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Originally Posted by doublejoker
If they want to charge 6% for dealers and staff, they should just do it up front, no need for the shenanigans of charging you more than the advertised fee when you register, or asking you for a tip bonus once you're at the table.
allen, this is easily the best post you've ever made on 2+2 and i commend you greatly for making it. no leveling, thank you very very much.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/65...ct-but-837172/
i'm being semi-nitty here cuz it's just $20 usually but this type of stuff pisses me off. the overall way the WSOP/WSOPC handles fees is completely and utterly unprofessional... hell it extends to basically every tournament i've ever played live.
when you pay $1,000 or even $50,000 for a buyin at the WSOP, you get a receipt. no where on there does it explain how the fee breaks down. you see $50,000 paid, and not a single mention of who gets the money (not even the amount they take out!!!).
in NO profession out there would this type of misinformation on a receipt for that type of $ be acceptable.
now the dealer addon thing... well, when they advertise it as a "dealer appreciation" thing, and give you a nice % of chips for the $, then yeah everyone takes it. if someone is a nit and doesn't wanna add $10 to their $120 buyin or whatever it may be, i can understand that. but who on EARTH wouldn't take $20 for x amount of chips for a $5k buyin?? seriously, you'd have to be on crack not to take that deal and i bet it's actually closer to 99.9% of people take it.
but my personal gripe is one that i'm sure some other life nits share... i am backed for these main events and don't bring tons of cash with me. sometimes i will play cash afterwards, mostly i won't and just head home. and the majority of the time, since i don't usually have cash on my persons and just keep what i have in the bank, i don't have much spare cash on me when i get to the casino.
yeah, i can go to the ATM or borrow $20 from someone--but it seems like a totally unnecessary hassle. i don't think anyone will really argue against a $4780+200+20 breakdown, or whatever it may be, for the total buyin. if there's 300 people in an event, it's just $6k less in the prize pool, not that big of a deal. but it seriously drives me crazy, and makes me feel like i'm playing some turbo noon'er at the commerce instead of a main event when a dealer asks me for $20 at the table.
but at the very least they need to be more honest and open and put the actual breakdown of where each $ is going on the receipt.