Empire Bonus - WTF?

[moondogg]

For the sole purpose of getting the initial deposit bonus, I just opened an account on Empire. I followed the instructions on bonuswhores.com, and I thought it was odd that I never had to enter a bonus code.
This seems a lot less odd now, because they did not give me the bonus /images/graemlins/mad.gif. Did I screw this up by not entering a bonus code? I'm guessing the bonus is now lost forever, but I just want to make sure.
Also, I figure I'd cash out and leave the account open with a zero balance so I'll get included in the next round of reload bonuses. However, do you think this will work if I've never played a hand at Empire? Or, should I play 50 or 100 hands before cashing out?

Thanks,
Mooney

EDIT: Also, to be clear up front, I am NOT looking for an affiliate. Consider my PM on the "do not call" list.

[jek187]

Hey Mooney,

I just deposited last night for an EXCITE25 reload and didn't get the bonus either.

Shoot an email to management@bonuswhores.ignore.com or send me a PM w/your user name and email used to sign-up, and I'll help you bug Empire for your bonus.

[scotnt73]

if this was your first deposit call them and bitch and they will give you the bonus. they did for me. i had to redeposit which you may or may not have to do depending on who you talk to but after i redeposited they gave it to me.

[moondogg]

Thanks, I'll give that a shot.

Also, to be clear up front, I am NOT looking for an affiliate. Consider my PM on the "do not call" list.

[Dingo Puppet]

You already signed up through an affiliate when you clicked on that banner at BH. Didn't you know?

[HavanaBanana]

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You already signed up through an affiliate when you clicked on that banner at BH. Didn't you know?

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Thats right, they get your rake%age and the pokerplayers get's money taken out of their pool, and did Bonuswhores even intoduce a new player to poker?
Of course not, it is all conceiled pickpocketing.

I'd rather make a homeless my affiliate (or if I wanted the money myself, a wife,gf or friend or relative) than giving the money to a stranger whilst depleting the pokermoneypool.

Think about that everytime you go broke, you could still have had some money in your account if the affiliates didnt suck it up.

ToT

[Dingo Puppet]

I'm thinking 99% of the newbies don't even know they are signing up under an affiliate when they click on a banner at an outside website. I know I didn't. I was never contacted by whoever I signed up under either with an offer of a rake rebate. They must of made thousands off me before I even heard of affiliates. I was a big sucker before I played my first hand!!

[Lost Wages]

Every single time I've done a relaod bonus at Empire (the latest just last week) they have failed to put any money in my "Pending Bonus". I have to send them a e-mail, wait about three days and then they credit it.

Lost Wages

[Nikita]

How often do you get a realod bonus?

[Lost Wages]

I'm on my third since Jan 1. One $100 and the last two $50. I always cash out as soon as I clear it.

Lost Wages

[moondogg]

Umm, OK. I guess you guys take the whole affiliate thing pretty seriously. I was trying to avoid spam.

If they are breaking their affiliate agreements, then they are doing something wrong. If they are operating within the affiliate agreements, then they have found a way to skim money from a system without breaking the rules. More power to them. Doesn't sounds all that much different than what pro players do to fish in a poker game. Does the pro explain to the fish that he is mathematically guaranteed to take his money eventually? Someone else's ignorance is my bliss. If someone cuts me a bonus and makes some money in the process, that's fine; it I could have gotten more by not going through the affiliate, that's my fault for not exercising due diligence and researching the market.
I think the idea that affilates are sucking money out of the poker system are grave exaggerations, much like the whole "rakes are too high, we're getting screwed!" chants.
I am not an affilate, nor do I have plans to be, but I am a shamless capitalist and will go out of my way to get my hands on every dollar I can while operating within the rules of the system. God bless America.