In a message dated 7/20/2003 9:01:02 PM Pacific Standard Time,
vpFREE@yahoogroups.com writes:
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:01:06 EDT
From: SJMeade@aol.com
Subject: Re: Getting TrippedI have been tripped so many times I actually have tire tread marks on my
back. Tripping is a hateful situation and the casinos are actually hurting
themselves. They don't get me back. Shirl in Las Vegas
Unfortunately the way most people learn the system is the hard way. Most
learn after losing benefits after having received a certain level for a while.
When you ask for an explanation then they explain it to you.
It wouldn't be so onerous if the benefits were laid out in a brochure as is
done for banking systems & for low-level play.
The disadvantage of laying it out is that the leeway that hosts have to issue
comps will be limited which will hurt those players that actively use the
system to the max but the majority will be unaffected as they don't ask or don't
even know they have the benefits. In the future, the more sophisticated
casinos will get on board systems that limit comps, for the majority of players, to
a max % of theoretical or actual loss based on the games played. This further
constricts the wiggle room that hosts have but it seems as if that's the way
it's going as casinos erect more defenses against educated players.
Not only do casinos lose steady players like you, they lose all casual play
when people learn the system since people don't want to get tripped. In their
defense, the casinos will say they can look at our record & take out all play
not associated with stays or invites & adjust benefits accordingly. However,
that is done on a manual basis & their computer systems are not programmed to
make these allowances. Most of us don't want to go through a major hassle of
seeing a host every time we want to get back on the mailing list.
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