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Season Seven Seat Reservation
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Curlarge on May 31, 2013, 10:36:43 AM ---
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.
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This is the ideal solution, of course.
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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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Only downside is the faff of having multiple poker clients installed and funding them but as you say, this might not be a hassle for many.
Just for my education, how do Genting, G etc. manage their tour buy-ins? Do they just swallow the transaction fees or do they do something different?
Curlarge:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on May 31, 2013, 10:52:45 AM ---
--- Quote from: Curlarge on May 31, 2013, 10:36:43 AM ---
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.
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This is the ideal solution, of course.
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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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Only downside is the faff of having multiple poker clients installed and funding them but as you say, this might not be a hassle for many.
Just for my education, how do Genting, G etc. manage their tour buy-ins? Do they just swallow the transaction fees or do they do something different?
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Whenever I have bought in, it"s been the buy in plus reg fee and that"s it.
Hammerite:
Thought I would throw this idea into the mix. You have a full membership say £25 per year, an associate membership say £10 per year. Seats would go on sale on say a Monday to full members, Wednesday to associate members, and then on the Friday, and until seats sell out they go on general sale with no booking fee. Seats are paid for in full at the time of booking with people who find they cannot attend, able to sell them on the seat exchange or lose their money.
This way the people who want to make a commitment to Apat and who tend to play the most tournaments get first dibs, followed by the people who only play say 2 or 3 times a year followed by anyone who wishes to play that particular tournament because it is local to them or it is their national tournament etc etc.
This way newcomers will not be put off by paying an extra £5 and once they realise what Apat is about may be encouraged to take up one of the memberships, thus giving Apat a regular income stream.
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: SirPercival on May 31, 2013, 09:17:44 AM ---
--- 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...)
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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.
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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.
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I don"t know of any hotel, airline etc. that will let me pay a tiny fee and GUARANTEE me a room, seat etc. with an option NOT to pay if I don"t turn up.
Many hotels will offer a reduced charge for a non-refundable booking but this isn"t an option here. There is a known FIXED cost (£82.50) and APAT can"t reduce that for early buy-in.
Apples & Oranges.
APAT are offering a unique (AFAIK) "service" here, a guaranteed seat reservation without full up-front payment.
Do I like having to pay the extra £5 a time...absolutely not and I recognise and understand the objections (some of which I agree with) but it looks something has to change.
I prefer the membership idea. If you make the perks at say a "Premium" Level a number of guaranteed seats (or even all of them) and, say, a small discount at the APAT shop etc. etc. I think a lot of regs would jump on board and people new to APAT could opt for lower levels.
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Curlarge on May 31, 2013, 10:57:02 AM ---
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on May 31, 2013, 10:52:45 AM ---
Just for my education, how do Genting, G etc. manage their tour buy-ins? Do they just swallow the transaction fees or do they do something different?
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Whenever I have bought in, it"s been the buy in plus reg fee and that"s it.
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Yeah, but do they do it through a poker client or online reg via a 3rd party etc.?
I assume the former?
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