I almost hate to bring this up again but it's time to put it to bed. With posters still asking me about it and folks talking of software glitches and other stuff want to close the door on this one last time. Nothing new to report here but will go over what I know one last time......
I was against the decision not to pay this man his loyalty points, everyone knows that. Said so many times and I still am of that same thought. For the record I know nothing about any other software glitches we are hearing about now. The truth is they thought he was a wiseguy so they didn't pay him. At this point as I thought to begin with nothing is going to change, that's that. As far as the Shrink saying he thought the player got paid that was a misunderstanding and he came to the forums and admitted it. Was no malice or sneakiness involved in that. Ken knows the truth would be easy to verify so it wouldn't be worth lying about even if there was anything to gain. For one Ken isn't a liar, for two there would be nothing to gain by lying anyway. Anyway for the record this man was never paid, end of story.
Now to go on with this, I think our job here is to present all sides and I will do that. One of the things I take seriously is using the RX to advise players who need it as honestly and upfront as we can. Without agenda! I may get called down the road on "having an agenda" when the truth is I am simply saying something someone doesn't want me to say, LOL. I expect that and can live with it. But as a player first and foremost I always appreciated good advice I could count on and that will be what I try and give here. On that note in my honest opinion no one has to worry about getting paid at CRIS. I have always said this before I worked here and just about anyone in the business will agree. And in fact though this poster never got paid CRIS went back and amended the rules of the loyalty program to cover this for the future. I am glad to see it. They felt it was sharp action and the program was geared towards squares or "recreational players", it should have said that all along more clearly but it does say just that now. To put this to rest many of us think it was a bad decision to not pay him but the book is in NO DANGER of stiffing anyone or running off with anybody's post up funds. Very solid book. To even pretend anyone here thinks CRIS is a dangerous book is a ridiculous statement and one I want to be clear on. Most regulars know this but we have some new people around and no reason for them to believe CRIS is anything other than a solid book. Disagreements will happen and we didn't see eye to eye with them here but let's not make a mountain out of a mole hill. It sucks when you are the one who didn't get paid (and not as big a deal when it is someone else) so that is why I spoke out as much as I did when this thing broke. I would have loved to see this man paid but it didn't happen and it isn' going to.
The last thing I want to say on this is PLEASE come to us if you ever have a problem with a book!! Don't tell them you post on the RX and you will make their life a living hell if they don't do what you say, don't threaten them with going to every place on the internet to badmouth them. Or any of a number of threats you can think of. Get on the phone and call me or the Shrink. There is a good possibility we can resolve the thing if you do that. Though there may be a misunderstanding with the book which is prompting you to call to begin with, if you treat them professionally most of the books out there will treat you the same way. I have seen Ken work and he has a good relationship with the off-shore people. For my part I promise to hound him to be fair to the player if I ever feel for some reason he is not, we will work together. However to help us as I said please contact us before you start bashing the book out in the forum. If things don't get resolved and after all avenues are exhausted then we will come to the forums with you.
Thanks for hearing me out and your patience on the matter.
I was against the decision not to pay this man his loyalty points, everyone knows that. Said so many times and I still am of that same thought. For the record I know nothing about any other software glitches we are hearing about now. The truth is they thought he was a wiseguy so they didn't pay him. At this point as I thought to begin with nothing is going to change, that's that. As far as the Shrink saying he thought the player got paid that was a misunderstanding and he came to the forums and admitted it. Was no malice or sneakiness involved in that. Ken knows the truth would be easy to verify so it wouldn't be worth lying about even if there was anything to gain. For one Ken isn't a liar, for two there would be nothing to gain by lying anyway. Anyway for the record this man was never paid, end of story.
Now to go on with this, I think our job here is to present all sides and I will do that. One of the things I take seriously is using the RX to advise players who need it as honestly and upfront as we can. Without agenda! I may get called down the road on "having an agenda" when the truth is I am simply saying something someone doesn't want me to say, LOL. I expect that and can live with it. But as a player first and foremost I always appreciated good advice I could count on and that will be what I try and give here. On that note in my honest opinion no one has to worry about getting paid at CRIS. I have always said this before I worked here and just about anyone in the business will agree. And in fact though this poster never got paid CRIS went back and amended the rules of the loyalty program to cover this for the future. I am glad to see it. They felt it was sharp action and the program was geared towards squares or "recreational players", it should have said that all along more clearly but it does say just that now. To put this to rest many of us think it was a bad decision to not pay him but the book is in NO DANGER of stiffing anyone or running off with anybody's post up funds. Very solid book. To even pretend anyone here thinks CRIS is a dangerous book is a ridiculous statement and one I want to be clear on. Most regulars know this but we have some new people around and no reason for them to believe CRIS is anything other than a solid book. Disagreements will happen and we didn't see eye to eye with them here but let's not make a mountain out of a mole hill. It sucks when you are the one who didn't get paid (and not as big a deal when it is someone else) so that is why I spoke out as much as I did when this thing broke. I would have loved to see this man paid but it didn't happen and it isn' going to.
The last thing I want to say on this is PLEASE come to us if you ever have a problem with a book!! Don't tell them you post on the RX and you will make their life a living hell if they don't do what you say, don't threaten them with going to every place on the internet to badmouth them. Or any of a number of threats you can think of. Get on the phone and call me or the Shrink. There is a good possibility we can resolve the thing if you do that. Though there may be a misunderstanding with the book which is prompting you to call to begin with, if you treat them professionally most of the books out there will treat you the same way. I have seen Ken work and he has a good relationship with the off-shore people. For my part I promise to hound him to be fair to the player if I ever feel for some reason he is not, we will work together. However to help us as I said please contact us before you start bashing the book out in the forum. If things don't get resolved and after all avenues are exhausted then we will come to the forums with you.
Thanks for hearing me out and your patience on the matter.
