@williamhill Beaurocracy , Frustrating Service but OK in the end

I placed a bet on NYI to win and Tavares to score.The bet was placed many hours before the start of the game:

It then came to my attention HOURS BEFORE THE GAME STARTED that John Tavares was out for the season with injury so I contacted Hills via Live Chat immediately.The guy on the other end was polite and well meaning but slow and had to run everything by his Supervisor. The operative asked me to send a link with proof of the injury ,I told him to Google it. After we both agreed Tavares was indeed injured, I waited about in hope that my stake would be rightfully returned (I shouldn't have to hope it's a straight forward case but you never know with Bookmakers these days). After he told me to wait again for 5-10 minutes he came back saying the bet would be voided and sent a link with Terms and Conditions which is a bookmakers' way of saying we're not bothered that you have a common sense issue that we can help you with as a valued customer but what we will do instead is point to some obscure Ts and Cs that allow us to mug you off and add your stake to our revenue figures for this month.

There are 3 major issues here which I have contacted CEO Phillip Bowcock with:

1) The lack of common sense and flexibility at local level.

2) The total disregard for a customers' experience in the face of profit and legalese.

3) The slowness of response and the onus on the customer to take the matter further to achieve justice.

I turned to Twitter to shed light on the situation and after some naming and shaming Hills did indeed return the the stake for this bet but it was a long,frustrating experience.

Hills gain credit for getting it right in the end and they deserve a back handed compliment,they are far from the worse bookmaker out there but the lesson is be weary with bookies and ensure that you get justice when you have a completely reasonable case.

@Unibet abysmal Verification Process.Avoid!

My experience with Unibet went from the sublime to the ridiculous.

I got a £100 'bonus' from them having won a prize draw I was entered into for doing a customer experience survey for them. The bonus required wagering of £100 so I placed a bet on a hockey game for £100. About half an hour later after placing the bet I was informed the bet was being voided (while the team I bet on were leading 2 nil and went onto win the game). The market was up,I placed the bet and this inexplicable void came in,fishy I thought.I looked into it and the game was scheduled to start at 9.30am ,Unibet claimed my bet was struck at 9.30.19 Basically they were saying the game had started, alledgedly for 19 seconds, the puck may not have even been dropped by 9.30.19 but that was their argument despite the fact they had the market open,so who's fault is that I wonder?

So after that I wagered another bet for £100 which lost. Did I gt a second chance to void a bet like Unibet got with my initial bet? Of  course not but who cares? That's £100 in the pockets of Unibet so why would they care?

Luckily I went on to have a decent winning bet later on so I went to make a withdrawal. All of a sudden Unibet now wanted verification of my ID ! I had been depositing and withdrawing on this account for weeks before with no issue. Now all of a sudden I was a suspected money launderer or criminal underworld black market dirty cash kingpin. On Trustpilot I see others have had the same nonsense from Unibet with regards to verification they need to get their house in order.

The verification process is very frustrating,the arrogant customer service staff are clueless on live chat and are constantly changing the story with what documents are needed and how the pictures of documents should be taken. By the end of the picture taking process I could have given David Bailey a run for his money. If it wasn't for a half savvy guy called Jake on there I don't know what I would have done to get money which is rightfully mine!

I contacted the boss Henrik Tjarnstrom who ignores tweets and seemingly ignores emails as well which is disappointing and poor from Unibet.

Unlike 888sport the Unibet new customer offer is pretty lousy so don't even bother with that,just stay away unless you want grey hair before your time.