- Joined
- Jun 5, 2006
- Location
- Edmonton Canada
Let me tell you a story....there's this one casino (I'm not going to name them but it's an MG) that I used to play at a LOT, mostly because they took eWalletXpress deposits. I wasn't making huge deposits, but frequent - like almost every day, and sometimes several times a day.
This nameless casino has a pretty slow withdrawal process compared to a lot of other MGs, plus whenever I made a withdrawal the only way I could get it was by bank draft (which cost me $30) so needless to say, I didn't withdraw very often because of the wait and the cost - it wasn't really worth it to withdraw anything less than say $250 because I'd have to wait for about 10 business days (or more) and I'd lose $30 from them and then another $15 from my bank as well.
So one day a few months back I got pissed off and wrote them and said "Why do I keep playing here? You didn't give me anything for my birthday, I get stiffed on my comp points, I play every day and you never give me any kind of bonus - I've made $XXXX in deposits here this year and zero withdrawals, last year when I DID withdraw it took bloody forever and cost me $45 every time - close my account!" They wrote back and said "Our payout is yadda yadda....we don't do bonuses...comp points are done like blah blah....we have 10% deposit bonuses on weekends...etc - are you sure you want to close your account?" I said "no I'm just being pissy" and about a week later I finally won something and cashed out $1000.
ok now to the point of the story - since then I haven't deposited at the nameless casino again (mostly because I discovered that most other MGs take UseMyBank and withdrawals are a lot faster and cheaper!) But interestingly enough, this nameless casino that doesn't give out bonuses has given me a no deposit bonus THREE times since I stopped playing there. They wouldn't give me anything when I was coming in and dropping my cash in their lap every day, but now that I'm spending my money elsewhere, they're tossing me goodies?
Anyhow, as much as I appreciate the gesture, it still kinda pisses me off - it's like most of the other MG casinos who throw bonuses left and right to new players, but the loyal players who have been playing there for years don't get diddly.
I just wanted to get it off my chest, thanks for listening.
This nameless casino has a pretty slow withdrawal process compared to a lot of other MGs, plus whenever I made a withdrawal the only way I could get it was by bank draft (which cost me $30) so needless to say, I didn't withdraw very often because of the wait and the cost - it wasn't really worth it to withdraw anything less than say $250 because I'd have to wait for about 10 business days (or more) and I'd lose $30 from them and then another $15 from my bank as well.
So one day a few months back I got pissed off and wrote them and said "Why do I keep playing here? You didn't give me anything for my birthday, I get stiffed on my comp points, I play every day and you never give me any kind of bonus - I've made $XXXX in deposits here this year and zero withdrawals, last year when I DID withdraw it took bloody forever and cost me $45 every time - close my account!" They wrote back and said "Our payout is yadda yadda....we don't do bonuses...comp points are done like blah blah....we have 10% deposit bonuses on weekends...etc - are you sure you want to close your account?" I said "no I'm just being pissy" and about a week later I finally won something and cashed out $1000.
ok now to the point of the story - since then I haven't deposited at the nameless casino again (mostly because I discovered that most other MGs take UseMyBank and withdrawals are a lot faster and cheaper!) But interestingly enough, this nameless casino that doesn't give out bonuses has given me a no deposit bonus THREE times since I stopped playing there. They wouldn't give me anything when I was coming in and dropping my cash in their lap every day, but now that I'm spending my money elsewhere, they're tossing me goodies?
Anyhow, as much as I appreciate the gesture, it still kinda pisses me off - it's like most of the other MG casinos who throw bonuses left and right to new players, but the loyal players who have been playing there for years don't get diddly.
I just wanted to get it off my chest, thanks for listening.