Party Poker a good reason to avoid?????

I got the following letter from Party Poker today.
$.82 is the full value of my account there about 6 months ago they "gave" me $10 to play there. I did not read the fine print and did not realise you had so many days to play and it wasn't a lot if I had known I would have played more you got to keep so much based on accumulated points which happened to be $.78 in my case. One day I had enough for two sessions at their minimum cash tables the next almost nothing.
$2 is their minimum entry into a cash table.
I will agree I wasn't crazy about the site (I had two Royal Flushes in about 2hrs of play there and I hate sites that give too many fantastic hands) but I had gone back and played some freerolls and even won a bit this year that doesn't prevent your account from being labled inactive. My wife had the same thing happen she was charged 6 cents the value of her account, seems a good way to guarantee people will never come back and will bad mouth them to other potential customers in my opinion. Any way here's the letter.

Regards Guy


Dear Niagara1953,
Our records show that that you have not logged in to your account for 180 days.

A $.82 administration fee** has been charged to your inactive account. The next charge will be deducted from you account balance on: 25-Mar-2009 ET.

However, this fee will NOT be charged if your account, or any related account, is reactivated on or before 24-Mar-2009 ET.

Reactivating your account is easy: Just log in and place a cash wager, enter a tournament with a cash entry fee, or play a raked hand.

**TERMS & CONDITIONS If you do not access your Account by "logging on" to your Account using your Account name and password for any period of 180 days, then after those 180 days (the "180 day grace period") your Account (and any related account with any ESP) will be deemed "Inactive". If your Account becomes Inactive, then the Company is entitled to charge you an administrative fee (the "Inactive Account Fee"). The Inactive Account Fee shall be deducted from your Account Balance at the end of each calendar month in accordance with the Inactive Account Fee Schedule. We will stop deducting the Inactive Account Fee from your Account Balance if your Account is re-activated.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our Customer Care team is available 24/7.

Sincerely,

Party Team

info@partyaccount.com

PartyPoker
1-866-848-7537 (Canada)
011-800-7789-7537 (Canada)
00-800-7789-7537 (Europe)
+350-50509 (International Charges Apply)

PartyCasino
1-866-901-2766 (Canada)
00-800-7789-2766 (Europe)
+350-43001 (International charges apply)


PartyBingo
1-866-901-2766 (Canada)
00-800-7789-2766 (Europe)
+350-43001 (International charges apply)


PartyGammon
1-866-511-2646 (Canada)
00-800-6000-7789 (Europe)

well i,m in the u.s. n they dont take us...that being said...i try to keep from signing bonuses...if i put my money in its mine...n its not subject to restrictions....always the lure of something for nothing has a price...in this case...its to get a deposit to stop a few penneys lost...when its your money its different...your treated different..or at least in my opnion...freebies they could care less about..but they do respect credit cards