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Originally Posted by Tapirboy
That's disappointing, as Seals' rake is pretty high. I suppose Betcoin has rakeback and promos, so effective will be lower, but 3-chip HU cap is ridiculous.
Regardless, their response was laden with "it's not our fault" - finger pointing. Completely unacceptable way to approach business. When you log into a product, its on their domain, and thus the issue are exactly theirs. It's not your fault some variable was not set correctly. And you aren't logged into another site, you're logged into Betcoin.
If Outback sells you a burger that contained e coli, is it the fault of someone else, or Outbacks? If you are going to bring a secondhand product to market, are you not responsible for testing it properly first? Making sure the proprietor tested it thoroughly?
I like the bitcoin option. It's a market, and it's an avenue that will work for poker. Things like this though, fall into the hundred other examples of networks or sites doing shady/half-assed things. From the largest of scams like FTP and UB, to the little things like not issuing refunds properly, accepting and allowing efforts like this to happen all add up to a ton of negative organic search results. Then when some Congressman has his/her staff start researching what stance they wants to take on this issue, they see an industry with crappy standards and expectations for the customers. Unfortunately their job is to run America, not create a taxable business industry and develop proper regulations. They should and I'm sure do tend to gravitate to the not on my time stance and vote no. And these all add up to where we stand today.
Stars and 2p2 really set a gold standard on how to conduct yourself in this market. Not many other places did. Fake coaches/results, fake money, fake accounts, super users, bounced checks, exorbitant rake. Add on the "gamble" identity and the bad apples the player pool has attracted over the years...
It's time for people like everyone that posted above to start holding people accountable. In this stance, that means don't play there and don't let them make money. They want to generate rake, then create a pristine product and don't half ass things in order to get a few more bucks.
Last edited by Theduke211; 08-14-2014 at 07:27 PM.