff members work at any of the other BPU recommended sites? I see you have announced you are now working at another site you hope to recommend to BPU members.

[DreamyGirl]

I just wanted to reply to navy. 123bingo and bingoknights are very much connected to each other, I know this as a fact as I was once an employee of 123bingo

[Sassy1]

Originally Posted by DreamyGirl

I just wanted to reply to navy. 123bingo and bingoknights are very much connected to each other, I know this as a fact as I was once an employee of 123bingo

I believe the posters here from BPU knew all along that BingoKnights was connected to 123Bingo. On May 30th and June 1st when Sissy, an administrator at BingoPlayersUnion (BPU) responded to bryand's inquiry about playing at 123Bingo, she was already employed as a chat host at 123. She said positive things about 123 and failed to mention she was an employee. Meanwhile, over at BPU, negative threads about 123 were buried (archived). Recently, when her paycheck was withheld, she quit working for the site and the archived, negative posts at BPU were brought back out and references to the connection between Bingoknights and 123Bingo were once again mentioned as fact. Sissy's glowing review here of 123 mentioned the fantastic perks and I replied that the huge bonuses they give make cashouts virtually impossible. Now, in her BPU campaign against 123, she is reporting some of the same things I cautioned people about here in this thread. When she was an employee there, she recommended the site be given a fair chance because they'd changed, and unfortunately, didn't mention her association with them as an employee. I give a different weight to recommendations to play somewhere if I know someone is promoting the site because they work there and their checks are dependent on having players. Now that she has gotten burned, she is now singing a different tune, and all of this happened within a short 2-1/2 month experience.

Sites like BPU claim to exist to help educate us on the good, the bad, and the ugly in online bingo. One would like to think that what is posted at sites like that are truthful. Now, not only do we have to be on guard about gambling sites, we now have to worry that those who claim to want to protect us, might actually be employees of the sites and give bad advice to us for the almighty buck!

[dominique]

Originally Posted by Sassy1

Sissy's glowing review here of 123 mentioned the fantastic perks and I replied that the huge bonuses they give make cashouts virtually impossible.

This is the "business model" of Bingo Knights and 123 and also a bunch of RTG casinos. Keeps the rooms full, people depositing because it's "such a good deal" and payouts are far and between.

Luring vocal people in by sweet talking and making them feel special is also part of what they do, they are good at it and I tend not to blame people for falling for it. Generally the backlash for the rooms when such a victim realizes what is happening outweighs the positive repesentation that lasted for a while by miles.

[NAVYMANS-MOM]

As poster from BPU, I resent being represented by Sassy1 as one who knew for quite a while that 123Bingo was affiliated in any way with BingoKnights. I recall that there was speculation well over a year ago as to whether 123 was associated to BingoKnights as well as BingoIsUs or if they were three separate sites that were all bad news.

I also recall that there is a thread, either here or at BPU, mentioning that 123 was NOT associated with either of the other two sites, but I can't seem locate that thread for some reason. Perhaps my search abilities are short on using the correct syntax.

If, in fact, 123 is now or at the very least WAS connected to BingoKnights since a former employee of 123 has said they were, is there any way to discover if 123 is STILL connected to BingoKnights? At least we know now that BingoIsUs (now defunct) is directly connected to BingLotto since the 'owner' of BingLotto actually set up the software used by BingoIsUs but has refused to give any information about the owners of BIU who left depositors blowing in the wind, taking their money with them.

The only comment I made regarding 123 after Sissy said changes were being made to that site that were supposed to be geared at customer satisfaction was that if that actually is happening then I would take a second, hesitant look at depositing there. I didn't deposit and, instead, sat back and waited, just like I'm doing with IPlayBingo to see if, in fact, those good changes were taking place. It's obvious that they aren't in the case of 123Bingo...it's still a wait and see situation for IPlayBingo.

It should make no difference here when I post to a thread if I am also a member at another forum....if I have information to give, I will give it as a member of CasinoMeister. If that information needs to be corrected by a member with more knowledge about that subject than I have, I gladly welcome the correction. I don't like being labeled as someone without good information, not based on that information, but based on what other forum I belong to. To do otherwise here, smacks of discounting anything I have to say just because you may not like the other forum I belong to.

Navymans-Mom

[dominique]

I am not sure why BPU has anything to do with postings about Bingo on Meister. BPU has it's own forum and it appears a whole lot of infighting. I come here to read about online bingo, casino and poker and am not the least bit interested in who is fighting with whom on what message board.