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By:
chipfire227
When: 08 Nov 13 19:35
Players who are eligible for a cash prize will receive an interim payment on 08 November 2013 according to the prize level they have attained at that point in the promotion.

Wonder if this is getting paid before midnight then ? Happy
By:
chipfire227
When: 08 Nov 13 22:17
Ah well, looks like the interim payment isnt happening as promised. No announcement, no apology, all pretty standard. What a cowboy outfit.
By:
whysolohsbc
When: 09 Nov 13 18:27
Has anyone received the interim payment yet?
By:
Stimp
When: 09 Nov 13 19:18
No
By:
chipfire227
When: 09 Nov 13 23:10
Yet another promotion that they have knacked up from the get go.Laugh

No idea why they chose a Friday for the first payment. Its like they set themselves up to fail, given they all knock off for the weekend about mid-day.
By:
whysolohsbc
When: 11 Nov 13 16:37
Anyone got on info on whats going on with the interim payment, I emailed them on Sat and not got a decent reply yet.
By:
fullbloom
When: 11 Nov 13 17:12
had a email today saying interim payment would definately be paid at some point today. we will c
By:
whysolohsbc
When: 11 Nov 13 18:18
Thanks for letting us know, hopefully see it soon.
By:
chipfire227
When: 11 Nov 13 20:29
Mine went in around half 5 today. Didnt realise the exchange rate was so bad. Sad
By:
Steve10K
When: 15 Nov 13 13:25
Is there a problem crediting the scratchcard prizes? I haven't had any for a couple of days. So far I've won 770 VPPs but only received 100, and 82x 1c tokens but only received 11.

Also, any chance I could win a decent prize? Grin
By:
chipfire227
When: 15 Nov 13 20:39
I have 498 1 cent tokens that I will never use, and around 1030 VPP's I cant use as I'm on the 30% RB deal so I'm opted out of the VIP bollox. And a shedload of spins on the Arcade I cant use as Im self excluded.

I did get a couple of 10 dollar tickets which I finally used in the only game they are eligible for a Spotlight D2N. Cashed in both but with 10 minute blind levels it was probably ev- using up time playing them.

Was going to try and complete the 50 days but the disconnection problem makes playing EV- even getting 60% RB.
By:
shifty
When: 17 Nov 13 17:05
how do you claim your free spins cant get any sense from betfair
By:
Steve10K
When: 18 Nov 13 21:12
You can't get any sense from betfair eh? Well, that is a surprise!

I just don't think that these prizes are being credited at the moment. I haven't received anything for a few days now. Anyone else had any luck?
By:
chipfire227
When: 19 Nov 13 10:25
I've given up after managing 31 days , the regular disconnects have me on life tilt ( even managed 2 disconnects last night on another I-poker skin playing Klups monthly MTT ) but I did get the 4 x 10k freeroll tokens at the end of last week.

I got another shedload of 1 cent tokens and VPP's the last time I played ( Friday ? ) but as I'm on RB deal I dodnt think I can use VPP.
By:
Steve10K
When: 19 Nov 13 11:55
Hey, I'll play you heads up for your VPPs if u dont want them Wink
By:
chipfire227
When: 19 Nov 13 17:38
I'm not in the VIP Club so theres nowhere for them to credit the VPP's to, or nowhere I can see.

I'm on VIP Level 15 Elite. Forever I think.

When I signed up to Betfair many years ago they gave me a 30% RB deal irrespective of how much I played and I believe that is ring fenced forever unless you opt out, or so I was told. On the upside I get 30% RB which is good as I dont play anything like the amount I used to when I got the deal. On the downside I'm not eligible for any of the VIP Club promotions, like the VIP Milestone Matrix thing running this month, or  VPP MTT's.
By:
ladycarla
When: 22 Nov 13 09:31
I've got 4 x $10K freeroll tickets but can't register to the tournament, have I got to do something else because can't see the tokens in my poker account either!!
By:
Steve10K
When: 22 Nov 13 13:46
The prizes don't seem to be being credited.
I've won freeroll tickets, free bets, VPPs, and SNG tickets which have not been credited to me yet.

I contacted support about this on Wednesday. The guy said there was some problem with the promotion and he would pass my details onto the poker team. I've heard nothing since.

Usual joke promotion. Way too complicated for them to administer properly.

Makes me laugh that these promotions are supposed to encourage people to play and use the site but so often they just end up alienating customers.
By:
Steve10K
When: 22 Nov 13 15:10
UPDATE

Just had email from betfair. They're going to credit me with the missing prizes.
By:
chipfire227
When: 22 Nov 13 20:30
I think you hit the nail on the head when you siad that the promotions end up alienating customers.

Just basic stuff like the first installment being paid 3 or 4 days late with no apology or explanation. Every time you promise a customer something and then fail to deliver it puts doubts in their mind about your competence. When you do it with every single promotion you run and you end up with customers having to chase for prizes you are shooting yourself in the foot.
By:
Steve10K
When: 04 Dec 13 11:43
UPDATE

Just had my missing prizes credited. Only took them almost 2 weeks. And they only cocked it up a little bit. Still missing 2x £1 sportsbook bets, 6x $1.1 SNG tokens, and 350 odd 1 cent freekick tokens (although they're more of a punishment than a prize!)
Still, they gave a couple more $5k freeroll tokens than they should have done.

Great promo guys! Well done!
By:
baah
When: 04 Dec 13 19:49
I'm starting to worry now.  Not only about prizes/points not being credited but the fact that 8 days ago I went upto 10 days on the matrix and have played everyday since but still have not made it up to 15 days on the matrix.  Hope they sort this out soon.  Still not heard any response to my email other than they have passed the query to the other team.
Shame, on paper it is a great promo.
By:
whysolohsbc
When: 07 Dec 13 10:18
I have had a similar issue, I was on the $800 mark. Played 5 days over 1000 points so should have moved to the $900 mark and I have gone BACKWARDS, I'm now on the $700 mark. Every 'jump' up until this one has happened on time and correctly. My advice is to keep records of which days you have played. They will get it sorted in the end. Great promo, far better than leader boards where you compete against people playing 50xthe stakes you are.

I wish they would do more promos like this where you have targets instead of being in the hands of other people. Or at least complete against people at the same stakes, like the Raked Hand Race they did a while ago.
By:
Ovalman.
When: 07 Dec 13 11:09
I'm not bothered about being credited straight away and I'm sure it will be sorted eventually. I've a few points though.

The 1c coinflips are a waste of time but those they mount up and I've a few dollars worth so I'd like the cash instead of tokens.

Has anyone used a free spin? Again the cash is worth more to me although I'd rather have my free spins all in one go.

I've won a few entries into these freerolls, when do they take place?
By:
Steve10K
When: 10 Dec 13 17:38
The award of these scratchcards is so bent. I've had almost 1000 of these so far.
The last 400 or so have ALL been 1c free kick tokens!
Given that there are 2503611 scratchcards, 750000 of which are 1c free kick tokens, i make it there's about a 30% of getting one of these.
What's the chance of getting 400 in a row??

That's more bent than ipoker's RNG!!
By:
Ovalman.
When: 10 Dec 13 20:39
Same as me.

Also I notice a few players in the freerolls but I'm still waiting on my tickets, why have some been issued with tickets but others haven't?
By:
gnashersblackpool
When: 10 Dec 13 23:55
not had my freeroll tickets either yet.  small prizes on the scatchcards are pointless. got to b pretty skint to spend ages playing 1 cent stts.
By:
baah
When: 13 Dec 13 11:22
So they have added on points now, double what it should have been but its not like they are worth anything, $1.5 at most.  Still not got the $5K freeroll tokens.

Most annoyingly I have played 28 days and yet all my matrix has gone upto is 15.  I was previously on 10 days.  I should be upto $188, and I'm about 50 points away from getting to $500.  They'll probably try to stiff me on that too.

And after doing this do you think they actually responded to me?  Absolute joke company.

I have sent a 3rd email regarding this and have still only received the standard auto reply.
By:
Mrdozey1
When: 13 Dec 13 11:56
Baah
Just seen a thread on Service section.

Allegedly 3 Managing Directors from Betfair are doing a Q & A session on the 19th Dec, when all the previous atrocities people have suffered on this so called poker site will be addressed.

Will probably last for 30 minutes :)


Chip - trust you will be on hand to vent your spleen during the discussion


hennigan
By:
Ovalman.
When: 16 Dec 13 11:00
Keep scratching guys!

Just won 11x $1.10 SnG token out of 30 scratches. I've never won any of these before so they've clearly messed up somewhere. Still no sign of receiving any of these tokens yet Mischief
By:
chipfire227
When: 16 Dec 13 23:49
Henningan the reason they scrapped the Forum Q and A previously was because it was completely unworkable, you have 3 guys from across the company bombarded by questions, most of which are either individual queries about account issues, or conspiracy theorists essentially slandering the company and give them 90 minutes to answer everything.

They struggle to answer the first batch of questions before the time runs out, and most of the stuff thats actually worth asking never gets looked at. The fact the exchange/sports books guys are involved means that almost all of the questions will be sports/exchange related, as those forums are very busy, whereas there's only 3 men and a dog use the poker forum.

At least when me and Thrappers went to Betfair H.Q. we had a month or so to collate all the queries, delete all the crackpot and individual stuff, pick out the main bones of contention, and then sit down and ask the people running the show direct questions to their faces. Unfortunately once it became obvious they weren't able to deliver on promises at previous meetings, we got no further invites and the guy at BF who set it up left the company.

I wont be asking any questions, because I hardly use the site any more, and once the current promotional Freerolls are over this week I cant imagine I will use the site again, especially if the VIP Freerolls have been scrapped.
By:
Ovalman.
When: 17 Dec 13 09:57
I must say they are coming up with good promotions but can't run any of them right.

This Brazil warm up, there are 750,000 1c scratchcards out of a total of 2,500,000. The odds of getting one is 1 in 3.33333. To get 20 of them in a row is astronomical 3.33^20 yet I've had loads of days where I had 20+ in a row including yesterday. I also haven't been able to use a free spin nor received any points, tickets or prizes in over a month. I'd love to play the $5k and $10k freerolls, some are already in these tourneys but I'm not hopeful of my ticket despite winning several entries.

Think I'm due $75 from this promo.
By:
chipfire227
When: 17 Dec 13 18:34
I completed 45 days. The interim payment was 4 days late, so I wasn't expecting them to make the payment of the balance today as promised, and so far they haven't. God knows when we will get it, likewise the Freeroll Tokens.

I ended up with over a thousand 1 cent tokens. The fact I never played one or used the crappy free spins either is probably why they kept inflicting them on me day after day. Laugh

The only upside for me really has been quitting the promotion before the end and therefore not having to play on the crappy network.
By:
baah
When: 17 Dec 13 22:02
I made it upto 1000 points which it shows, however I have worked it out and have played 42 days and it only shows 15.  Still not heard back from them :(

@ Mrdozey1 - sounds like they need more than 30 mins!
By:
chipfire227
When: 17 Dec 13 22:19
Logged in tonight for the first time in a while, Freeroll Tokens not credited and neither were the $1 Spotlight STT tokens- not that I would have played the STT but thats hardly the point.

Yet another promo where you end up mailing Customer Service, and yet another promo where Customer Service prove to be worse than useless.
By:
chipfire227
When: 17 Dec 13 23:05
See how far I get with this to CS :

This Brazil warm up promo has to be a joke surely ? Have you ever run a promotion that didnt involve us having to chase Customer Service ? Dont answer that, the question is rhetorical.
Initial payment was 5 days late, the final payment due today hasnt been paid. None of us could use the free spins, the sit and go tokens weren't credited, and now to cap it all we havent been issued with tokens for the Freerolls.
Can you please credit the 4 tokens I "won" on your scratchcards for both Freerolls within 24 hours. These freerolls are due to start this Thursday and Friday so please for the love of God do not send me one of your templated emails picked at random from the screen in front of you, and just see if you can get the tokens issued, ideally by passing the query on to the one person in the organisation who has the power to do this, assuming he or she hasnt already gone on leave until the New Year.
The additional three figure sum of money you owe me would be nice,  but its the freerolls I need sorting as a priority.



Cheers.
By:
whysolohsbc
When: 18 Dec 13 08:45
They told me they have had a problem which meant that my position on the matrix was showing as wrong. Just logged in and it's now correct. I wouldn't worry too much. If you have your own records I'm sure it will get matched up correctly.
The payment wasn't due yesterday, the promo finished at 12 last night. So it is due within 24 hours of then.
I think the matrix part of this promo is great, I have played more than I normally would. I wish they would do more promos where you are master of your own destiny. Not competing with people that play 20x the stakes.
By:
chipfire227
When: 18 Dec 13 09:29
I'm not worried about the money, its not like I need it, I'm more concerned with the Freeroll Tickets, but the fact you have had to contact them just confirms what everyone is saying-they run promotions that invariably end up with people having to contact Customer Service because something is wrong.

That hardly inspires confidence.
By:
fullbloom
When: 18 Dec 13 16:23
i have x4 10k freeroll tickets and x4 5k freeroll tickets. can anyone tell me where to look to see if these have been credited to my account and when do these freerolls take place? thanks
By:
Chapsmick
When: 18 Dec 13 17:32
The 5k freeroll is tommorow night at 20:00 and the 10k same time on Friday, if your tickets have been added you should just be able register, to look at what tickets you have  click on 'my poker' - 'Tokens.

Like others I also had problems at the beginning of this promo with tickets/scratchcard prizes being credited, I spoke to live chat who was unable to add them himself (which made me question the point of him being there) but to be fair he said he'd make it a priority to sort it and would email when I was emailed with all scratchcard prizes added an hour or so later.

Nothing happening with the road to brazil bonus yet, it hasn't been added for me yet but the 24hrs are not up yet, will be interesting to see if anyone has been credited by 12.
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