spearmaster said:
Someone needed to call their attention to other factors - upon which, when they said they were revisiting the situation, a decision came very quickly. Until that point I can only suppose that you didn't provide them with some point or other - unintentionally, of course, but based on what they saw at the time they made a decision.
Bingo.
That is EXACTLY the point I've been making all along. It's also the same point that others, like-minded, have been making - and I thank you for highlighting it.
Rationally, you suggest that there was
some factor missing from the original consideration, something which
subsequently came to light. Of course, there HAD to be. Without it, there would've no reason to change anything, no reason for them to turn "no" into "yes" - other than "whoops, he knows the ropes - so pay him quick".
There are two possibilities:
1) Additional information came to light (as you suggest ought to, or "must", be the case), some critical detail that made the difference and turned a flat refusal - reinforced, let's not forget, by the player's request to reconsider and the immediate and flat out denial - into payment within a couple of days.
Must have been one helluva detail.
or...
2) No additional information came to light, and there was no reason to reverse the decision. But given that the decision WAS reversed, a reason there had to be. Bereft of any alternative, one is left to conjecture that the reason was nothing more palatable than standard forum / affiliate / industry pressure - as I've suggested all along. Remember, I've seen one or two of these and I know exactly how they play out.
Until we are told WHAT "factor X" actually WAS, the alternative is valid: forum pressure and, without question in my mind, a phone call / email from Bryan.
My opinion, and that of others, is that there was no "factor X" - Ecogra just did an abrupt u-turn. Since nothing has been forthcoming it's the only rational assumption based on the facts as we know them.
And how extraordinarily coincidental, too: player TWICE complains and is rejected on both occasions; player posts on the boards; in EXACTLY that moment, Ecogra discovers "factor X" and has him paid.
In my clear opinion, there is no "factor X". I agree with you, though, that given a credible organization, there can only be such a thing. Credible organizations don't make arbitrary decisions, spectacularly incorrect ones like this, then spin around the other way so fast it'd give a ballerina a headache, based on postings from a bunch of casino malcontents on a message board. Credible organizations just don't work like that.
Next ICE, I'm going to try and get together with them and get to the bottom of this. One way or another, I want to know why they changed their minds. This is crucial information.