El Cortez mailer
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From: bustapakman on 9 Sep 2009 19:07 This is my first post. I just come here to read the trip reports. Anyway, I have a question about this mailer from El Cortez I got last month and I never even been inside that place. There's the usual free room offer (7 nights, I think) and 2 other coupons on the sheet for free food and slot dollars. Question is do I have to be staying there to use the food or slot dollar coupons? I'm going next week but is staying at another place with another offer of free room, food and slot play. The mailer from El Cortez doesn't have any restrictions on except to be a slot club member. Thanks.
From: CLM in ND on 9 Sep 2009 20:24 <bustapakman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:b9cd98f1-27cc-4a93-8696-9b483bdb20e6(a)u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com... > This is my first post. I just come here to read the trip reports. > Anyway, I have a question about this mailer from El Cortez I > got last month and I never even been inside that place. > There's the usual free room offer (7 nights, I think) and 2 other > coupons > on the sheet for free food and slot dollars. > Question is do I have to be staying there to use the food or slot > dollar coupons? > I'm going next week but is staying at another place with another > offer of free room, food and slot play. The mailer from El Cortez > doesn't have any restrictions on except to be a slot club member. > Thanks. You might want to read that offer again; 7 nights sounds like a lot. I gamble like a drunken sailor there & I've never been comped more than 4 nights. The way the food comps work now is they charge it to the room, but you don't pay anything because it's comped. So, yes, you need to have a room there. I don't know what the sheet you got is, so I can't comment on what those coupons are. Please take another look at it & post a reply. Cameron
From: CLM in ND on 10 Sep 2009 17:09 On Sep 10, 2:56 pm, royw <bustapak...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like a mass mailer directed at my state. Are you in CA or another border state w/Nevada? If so, that offer would make more sense. The ElCo must be really slow on those dates. Cameron
From: royw on 10 Sep 2009 18:03 On Sep 10, 11:09 am, CLM in ND <camarv...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 10, 2:56 pm, royw <bustapak...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Looks like a mass mailer directed at my state. > > Are you in CA or another border state w/Nevada? If so, that offer > would make more sense. The ElCo must be really slow on those dates. > > Cameron Hawaii. We have no legal gambling out here. But the Boyd group downtown properties treats us islanders well with free rooms and food. I think El Cortez is trying to break into this market. Hawaii residents who visit downtown as a whole gamble at their host hotel alot during their stay. I don't mean 3-4 hours a day. I mean like 8-14 hours a day for each day of their stay. Stopping only for sleep, food, and bathroom breaks. And maybe a show on the strip and a meal at a fancy restaurant or buffet. After doing a show they go right back downtown and start pounding those machines. I've seen folks in the casino in wheelchairs with oxygen breathers pressing buttons. I've even heard about persons dying with a few months to live going to the Cal or MSS as their last wish in life and sometimes passing away while there. With that kind of loyal following why wouldn't the El Cortez try to get a piece of that action.
From: CLM in ND on 10 Sep 2009 18:56
On Sep 10, 5:03 pm, royw <bustapak...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 10, 11:09 am, CLM in ND <camarv...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 10, 2:56 pm, royw <bustapak...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Looks like a mass mailer directed at my state. > > > Are you in CA or another border state w/Nevada? If so, that offer > > would make more sense. The ElCo must be really slow on those dates. > > > Cameron > > Hawaii. > We have no legal gambling out here. But the Boyd group downtown > properties > treats us islanders well with free rooms and food. I think El Cortez > is trying > to break into this market. > Hawaii residents who visit downtown as a whole gamble at their host > hotel > alot during their stay. I don't mean 3-4 hours a day. I mean like 8-14 > hours > a day for each day of their stay. Stopping only for sleep, food, and > bathroom breaks. > And maybe a show on the strip and a meal at a fancy restaurant or > buffet. > After doing a show they go right back downtown and start pounding > those machines. > I've seen folks in the casino in wheelchairs with oxygen breathers > pressing buttons. > I've even heard about persons dying with a few months to live going to > the Cal or > MSS as their last wish in life and sometimes passing away while there. > With that kind of loyal following why wouldn't the El Cortez try to > get a piece of > that action. That would explain it even further. I'd be staying at the California next week, but Hawaii is in town playing UNLV in football & they're sold out! Cameron |