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Season Seven Seat Reservation
Robbiebox:
Tend to agree with last few posters and really don"t like the idea, as I believe paying another fiver on top of reg fee will put off most new and even a lot of existing players. It has the potential to destroy the big fields that APAT has always previously been able to achieve upto now.
I prefer the idea of buying in on the poker client for a small fee ( say the £7.50 reg fee ) upto the night before and then pay the remainder at the casino on the day.
Curlarge:
I have to say that I don"t like the feel of this either.
As has been said, it"s usually "the earlier you book, the cheaper it is", (i.e. hotels, holidays, season tickets etc...), and to the outsider it might look like a bit of a rip-off (obv. we regulars know it isn"t) as they will rightly point out that all poker companies, and all other companies in fact, have running costs for admin., and they don"t charge a fee.
Is there any reason why we cant send the "reservation" money, say £20 to make it worthwhile, to the casino by bank transfer, rather than send it to APAT? Most of us will have on-line banking I guess. We just pay the balance on the day. If you are a "no show" then the casino gets the extra. This might incentivise them to set the system up.The admin costs then lie with them rather than APAT.
That way they would bear the costs of "moving the money" in whatever way they needed too, and we would just pay the same amount on bank charges, if any, as we would if we were paying APAT.
Des" points were:-
The ideal scenario for APAT:-
1) Keep the events open online until the last possible moment, ideally the evening before the event.
2) Offer the events with the shortest possible journey between becoming aware of them (on the home page) and committing to play - ie, don"t ask new players to wade through a 20 page thread and then have to download software etc, find a tournament tab, deposit funds, etc etc etc!
3) Remove as much of the admin as we can to enable us to get on with some more important stuff for the tour.
4) Avoid getting hit with charges from payment providers or currency transactions
5) Generate revenue for APAT.
Points 1-4 would seem to be covered although point 5 would not be.
1) The casino knows how many runners they have registered at any time.
2) The "Pay Now" button would simply need to show how to make the reservation payment. i.e. account number, sort code etc....
3 and 4) It would appear to do this.
5) to be addressed.
or is this too easy?
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Curlarge on May 31, 2013, 01:20:27 AM ---
As has been said, it"s usually "the earlier you book, the cheaper it is", (i.e. hotels, holidays, season tickets etc...)
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Rich.
As I pointed out this isn"t a proper comparison.
All of those other places require you to pay the full amount up front...APAT isn"t suggesting that and, apparently, there are considerable costs (one way or another) in doing it that way.
SirPercival:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on May 31, 2013, 05:42:39 AM ---
--- Quote from: Curlarge on May 31, 2013, 01:20:27 AM ---
As has been said, it"s usually "the earlier you book, the cheaper it is", (i.e. hotels, holidays, season tickets etc...)
--- End quote ---
Rich.
As I pointed out this isn"t a proper comparison.
All of those other places require you to pay the full amount up front...APAT isn"t suggesting that and, apparently, there are considerable costs (one way or another) in doing it that way.
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Paulie you have said this a couple of times now but I"m sorry it"s just not true. I have booked many hotels and holidays where I don"t pay up front and have the option of canceling (at a price) if things change.
Curlarge:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on May 31, 2013, 05:42:39 AM ---
--- Quote from: Curlarge on May 31, 2013, 01:20:27 AM ---
As has been said, it"s usually "the earlier you book, the cheaper it is", (i.e. hotels, holidays, season tickets etc...)
--- End quote ---
Rich.
As I pointed out this isn"t a proper comparison.
All of those other places require you to pay the full amount up front...APAT isn"t suggesting that and, apparently, there are considerable costs (one way or another) in doing it that way.
--- End quote ---
Then why don"t we just pay the £82.50 straight away, direct to the casino. If you can"t make it, last minute, simply sell your seat on the seat exchange and notify the casino accordingly, as was the case before.
All of the monies end up at the casino anyhow.
I also note that almost all of the venues we use i.e. Genting, DTD, G, Grosvenor etc all have online poker sites. Is there any reason why they can"t set up a holding tank and we just register/un-register there?
Each event can then be promoted separately on Apat with the "Buy Now" button taking you straight to the site. As most people play live and online, it if fair to assume that almost all will be familiar with most online sites.
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