I have only one explanation: WGT scrapped all high stakes ready-goes and unevens because these are the competitions gedi83 likes the most and WGT wants to revenge him for his rant in the elite collection thread ;)
And yes, I agree that 50 cr ones are a joke, unless you can win the first few places but if that's the case you wouldn't be playing 50 cr :). I think what would be useful from a consumer rights perspective is to have average ball expenditures (based on current ball, including expected ball loss based on previous statistics) displayed next to any tourney when entering it...
But well, the reason consumer rights are consumer rights are that (at least from a simplistic management mindset) they are bad business, so they usually don't happen unless forced...