Originally Posted by
imack
I'm almost due to renew my SBR Pro status, but jeez, as a Canadian, the benefits have massively decreased since last year.
Is this place barely solvent or what? The fact that the prizes for the major contests here have continually diminished the past few years is one thing... the BetIslands fiasco/scandal is another...but the rewards offered to Canadian Pros..well, they now suck.
I read somewhere that the Moneybookers option was removed because some members from some Euro countries were abusing it. Then I read that sending gift cards to Canadians was a hassle for SBR... seriously? Canadians could easily be accommodated if SBR could be bothered. Any other explanation is spin to avoid admitting the real reason: to cut costs.
So what's the point of renewing Pro membership as a Canadian? For the keener apologist ready to chime in with some spiel about sportsbook cash, it's a rhetorical question. I'm not exactly stoked to register at another sketchy sportsbook and send them copies of my ID.. not that a bonus at a book with a 5x rollover is anywhere near the value that the Moneybookers withdrawal or a lot of the Store items were.
Feedback out.