Mousey
Ueber Meister Mouse
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2004
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- Up$hitCreek
Just wondering what, if any, discussions took place with Grand Prive and whether they were productive?
I just got mine too today and was reduced to the lowest level of player...I just got a copy of the Grand Prive magazine
I just got mine too today and was reduced to the lowest level of player...
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Point is they screwed their affiliate partners in business what makes you think they will not do the same to players? Who in their right mind would want to play at a casino that would potential refuse to pay them a jackpot win on some trumped of FU Claus they decide to toss your way?
Just to ensure there is no misunderstanding here, Grand Prive was thrown into the rogue pit for bad casino practice. I was not - nor ever have been - an affiliate of Grand Prive, nor has GP ever purchased ad space at Casinomeister. I just wanted to make sure everyone understands that this is not a case of having some sort of $$ vendetta
Also, there are a number of affiliates who have been outspoken about the GP fiasco, and were not affiliates of theirs either.
Point is they screwed their affiliate partners in business what makes you think they will not do the same to players? Who in their right mind would want to play at a casino that would potential refuse to pay them a jackpot win on some trumped of FU Claus they decide to toss your way?
If an outfit decides to go rogue, it doesn't matter which sequence of events it chooses, it's rogue.
Usually the place will choose to stiff players first, and keep paying affiliates so they can still get new players.
In this case, the place decided that a substantial amount of money could be saved by not paying affiliates for services performed. Plus Microgaming does not accept new players, so affiliates are now useless to them. They can stay afloat longer if they steal the monies owed to affiliates and pay them to players.
One way or another, what goes around, comes around. Like I said before, next thing they will likely stiff the cleaning lady.
The more affiliates realize that they are there to serve the player first and foremost - by providing info that saves the player research time - the better all of us will do.
The more players realize that their clicks are votes and clicking on helpful sites keeps these alive, and refusing to click on bad ones will put these out of business, the better all of us will do.
Rogue is rogue is rogue, and unfortunately most rogue places will target players first and affiliates second. Affiliates who don't keep up with player issues do get to taste the consequences, because rogue outfits soon enough quit paying affiliates also.
In this case affiliates got scammed first for a change, and just like affiliates need to heed player warnings, players need to heed affiliate warnings. It's only smart.
In the end we are in the same boat and rogues affect both groups equally. It's just a matter of who gets scammed first, if one gets scammed, the other is soon to follow.
When Grand Prive exhausts the stolen money, then what do you think will happen?
If we only all learned to listen to each other, together we are strong and can excert pressure, and together we have the information to keep all of us safe from scammers.
Cooperation now between players and affiliates is far from perfect, but intentional non-cooperation only makes it worse for both parties.
The more we cooperate, the better all of us will fare and the less rogue outfits will get away with murder.
But the thing that really makes me laugh is the sudden concern for players.
It's hardly sudden. I've been preaching this for years!