Apr 18, 2011

The Loyalty Program Sham

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One of the incentives to become a Platinum Level player is because you are told that you will have "Access to Beta Content". Click on the question mark from the Loyalty Program tab in the Marketplace and see for yourself.
I personally know a few Platinum Level players who don't have the Crack The Safe feature which Customer Support states "This is a beta feature that is being tested on a limited number of accounts".(1) Needless to say, they aren't very happy.
Another beta feature that I don't have is the new promotion bonuses. I can relate to other Platinum Level players who feel like they got shafted! Please comment if you are a Platinum player and haven't gotten access to beta content as promised.

Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast.
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31 comments:

  1. Platinum player, no level bonuses here.

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  2. I am not a platinum but for a while got the promotion pop up posted above....I was never able to post it when I clicked on share

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  3. Platinum player - no crack the safe

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  4. Emerald player, spend no money on the game. I have the level bonuses. You're not missing a great deal.

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  5. You must spend all your available skill points immediately as you level up to get the bonuses

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  6. i went platinum for the service and and very disappointed.

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  7. Platinum player. Last beta content I got to play with was Frontierville...
    didn't get the beta promotions
    had to turn in a ticket to get Platinum customer service.
    still waiting for the Beta game from zlotto promo
    didn't get the mini EPs until last week, and now they are gone.
    goes all the way back to 2009 and the Made Man promotion. Ordered a hat from that... got a child's tshirt.

    Zynga... gotta love 'em, coz hating them would break your mouse.

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  8. Platinum, no level bonuses and it really p*sses me off. No mini EPs but I don't care about them. The only thing I've seen is Crack the Safe...just got it last week. As for platinum level customer service, don't get me started.

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  9. Platinum. No Crack safe, no level bonusses. Until last week I even had the mini energy packs. Hope I have the new energy packs sooner.
    So were's the promise to be included in the beta's? It's not here.
    They really messed it up for a lot of platinum players.

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  10. Platinum player
    No crack safe
    No Level bonuses

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  11. platinum player.....no crack the safe

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  12. All the platinum players should band together and file suit against Zynga for false advertising. I'm sure theres a lawyer amongst the people that have the money to get to platinum status.
    If they won't listen to people's messages when they ask to improve the game, maybe its time to hit them where it hurts (their wallet). RP's are non-refundable, but with the purchase of them you were promised multiple services based on their ads that were not provided. As a customer who spent $1000's on a product id expect more. I spend $2.50 at a hotdog stand and the guy gives me mustard, relish and onions... on the spot. You spend 100X that on your mafia wars account and you get a generic canned answer, 4-5 days later if youre lucky... weeks later if not.

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  13. A fool and his money are soon parted....

    Why would anyone spend $1000's on a silly game...

    that money would be better spent paying a psychiatrist to treat the ego issues that they have...hmm

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  14. Platinum and none of these :(

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  15. No platinum...but i got the crack the safe and i receive 3 times per day the great gifts they crack.....I wish all players could enjoy that ability.....

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  16. Ain't reading this rubbage but if you actually obtained enough RP to get platinum you are a sad person and need to get a life.... how do you even have a job> Sure I get paid tommorow just got a few hundred bucks in pockjet byut drinking aving funjust got off work but wow using your hard eernaed cash for RP??? ITS NOT EVEN REAL. I wish I could invent fake guns and stats and sell them to people THEY ARE GENIUS FOR THIS, selling chips OF CAKE MONEY TO PLAY POKERL OL what is wrong with people falling for dis???

    OH WOW U SPeNT HUNDREDS OF BUX ON SOME BS GAME LOLOALOZLOL GET A LIFE SAD

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  17. Sorry if that was hard to read I'm on klonopin and xanax and I drank a few and been smoking heh, I feel good just saying WOW OMG THATS CRAZY? Does this mean You have no life? Or you get girls who are like you {PLAY MAFIA WARS AWESOME ME TOO!??? lol How can you relate to people?

    end crunken post

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  18. @anonymouse 1 post above = just because your too greedy to spend a dime to your happiness don't drain it to other. real or not happiness is it what counts. count the amount of bucks you spend on buy video games and other toys.

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  19. No Bonus, no Platinum customer service, either. And, no decent Loyalty Program items and no decent loot drops for fighting or robbing...it's almost to the point of "why bother?"

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  20. no crack the safe & no Platinum customer service

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  21. to quote another user *OH WOW U SPeNT HUNDREDS OF BUX ON SOME BS GAME LOLOALOZLOL GET A LIFE SAD*


    yea just like spending all that money on alcohol which is pissed down the drain..(not to mention hangovers lol) at least with rp u still have the items purchased...

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  22. platinum player with no crack the safe feature. not that I expected NOT to get shafted. I always do .

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  23. I'm a platinum player and don't have access to either the crack the safe or the promotion bonus. A couple of my emerald energy accounts do have the promotion bonus though. Platinum means nothing.

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  24. Alot of people speak of keeping the game balanced for all players if its from gifting loot to buying rps but when you think about zynga themselfs dont keep this game balanced in so many ways. They dont know much about the game themselfs. they have packed so much stuff/crap/spam in the game they are lost

    take the marketplace boost items you can get them boosts x15 for the same amount rps in the marketplace by going about it a different way (and not by cheating). I think they need to sit back chill out and review the game as it is and fix things and make it balanced for everyone ;)

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  25. I am Platinum ^^ and to all that think they like CC spenders ^^ I can tell You its not true^^ No special treatment here^^ and to all that think it's crazy to spend money on a game ..No one asked You :)

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  26. I am platinum like the rest of you i have no crack the safe or level up bonuses.

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  27. " I'm on klonopin and xanax and I drank a few and been smoking"

    I think we should all take your advice on how to manage our finances. You seem to be an expert on having a good time. Obviously, spending money on drugs instead enjoying something while maintaining sobriety is the best way to spend your paycheck. Enjoy your benzo and alcohol combo. Do the world a favor and gulp down a few more drinks, put yourself in respiratory distress, and possibly end your pathetic existence, thus ending your run of trolling on fan sites.

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  28. I have both - and am Platinum. But what I object to is the ticked box telling us we have Platinum Customer Service. Rubbish. I wait for days just as any other player does. I'm tired of Zynga telling us one thing, and it's really just a ploy.

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  29. Haven't spent a dime on this game of which, yes I am addicted to, but take great enjoyment in icing all the gold's and platinum's I can find with my little level 19 Emerald account. Learn how to play the game right and quit trying to BUY the game to make yourself better. You get all the best loot first and whine about it when you don't but it all levels out in the end and it's just a game.

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  30. I'm a platinum player and I have neither Crack the Safe nor Golden Promotion. I have over 7000 bucks in my account and I find it incredibly rude of Zynga to delay our access to this content.

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  31. I must have overlooked this post. I'm platinum 153 and have had the Crack the Safe for about 3 weeks and have the Golden Promotion too. I got that one a few days after I got Crack the Safe. Obviously your level has nothing to do with whether or not you get access to these. *shaking head*

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