11 days and counting for Bodog Western Union - anyone else?

[knicknut]

I made a Western Union withdrawal at Bodog on Jan 20th. It was processed that night and I was told to wait for a confirmation number so I could get my money.

11 days and 2 e-mails questioning later, I still have no money, no confimration number, and assurances from Bodog that everything's hunky-dory. Has anyone gotten their ** withdrawals from them lately?

[operaman]

I asked them ahead of time and they said it would take 2 weeks for wester union????? Hmmmm....

I went for the courier route and they said that takes one week.

maybe they are slowing the western union payments on purpose so people will use courier?

Note of interest: They block the word "western union" in the chat boxes of the poker site. lol makes you think they don't want people using that service.

[sergfro]

been 6 days since i requested a check payout...still have not gotten the tracking # for the package

[mjc257]

Bodog is WAY BEHIND from what I hear. I have friends who've been waiting 10 days for Western Union control numbers. They're getting pounded with withdrawals.

I believe they are trying to dissuade people from Western Union because they handle the fees and its likely gotten very expensive for them.

[knicknut]

Bodog is WAY BEHIND from what I hear. I have friends who've been waiting 10 days for Western Union control numbers. They're getting pounded with withdrawals.

I believe they are trying to dissuade people from Western Union because they handle the fees and its likely gotten very expensive for them.

I'm sure it has. I requested a FedEx a few days later and it got here Monday. I offered to have my withdrawal cancelled so that I could get it via check, but apparently it's in the system.

Yeah, it didn't take them long to figure out that thousands of people withdrawing via Western Union = $$$$ in fees they were covering.

[knicknut]

Update: got my control number today. Will report if things don't go as planned--will try to pick up money this weekend.