What about other money Krystall may have in her account: is that frozen too? Just where do they draw the line? And what gives them the right to do so if there is a reserve held. That’s what the freakin reserve is for! it sounds like to me that PPATM has proven they are not to be trusted with funds since they are basically “playing God” or at the very least, judge and jury.
This should never be accepted (though I am a hypocrite for saying this, since I have chosen to continue to promote RB after they changed the rules of the game – altering the agreement I and all of you had entered into originally) but that is something that won’t possibly effect my players.
from a non-interested bystander’s POV: if what PPATM is saying is true; then they deserve to keep the money IF that is what was in the original contract they entered into with the casinos, and the casinos had broken that contract.
BUT when innocent parties begin to suffer as a direct result of the conflict you must examine closely and determine which party is causing the innocent that injustice, or is it just a matter of circumstance? In this case, it is obvious that one of two things has happened, one of the two parties is trying to involve Krystall in something that she has no business being near.
so it becomes a question of “Did the casino try to tell you they were paying you out of their reserve all the while knowing the money would not be released?” or “Was the money deposited into PPATM on top of the reserve that was obviously already there, and PPATM is choosing to keep that money on top of the reserve?” And in any case; as I said, isn’t that what a reserve is for? to make sure people get their money? Otherwise call it what it is: Penalty escrow. Not Freakin reserve!
I note that one of the programs I work closely with had approached me about getting paid thru PPATM and I had agreed but they promised that they’d make things right no matter what: and I trust them to do that. However in the end since I’ve never completed my registering process with PPATM ( I of course signed up and did use them, but I never completed the registering my bank account process because quite frankly I never had any intention of using them since I’ve been happy with NETeller … so far ): anyway, in the end knowing it would take me a month to get the registered account completed because my bank is lost in the 20th century and has not yet updated to where I can check my account electronically, I must wait until the end of the month to get my statement to know what amounts are deposited into my account, which as you know is necessary to complete the process)
after that I discreetly posted warnings telling my players that I wasn’t saying PPATM’s money wasn’t good, but that it was time to move on. That was because of all the casinos not accepting them as much as anything; I certainly never thought things would come the point they have reached.
*you’ll have to check that site that records all the web pages from the past to find that warning since I’ve taken that down a month or more ago as I thought PPATM was a thing of the past (in the eyes of the major casinos). Sounds like I need to put the warnings back up.
Even if its not PPATM that is at fault I don’t want my players getting their funds tied up in some kind of thing that I can’t count on 100% for the player to get their money, and whether it is the casino that is at fault for telling players they have been paid thru PPATM but that PPATM won’t turn loose the funds; or whether it is PPATM: doesn’t matter.
I never want to be the first one in a mob to yell “get a rope!” but I’ve got my players to think about: and quite frankly that’s all I care about. It may not be right, but I don’t get paid by the just; I get paid by people who trust me to be the paranoid skeptic.
So PPATM just went from being something I warned my players about because of possible inconvenience to warning of possible loss of funds.