Joining
NewBingoBilly hasn’t been one of my smartest decisions. I had never heard much
about the site and for that matter even the concept of online bingo was new to
me. I was just casually browsing the web when I came across the NewBingoBilly
ad for the first time. Naturally I was curious because it had been a very long
time since I had played bingo and I was little surprised at myself for not
realizing that there would be an online version of the game.
Before
the site page even loaded on my screen, I could imagine myself playing online
bingo and having fun. So I was actually looking forward to what kind of
experience I could have with NewBingoBilly. And I was not disappointed with
what I saw, the site had won 6 best bingo awards in the online world in the
last decade which is pretty impressive. So I was feeling some sense of urgency
to join. I had not played the game in a long time and suddenly I was missing it
like crazy. So without much thought I went ahead and joined NewBingoBilly and
this impulsive decision cost me dearly because the site is a major online scam
and has been that way for many years. Had I done some research before joining NewBingoBilly,
I could have easily avoided it.
However
that was not the case and made my deposit of $20 hoping that I could get a 400
percent bonus in playing hours as advertised on the site. While I did get the bonus as promised, I also
got a lot of heartbreak.
Having
not played bingo for a long time, I played with a kind of passion I had never
felt before. And surprisingly I was doing quite well for some one who is really
new to the online version. I was easily making at least $35 everyday by playing
for an hour or two which is a really decent cool sum of money to be winning
through bingo. By the end of the month, my earnings from the site were more
than $500 and I had exceeded my own expectations big time. I just couldn’t wait
for NewBingoBilly to send the check and I was already planning a much awaited
vacation which was when my whole world went upside down.
For
some reason, the payment option wouldn’t work and it was stuck. I tried
everything, I mailed NewBingoBilly customer care. I called them by phone and
filed a complaint. They promised to look
into the issue but nothing happened even a week later. So I again sent mails and made calls to NewBingoBilly and again was met with the same response.
Four
days later, I was completely frustrated at the way I had been treated all this
while. What really was annoying here was I was not even told what was wrong
with the site, the guy acted as if my complaint was new even though it was made
a week before and again promised to look into it. I don’t think he ever kept
his promise because when I called him again he was again clueless. And that was
it, I lost my cool and started screaming at him and he just slammed the phone
down. Next time when I called, my call was put on hold.
Finally
I cooled down and I called them again a couple of days later and the agent
finally didn’t appear so clueless this time. However his reply didn’t give me
an comfort since the NewBingoBilly company had apparently decided to not
release my winnings. It seems I had not been playing any games in the last
couple of weeks while I was waiting for my payment and they used that as an
excuse to not release my winnings. All this didn’t make any sense and I was trying
really hard to think whether these people were actually pranking me. But they
were not and from that point they even black listed me. I couldn’t even get
status updates on my complaints anymore and I couldn’t even sign into my
account. It was only then that I truly realized the NewBingoBilly scam and felt
really ashamed about it.
J.S. Seattle, WA
