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And the fleecing continues...

• brianusa 187 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 7:40 PM

  Is Icon a man of his word?

  The fleecing continues, $121.60 this month alone and it is only the 5th?

  At this rate, this is more than Obama hands out monthly to a welfare mama with 3 babies without daddies.

  Lets see here, $121.60 * 6 = $729.60

  rounding to 73000 to make it a nice number.

  So 73000 wgt credits, open market rate of 33 cents on the 100, net take of $240.77 for the month.

  Not a livable wage, but while you are sitting in your office at your state job in California doing nothing all day but playing golf, you are supplementing your meager salary to the tune of $2680/year.

  WGT, why the *bleep* don't you do something about these people?

   

   

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 8:15 PM

  I agree Brian, I certainly was expecting a faster outcome. Hopefully WGT are doing a full audit of accounts the player has gifted to, along with IP addresses etc. I suppose the innocent until proven guilty comes into force.But for the mean time, yes the fleecing continues.

  Also I do not know whether its Icon that looks into breaches of the T&C or if he just forwards the allegations to someone else.

  I personally would remove your last sentence, you will be the one who gets in trouble.

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 11:29 PM

  I take it you're talking about #9?

  While I agree multis should be closed down, I have to take issue with the IP line of thinking, blocking IPs is about as effective as a chocolate fireguard. If you use AOL all users in the same region have the same IP address, (are you going to block them all?), with most servers if you turn off the power to your router and turn it back on you will end up with a new IP address, and then you have the likes of me; to access this site safely given my location I often use a VPN, I can choose from a list of WAY over 100 IP addresses in over 20 nations!

  I am not tech savvy enough to know what can be done effectively but I do know blocking IP's isn't going to be the answser.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 11:44 PM

  I am not talking about blocking the IP, there are hundreds of ways around that, It would just help determine whether the gifting is going to another account on the same IP helping determine the validity of the alleged accounts.

• PUHOLINO 1,189 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 11:49 PM

  brianusa:

  Lets see here, $121.60 * 6 = $729.60

  The guy has about 6 more RGs before they make him a legend, so he'll make $50 (at best) and then he's done. However, one of his many other accounts (and we all know who they are) should fill that void shortly.

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Tue, Mar 5 2013 11:54 PM

  PUHOLINO:

  brianusa:

  Lets see here, $121.60 * 6 = $729.60

   

  The guy has about 6 more RGs before they make him a legend, so he'll make $50 (at best) and then he's done. However, one of his many other accounts (and we all know who they are) should fill that void shortly.

  Would you be so kind as to message me and let me in on who the 'other' personalities are? I don't seem to be as good a detective as you. Oh and I'm not being sarcastic in that remark it's an honest request. I noted the player in question has gifted items but I cannot see who too.

  Many thanks and friend request sent.

   

• foregettaboutit 227 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 12:00 AM

  It is really a disgrace that WGT allows this stuff to continue day after day..

  It really goes to show us that they just don't care about cheats.. 

  This guy's activity shows he is gifting all kinds of stuff (to his other accounts i'm sure) and is cheating his way toward the top of the earnings list for the month, while WGT is fully aware of this and is doing nothing to stop him.

  My question to WGT is why?

  Fore

   

• PUHOLINO 1,189 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 12:18 AM

  Chinajohn:

  Would you be so kind as to message me and let me in on who the 'other' personalities are?

   

  Done.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 12:18 AM

  PUHOLINO:

  brianusa:

  Lets see here, $121.60 * 6 = $729.60

   

  The guy has about 6 more RGs before they make him a legend, so he'll make $50 (at best) and then he's done. However, one of his many other accounts (and we all know who they are) should fill that void shortly.

  Not if WGT do the RIGHT thing!

  Then we will all have to look for a new anomoly.

• ilovegolf21 4 Posts

  Wed, Mar 6 2013 12:57 AM

  Hello,

     this is off topic, I've tried to email WGT - no response. I rented a Nike Method putter took my credits no club - what do I do stop spending money in fear it will not show up in my inventory ?