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Originally Posted by ashinynickel
Haha why on earth would they post this on their website?
Here's an idea:
Let's figure out a way to organize this story and get it published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. This would be horrible press for them and while they may not be concerned about losing a few players (I don't have a choice, Chester doesn't spread my game and I live close by) they will FREAK OUT over a news piece scaring away casual poker players and gamblers coming from DC or NY or NJ who have a choice between Parx and AC.
Newspapers publish way more mundane stories than the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a local casino. Someone contact an editor at the Inquirer or if that's too difficult contact a small local paper that is dying for stories. I'm sure we won't have a shortage of players to quote for the stories. Boycotting them as a player isn't gonna work in my opinion. The piece should mention that Borgata comps expire in 180 days not 60 days to at least allow Parx the opportunity to save face and match Borgata's policy. Free advertising for Borgata which has treated me fabulously lately by giving me free rooms every day now and free upgrades on my last two stays. **** Parx for doing this without notice.
Been thinking about possible actions to take the last couple days while I've been there. It's been hard for me to get too worked up about it because I just assume that it will get taken care of, the notion that they could just do this is pretty outrageous. There are a few different things players could do, the newspaper idea Nickel poster above would probably be the easiest and should be the first step after of course voicing yourself directly to Parx. Seems like a thing the press would be very interested in, a cheap easy news piece about how Parx didn't like the idea of having $500k in backed up comp liability so they came up with a kick ass solution, just take the $500k back by retroactively changing their policy after telling customers comps never expire.
Hopefully what godsgift said is correct in that they will refund the comps if asked. I'm sure a high % of the amount taken is from players who don't care and don't even play there anymore or don't realize they even have comps. Parx could get away with wiping these comps clean and not deal with any reprecussions, but to think they could just take them away from players who are there all the time and accrued a ton of comp money because of the fact they never expire just isn't gonna fly.
I'm more then willing to give it a little time for it to sort itself out, but it won't be forgotten about brushed under the rug. Those comps from the past should be refunded and not just for 60 days, they were acquired when comps didn't expire, so parx needs to do what they need, even if it needs to recode their system a little.