in light of all the comp 'cuts', i find it interesting that i have had a
$750 offer from bally's/paris for each month (i think), august thru december.
and it no longer is tied to airfare; it's just a cash offer. i'm 7*. don't
know my theo. i probably average about $20,000 - $30,000 coin-in a day (2,000 -
3,000 base credits).
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In a message dated 10/13/2008 2:31:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bayfieldkent@yahoo.com writes:
Well, not completely. But it is getting harder and harder to get excited
about taking several trips a year to LV as the cost of flying continues to rise
and games and paytables are eliminated/changed.
Maybe it's the angst of seeing my retirement account drop close to 50% in
the last year with the realization that I'm gonna have to work several more
years than I had planned.
I'm not completely done, but whole experience is getting harder to enjoy.
I'll pick and choose offers and go for a vacation a few times a year, but
nothing like in the past. I will not "work" so hard at maintaining a high daily
average in a few casinos just to keep offers coming. If they come, fine. If
not I'll stay home.
Part of this is due to the casino attitudes toward the comiing Depression -
cutting games and comps. It seems to me you should be courting good solid
players, not nickel and dimeing them at every chance. If I want to feel like
that I'll go to Disney World!
As this economic mess deepens it will be interesting to see what happens.
Talk about betting on the come - the big corporations have built like there
was no tomorrow, and now they are beginning to feel the effects of their
drunken, tourist driven orgy.
Am I alone here? There are 8000 people in this group - a good number of
which are tourists like me. Are you feeling anything like me?
Sigh.....
Jigger
"On some days, my head is filled with such wild and original thoughts
that I can barely utter a word. On other days, the liquor store is
closed."
"Sex is like air. It's not important unless you aren't getting any."
"No one ever says "It's only a game,"
when their team is winning."
"Ever notice that people who spend money on beer,
cigarettes, and video poker are always complaining
about being broke and not feeling well?"
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