Anyone with a WU withdrawal option on rpm wanna say what their history is (how they got it)?

No history really. Opened account, verified docs, made a cc deposit, had WU available. On Carbon on the other hand, played much longer, made more deposits had a withdrawal, am verified and still no WU

We all no communication with Merge is lacking to say the least. The fact that they will not disclose information about who gets WU, how they get it, etc. is just a joke.

Its a clear decision on their behalf to limit the amount of players with access. If they gave a formula, everyone would be using it. Wed all be fine with that, but its pretty clear that they do not want that.

It has nothing to do with a lack of communication fwiw.

..which is why it has everything to do with a lack of communication. They are making the conscious effort to not communicate with their players.

jeez really? you have a link or anything I could check out?

There is nothing to communicate. There is nothing concrete that players can do to make WU available to them. They are the only deciders. They will keep the numbers at the level they see fit.

You know what, you are 100% correct. Merge never does take the players, their customers, into account. They do what they want, when they want, to hell with everyone else.

Regarding WU withdrawals, it's as if merge dangles this carrot in front of people and says, "all you have to do is deposit a lot through WU and you too can have a chance to withdraw through them".

Sounds to me like a way to infuse some cash into the company.

Maybe there is something to the liquidity rumors.

I requested a check last week from rpm, is there a way I can cancel and use my WU instead?

You should always be able to click the Cancel button in pending requests on the Cashier page.

Requested a check exactly 6 weeks ago from today. It has not yet been approved. I was told it would take 4-6 weeks for it to be approved. Anyone know how long these have been taking recently?

Look at Lock today - most of their tourneys seem to be exceeding their GTD's (which had been rare). Looks like the exodus is in full swing.

While I am quite frustrated by Merge for a number of reasons, especially lack of communication to its customers, I would never, ever decide to play on Lock.

First of all, they are not trustworthy. They have scammed players with their "great promotions" in which they have changed the rules in mid flight. Their payout times are worse than Merge. Their owner has engaged in many shady dealings in the past.

I don't appreciate you taking my grumblings about certain aspects of Merge and making the leap that one should switch to Lock. NEVER

Lock is a 1000 times worse than Merge imo

http://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sho...ck-Poker-AVOID

^^ Apologies, but it wasn't my intent to tell people to switch. Again (it would seem), I was just pointing out Lock seems to have more players than usual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out why that might be.

I don't trust any poker room entirely right now. Lock could turn into the next Merge tomorrow for all I know. And yes, everyone is sharing that link. I'm just going off of my own personal experience, which I am sure is different for each person.

fwiw Sportsbook's withdrawal Terms and Conditions states that it takes 6-8 weeks for a check request to be approved. then it's up to another week for the check to reach your doorstep. i've received a check from Sportsbook in under 4 weeks (i think it was a little more than 3 wks), but i'm also still waiting for checks that are pushing 7 weeks now. i got an email on thursday saying a check from 9/21 was approved, so hopefully they'll start flowing in regularly now as i have numerous pending.

there seems to be no regularity or consistency to the cashout times. i'm not sure, from their end, what it is that makes the cashout process so spotty and inconsistent. however, my checks have all arrived within the timeframe stated and they haven't bounced at the bank, so although it sucks waiting 2 months for $, i can't say anything real negative about the process.

lastly, my advice to you would be to double check the cashout timeframe stated by your skin. i believe on the cashier page of Sportsbook it says 4-6 weeks but in the Terms and Conditions finer print it says 6-8. i could be mistaken about this but i'm pretty sure i remember reading conflicting timeframes. hopefully this is helpful.

^^ Thanks for apology

I think I may have been a bit harsh with my earlier criticism of Merge.

That being said, like many grinders, my main concern is the safety of my funds. This is a pretty obvious statement given what has happened to internet poker in the last 1 and a half years.

There are many things I like about Merge. First and foremost, I have always gotten paid. They have never stiffed anyone to my knowledge. They have the best software in the industry, at least for US players. They seem to have decent promotions.

By far the worst thing about Merge is the virtually non-existant communication with their customers. When they decided to stop P2P transfers, no warning was given, no reason was given as to why and if they would ever come back. This is totally unacceptable and stupid on many levels. First of all, its bad for business. The moment you mess with the ability for people to get their money, people are going to assume the worst. Rumors start to fly, uncertanty goes way up and people get very anxious. This is basically what i was referring to when I said it was a joke that they don't communicate.

Merge has made tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars off of my play in the last 3 years. As a dedicated customer, if is extremely disappointing that they don't feel the need to at least say something about what is going to happen with P2P or even how the new cashier with make things better. They are creating uncertanty for their most loyal customers which is just stupid for business and beyond upsetting to the people who make them their money.

That's the most important thing to me, bar none. Safety of funds aside (everyone's main concern these days), that decision left such a bad taste in my mouth that I would be irate if I had money on any of their skins. Limiting transfers (a stupid move in its own right anyway) is one thing - just ending them with virtually no warning says to me they could care less about me. So unless they make a 180-degree turn in the customer service department, I won't play there.

And as I said, I go off of my own experiences (even though I do look at others', obviously). Lock and ACR have been great with their support whenever I've had any issues. It's not a sales pitch to go join them - I'm just saying what I've seen.

^^

I am a LHE grinder so ACR is not an option. Given that safety of funds is everyones priority (and there is not a close 2nd here imo), how can you even bring up Lock in the same discussion. Granted, communication on Merge is bad. Safety of funds is way way more important. Like I said earlier, lock, NEVER.

Very well said.

Me too. I don't know how or why but glad I have it.

Its because you can only send money on that account once per week, probably for sketch reasons.

Also, p2 guy, guy who said he got fresh monies from western union, are you american?

I see theres been alot of talk about the WU withdrawal option. I wouldn't be depositing again if I didnt have this option because 2 months to withdraw the money is ridiculous. But I have this option and unaware it was "rare" so to speak. Similar to someone else, about a year ago I made my account, deposited a lot of money, probably at least 2k, and have documents verified. That's all I know and didn't even look at withdrawal because Id just started playing poker and just kept losing.

But yeah im giving it one more shot with 100 dollars any tips?

Has anyone received Skrill lately?

Have a pending cashout from 10/26.. BCP support quoted me 1-2 weeks.

Weird. Cuz it only took em 4 days to deny me before. But now I have made a small deposit (last night), so I have requested a small w/d to skrill today. Let's see how it goes.

Posted on 10-30-2012, 03:21 PM;

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