party poker affilliate problem collecting

Hello,

I signed up as an affilliate with partypoker.com in September of 2004. I signed up 29 new real money players at their site in the month of October under the payment option of $65.00 for the 1st 9 players (9 x $65 = $585) and then $75.00 for every player signed up above 9. (20 x $75 = $1500) total payment from just the sign-ups ( $2085 ) They also sent me a offer for another $15 per sign-up (29 x $15 = $435) and a $250 bonus if I get more than 10 sign-ups in the month of October for a total of ($2770 = 585+1500+435+250) To this day Partypoker has refused me payment for these 29 new real money accounts. Whenever I have inquired about my payment they state that the new player accounts have not generated enough rake and until they do my payment is on hold. Nowhere in any of the affilliate wording or terms of agreement does it state that new players must generate a certain amount of rake in order for the affilliate to be paid. Nowhere in the bonus offer (included below) does it say this. I just want to be paid for the 29 people that I have signed up. The player that I signed up are all on-line real money player and started with at least $50 in their partypoker account. I have contacted them numerous times about this issue with always the same result. (I have included some of my email and their replies below also)

Dear Randy Breier

We welcome you to the PartyPoker.com family and we hope this relationship
builds towards a mutually beneficial and rewarding relationship.

EARN $15 CPA EXTRA + $250 FLAT EXTRA IN OCTOBER 2004

You could earn $15 CPA Extra over and above your regular affiliate
commissions by participating in this special promotion.
You could also earn a SPECIAL BONUS of $250 Flat Extra if you register at
least 10 Real Players in October ’04.
If you generate 10 Real players in October ’04, you could actually earn $400
Extra!
Illustration: 10 Real Players x $15 CPA Extra = $150 + $250 (Special Bonus)
= $400 Extra over and above your October ’04 commissions!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
* Duration for the Promotion is from 1st Oct ’04 to 31st Oct’04.
* The offer is not for every independent tracker / beneficiary. If
you have multiple trackers / beneficiaries, sum total of signups generated
in these multiple trackers/ beneficiaries would be taken into consideration
while computing your earnings.
* The $15 CPA extra mentioned above is applicable for Real Players
generated in all trackers (CPA and Revenue share).
* The $250 (Special Bonus) mentioned above is a flat amounts and not
per player. You have to achieve minimum of 10 Real players in October ’04 to
qualify for this special bonus.
* PartyPoker.com reserves the right to inspect the players acquired
during this period for reasonable quality and to hold payment until the
authenticity of these players is verified.
* The offer is over and above the regular commissions you would get
for October 2004.
* PartyPoker.com reserves the right to modify the terms and
conditions of this promotion.
* Decision of PartyPoker.com will be final and binding.
We wish you luck for achieving the EXTRA $$$!!!

Do get back to us in case you need any clarifications or support. It will be
our pleasure to serve you.
Regards,

William
Affiliates Team- PartyPoker.com
[email protected]