I believe I am a well respected "capper" in this forum, and so therefore I believe that maybe what I am about to say will garner some truths and some disbelief and maybe some other feelings.
I have been with 5dimes for close to 7+ years I believe, and totally love how many options of sports I can choose from, from the regulars to the European Hockey and even some Handball and Rugby that I am somewhat good at. Though I have read some recent complaints about their customer service skills, I have never been disrepected or made feel like I am a little minion giving money when I lose. But this rant is not about their customer service skills or their sports options, rather it is about what happened today that will make me second guess this book, possibly, unless I am talked out of it.
Those in here that I know I have wagered Tennis often, love doing so, and am quite good at it, though I may go months w/o wagering at times, when I arrive, I like to think I do so in style. There have been multiple times when I would start with a measley $100 and turn it into a nice few K, and maybe lose some of it, and get it right back, do a withdrawal and so on and so on. It is used to be so easy to do a withdrawal, you would just go into the Cashier slot, select MG or WU and bam it is done, or go onto live chat and request. Well now you have to physically talk to them, and it used to be there was an option for one free withdrawal a month regardless of the day, well now that is not the case. It is still one a month, but it is only on Mondays and they cover the processing fees up to $40.00, which is neither here nor there. I am setting this all up because of what did occur today that just made me, literally cry, and i am not ashamed to admit this as a 29 year old.
For those of you that have heard of an IP address, you know that 5dimes, such as other books, uses this as a way to make sure your computer is the one placing bets for your own account and so on and so on, and this where the moral of the story begins. I type this for my fellow Cover Tennis cappers to read, because I respect anyone that can lay down a thought on a given day that any Tennis player can prevail, and I consider most of you as loyal members and my forum friends, sounds gay but eh whatever lol.
So what occured was this:
I wake up this morning and have a nice high bankroll prior to work, countless nights now of going to bed at 2-4 am to wake up at 8 to get ready for work by 10, feeling sluggish and so on and so on but knowing i have money i can withdrawal when i choose or if i can have the patience wait till the proper free days. I want you all to know that at close to 2:30 today, I called 5dimes to ask about placing wagers and they told me that my balance was $0.00, so obviously i was curious, spoke to customer service, and this is what they told me:
Between the hours of 1 and 2 pm today, keep in mind I am at work in front of a computer that is all about taking phone calls to collect mortgages and nothing about gambling, my IP address went into the Casino and lost it all, and gentleman, i started to cry. See i had this money in there, betting on a whim starting last week when Groth went on her run, because I had been out for about four months and hated winning on paper, to take care of several debts, small ones albeit but debts that would clear a lot of hassle. Also some of the money, was going to go to my GF's set up for her engagement ring, and this is what hurt me the most.
I talked to Customer Service and they stated that how did they not know I was not doing it, I tried to plead to them and tell them that it was not me, that in fact only once in the years I have been with them had i actually been on the Casino, and gentleman, all they told me was all I could do was lock my account, and send in an ID when i was ready to play again, change my pw and so on and so on, and there you have how i lost a lot of money today, not by the books lines, but by the books themselves.
I am not typing this for the sole purpose to get a hand out into my account, to say hey lets get together and help me, or anything, I am stating this because today, out of all the years of betting and researching, losing those bets when we should have and losing those we shouldnt, losing those that were winners and then bam suddenly they lost us tons, i am stating this because today for the first time I am officially sad about wagering with this book.
Dont get me wrong folks, anyone that says hey whats your 5dimes account number and we will throw money in there i wont say naw im good, but what im stating is that all of you seriously need to watch out if this occurs. That an innocent time when i was at work making money, while my computer was shut down, my cat in his room, my dogs put up in the kennel, my GF at work, loses me tons. Again i wont say what i lost, simply because to one person a ton is 100 and to other its well what some of you all lose in just one day and still are able to play an entire month or six straight lol, just stating this to vent, just stating that i am sad, and honestly, not sure if i ever want to use what i still think is one of the best books ever.
I will still, if you allow me, research and post what i like, please do not hesitate to ask me questions, as currently i do still post the FIBA World Championships for Women and Euro Hockey in those respected forums, and BP, i will be sending you a PM soon buddy. Obviously, if it wasnt normal of a guy like me, i want opinions as to if this has happened before to you all, share if you must, vent if you must, sympathize if you must.
Thanks for reading, HOOK EM HORNS!
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