In Response to Re: Promotions : well this deserves a +1 if anything ever did, dosent help when the corned beef for brains at customer care always tell you opposite Posted by CrazyBen23
Morning (?) Ben,
If I may say so, that's rather rude, don't you think?
They are just regular people, doing a VERY tough job, trying to earn a living. It's a really tough gig - you should try it! - and is not helped by Clients making offensive personal remarks. Whatever you think of their intelligence, they are doing their best. The irony is that Clients insult them every day, but the CC Staff are forbidden to respond in kind, so they just have to take it.
They'll read this thread, too, & be itching to defend themselves, but are not allowed to. Clients can be rude to staff, but not vice-versa. Proper "soft target/free hit" then.
Does that seem fair to you?
I'm not having a go at you, but I do think a little tolerance towards others might be in order.
Anyway, I hope you find some Sky Poker Promos in June to your liking.
In Response to Re: Promotions : Morning (?) Ben, If I may say so, that's rather rude, don't you think? They are just regular people, doing a VERY tough job, trying to earn a living. It's a really tough gig - you should try it! - and is not helped by Clients making offensive personal remarks. Whatever you think of their intelligence, they are doing their best. The irony is that Clients insult them every day, but the CC Staff are forbidden to respond in kind, so they just have to take it. They'll read this thread, too, & be itching to defend themselves, but are not allowed to. Clients can be rude to staff, but not vice-versa. Proper "soft target/free hit" then. Does that seem fair to you? I'm not having a go at you, but I do think a little tolerance towards others might be in order. Anyway, I hope you find some Sky Poker Promos in June to your liking. Posted by Tikay10
Just in defence of SkyPoker, I think as a set of players we have become a bit too used to the good promotions they constantly run. Having played on numerous sites I have to say that SkyPoker do more promos, that benefit more players then any other site I can think of. We as customers of SkyPoker do not have a given right to expect SkyPoker to give us free stuff all the time and we should be grateful of what they do offer us. Some sites give their customers nothing back in return for their custom. BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE GET FOR FREE.
Well i found it rather funny looking back, nothing personal, think its a good promo whether winners are allowed to participate or not, obv needs clearing up tho...
the £66 deposit promo: hmm, its a nice try sky, I know what you are going for - you listened to the forum that said they would like to see promotions aimed at losing/depositing players. it kinda is, but there is nothing to stop your grinders from depositing £66 x 7, carrying on with their normal grind and being in with just as good a chance as the net losers to win something...
If you are quick enough, there is 2 minutes from 23:59 to 00:01 that are not counted in the promo, where you could in theory withdraw 7 x £66, wait a couple of minutes, then deposit again making yourself eligable for an entry every day during the week that you play.
I dont think it really generates much excitment either - if I'm depositing £66, winning £66 isnt going to be massive.
the A966 board promo: really like it. waaaaay better that the deposit one. recreational players will have a far better chance of spotting these things and acting quickly compared to a 12 table grinder. It could also be quite a big score for some of the small stakes players that wouldnt be able to deposit £66 once nevermind 7 times.
overall, its nice to see promo's aimed at the depositing player/rec player after a month of promo's aimed at winners.
the £66 deposit promo : hmm, its a nice try sky, I know what you are going for - you listened to the forum that said they would like to see promotions aimed at losing/depositing players. it kinda is, but there is nothing to stop your grinders from depositing £66 x 7, carrying on with their normal grind and being in with just as good a chance as the net losers to win something... If you are quick enough, there is 2 minutes from 23:59 to 00:01 that are not counted in the promo, where you could in theory withdraw 7 x £66, wait a couple of minutes, then deposit again making yourself eligable for an entry every day during the week that you play. I dont think it really generates much excitment either - if I'm depositing £66, winning £66 isnt going to be massive. the A966 board promo : really like it. waaaaay better that the deposit one. recreational players will have a far better chance of spotting these things and acting quickly compared to a 12 table grinder. It could also be quite a big score for some of the small stakes players that wouldnt be able to deposit £66 once nevermind 7 times. overall, its nice to see promo's aimed at the depositing player/rec player after a month of promo's aimed at winners. Posted by chicknMelt
the £66 deposit promo : hmm, its a nice try sky, I know what you are going for - you listened to the forum that said they would like to see promotions aimed at losing/depositing players. it kinda is, but there is nothing to stop your grinders from depositing £66 x 7, carrying on with their normal grind and being in with just as good a chance as the net losers to win something... If you are quick enough, there is 2 minutes from 23:59 to 00:01 that are not counted in the promo, where you could in theory withdraw 7 x £66, wait a couple of minutes, then deposit again making yourself eligable for an entry every day during the week that you play. I dont think it really generates much excitment either - if I'm depositing £66, winning £66 isnt going to be massive. the A966 board promo : really like it. waaaaay better that the deposit one. recreational players will have a far better chance of spotting these things and acting quickly compared to a 12 table grinder. It could also be quite a big score for some of the small stakes players that wouldnt be able to deposit £66 once nevermind 7 times. overall, its nice to see promo's aimed at the depositing player/rec player after a month of promo's aimed at winners. Posted by chicknMelt
Guess i'm not allowed to enter as i'm not on Faceache or twitter
Just read the 66 promo . With so many promos out there now especially with World Cup coming up just think Sky could have come up woth something a bit simpler . After first read it sounded like you have to lose £66 and noticed someone mentioned if you,ve got a + deposit overall you cant do it anyway - is that correct?
Ps dissapointed not to see Sky Sports doing a fantasy Leaugue Football for the World Cup. just because its not on Sky . Theres thousands doing them in the papers
Just read the 66 promo . With so many promos out there now especially with World Cup coming up just think Sky could have come up woth something a bit simpler . After first read it sounded like you have to lose £66 and noticed someone mentioned if you,ve got a + deposit overall you cant do it anyway - is that correct? Ps dissapointed not to see Sky Sports doing a fantasy Leaugue Football for the World Cup. just because its not on Sky . Theres thousands doing them in the papers Posted by MP33
Just in defence of SkyPoker, I think as a set of players we have become a bit too used to the good promotions they constantly run. Having played on numerous sites I have to say that SkyPoker do more promos, that benefit more players then any other site I can think of. We as customers of SkyPoker do not have a given right to expect SkyPoker to give us free stuff all the time and we should be grateful of what they do offer us. Some sites give their customers nothing back in return for their custom. BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE GET FOR FREE. Posted by 68Trebor
The promos on Sky are good, can't argue with that. But, they do offer an abysmal RB system, none of the promos make up for that.
I quite like the route sky take in that they reward rec players more than regs with promos />better RB, its why games are so good here. But paying ~£1.6k a month in rake to sky only getting ~£350 back in bonuses I do feel a sense of entitlement. The regs should have constant promotions suited to us OR priority should be 50%+ imo.
Why does anyone feel they *should* be entitled to any rake back at all? Why not drop all the rakeback promotions and just drop the percentage raked by a little bit?
Have to agree with aces here was thinking exactly the same thing. The great thing about the sky promos was that they were interesting and beneficial to everyone if u put the time in. As aces said 20% rake back is pretty pitiful for those who make priority when u consider the amount of rake at least £1700 that each person generates. I'd only imagine that only 10-15 players if that make it to the 25%+ bracket. Hence the promotions generally hive us an opportunity to try to increase our rake back by an extra 10-20% which falls more all line with competitors. As a regular this is a pretty bad promotion for me and I'm sure aces aswell potentially going through a lot of effort to win £66 doesn't sound particularly appealing. I can understand aiming promotions at losing players though makes a lot of sense however this promotion is far too complicated. Something much simpler could have been thought up I'm sure.
Don't really think it's appropriate for TK to respond like that to just general insults. It's not our fault if sky's processes aren't good enough to cope or their understaffed. It's not like sky don't have enough money to make it easier for their staff is it
Have to agree with aces here was thinking exactly the same thing. The great thing about the sky promos was that they were interesting and beneficial to everyone if u put the time in. As aces said 20% rake back is pretty pitiful for those who make priority when u consider the amount of rake at least £1700 that each person generates. I'd only imagine that only 10-15 players if that make it to the 25%+ bracket. Hence the promotions generally hive us an opportunity to try to increase our rake back by an extra 10-20% which falls more all line with competitors. As a regular this is a pretty bad promotion for me and I'm sure aces aswell potentially going through a lot of effort to win £66 doesn't sound particularly appealing. I can understand aiming promotions at losing players though makes a lot of sense however this promotion is far too complicated. Something much simpler could have been thought up I'm sure. Don't really think it's appropriate for TK to respond like that to just general insults. It's not our fault if sky's processes aren't good enough to cope or their understaffed. It's not like sky don't have enough money to make it easier for their staff is it Posted by pilezitin
Nothing to the promo deposit x amount of money, earn 1 point a day. Hardly any effort at all.
As you have every right to express your opinion so does TK!!
In Response to Re: Promotions : You can get twitter or facebook within 2 minutes. You don't have to ever use it again after this promo if you don't want to. ------ So long term winning players can participate in this promo again now? Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Well first off i tried entering the code, got a msg saying it wasnt accepted, contacted CC, they said yeah its cos u havent depoisted, so i depoisted, tried again, no luck, then got told it was cos my lifetime withdrawal was higher than my depoist. so it cant be for deposites this month unless its just me thats been unable to enter the code, yawn.
As a recovering tilter I have a limit on my account so couldnt join if I wanted :-)
But lets all be honest - the Points reward system is a far better loyalty scheme than any other site around!! So I for one will jsut concentrate on that :-)
And while I was thinking about this - Idea is good, but prize maybe to small - I think fewer prizes - say 1 or two £1966 prizes would of been better
Or a free role that had a prize pool of £1966 with min Cash £19.66 and moving on up. Only get to play free role if had deposited the £66 and earned poker points as per T&C's?
We are a moaning bunch really! I much prefer being a back seat driver in all this - feel for the guys at top who have to make the decisions!
But with TK - not the CC fault - they have never steered me wrong!
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If I may say so, that's rather rude, don't you think?
They are just regular people, doing a VERY tough job, trying to earn a living. It's a really tough gig - you should try it! - and is not helped by Clients making offensive personal remarks. Whatever you think of their intelligence, they are doing their best. The irony is that Clients insult them every day, but the CC Staff are forbidden to respond in kind, so they just have to take it.
They'll read this thread, too, & be itching to defend themselves, but are not allowed to. Clients can be rude to staff, but not vice-versa. Proper "soft target/free hit" then.
Does that seem fair to you?
I'm not having a go at you, but I do think a little tolerance towards others might be in order.
Anyway, I hope you find some Sky Poker Promos in June to your liking.
Just in defence of SkyPoker, I think as a set of players we have become a bit too used to the good promotions they constantly run. Having played on numerous sites I have to say that SkyPoker do more promos, that benefit more players then any other site I can think of. We as customers of SkyPoker do not have a given right to expect SkyPoker to give us free stuff all the time and we should be grateful of what they do offer us. Some sites give their customers nothing back in return for their custom.
BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE GET FOR FREE.
I quite like the route sky take in that they reward rec players more than regs with promos />better RB, its why games are so good here. But paying ~£1.6k a month in rake to sky only getting ~£350 back in bonuses I do feel a sense of entitlement. The regs should have constant promotions suited to us OR priority should be 50%+ imo.
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So long term winning players can participate in this promo again now?
As you have every right to express your opinion so does TK!!
I've not deposited yet but I believe (if I qualify to participate in the promo) I have a full week to deposit the required amount.
Lost the £1 RR to get todays point too. dohhhhhhh.
I don't think anyone has a Scooby.
Yet another reason why it might be a good idea to announce promotions before they start, Sky.