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Post by Rajiv on Jan 22, 2011 14:12:41 GMT 8
For now, I will not make any deductions for late withdrawals unless the withdrawal is very late (after 6 pm) and the same player has withdrawn late more than a couple of times recently.
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Post by Rajiv on Jan 25, 2011 10:24:55 GMT 8
All the games at Sports Planet have been paid in advance. If everyone playing has also prepaid, I do not need to turn up to collect payment. I will only turn up to collect from those who have not prepaid.
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Post by Rajiv on Jan 27, 2011 9:40:43 GMT 8
I've been applying the prepayment requirement more strictly for Tuesday nights than for other nights. I haven't gone down to collect for two of the last three Tuesdays.
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Post by Rajiv on Jan 27, 2011 14:06:52 GMT 8
As numbers for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday have been roughly equal, I'll treat all three games the same from next week onwards. More than 48 hours before the game, anyone who hasn't prepaid can only be in reserve. If 48 hours before the game, there are still places left, those in reserve will fill up the remaining places, in chronological order. If having prepaid, you have to withdraw, your payment will be held as deposit for the next time you put your name down, which means you will be considered to have prepaid that next time. I am currently not making any deductions for late withdrawals. The main advantage of prepayment is that it saves me having to go down to collect payment.  |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 1, 2011 17:13:29 GMT 8
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 1, 2011 22:15:11 GMT 8
The prepayments received and usage of prepayments in January 2011 has been archived here. From now on, on the 1st of each month, I will archive the preceding month's details in a thread entitled the current month on the "Prepayment Information" board. You can provide details of all payments you make in the current month's thread rather than SMSing me. I will look out for each payment and update the Excel spreadsheet showing the current balances. The spreadsheet can be downloaded from the "Current Balances" page. I will no longer be providing a summary in the current month's thread, as I did for the January 2011 thread (which was entitled "Prepayments received to date") |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 3, 2011 12:20:56 GMT 8
I keep fine tuning the system. The system (applicable to the 7-a-side pitch at Sports Planet only) is as follows: * At a cut-off (currently 48 hours before game), those who prepay will have priority for the first 14 places over those who don't prepay. It will suffice that you confirm by then that you have made payment, even if I have not received it yet. * If there are any withdrawals within 48 hours of the game, any reserve who has prepaid will have priority. * After priority for prepayment as above, the next criteria is the usual chronological one. * I am currently not making any deductions for withdrawals even if very late. The main advantage of prepayment is that if everyone playing prepays, I don't have to go down to collect. This modifications will apply from next week onwards. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 3, 2011 18:12:29 GMT 8
.... If someone whose name is put down has not prepaid, I may use Paypal to send that person an e-mail requesting payment. .... I haven't done this for a while, so I'll delete the reference from the "Payment modes" page. I have further streamlined the page. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 7, 2011 13:31:14 GMT 8
For tomorrow, the first 13 players have prepaid, the 14h player has not, while the reserve has credit available. I will not be present to collect, so hopefully, the 14th player manages to pay by one of the modes provided. As stated above, I looked at the position 48 hours before the game. If you are still in at that time, I won't bump you later. The reserve only put his name in after that. .... .... I might reduce the period to 36 hours in future, so that the risk of being bumped for not prepaying is greater. Also, if you end up owing for a game after playing, I might require that I am present before you can take a place in a game that requires prepayment. The system is simple. If it gets complicated, it arises out of not working within the system. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 8, 2011 15:35:14 GMT 8
For interbank transfers (via ATM or internet), I am using a UOB account to receive payment. While transfers from a UOB account will be instantaneous, transfers from other banks may take 2 to 3 days to be received. As a lot of people have a DBS/POSB account, I have added my personal POSB bank account as an alternative, so that transfers from DBS/POSB accounts to my personal account will also be instantaneous. I can transfer the funds received in my POSB account to the UOB account later. As I won't be checking my POSB account as regularly, if you make a transfer to my POSB account, add a post to the current payment information thread, so that I know to look out for it. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 9, 2011 7:37:24 GMT 8
If this is a prepaid game then count me out since i haven done any prepayments... thanks ! If you're in at the cut-off (currently 48 hours before the game), you won't later be bumped even if you don't prepay. If it's not more than 2 players who have not prepaid, I won't come down (unless I am playing), and they can owe me. Alternatively, if any of the other players who have sufficient credit are generous enough, they can let you use their credit, and you can pay them the amount due. As all games will be moving that way, I hope everyone will at least try to prepay (currently for Sports Planet games only). If you can't prepay, it's alright - either I'll be there to collect, or you can owe me. Do let me know what the difficulty is though. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 10, 2011 11:06:02 GMT 8
.... * If there are any withdrawals within 48 hours of the game, any reserve who has prepaid will have priority. .... This will apply only if everyone else playing has prepaid, so that the game remains fully prepaid. .... The main advantage of prepayment is that if everyone playing prepays, I don't have to go down to collect. .... I'll delay the introduction of prepayment for the weekend games at the Premier Pitch, perhaps until after prepayment works for at least 2 of the 3 weeknight games at Sports Planet (so that I don't have to go down to collect). So far, only the Tuesday night game has achieved this regularly. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 17, 2011 8:20:13 GMT 8
.... Before the game, Julius informed me that David M had informed him that he couldn't make the game as he was on call, and that he had asked David to inform me, but he hadn't. Anyway, David M didn't turn up. ... I won't deduct anything from David's credit for what is technically a no-show. In any event, I couldn't get anyone else before the game, which was why I switched from Thursday to Wednesday. When I do start making deductions, it will be for no-shows. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 17, 2011 22:05:35 GMT 8
Dhiraj and Kevin K2 were playing in the earlier game on the big pitch. I asked them if they would like to play, and Dhiraj agreed to play, so he joined whites. As Dhiraj filled in at the venue itself, and as much as a favour to me as actually wanting to play, he plays for free. .... If there is a withdrawal, and we can't get a replacement, try to find a player at the venue itself. Anyone who fills in at the venue itself plays for free. It works best with prepayment, for with prepayment the amount that those who actually turn up have to pay is unaffected. Without prepayment, the cost of the pitch is divided by those who turn up, and with one less player, the amount paid by the the rest is higher. |
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Post by Rajiv on Feb 24, 2011 17:17:21 GMT 8
.... Although Rai and Sufian have prepaid, I'm not going to bump any of the eight who haven't prepaid, for even though they haven't prepaid, they were already in after the 48 hour cut off. Looking forward, I will reduce the cut off, which gives everyone more time to prepay, but also increases the chances of those who haven't prepaid being bumped by someone who has. and Wow... Tuesdays and Thursdays are proving to be very popular, huh? .... From 8 March 2011 onwards, the cut-off for Tuesday and Thursday nights at Sports Planet will be reduced to 36 hours. I will reduce the cut-off for all prepaid games in stages to 12 hours, that is, 9 am on the day of the game itself. |
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 1, 2011 8:11:56 GMT 8
The monthly thread for last month stated: .... Further prepayments received in February 2011 will be added below. You can do so yourself when you pay, or else I will do so when payment is received. .... As I won't be checking the accounts as often as I was when prepayment was first introduced, from this month onwards, when you make payment to either bank account, it is better that you post on the current month's thread the amount and bank account payment was made to, so that I know to look out for it. The current balances spreadsheet is updated to the date stated in the current month's thread. Subsequent payments are only reflected on the current month's thread until the spreadsheet is next updated. As has been stated on the "Current Balances" page for some time now, the spreadsheet is usually updated after a game requiring prepayment. |
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 1, 2011 11:45:59 GMT 8
The thread for March 2011 has been posted (including the archive for February 2011). Once the preceding month's spreadsheet is archived on the message board, the Proboards set-up does not allow me to further amend the document. That is why the current balances spreadsheet is uploaded on to my own webspace. I have simplified the "Payment modes" page by removing the description of the priority system. This is in any event set out in the schedule thread for each game requiring prepayment. For the first two months of prepayment, I had a separate column showing one player using his credit to pay for another. From this month onwards, this column will only be used if the player whose credit is being used is not playing in the game. If the player is playing, the deduction will be shown in the game column itself.
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 2, 2011 23:30:10 GMT 8
While discussing payment through Paypal with Dhiraj and Murray tonight, I came to understand that when you pay from a non-Singapore dollar account, you have a choice as to whether to bear Paypal's fees yourself or have it deducted from the payment to be received by me. If you make payment to my business account, the default is a business payment, which deducts the fee from the payment to be received by me, in which case I will refund the payment. To bear the payment yourself, you need to choose the personal payment option, and choose the option of bearing the fee yourself.
I believe the alternative is to make payment to my personal Paypal account, where the default should be for the payer to bear the fee. I believe it is the same as the fee referred to above - 3.4% + $0.50.
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 8, 2011 16:30:15 GMT 8
Also: Rai SMSed to say that Alex F game him $10 at last night's game, so I'll ... deduct $10 from Rai. and .... Stan gave Rai $10 at the game, so Stan's payment will be deducted from Rai's credit. .... and Justin SMSed to say that Andre paid him $10 tonight, so I have deducted Andre's payment from Justin's credit. If any player allows another to use his credit, I have no misgivings about the former collecting a bit extra (say $11) from the latter. After all, in allowing another to use your credit, you're providing them with a service. |
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Post by Rajiv on Mar 10, 2011 15:00:27 GMT 8
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