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Seat buyins and reservations.
Curlarge:
fandango:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on October 21, 2013, 22:00:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: poker_jason on October 21, 2013, 21:22:58 PM ---
I"d much prefer to be able to fully register for an event I intend on playing - preferably via a single APAT site with the ability to unregister (up to a specified time in advance to meet APATs Admin needs) thus guaranteeing my seat without the "Reserve a Seat" Function or Extra cost.
I don"t mind the Reserve a SEAT function for those that don"t want to (Mini-edit or can"t) Reg online. But both options should be available at same point in time.
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+2
The announcements for the season are posted well in advance, so we pretty much know 100% where and when we are playing (albeit apart from WCOAP final leg).
Don"t know the ins and outs of PayPal charges etc, but could those who want to pay in full well in advance prehaps pay into a PayPal account held by APAT prehaps paying a little extra to cover admin charges etc?. Prehaps hold 75% of the seats in a holding tank for those wanting to pay in full, say a month 6 weeks before event if all seats are not sold then open em up for the reserve a seat option?
Just a thought but obv don"t know about the logistics/ costs of withdrawing funds and transferring to casino..
Whatever the outcome there is always going to be conflicting views on whatever Des/APAT decide, those who have used the reserve option have stated that they have had no real qualms using this.. If you are against paying the £5 fee it"s your choice to pay or not.. Def don"t think Des has to justify doing a freeroll for the funds already taken, if they go in to the APAT coffers to help with costs of medals, award trophies etc then it"s a win for all of us.
This sums up my thoughts
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GiMac:
Sef:
As I said in a previous thread... I like the idea of the £5 reserve fee but I feel there were far too many seats allocated to it. 5 seats for those putting up the full buy in is a bit disappointing. Split it 50/50 and the F5 crew also get to have their fun when the holding tank opens. :)
GiMac:
--- Quote from: ian.ski309 on October 22, 2013, 13:01:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: AMRN on October 22, 2013, 11:19:03 AM --- If the £5 reservation fee is here to stay, I think it should be opened in parallel to a direct buy in - people can then either pay the full amount in advance and commit to the event, or pay a £5 fee if they are unsure about whether they will play or not.
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Playing devil"s advocate here :) lets say for argument"s sake that there is a 120 seat APAT event. At 2pm on Monday (one month in advance of the event), the holding tank is opened for direct buy-ins at the same time as Eventbrite invite players to reserve a seat. By the end of business on that Monday 90 players have bought in for the full amount and 55 players have reserved a seat. It"s highly unlikely I know, but what happens then ? How would you choose which 25 "reserve a seat" players get a refund ?
Even if that scenario didn"t unfold, at some point during the month you could easily end up with more seats reserved than there are available. The two systems (holding tank and eventbrite) would have to be linked to each other to ensure that once capacity was reached they stopped selling/reserving. As far as I understand it, they are two totally separate entities.
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Split the seat allocation however you like. eg 50% direct buy, 50% Eventbrite or any other split you want i.e. 60/40, 70/30. Any left over from either option can then be shifted to the remaining option. For example reservation sells out, but direct buy in has 5 seats left, then offer those seats up for reservation or vice versa. Easy game. 8)
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