Re: Welching in a chouette.

If you take that question as rhetorical, that's exactly why I didn't
like Cat_in_awe's answer. My solution is that the 8 points get divided
up equally among the three winners. But there's a problem with that in
that a case could be made that the honest losers should also have to
bear some of the burden. Why should only the winners be penalised?
However, in practice, persuading the honest losers to compound their
losses would be impossible and would be seen as unfair.
So, I think that the practical solution is to divide the 8 points among
the three winners.

Paul Epstein

David C. Ullrich wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:22:16 GMT, "Cat_in_awe" <rl3166pls@excite.,com>
> wrote:
>
> >pauldepstein@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >> Suppose a loser in a chouette doesn't pay (or offers a cheque that
> >> will obviously bounce) [yeah, but these things happen], is there any
> >> established etiquette or convention for how the honest players handle
> >> the shortfall?
> >>
> >> Two conventions seem to make sense: 1) The loser's shortfall is evenly
> >> subsidised by all the honest players. 2) The loser's shortfall is
> >> evenly subsidised by all the players who have made a profit (or what
> >> would have been a profit if everyone had been honest).
> >>
> >> I much prefer convention(2) -- I think only the winners should be
> >> burdened with the extra loss.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >None of the above. The people that got stiffed will ultimately lose that
> >cash if the loser never pays up.
>
> Not that I have a better answer, but this doesn't answer the question.
> If the scores at the end of play are 4, 4, 4, -4, -4, -4 and one of
> the -4's doesn't pay, how do you determine which one of the 4's is
> the one who got stiffed?
>
> >The uninvolved members of a chouette
> >should never be held responsible for someone that won't pay his debts. In
> >the odd situation when the loser pays some but not all of his debt at the
> >end of the night, I would guess the amount paid should be distributed
> >proportionally amongst the winners.
> >
> >The real solution is that none of the players in the chouette or in the
> >local club or area should EVER consent to play that player again in chouette
> >or heads-up until he makes good on his debt.
>
>
> ************************
>
> David C. Ullrich

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