Any chance of getting small $ from Party Poker?

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Hi Everyone-

I just got an email from Party Poker saying that I've been charged a $5 inactive account fee since I haven't logged on in 180 days. That leaves me with a whole $17.01 in my account. I hadn't been following the whole internet gaming threads (until now). At this point, with the small amount of money I have in there, it doesn't look like I have any option to use it to play, or to withdraw it! The only options to withdraw less than $50 require that I had to have used that method to deposit in the first place, and my original deposit was a transfer from someone else. Is my $17.01 essentially gone?

Thanks,
Gene

[smoore]

Wow, that's crappy. I'd email them and ask them how you're supposed to play the damn money in the first place. Maybe they'll send you a $23 check but I doubt it, I think they'll just blow you off.