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Seat buyins and reservations.
GiMac:
--- Quote from: ian.ski309 on October 21, 2013, 16:42:04 PM ---
I hated the idea of a £5 reservation fee when it was first announced and I said so. I still hate it but it has become a necessary evil if you want to guarantee a seat at a venue with limited capacity. I may be wrong but the only consolation is that it has generated approximately £500 towards the APAT coffers which I assume offsets the costs due to reduced sponsorship these days.
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Ian you are right and of course it goes straight to APAT's coffers which I am sure we are all happy about. But it"s such a chew on, and tbh is slightly disingenuous of APAT. They should just be up front and charge it as part of the buy in and stop with all this faffing about imho. Plenty of forums have introduced a fee to be a member, the Newcastle Poker Forum for one springs to mind and you know what? I willingly pay my £10 a year to be a member there because I know it pays for the upkeep of the site in these times of austerity when there is less of the poker sponsorship pie to go around, just as I was happy to pay my £10 to APAT for my staking "licence".
LombBomb:
--- Quote from: GiMac on October 21, 2013, 16:43:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: AMRN on October 21, 2013, 15:47:07 PM ---
^This.
I hate the £5 reservation tax.... I"m more than willing to pay full amount many months in advance to reserve my seat, and wish we had that opportunity.
--- Quote from: GiMac on October 21, 2013, 15:08:38 PM ---
wants to pay a non refundable deposit of £100 and pay for the car in 2 weeks
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The £5 isn"t a non refundable deposit - if it were, I suspect most people would be much happier with it. It"s a non refundable additional charge.
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Precisley this ^^^^^^^
Dear APAT
At the end of the day WE ALL KNOW THIS is just a stealth fee, we are believe it or not reasonably intelligent people, so why don"t you just charge a £10 fee for entry, because in reality that"s what you are forcing people to pay anyway? Other places like DTD charge £10 for a £50 game, people pay it because they are happy with the service being provided and DTD are not afraid to charge it because they know they offer a good product.
So in summary APAT grow a pair, have faith in your product and brand and stop fvcking your clients about please.
Best Regards
GiMac
APAT Team Scotland Captain 2013/14
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Strong words but can"t disagree. Saying what no-one else wanted to say.
Duffy:
I agree with GiMac whole heartedly. Was willing to keep my opinion to myself in the begining as it seemed to be running quite smoothly, but with the debacle that seems to be unfolding now i think it needed said.
GiMac:
--- Quote from: TC1978 on October 21, 2013, 16:58:21 PM ---
Strong words but can"t disagree. Saying what no-one else wanted to say.
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You are right fella, the number of people I have spoken to who have been moaning about this is a lot but most people don"t speak up they either suffer or vote with their feet.
Gup9y:
I also agree but just found out yesterday.
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