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Old 08-12-10, 09:36 PM   #1
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Default Annoying Youwager phone call....

Not sure how it's done but they called me from my area code. I still didn't answer the phone but they left a message. "It's very urgent that you call me right back" I did call them back and asked what was so urgent... I told them because of this I wouldn't deposit in their book, ever. Don't leave me voice mails saying it's very urgent that I call back. Unreal.
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Old 08-12-10, 09:45 PM   #2
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they are the worst book at cold calling and snail mail
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Old 08-12-10, 09:52 PM   #3
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I can live with the cold calling and the snail mail, but that was dirty pool Illini........ if they ever did that to me, I am divorced from them. Besides, you play at the greatest book in the world...... you don't need them.
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Old 08-12-10, 10:36 PM   #4
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They have done this to me also.

Nothing better than having your wife play the message and be like WTF???

I will NEVER deposit there again!

They are fukkin assholes and wise asses!
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Old 08-12-10, 11:11 PM   #5
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Yep, they call me from my area code also, but they are no worse than the others when it comes to sending stuff to my front door. Oddsmakers, Bookmakers, and YouWager have all sent b.s. promotions within last 2 weeks. That means I will be canceling accounts with all 3. Never even new I had one with oddsmakers
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Old 08-12-10, 11:28 PM   #6
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yep sorta same thing.... when i signed up for the free $12 i put my cell up, withen 20 mins my phone lit up....eventually got them to change my number to a fake one..... eventually they clued in and sent me emails saying that i must of gave them the wrong number blah blah blah
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Old 08-12-10, 11:31 PM   #7
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That is disturbing news to hear. Hate the annoying calls.
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Old 08-12-10, 11:32 PM   #8
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Yep, they call me from my area code also, but they are no worse than the others when it comes to sending stuff to my front door. Oddsmakers, Bookmakers, and YouWager have all sent b.s. promotions within last 2 weeks. That means I will be canceling accounts with all 3. Never even new I had one with oddsmakers
Oddsmaker and Bookmaker have both called me in the past week or so as well, FWIW.
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they obviously operate like wanna-be hustlers with a bunch of tracfones or prepaid phones in which they can ditch when needed
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It really caught me off guard when I checked the voice mail because it came across as a Santa Barbara 805 area code. It really pissed me off when I heard the message. He sounded like he wasn't ok though, sounded like he had some sort of disability or a lisp.
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I can live with the cold calling and the snail mail, but that was dirty pool Illini........ if they ever did that to me, I am divorced from them. Besides, you play at the greatest book in the world...... you don't need them.
Trust me, I never had any intention on ever making a deposit with them. I did send some money in to a book to become SBR Pro and I am very glad I didn't use them. I do play at the best book in the world, Heritage. But when they call and leave me a message like this I will make it a point to never give that book a dime and let people know about the kind of message they left. How did they call from my area code though?
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Trust me, I never had any intention on ever making a deposit with them. I did send some money in to a book to become SBR Pro and I am very glad I didn't use them. I do play at the best book in the world, Heritage. But when they call and leave me a message like this I will make it a point to never give that book a dime and let people know about the kind of message they left. How did they call from my area code though?
Got to be some way for it to happen, fly. I know I've gotten called from the BetPhoenix/BetMania/WagerChief crew in the same way. And tout calls have been like that sometimes also - disguised as a local area code but uhhhhhh guess what - it's Wayne Root's clan calling from Vegas!
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They called me today as well. I didn't even give them my number, but I had called earlier in the week with some questions. They must have taken my number down.
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Old 08-13-10, 12:07 AM   #14
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Got to be some way for it to happen, fly. I know I've gotten called from the BetPhoenix/BetMania/WagerChief crew in the same way. And tout calls have been like that sometimes also - disguised as a local area code but uhhhhhh guess what - it's Wayne Root's clan calling from Vegas!
Reload,

I get phone calls from all the books you mentioned and a lot more. None leave messages like that though. I had to listen to it again because I was driving when I checked it and heard that it's urgent that I call back. So when I replayed it I was furious. For a second I thought something was going on, I work with people that often have emergencies and I get calls like that often, but it really is urgent, unlike this call.
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Trust me, I never had any intention on ever making a deposit with them. I did send some money in to a book to become SBR Pro and I am very glad I didn't use them. I do play at the best book in the world, Heritage. But when they call and leave me a message like this I will make it a point to never give that book a dime and let people know about the kind of message they left. How did they call from my area code though?
They have an auto-dialer redirect located in the States, and it just happened to pull up a Santa Barbara area code by coincidence; it just as easily could have been Boston or Dallas. They called me from a New Jersey area code. I happen to like YouWager, and I have them as an out, but I could easily replace them if they pulled a 'sky is falling' message like that to me.

This football season, I have already funded:

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I usually go with 4 books for the season, and I replaced Bookmaker with DSI for the Prick contest, and I replaced BetPhoenix with WagerChief for the half point. I have -105 at BetOnline, and -107 at Heritage, and I like YouWager for parlays and teasers, plus they have the best mobile app going....
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Old 08-13-10, 12:12 AM   #16
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I have had people call me from my area code as well, many of these desperate books are trying to steal you from someone else, pick one or two books and stay with it, use reliable ones like bodog, fivedimes or the greek. GL
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Old 08-13-10, 12:23 AM   #17
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Screw youwager and their football rags in the mail too.
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Old 08-13-10, 02:42 AM   #18
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I told them not to call me again on live chat only to have some Vietnamese CS lady call me. I went on live chat a 2nd time and told them not to call me again bu then the same lady called me AGAIN! I just picked up the phone, listen to the lady then just hung up. She called me back and bitched at me for hanging up on her... I then went on live chat for a 3rd time and told them if you called me again i'll report you to SBR and have a huge thread about your annoying calls and the CS that bitched at me. Never heard from them since.
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Most books have a crappy thing or two about them. With Youwager, it's the phone nonsense. No big deal. They offer some good stuff so I just accept it.
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They have done this to me also.

Nothing better than having your wife play the message and be like WTF???

I will NEVER deposit there again!

They are fukkin assholes and wise asses!
i hear ya , having your wife hear these freakin messages makes you so angry , i will never ever deposit with these guys

5dimes, greek not a single call in 8 years
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Not sure how it's done but they called me from my area code. I still didn't answer the phone but they left a message. "It's very urgent that you call me right back" I did call them back and asked what was so urgent... I told them because of this I wouldn't deposit in their book, ever. Don't leave me voice mails saying it's very urgent that I call back. Unreal.
yeah that is one of the things i don't like about them either and thats whats nice about a book like HERITAGE as if they did that to you they would put a $500 FP into your account for the hassle.

youwager does pay but the calls are annoying.
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Not sure how it's done but they called me from my area code. I still didn't answer the phone but they left a message. "It's very urgent that you call me right back" I did call them back and asked what was so urgent... I told them because of this I wouldn't deposit in their book, ever. Don't leave me voice mails saying it's very urgent that I call back. Unreal.

Wow that's very tacky of them..if a book annoys me in the slightest I want nothing to do with them.
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Old 08-22-10, 03:52 PM   #23
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I made an account with youwager, the sales guy was "lefty", I laughed and decided no buisness for you! anyways they called me 10min after. I told them you call me again I won't deposit. Left nut said he would put me on the do not call list, problem solved.
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yeah they do call luke once a week but they are good for parlays and teasers so i just deal wit it like mudcat said
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I don't think there is anything special about Youwager.
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Old 08-22-10, 04:59 PM   #26
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WagerChief called me 9 times in 3 days. morning afternoon and night after I signed up for an account just so I could do the SBR contests. They left 1 message the first time they called... and then called 8 more times and I never answered cuz I was busy the first few times, and if I answered after that, I would've yelled at someone, so I didn't answer... I will NEVER EVER deposit there because of this. I've never had a book call me NINE times...
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WagerChief called me 9 times in 3 days. morning afternoon and night after I signed up for an account just so I could do the SBR contests. They left 1 message the first time they called... and then called 8 more times and I never answered cuz I was busy the first few times, and if I answered after that, I would've yelled at someone, so I didn't answer... I will NEVER EVER deposit there because of this. I've never had a book call me NINE times...

weird, cause they never call me. They leave me emails with the specials which I strongly prefer!
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I had an account at that site before. Now i can't log in after i stopped played there for more than a year. But they didn't call me, just keep sending me e-mails.
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Old 08-23-10, 04:39 AM   #29
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they are the worst book at cold calling and snail mail
Pretty bad but bookmaker ranks up there too. I don't know why good books degrade themselves with that type of shit.
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Actually,other than the phone calls,this is a good book
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Old 08-24-10, 12:07 AM   #32
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Whenever a book calls me, I ask for a credit account. They usually stop calling.
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These scratchoffs in the mail from youwager are getting ridiculous!
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Old 08-24-10, 01:36 AM   #34
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I have gotten 3 more scratch offs in the mail since last Wednesday.
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Pretty bad but bookmaker ranks up there too. I don't know why good books degrade themselves with that type of shit.
weird, cuz I asked Bookmaker to call me cuz I couldn't get through to them, and they won't!

Also, I did tell WagerChief to stop calling me, and to email me instead.

They call me 3 times today.

Which makes me believe they should be rated an F-
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