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    Default stay away from betphoenix unless you like assholes and phonecalls

    Out of spite and frustration i feel it is necessary to warn all of you of a bad sportsbook that continues to have it's issues with no resolve... i give you BetPhoenix.

    They don't accept **, so the pain of a **/** deposit has to be made.

    They require you to call back in order to receive your promotion, which is frustrating because you never talk to the same individual. so after giving them your information for the 99th time, they'll finally give you your freeplay..... if the remember. i've had to call back multiple times due to this issue

    One agent will tell you one thing, while another agents contradicts their points. I was told that i qualified for a $50 freeplay due to a recent transaction from one agent, and if i deposited a specific amount i could receive the same 40% bonus and 50$ freeplay if i deposited again. so i did, however i never received the initial freeplay and was told in a very aggressive way by "aaron/alan" that the website says blah blah blah. I asked him at the end of his rant if he was used to talking with assholes due to his very defensive and angry tone. he quickly hung up and said, "have a good day friend". i wasn't aware of our friendship.

    Payouts are a pain in the ass with these guys. you absolutely have to call them and spend close to an hour to get a ***** completed with all your information. it might only take half that time if the people on the other line actually spoke english, but unfortunately being offshores thats a hard commodity to come across these days. after they leave the money in your account for "verification" purposes for anywhere from 24-48 hours, they'll finally take it out and have a ***************** sent to you. I will say that the shipping was surprising quick, but the fact that it took so long for the funds to move was really frustrating besides me spelling the word "texas" 22 times when giving my address.

    Lastly, i will finish with this... they call incessantly regardless of the hour from ************** if you call back you will not be able to contact them as this is a VOIP conference call that is funneled through different phone lines. they'll leave a voicemail asking you to come back, or send you multiple emails. i asked to be removed for their call list so we shall see how well that works out. considering that i am at work or in class with the inability to answer my phone at 11:45 in the afternoon, this gets annoying. and from an advertising prospective, calling when most people are at work and unable to pick up a phone is just in poor taste and execution.

    I know many of these problems exists with different sportbooks to varying degrees, but do yourself a favor and do not deposit or sign up with these guys. the flood gates will open up, and the tumultuous amounts of hassle will push you to ultimately seek another site... one hopefully not affiliated with betphoenix.
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    Christ, you must really hate them to write that much

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    They used to call, but stopped a few months ago, thankfully.

    Maybe had something to do with the way their shady casino took my money due to a possible glitch, and then their refusal to answer my e-mails. They ran and hid, so it makes sense they wouldn't initiate further contact.
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    ********* and ******* ***** are edited but the ********* and ***** ***** ****** are fine?
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    you must mean 1:45.
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    don't ever play at betpop then

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    If you have even one winning day they will never call you again. That's what happened to me.

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    i stick mainly with betjam..best book out there.

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    i am done with them
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    they never call me.. i constantly get 100% bonuses. and use **** everytime i deposit there so the original poster is a complete tool.. he is wrong on almost every pt except their payouts take a while.

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    They used to call me all the time but I would never answer.

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    They are a terribly run book. Stay away.

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    Always gives me a chuckle when a guy has a problem with a book giving his personal experience and another poster always pops in and says nah his is wrong they are great.

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    Not a book you want to be at
    Much better ones at top if page

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Not a book you want to be at
    Much better ones at top if page
    Amazing how outspoken you are now against BP. Couldn't possibly have anything to do with ad revenue?

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    I used to get phone calls from them a few times a week at all sorts of weird hours but haven't gotten one in a few months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HedgeHog View Post
    Amazing how outspoken you are now against BP. Couldn't possibly have anything to do with ad revenue?


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    I am still receiving payouts from them, albeit slow and generally not in the fashion i would prefer, but payouts none-the-less. They had some complications on their end for my last payout 10 days ago and they gave it to me free to compensate. Currently, I am not a big player there (their choice, not mine) so no reason for them to treat me special. I do empathize with the players who can not receive timely ewallet payouts.

    Seems a relatively small matter to keep a Moneybooker wallet funded. Moneybooker transfers are almost free, so its bound to be the least expensive method to pay out a client. It's confusing at best. I hope for BP's sake they keep an open dialogue going with SBR. It would be easy for them to hide away in an incestuous relationship with the RX, but it would not be good for their bottomline.

    I believe Richard is smarter than that.
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    I got smart and got a Google Voice phone number and gave it to any sportbook that I sign up with. No more annoying phonecalls to my cell

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    I have played @ phoenix,wagerchief never had a problem like tonight with easystreet sports... no the new name is sleazystreet sports...

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    Quote Originally Posted by katstale View Post
    I believe Richard is smarter than that.
    Richard was always a dumbass, remember his speeches about "we take on all players, just don't chase steam all the time"?
    What did he expect, he advertised -105 lines here in a forum that prolly every sharp/, bonus "enthusiast" and arber (focusing on US sports) is reading.

    They started with rather big limits, and they started with a ridiculous slow and clueless line manager.
    So it was paytime for them, that is what happened, nothing else. I also had fun there while it lasted.

    And usually you can read: they have deep pockets...so what, first of all we cannot know that for sure.
    And noone likes to loose money.
    This book already failed, the only question left is how they will want to deal with this loss.

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