Paddy's Points4Prizes

Sparky1808

Was looking to spend around 250,000 action points on a hoodie, cap, polo shrit etc. ...the works

...and have noticed now that none of the Paddy Power merchandise is not available to buy anymore, how come? ...but yet everything else remains in place (iPods, DVDs etc.)

Sparky

Lazare

Sparky1808 wrote:

Was looking to spend around 250,000 action points on a hoodie, cap, polo shrit etc. ...the works

...and have noticed now that none of the Paddy Power merchandise is not available to buy anymore, how come? ...but yet everything else remains in place (iPods, DVDs etc.)

Sparky

Does that mean it is?

A double negative always means a positive, but a double positive never means a negative.



Yeah right!

Doc Farrell

I think I'll order a hundred decks of cards, one a day for the next hundred days just to drive Karl nuts!

Never really got any value out of those amazing points things....

and now they're closing them down for naughty boys and girls who won't give them more money! :mad:

Imposter

Doc Farrell wrote:

and now they're closing them down for naughty boys and girls who won't give them more money! :mad:

Maybe I should cash in some points before my account disappears!

CoD

yeh, i got 500k to blow, thinking of video camera and some books, any suggestions/recomendations on anything?

GrangeUtd

I won a 1$ rebuy tourney on PPP couple of weeks back and got a bonus
prize of the digital camcorder that you can buy with the Paddy Points.
Its a very low quailty digital camcorder and i woulnt recommend wasting your Paddy Points on it. Some unsuspecting friend/familymember will be receiving it at xmas.

bohsman

The closing account thing seems a bit strange, I wont even be tempted back to play sattelites now.

PPP-Pit Boss

Sparky1808 wrote:

Was looking to spend around 250,000 action points on a hoodie, cap, polo shrit etc. ...the works

...and have noticed now that none of the Paddy Power merchandise is not available to buy anymore, how come? ...but yet everything else remains in place (iPods, DVDs etc.)

Sparky

Hi Sparky. We ran out of merchandise unfortunately. This is why it is no longer available. However we will be replenshing stock in the future.

We send the merchandise down to the 3rd part warehouse we use for deliveries so these would be PPP only items. The warehouse stocks the other items for general sale which is why they are still available.

PPP-Pit Boss

bohsman wrote:

The closing account thing seems a bit strange, I wont even be tempted back to play sattelites now.

We are not closing accounts bohsman this is just a new t and c that will allow us to recycle screen names. We discovered that a number of desired screen names were being held back by players who were no longer playing and this way we can free them up.

In addition to this we also have thousands of accounts with small AP balances on them. These end up being a substantial liability when totted up.

We will not immediately start shutting accounts down or anything drastic like that and if you give PPP customer service a quick ping they will put your screen name down on a spreadsheet and we will make sure your account is kept active for you.

taliban

GrangeUtd wrote:

I won a 1$ rebuy tourney on PPP couple of weeks back and got a bonus
prize of the digital camcorder that you can buy with the Paddy Points.
Its a very low quailty digital camcorder and i woulnt recommend wasting your Paddy Points on it. Some unsuspecting friend/familymember will be receiving it at xmas.

lol

Doc Farrell

PPP-Pit Boss wrote:

We are not closing accounts bohsman this is just a new t and c that will allow us to recycle screen names. We discovered that a number of desired screen names were being held back by players who were no longer playing and this way we can free them up.

In addition to this we also have thousands of accounts with small AP balances on them. These end up being a substantial liability when totted up.

We will not immediately start shutting accounts down or anything drastic like that and if you give PPP customer service a quick ping they will put your screen name down on a spreadsheet and we will make sure your account is kept active for you.

you're a naughty girl with a great ass but don't play me baby! It's a way to strum up action from dead accounts without offering anything. Or am i wrong? maybe i should keep quiet but it's too cynical even for the mutli millionaires Powers.
i don't even know what t and c means but i know what t and a means and baby u got both! (meant as a compliment, forgive me if i'm being bold!)

Hitman Actual

PPP-Pit Boss wrote:

We discovered that a number of desired screen names were being held back by players who were no longer playing and this way we can free them up.

In addition to this we also have thousands of accounts with small AP balances on them. These end up being a substantial liability when totted up.

I'm struggling to understand the logic of any of this, but maybe I'm just a thicko from the island. Are dormant accounts being closed down? Or are the user names just being stripped from dormant accounts? This whole 'user name' issue seems a bit lame. And if accounts are being closed, what's happening to any money left in the accounts?

Also, what are "AP balances", and how do they end up being a liability to PPP? I thought money in dormant accounts could be used to generate money through interest or something like that?

Edit: Doc, sober up, ffs!

shoutman

lenny_leonard wrote:

Edit: Doc, sober up, ffs!

Agreed but had a great laugh while reading that.... no spelling mistakes though.

Flushdraw

Doc Farrell wrote:

you're a naughty girl with a great ass but don't play me baby! It's a way to strum up action from dead accounts without offering anything. Or am i wrong? maybe i should keep quiet but it's too cynical even for the mutli millionaires Powers.
i don't even know what t and c means but i know what t and a means and baby u got both! (meant as a compliment, forgive me if i'm being bold!)

Exhibit A : The dangers of posting online when you have a few drinks on you...now now Doc!

BigDragon

Doc Pissed Up Farrell wrote:

you're a naughty girl with a great ass but don't play me baby! It's a way to strum up action from dead accounts without offering anything. Or am i wrong? maybe i should keep quiet but it's too cynical even for the mutli millionaires Powers.
i don't even know what t and c means but i know what t and a means and baby u got both! (meant as a compliment, forgive me if i'm being bold!)

Worth the license fee alone.

Lazare

Doc Farrell wrote:

you're a naughty girl with a great ass but don't play me baby! It's a way to strum up action from dead accounts without offering anything. Or am i wrong? maybe i should keep quiet but it's too cynical even for the mutli millionaires Powers.
i don't even know what t and c means but i know what t and a means and baby u got both! (meant as a compliment, forgive me if i'm being bold!)

LMT'nAO!:D

califano

Doc Farrell wrote:

It's a way to strum up action from dead accounts without offering anything.

I got the email yesterday. I didnt read it all just the key words but i said to myself 'hey up':eek:. So i reloaded and won into the irish open gf tomorrow and the xmas cracker game.
I dont know what your talking about Doc:)

Doc Farrell

just woke up in a panic but yet again its too late to hit delete....
so,
very sorry about that ppboss, no insult taken I hope....
(i'll buy the champagne at the Open, a glass, too cheap to buy a bottle)
badly need some solpadeine.

and thank you gentlemen for the mockery, deserved I guess, get it now while you can....
ouch.

PPP-Pit Boss

Doc Farrell wrote:

you're a naughty girl with a great ass but don't play me baby! It's a way to strum up action from dead accounts without offering anything. Or am i wrong? maybe i should keep quiet but it's too cynical even for the mutli millionaires Powers.
i don't even know what t and c means but i know what t and a means and baby u got both! (meant as a compliment, forgive me if i'm being bold!)

Holy Mother of JESUS! LOL. Remind me never to read boards archive pages of a Friday afternoon. Doc yer a bold one but I like ya!

A yes we hope it might help as a re-activation tool also
B nicknames are becoming premium with the more sign ups we get so we needed a way to recylce them for other players use.
C Action Points are a liability as they are technically worth money so as the balances get higher so does the liability.

D T and C is terms and conditions.. But in the sense that it COULD mean Tenacity and Class I shall just say.. "why thank you"

Ste05

Doc Farrell is a legend, there has been a distinct lack of drunk Doc posts around here for the last few months. Or maybe I'm just missing them before they're deleted.... :rolleyes:

PiperT

PPP-Pit Boss wrote:

C Action Points are a liability as they are technically worth money so as the balances get higher so does the liability.

Does this mean they can be cashed in for $$$$$ ?

From what I can see the only use for them is freeroll crapshoots. At least on VC Poker they can be used to buy-in to the big $50k & $100k gt'd games. Any chance of PPP doing the same ?

califano

PiperT wrote:

on VC Poker they can be used to buy-in to the big $50k & $100k gt'd games. Any chance of PPP doing the same ?

Good idea. And t'would save ppp from having to stock the 3rd warehouse in the lower field sir.

PiperT

rounders123 wrote:

Good idea. And t'would save ppp from having to stock the 3rd warehouse in the lower field sir.

Suits you sir...

PPP-Pit Boss

Jolly capital idea (an eww at the concept of back door shenanigans thankyou rounders). We are gearing up for a rather substantial alteration to the loyalty scheme.. Dont exactly fall off the edge of your seats right now but there is brightness at the tunnel end (not that end tunnel rounders!)

califano

PPP-Pit Boss wrote:

Jolly capital idea (an eww at the concept of back door shenanigans thankyou rounders). We are gearing up for a rather substantial alteration to the loyalty scheme.. Dont exactly fall off the edge of your seats right now but there is brightness at the tunnel end (not that end tunnel rounders!)

I think you misunderstood me PPP-Pit Boss:) . I wasnt suggesting any back door shenanigans you thought i was or making any 'alo alo' inuendo at all.
You needed to be a watcher of bbc2's 'The Fast Show' to get it. In one sketch Ted's(left of picture) talk of 'drainage in the Lower Field'(a real field) used be the stuff of much hilarity in those sketches. You mentioned a warehouse...

I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it.