bingovega - anyone getting paid?

[bingobingo]

Hi,
I have been waiting on payment from bingovega for april, may, june, and july. Chan keeps telling me that there accountant still (after 4 months) has not setup a wire transfer account. So, my money still sits and sits and sits at his site.
Has anyone gotten payment from him through wire transfer???
He states that he can pay through ewallet, but i don't want to be paid that way. I know in the past that i got wire transfer, and he says since the new update his accountants still haven't gotten to setting up that method. We'll, how hard could it be, and my thinking is that his accountants should be fired!
I have moved there site way down my list and almost tempted to take them off.
I still send them significant depoistors each and every month and am one of there top affiliates. I don't appreciate being treated this way, and want my thousands of dollars they owe me.
Anyone have thoughts?

[aksana]

I had the same problems with them, they also owed me February-May commissions, and only wire transfer was for me a good payment, but they always said to me that they couldn't send me commissions to my bank (which is in Europe) due to some security reasons(they didn't say exact reasons). They offered me only eWallet, check and Neteller; but as they said they sent checks only to US affiliates, eWallet and Neteller don't work in my country.
So I found the solution (thanks to one of GPWA private member). So I asked BingoVega to send me all my commissions to Neteller account of my friend and he sent me them to my bank account via wire transfer. If you have friends with Neteller or maybe you have Neteller you may request them to send you commissions to the Neteller account.

[bingobingo]

thanks so much for replying.
Chan says they cannot use neteller account as they are located in canada....(so he says)
So, you have been paid via neteller??? just recently?? he has been telling me for 4 months i could not use neteller.
my neteller account is in costarica and is since closed...don't ask my why, have no clue lol
so tryin to get all pymts via wire tranfer with much success - mind you they are all out of the country - i am not based in the usa... The previous owner of the sites i own was in the usa. Since i bought the sites i haven't had any problems getting money except through bingovega.

[aksana]

hm, it's very strange, he said that they could make an exception for me and pay via Neteller, but as I know they always could pay via Neteller. Yes, I was paid last month via Neteller.

[Ricbyrne]

I realize this thread is 5 months old, But bingobingo never posted if he was ever paid! I’m interested in this because we presently are trying to collect over $16,000 for Bingo Players that have won at Bingo Vega and requested a payout! Needless to say, the site is ignoring the players cashout request, so they have turned to us for help.

We declared BingoVega/CasinoVega rogue in January of 2007, when they refused to pay players their winnings. We advocated the issue with Vega Mgt and the players and found the players were entitled to the cash out and Vega had falsified some documents to support their claim! They have since made our Blacklist!

At present! They about top the list of sites players complain about the most. As long as Affiliates keep referring new players to BingoVega/CasinoVega, this site will thrive. All we can do is advise players not to play there, unfortunately! they need to find our site or search another forum for posts on this rogue site to see what players are saying about BingoVega/CasinoVega.

[robertmedl]

I bet I'll get some grief from some of my GPWA colleagues for having had Bingo Vega and Casino Vega on my site, but I wanted to share my experience with trying to collect commissions owed to me from Bingo Vega.

First off, neither Bingo Vega nor Casino Vega are listed in my directory any longer. I removed them when I became aware of this thread.

Secondly, apparently I got a bingo player at Bingo Vega some months ago that started depositing and playing in October. That player continues to play to this day.

Thirdly, in December I became aware that I was about to cross the minimum payment threshold of $100 and sent email to affiliates @ casinovega . com asking about how payments are processed and asking that my commissions calculations that I had made be confirmed. Chan replied promptly and asked for my eWalletXpress payment information (this was the first time that I had earned anything with them), which I sent.

Next, I sent several emails over the course of the first three weeks in January asking to be paid. All were not responded to. I then called their support number, which was answered promptly and courteously. I explained that I was trying to reach the affiliate manager. The rep told me to forward to her at support @ bingovega . com the email that I was trying to get answered, and stated that she would make sure that the affiliate program manager received it.

No response for over a week. I resent an email to support asking for status and got no reply.

Frustrated and now aware of the problems that players and affiliates have had with Bingo Vega and Casino Vega, I sent email to the support and affiliate aliases stating that I would blacklist the site if I did not hear something in 48 hours.

Within 48 hours, Chan replied, apologized for the delay, and I received partial payment the next day. I received payment for December commissions (a small sum) to eWalletXpress, but not for October or November. I made Chan aware of this, and he agreed to include those commissions along with my January commission payment.

Overall, I am not impressed with them, but I seem to be making progress -- but only after threatening to blacklist them. I will update this thread if and when I receive payment for Oct 07, Nov 08, and Jan 08 (which will also be a small sum).

[Schankwart]

It's indeed very strange why some affiliates were still promoting this foul company.

A single serach for the term "Vega" brings up various bad threads about this company, one of them being this one: https://www.gpwa.org/forum/archetype...no-169014.html

Shame, shame.

[robertmedl]

Just a quick follow-up to Schankwart's post.

First, thanks for the link to your comprehensive post... good reading.

Second, I wanted to shed some light on how it is that shady gaming sites get promoted in the first place... or at least how they got into my directory. The reason I want to write this is because I do not think that my approach is/was all that uncommon. It is not a justification for having had these particular sites in my directory, it's just a little history.

When I first started as an affiliate almost 3 years ago, my goal was to have a searchable listing of all online gaming sites. I was going for the most comprehensive listing on the 'net. At the time, I was unaware that forums like these even existed, much less a real webmaster association like the GPWA. And so, I signed up at over 100 affiliate programs without researching the gaming sites that they promoted, put them in the directory, and started promoting my site.

As time passed, I slowly became aware that there are some rather shady sites that were in my directory and began removing them, especially after becoming a private member of the GPWA. Prior to their removal, however, some players did sign up at these sites under my affiliate ID. As you know, it can take some time from downloading a site to making a deposit, and that is what happened with Bingo Vega for me.

Lesson now learned: Do your homework before promoting gaming sites.

[Ricbyrne]

Any Affiliate, when presented with the facts about Vega or any rogue site, than drops their banner, need to be commended! I have found that there are many reasons that an Affiliate may not be aware of a sites reputation, with players. To me its what they do when they find out the truth that really counts.

Sites like Vega depend on Affiliates to bring them new players, because it does not take to long for one of their existing player to see something is wrong at that site and stop depositing! Bad sites have a high turnover of players. They continue to thrive because Affiliates keep sending them new players.

The majority of Webmasters at GPWA have scruples and will not endorse Rogue Sites! But than there are a few along with many other non member affiliates that keep sites like this alive. Bottom line is: Bad sites Give online gambling a bad reputation. In the long run they will hurt the honest sites because players do get tired of being taken advantage of and cheated and will shy away from online gambling. There is something to say about that old adage One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel!

Many critics to the online Gambling Industry are not focusing their attention to the honest sites, but rather sites that are drawing attention, because Players are complaining about them!

[jackpotcasinoguide]

It is a shame that these sites exist.

You do not have to scam players to win owning a casino! The rules are in your favor! You do not need to steal from players winning to win for the house!

Its amazing how some of these casinos operate. I would rather be a successful honest casino, then get a bad rep and steal from winners.

SHAME ON YOU ROUGES!

[robertmedl]

I will update this thread if and when I receive payment for Oct 07, Nov 08, and Jan 08 (which will also be a small sum).

Well, here's my update:

I did get paid for all commissions owed to me.

However, after getting paid Jan 08 commissions on 19 Feb 08, I had to send a followup email (yes, another one) to remind them that they still owed me for Oct 07 and Nov 07 (which they had previously promised to include with my Jan 08 commission payment). That payment did arrive on 25 Feb 08, making us all square.