Now I am sure I am losing brain cells!
A couple of days ago we got in the mail a coupon booklet from the Hard Rock, not addressed to us personally but to “Our friends at….” I was shocked when I saw the introductory material in the booklet:
“We have full pay video poker games…”
“We have turned our music down…”
Wow – a casino that is listening to its customers! But wait. There’s more. They’re changing their slot club point system – for the better! “Video poker slot point earning has changed, $1 of coin-in is now 1 slot point.” (This is double what it was in the old system.)
Then I was excited when I saw valuble coupons for October, November, and December. 5x, 8x, 10x points, on various days. I scanned them quickly. Oh, a couple were for new members only, but the rest didn’t have that detail in the fine print.
So I started putting the bonus point information on my calendar. I called a couple of non-gambling neighbors to see if they got the booklet so we would have two, one for each of us. I told some gambling friends about this “fantastic” booklet and said I would go check the dumpsters to see if I could find ones for them.
And then a friend who got a booklet gave me the sad news: “Jean, read the fine print on each coupon.”
“Valid on reel and video reel games only. Not valid on video poker.”
I had committed a terrible sin. I, who warn people all the time to carefully read the fine print, had too quickly scanned the coupons. How could I have missed this?
Maybe it was just a senior moment. But more likely the reason is that I was in such a state of shock hearing that a casino had improved its video poker inventory AND its slot club benefits.
Not a “senior moment” Jean! I’m only 51. Remember I made the same mistake about the Palms 10x and emailed you; “Is this too good to be true?” and you said “Yes it is, read the fine print, it’s video REELS”. 🙂
Mac
Doh! Not all bad though…still has upped the vP point earning to $1 per point…
Maybe its time to go back to the HARD ROCK haven’t been there in 10 years its great to hear that a casino is doing something positive for the player it’s good that the HARD ROCK turned the music down i just wish the RIO would do the same thing the last time i was there the music was so loud and they had these dancers boogying all over the place, tried to play some VP but was too distracted by all the noise.
Did the booklet’s print have asterisks* scattered through it? Those things bug the heck out of me. I now carry a magnifying glass so I can read the small print on brochures I pick up in Vegas.
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*This is an asterisk. It means that 90% of what we told you above won’t apply to you.