My wife and I still enjoy playing VP downtown where many of the
machines still payoff in coins. Several time when I have taken, for
example, a bucket of 400 quarters to the mechanical cashing-out machine,
instead of receiving the expected $100, the machine tells me it will
pay me $99.75 or even less on occasion. I'm confident I cleaned out the
coin tray of all the quarters. To add to the confusion, there are
several people standing behind me waiting to cash-in their coins. While
there may not be a lot of lost money involved it's the principal of the
operation. Any correct and/or recomended course of action?
Short Changed when cashing out
I'll never forget one time when I cashed out some table games chips at
the cage of a certain casino, and I had all my chips in my hat and
plopped them down on the counter. Although I may have looked like
someone who didn't know what day it was, I assure you that I did. I
knew EXACTLY how much I had there. So the girl counted them out, paid
me cash, and it was $20 short. I said, "Gee, that's funny. I had
more than that". She never argued or delayed, but reached out of view
and came up with the "missing" $20, IMMEDIATELY. Well, wasn't THAT
cute! lol
So know where you stand, and stand your ground. And as they say at
the poker table, trust everyone, but always cut the deck.
-P
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "captjack47" <captjack47@...> wrote:
My wife and I still enjoy playing VP downtown where many of the
machines still payoff in coins. Several time when I have taken, for
example, a bucket of 400 quarters to the mechanical cashing-out machine,
instead of receiving the expected $100, the machine tells me it will
pay me $99.75 or even less on occasion. I'm confident I cleaned out the
coin tray of all the quarters. To add to the confusion, there are
several people standing behind me waiting to cash-in their coins. While
there may not be a lot of lost money involved it's the principal of the
operation. Any correct and/or recomended course of action?
A couple of years ago, I was also playing downtown and cashed out a
known amount of quarters. At the cashier cage, it came up several
dollars short. Turns out there were tokens mixed with the quarters that
the counting machine rejected. They were only going to pay me the
shorted amount. I asked security to check out the machine and sure
enough, there were many tokens in the hopper. Since I only put bills
in, I had no worry for myself. They shut down the machine and paid me
the missing amount.
Dennis
vp-connoisseur
My wife and I still enjoy playing VP downtown where many of the
machines still payoff in coins. Several time when I have taken, for
example, a bucket of 400 quarters to the mechanical cashing-out machine,
instead of receiving the expected $100, the machine tells me it will
pay me $99.75 or even less on occasion. I'm confident I cleaned out the
coin tray of all the quarters. To add to the confusion, there are
several people standing behind me waiting to cash-in their coins. While
there may not be a lot of lost money involved it's the principal of the
operation. Any correct and/or recomended course of action?
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Yes, this very scenario played out with me a couple days ago in the
Fremont. I cashed out $100 in quarters and it came up $99.75 at the
cashier. She asked me if I had another quarter to which I replied I
cashed out $100. She reached into her till and started pulling out
20s and ones. In a firm but pleasant voice I asked to speak with a
supervisor. As you say it was the principal of the thing. She then
put the little stuff back and pulled out a bennie.
I'm sure people skim a quarter or two all the time trying to cheat the
casinos. But if you stand firm and don't give in, they will do the
right thing.
Rick
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "captjack47" <captjack47@...> wrote:
My wife and I still enjoy playing VP downtown where many of the
machines still payoff in coins. Several time when I have taken, for
example, a bucket of 400 quarters to the mechanical cashing-out machine,
instead of receiving the expected $100, the machine tells me it will
pay me $99.75 or even less on occasion. I'm confident I cleaned out the
coin tray of all the quarters. To add to the confusion, there are
several people standing behind me waiting to cash-in their coins. While
there may not be a lot of lost money involved it's the principal of the
operation. Any correct and/or recomended course of action?
Back in pre-TITO days, and even now, at some downtown casinos,
I have had this same experience frequently. In almost every
instance, after I went back to the machine, I found the missing
coin, usually standing "on end" against the far side of the coin
tray.
I'm sure that some machines can develop a glitch, causing them
to spit out too few, or sometimes too many coins. I have on
occasion, been given $100.25; either a machine malfunction or a
previous player error.
In any event, I'm fairly confident that this coin shortage is
just a mistake, and that neither the casino nor the cashier is
delibrately trying to shortchange a customer.
In any event, after I've gone back to the machine for a second
look in the tray, and still not found the errant quarter(s), I
have never been refused reimbursement.
~Babe~
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In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Rick & Lucky Lucy" <..> wrote:
....I cashed out $100 in quarters and it came up $99.75 at the
cashier. She asked me if I had another quarter to which I replied I
cashed out $100. She reached into her till and started pulling
out 20s and ones. In a firm but pleasant voice I asked to speak
with a supervisor. As you say it was the principal of the thing.
She then put the little stuff back and pulled out a bennie.....