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Post by kittyx11 on Nov 30, 2015 22:38:11 GMT -7
Per bearcatkarl from the Shout Box: Amazed they did away with the gift cards...that really means there is nothing to spend oodles on anymore. Frustrating....
Geez! Until today it had been a while since I had taken a good look at the prize list, but after doing so today, I whole heartedly agree there’s nothing left to spend oodles on! I can’t believe how many Sweeps and Auctions they have on the prize list where you can use oodles to get tokens! Of course, I like getting tokens because I like playing the slots games, but no way am I going to spend my oodles to get them! Nor am I going to use them on magazine subscriptions. In fact, the only thing I saw that was actually worth a flip was the Daily Gift Card Auction & Sweeps for $25. But other than that, they have done away with the all good stuff that makes earning oodles worthwhile, and fun and exciting to bid on! Frustrating, indeed, bearkatkarl!
Per incucrash from the Shout Box: check under Gobble ’Til You Wobble... GSNAngel November 24, 2015 5:53 pm said: "Hi DC, I don’t think there will be special auctions or sweeps this year in the Prize Center." -Then she left for vacation, & only printed a few responses. HOW RUDE!
Please let GSN know how disappointed we are!
Thanks for filling us in on this, incucrash. I hadn’t read this until you pointed it out today. But I guess this pretty much sums it up! But I, for one, will be voicing my disappointment on the Gobble thread about the current prize list. It may not do any good, but at least they will know how unhappy we are about it. I am so disappointed with GSN, I could spit fire!!!
I have been saving my Oodles for almost a year for this past weekend and cyber Monday. It is so hard to get Oodles, spending them for a $25 gift card seems a waste. I wouldn't mind spending them on the $100 or $500 gift cards they use to have monthly. There are still sweeps where you lose whatever you put down which is what GSN wants.
Well, now it's just playing games to play because oodles are pretty much worthless.
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Post by dyzzle on Dec 1, 2015 6:16:00 GMT -7
And for me, half of the gift cards, etc. we don't have those places in our area!!!
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Post by bearcatkarl on Dec 1, 2015 7:51:28 GMT -7
I did voice my displeasure on the GSN site as suggested under the Gobble til you Wobble thread on Player News(I am so tired of playing Bingo I could honestly cry). The post was deleted after a very short period of time. I think that's why they got rid of the message boards in the first place. They didnt want to give people a place to complain. I have played for a very long time at GSN...probably too long. I think this is the Lord's way of telling me to do something more productive with my spare time.
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Post by dyzzle on Dec 1, 2015 19:46:49 GMT -7
I also posted on the same thread and if it ever appeared I missed it! I hate Bingo thanks to GSN!!! I used to love to go and play Bingo with my mom! But I complained about it being national diabetes month not, national GSN Video Bingo month! Then I also added we should get the amount of oodles for every 5 games we play as the amount of time to play 10 games is longer than their other promo's!
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Post by doubleduece on Dec 1, 2015 20:22:28 GMT -7
I did voice my displeasure on the GSN site as suggested under the Gobble til you Wobble thread on Player News(I am so tired of playing Bingo I could honestly cry). The post was deleted after a very short period of time. I think that's why they got rid of the message boards in the first place. They didnt want to give people a place to complain. I have played for a very long time at GSN...probably too long. I think this is the Lord's way of telling me to do something more productive with my spare time. Oh my gosh, I know what you mean about Bingo! I'm sick of it!!! And guess what? dyzzle just announced in "Oodletunities" that they've just begun a Christmas Video Bingo! To be honest with you, I haven't participated in the last 2 or 3 VB promotions! I just CAN NOT play anymore Bingo!
Karl...not sure, but I don't think they deleted your post. I think I saw it in the Gobble 'Til You Wobble thread a few minutes ago. I went to see if I had gotten a reply to the inquiry I made yesterday (in the Sunday Happy Hour thread) about Black Friday and Cyber Monday gift cards. I did, but it was short and sweet just like the one incucrash said DC got. But while I was there, I checked out a few more of the threads/Announcements to see if others were also voicing their displeasure. They definitely were! In one of the threads (sorry, I've forgotten which one it was in) - anyway, a player named CindyFor was flat giving them what-for over not having BF and CM! I saw other comments about it too! Like I said yesterday, it may not do any good, but we want know if we can make a difference unless we try.
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Post by Vee on Dec 1, 2015 22:38:36 GMT -7
You're right- there's no real place specifically to voice our concerns, and it looks like GSN has quietly taken away the $250. Daily Sweeps now too! CindyFor is a member here, and she's been a player a while, great job This is what was under Cold Hard Cash Sweeps: Mary C on December 1, 2015 at 11:13 am said: Sweepstakes are nice but whatever happened to all day Black Friday gift card auctions? That’s what I was saving all my oodles for. GSN is not what it used to be back in the day. There used to always be a $100 or higher gift card auction going on at least once every week or so. Now all that’s available gift card auction wise are the daily $25 ones. Which theoretically isn’t too bad except since they’re the only card auctions, the oodle price is getting more and more expensive. A year and a half ago or so I got a $100 gas card for about 276,000 oodles. Today you might not get a $25 gift card for that. Talk about inflation!!! It’s obviously time to find another game site. I won’t be knocking myself out anymore to be on as many leaderboards as possible. The oodles just aren’t worth it. I’ll still come back for Cha Chingo Bingo, and to use up the rest of my oodles on cash sweepstakes but that’s it. 700,000 + oodles for nothing. . . . What I added wasn't posted.... haha!
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Post by kittyx11 on Dec 2, 2015 18:11:04 GMT -7
I just posted this under Cold Hard Cash Sweeps. I guess we will see if it gets passed moderation.
I too saved up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I am so disappointed with GSN. I also agree 110% with Mary C above. Sweepstakes are a ripoff!!! If you don't win you lose everything you put down. The $100 and above gift cards in Auctions were the only thing in the prize center that were worth your hard earned Oodles. With those, it took many oodles to win but if you didn't win you only lost the small fee to enter. There is no way I would spend so many Oodles on a $25 gift card that is ridiculous when you consider how long it takes to earn that many Oodles. I am the administrator of a chat room for fellow Oodlers and everyone is in an uproar over these issues. I know that the Casino is all GSN cares about and that is a shame. There are many long time Oodlers that GSN should care about too. Many of us are on fixed incomes and can in no way buy token packages, in other words, play for money. We have enjoyed playing your games, earning oodles for a chance to get something worthwhile. Considering the time it takes to earn Oodles and the time we spend watching all the ads that give you the funds to pay for the gift cards, you should offer them again. I would also like to mention the issue of no more donations for Breats Cancer, this is a shame too. I hope that there are many Oodlers out there telling GSN how they feel about these issues because I know there are many. Oodlers please speak up!!!
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Post by doubleduece on Dec 3, 2015 9:08:05 GMT -7
You did good Kitty! So did bearkatkarl, Mary C and CindyFor and many others who are voicing their disappointments in Player News. It's actually happening in just about every thread/Announcement that's in Players News...and we had nothing at all to do with a lot of those comments...which just goes to prove A LOT players are feeling the same way we do! Sorry they didn't post yours Vee, but as the saying goes....try-try again.
Kitty...'kudos' on saying something about them also doing away with the Breast Cancer donations. I'll be following suit and adding that one to my post as well.
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Post by bear92455 on Dec 3, 2015 11:17:33 GMT -7
I agree with what everyone has been saying. I've been playing on GSN since 2009 and a lot has changed... some good but most not so good. I do like auctions even if they are lower denomination gift cards because the price in oodles spent on them could go down. There would be more to spread around and more people would be happy. GSN could have used the $2500 being given away in the December Cash Sweepstakes for Black Friday and Cyber Monday gift card auctions. It would have been a much better way to use that money! I think they eventually will go to all Sweepstakes and nothing else. Of course the Casino and tokens will all stay so they can make their money. I too was saving all my oodles and working very hard to earn more for the Holiday auctions. I'm very disappointed in the trend on GSN.
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Post by doubleduece on Dec 3, 2015 20:36:38 GMT -7
Hey guys, look what I found in the Prize Center ........
Click on pic's to enlarge
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Post by doubleduece on Dec 3, 2015 21:56:35 GMT -7
I agree with what everyone has been saying. I've been playing on GSN since 2009 and a lot has changed... some good but most not so good. I do like auctions even if they are lower denomination gift cards because the price in oodles spent on them could go down. There would be more to spread around and more people would be happy. GSN could have used the $2500 being given away in the December Cash Sweepstakes for Black Friday and Cyber Monday gift card auctions. It would have been a much better way to use that money! I think they eventually will go to all Sweepstakes and nothing else. Of course the Casino and tokens will all stay so they can make their money. I too was saving all my oodles and working very hard to earn more for the Holiday auctions. I'm very disappointed in the trend on GSN. Now there's a good idea! I wish GSN had of thought of that instead of using it for a Sweepstake's!
I sincerely hope not on them going to just all Sweepstakes, I just plain don't like losing my hard earned oodles to enter Sweeps! Not to say I haven't entered a few here and there, but unlike auctions, whatever oodles you spend to enter a sweepstakes are gone forever if don't win! And with anywhere between 60,000 to 100,00 players on the game site everyday, those are just not odds that I like!
Thank you for your informative comments and input on this topic, bear92455. Greatly appreciated.
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Post by bearcatkarl on Dec 4, 2015 6:34:05 GMT -7
#GrinchyGSN
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Post by doubleduece on Dec 4, 2015 6:47:57 GMT -7
..........equals grumpy players! lol
Thanks Karl! I needed a 'Smile' this morning! Did you get in on the $500 Walmart Gift Card Auction?
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Post by bearcatkarl on Dec 5, 2015 8:01:48 GMT -7
..........equals grumpy players! lol
Thanks Karl! I needed a 'Smile' this morning! Did you get in on the $500 Walmart Gift Card Auction?
Sadly no...with no other auctions going on to use up oodles I can see this auction going for 1,400,000 oodles easy which is way too rich for my blood. Sad
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Post by doubleduece on Dec 5, 2015 8:32:38 GMT -7
..........equals grumpy players! lol
Thanks Karl! I needed a 'Smile' this morning! Did you get in on the $500 Walmart Gift Card Auction?
Sadly no...with no other auctions going on to use up oodles I can see this auction going for 1,400,000 oodles easy which is way too rich for my blood. Sad Hmmm, I hadn't thought about that! You're probably right though, because I noticed this morning it's "ON FIRE!!!" If I could, I would happily give you my oodles, with no returns expected, because I definitely don't have enough to bid on it by myself. My 13 year old grand daughter about cleaned me out of oodles playing the scratch's off while she was here visiting the week of Thanksgiving! lol But playing those things bring her so much pleasure that I would have let her use every single one them if she had wanted too. However, when all was said and done, she did leave me 200,000, lol
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