Ladbrokes want to keep my money!

BoGoF

Nobody cares

Faith177

Planetsaver wrote: »

It goes on, since being told my account has been verified I have recently got another email telling me.



However it appears to be still functional although I have not tried placing a bet yet, but I am pretty sure it would let me.

I will just have to see how it goes.

It is shockingly bad. even here seems to chock a block with industry shrills or otherwise sick people.

I suggest sticking two pencils up your nose put a pair of underpants on your head and say wibble

Planetsaver

BoGoF wrote: »

Nobody cares

Certainly not Ladbrokes customer service by my experience.

I guess they do not like winning players on their site, you can hardly blame them I guess.

I guess it pay to check some reviews before using any company, Trustpilot rate them 1 star, one star out of 5.

Kind of particularly important if you can gonna play online games, slots and roulette and the like.

Not so much of an issue with sports betting where there is little realistic way of any site fixing the outcome.

Matty36

Verified then suspended??? Good grief!! Fingers crossed it happens here too

Aylesbury_Duck

Planetsaver wrote: »

It is shockingly bad. even here seems to chock a block with industry shrills or otherwise sick people.

What is an "industry shrill"? Do enlighten me.

Is it someone who whines a lot?

Manxman_in_exile

Faith177 wrote: »

I suggest sticking two pencils up your nose put a pair of underpants on your head and say wibble

Take care to put only one pencil up each nostril...

Planetsaver

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

What is an "industry shrill"? Do enlighten me.

Is it someone who whines a lot?

Looks like I have confused the word with shill.

A shill, also called a plant or a stooge, is a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization without disclosing that they have a close relationship with the person or organization.

Although to my mind "shrill" sounds better, it sort of fits the description, a shrill voice that pops up defending the indefensible.

Les79

Planetsaver wrote: »

Certainly not Ladbrokes customer service by my experience.

I guess they do not like winning players on their site, you can hardly blame them I guess.

Well, it depends on what type of "winner" you are to be fair...


If you have some insider knowledge (very unlikely), or are arbing, then they won't really like you as a winner because you are expected to come out on top long term. If this is true, I sort of feel you have told us only half the story and the other half could be relevant (mind you, there is an even worse case scenario in that you're money laundering etc).




But if you are just another regular punter and you've sort of got "lucky" (maybe you had a few bob on Liverpool qualifying the other night, for example, or even the Liverpool/Spurs double) then they'll LOVE you on their site. Even more than retaining the money from you here!

I guess it pay to check some reviews before using any company, Trustpilot rate them 1 star, one star out of 5.

Well 1.6 over 88 reviews to be exact...But put too much stock into them! Gambling is a funny business in that nobody really praises them online! But people sure as hell do slag them off! Trustpilot is a congregation of those who are unhappy.


I've had a quick sift on Trustpilot and they fall into one of three broad categories:


- Off their head
- Off their head, with a semblance of having a legitimate point(you fall into this category)
- Reasonable (normally, but not always, reserved to people who vote them 3+)

Kind of particularly important if you can gonna play online games, slots and roulette and the like.

I don't know about Ladbrokes exclusively, but the online games/slots/roulette tend to be designed by third parties who stress-test them to ensure that the average RTP is correct.


The bottom line is that Ladbrokes stands to make MUCH MORE money taking, for example, 8p from every £1 staked (92% RTP) than they do by "rigging" their software. There's a phrase; "you can shear a sheep many times, but you can skin it only once".


I'm of the generation who was mad on gambling when all the proper scamming sites were out there! I'm talking Absolute Poker/Cereus network and the countless number of casino skins which were knocking around, and which were about 10x harder to withdraw from! I tell you what, you've got it cushy with Ladbrokes here!


That's why a lot of those Trustpilot reviews are farcical. They are people living in a cloud.

Not so much of an issue with sports betting where there is little realistic way of any site fixing the outcome.

Aye

Planetsaver

Just giving my opinion, you can get opinions from others on Trust Pilot.
Let me put it this way, they are not the highest rated site there.

Go take a look and then had a go at those who rated them bottom of the pile, attack them personally etc..... I mean obviously they are all mentally disturbed.

Les79

Planetsaver wrote: »

Just giving my opinion, you can get opinions from others on Trust Pilot.
Let me put it this way, they are not the highest rated site there.

Just typed "X trustpilot rating" into google:


William Hill = 0.9
Betfred = 1.3
Coral = 0.8
Ladbrokes = 0.8 (that's the .com rating, the .co.uk had 1.6)
Paddypower = 1.3
bet365 = 2


Those are out of 10 by the way....




If you want to rate that selection of companies, we might as well have a "whose poo is better" competition.


It is a congregation of unhappy people and completely biased!

Go take a look and then had a go at those who rated them bottom of the pile, attack them personally etc..... I mean obviously they are all mentally disturbed.

I did...


https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.ladbrokes.com


- 8th May one sounds like someone who had/has a gambling problem. Decent win hooked them in and then they started losing. If you play for long enough you'll ALWAYS lose. They bemoan "fairness and random generators" but it merely sounds like loser talk.


- 6th May one sounds like they had trouble navigating the website.


- 5th May one simply lost a string of bets in a row (curiously they had a bad experience with Ladbrokes 10th Aug 2018 as well; learn any lessons from that?)


- 29th April didn't read the Ts and Cs


- 28th April sounds bad to be fair, HOWEVER I suspect it is linked to a playthrough and the Ts and Cs stating that it is capped.


- 27th April experienced variance


- 24th April wasn't happy with the app


- 23rd April was a 5 star POSITIVE review! SHOCK HORROR. MUST be a Ladbrokes employee


It is just a place where moaners congregate, and where people who would otherwise rate them 5 stars fear in doing so.