RB websites good idea for high volume players?

[MILFChaser]

Let me first say that I am not questioning the integrity of the owners of any of these sites as I have never dealt with them and have no reason to think they are untrustworthy. These sites seem to do a fine job and are surely an asset to online poker players.

However, the discussion in the big ongoing thread right now is very valid. What reason do we have to believe that Party will not pull the rug out from these sites as they have in the past? Will your reasoning be that Party isnt capable of doing shady things to lure customers short term? Ha! They are ruthless in their pursuit of market share as we have all seen.

The fact is that there is/are NON-rakeback affiliate(s?) out there who have always had the ability to offer rakeback to a small % (very high volume) of their players. These affiliates have NEVER lost this ability to use individual trackers when the public websites have, and have been doing business as usual during all of this chaos while others scramble in ten different directions trying to get things set up. These affiliates are also very much in the loop when it comes to customer service issues, inner company dealings, etc.

Put yourself in party's shoes. Would you be more loyal to a non rakeback affiliate who does things the way you intended when you created the program, or a website who helped to take away a huge chunk of your business!!

I registered for this site in March, and lurked for a few months before that. If you check my posts you will see that my first poker related post explaining Party rakeback was made on Oct. 6, two days before all this chaos started. Coincidence? Folks, I am knowledgable on this subject.

For 97% of the players out there the RB websites may very well be your best bet. However if you are an extremely high volume player, you will be smart to consider the long run and all of the factors involved.

Hopefully this post can generate some discussion, as I think this is the real issue here. Just like poker results people...THINK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE!!