Exclusive Gemstone VIP Promotion returns in 2016

Originally posted by Ripply

Originally posted by UPAY4DINNER
That is not how the affiliate system works though. You are just being ignorant now for the sake of it. Yes, you are upset that you haven't been paid and I can totally understand that. I have tried to give you an insight into how this works but you seem to have it in your head that it works in a certain way which is completely incorrect.

I'll leave it at that now. Hope everyone get's paid asap but trust me that won't happen until PARTYPOKER sort their shit out

You are fully wrong read my other latest reply.... We are not in contract with Partypoker.................

But I'm not wrong though. Anyways stay patient. Marta made a post today, read that

Another weekend... :O:O

You should care about the promotion, and kick the party's ass if they are not keeping the deadline

Originally posted by Marta
Hi,

we are checking with partypoker the status of the payments. I'd also like to get some facts straight:

1. The promotion is organized by PokerStrategy.com together with our partner rooms (iPoker and partypoker in this case) which host the games.
2. In order for the promotion to be successfully finished, including the payment process, we need mutual cooperation.
3. Due to technical issues, staff absences, incomplete data etc. it happens that the payouts might be delayed - like in this case.
4. I agree with you all that this is taking exceptionally long and it can be frustrating. We do apologize.
5. We are now at the final stage - we have sent the reports and are awaiting the payouts to be completed (this technically needs to be done by the operator).

We care for the payouts to land in your accounts, it's in our best interest to finally grant you the rewards you've earned. I will let you know when I hear more from the people who are directly on this case (and who would tell you the same, should you ask them).

Best regards.

Marta please provide contact name of the responsible affilate manager from party side.
I see neither you nor Rustem (rus community rep) are not capable to provide any real help.
These endless exusess and explanations are no longer accepable.

Marta,can you give me e-mail or some kind contact information,were i can leave my comment about rus PS community Rustem work?
Apparat83 +1
Marta,we need affilate manager.
sorry for my english

I got this response from Party poker :
"Unfortunately customer service cannot help you in this situation. If you have not received your prize from the Gemstone promotion you need to ask Pokerstrategy to deal with their respective representative at Party Poker (an affiliate manager). This promotion is run by Pokerstrategy and we are not able to assist you further in this regard. Thank you for your understanding.
Please do not hesitate to contact us again should you need our assistance.
Take care,
Martin
Executive Host"

I am totally confused now. Who is an affiliate manager? How do these promo signups work? I thought as we are signed through PS, Party gets rake from us and gives PS a part of it for bringing us to the site. Now in this promo PS gives a part (gemstones) of that part back to the players. Can someone explain how money flows in such a promo and who is responsible for this uncomfortable situation?

Party Rep Collette on 2p2 has stated payments will be made early next

K thx bye

Thank you for giving a boost of optimism ; )

No problem

Received my gemstone payments on my Party account. Hope the others got their money too.

I did now as well!

Happy days!

It was a hard parturition! But its good that we got it. Thanks Marta for collaboration!

Thanks for the confirmation guys. Glad the money arrived in your accounts, and once again sorry for such a delay. Enjoy your rewards

Money received.

Thanks Marta for your collaboration... and patience dealing with our angry comments.

By the way: Will anybody be fired?

Originally posted by VICTORARIDUR
Money received.

Thanks Marta for your collaboration... and patience dealing with our angry comments.

By the way: Will anybody be fired?

You're welcome, VICTORARIDUR.

Let me highlight once again the fact that the delay was not caused on purpose by 1 person or a group. It was a combination of the reporting system, data integration, checks, and also some holidays/weekends that unfortunately made the waiting period too long.

We will do our best; and so will partypoker, to avoid similar situations in case of future payouts.

...

Solved my own problem. Don't trust your tracker numbers for rake paid on iPoker.
Rather contact support and ask how many VIP points you have acquired, and figure out your monthly rake paid from there.
I had tracker saying I paid ~4000€ in rake, while in reality that number was ~2500€

Originally posted by VICTORARIDUR
Money received.

Thanks Marta for your collaboration... and patience dealing with our angry comments.

By the way: Will anybody be fired?

PStrategy held hundreds of such promos and always paid the players, be it with an uncomfortable and unplanned wait like the last one. People shouldn't get fired for every single slip up that happens + do you really expect them as a company to publicly share such info?!
Another thing is this money is essentially rakeback. Sorry if I am harsh towards you, but you need to wake up. The wonderful world of lucrative rewards for grinders is coming to an end, in few years from now, even deals like this one will be a RARITY. So be happy you got these few hundred bucks and move on.
In fact I'll be very happy when that happens, and I am happy Stars is starting to remove breakeven supernovas etc because it will make us passionate about poker want to improve more and get better.
No one should make a living in poker by being a breakeven player. Not saying you personally are but I am irritated with the overall tone of exaggerated self worth by the grinding poker players. It does us no good in the long run.

Does the promo continue in July and until the end of 2016?

No, the promotion continues only till the end of this month. See more from here.