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Anyone familar with online dating sites?

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casualguy
There have been a couple of times I was curious and put in only the most basic information required to get free registration. That's basically age and username and the briefest description allowable and almost no information. I didn't see anything that really peaked my attention so I forgot about it. Recently something got transferred to some site called which I have forgotten again. I've gotten over a dozen emails mostly from good looking girls. That seems strange with only basic information and no picture. However I noticed to view the messages, I must pay montly charges to get off the basic free membership which doesn't allow viewing messages. Anyone familar with this tactic? Is it a ripoff? I'm not sure why I suddenly get free memberships to these other sites without doing anything and then I suddenly get messages from good looking girls. The last time this happened with another site, one girl sent me a message stating that she wanted to have sex with every guy on the site that lived in her state. I'm thinking what the heck? Is that real or a ripoff?
I was curious if anyone ever paid and found out if it was real. Maybe it's free to send messages for females.

My suspicion tells me it may all be a gimmick. There were two girls that didn't interest me too much so that made me wonder.

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deogol
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15 years ago
The only times I ever get responses are from "good kind hearted russian girl searching for man of good character."
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casualguy
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15 years ago
What is really strange is that all these emails from good looking girls (that I can't read the actual message unless I pay a monthly charge) are sent to me and I haven't done anything on the site except log in once or twice to see what it was that I got for free. It just seems rather suspicious that over a dozen girls would send me messages trying to become friends or hook up when I have almost no information on the site. This is only after a week or two of an email message stating that I got this free membership. I liked it better when you could at least read the email messages and see detailed profiles for free. I guess if I ever got tired of strip clubs I could see if these were real people or not.
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samsung1
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15 years ago
I know what you are talking about casualguy. What I do is google their username and if it brings up more information about them (their facebook account, etc.) then I know it is a real person. But most of the time it is just a spammer using a nice looking profile pic with a randomly generated user name.
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Timbuck12
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15 years ago
So really hot girls on a dating site are just randomly emailing guys with no pictures on their profiles or other detailed information, and in order to view their messages (i.e., get in touch with them) you have to upgrade to paying status? I think you already know the answer to your question.....
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gatorfan
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15 years ago
casualguy, my opinion of online dating sites is that they are filled with girls who might as well be strippers , especially match.com.
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DickJohnson
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15 years ago
craigslist is the same you get responses from supposedly hott girls once you pay-up what a scam
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kumquatelvis
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15 years ago
Some companies also have employees contact free/former users in an attempt to get them to pay up.
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samsung1
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15 years ago
yeah some of those craigslist scams are people trying to make money off referral bonuses for getting you to spend money on a stupid webcam site.

"lets meet up on webcam before we meet up in person" "oh did I mention you have to pay a small $4.99 fee just so I know you are legit" etc. etc.
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gatorfan
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15 years ago
DickJohnson, Craigslist only sends me messages about how I can acquire a large inheritance from someone I don't know in Nigeria by sending them a check for $5000.
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casualguy
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15 years ago
Reminds me of when I got a phone call from some guy called Mohammed telling me that I won a prize. He said it was one of 3 possible prizes but that I definitely won. After giving his little speech he said he was going to transfer me to someone else who would confirm my credit card number for a small $4.95 shipping and handling charge. I told him to give me the phone number of the company and I would call them back. To make a long story short, I actually upset the telemarketer. I was not about to give out my credit card number. I think most people probably just hang up but for some reason that night I stayed on the phone and argued with the guy. We both hung up after a while. I was thinking he could have been a terrorist trying to get funds. If I gave out my credit card number, I could easily imagine a vastly higher charge showing up. This was within a few years after 9-1-1. I've seen my share of people trying to rip me off.
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casualguy
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15 years ago
On a little side note, it appears South Carolina will be raising cigarette taxes. That might put a dent in terrorist funding. I saw on a tv show years ago that some terrorists like Hamas raise funds in the US and one method was to buy truckloads of cigarettes in low tax states like South Carolina and resell them in high tax states. South Carolina is desperate for funds so if they actually raised the cigarette tax to the national average, they would likely save a number of teachers facing layoffs. They would also make it harder for terrorists to raise funds. Of course they never advertise that. I would have never known if I didn't see a tv show on it.

In other news, I read that South Carolina is in the process of removing an old cold war law requiring people to pay a $5 permit if they plan to overthrow the US government. I guess the Republicans must be getting excited. They can save $5 now. :) Just joking. I'm sure they are talking about illegally overthrowing the US government. Just think, if someone did overthrow the US government, South Carolina could have sued the new dictator for not having a permit.
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sanitago
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15 years ago
casualguy,
I tried a site I won't name out front but talks a lot about bang in the name. within a day of signing on as a free member, I had something like five offers from women as young as 20, all asking to make them a friend. of course to do that, I had to cough up a nice-sized chunk of change (or let them automatically bill my credit card every month) to become a "full" member. so I figured out that the odds are they're a scam of some sort, probably run by the site, hoping to suck in guys who are letting the little head do all the thinking.
on the other hand, I was a paying member of a site that refers to itself as "The largest adult dating site.", and I can tell you it was a total waste of money. met three women through the site, and I'm not sure that swallowing a semi load of Viagra could have let me get it up for any of these ugly-and-fat-assed hoes!
so, my vote: save your money and take a stroll through Backpage or some similar site.
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SuperDude
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15 years ago
A totally free dating site is pof.com. All others will require credit cards as part of the rip-off. The Federal Trade Commission gets consumer complaints about these rips, but without a lawsuit it's hard to get your money back. A lot of married guys don't want to go that far. BEWARE of sites that ask for credit cards for proof of age. They will charge your card anyway, knowing that you will probably not cancel within the three day trial period.
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gatorfan
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15 years ago
I never understand how people pay money to get a computer to find another person who also paid money to find the same person. Forget the fact they are going to find a match based on questions and a photo.

Under this premise, it would be cheaper to simply choose women from police line-ups and interrogations. To each their own, but if someone is going to go out on a date, it might as well be an escort!
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samsung1
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15 years ago
Classmates.com has agreed to pay up to $9.5 million to its users to settle a lawsuit that accused the social network of sending deceptive emails that made people believe their old friends from high school were reaching out to connect — only to discover, after paying for a membership, that their long-lost buddies were nowhere to be found. Lawyers for the plaintiffs asserted that Classmates had 'profited tremendously from their false or deceptive e-mail subject lines and related marketing tactics.'

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03…
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samsung1
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15 years ago
Under terms of the proposed settlement, Classmates.com members who upgraded to premium memberships after receiving one of the "guestbook" emails will be able to choose either a $3 cash payout or a $2 credit toward the future purchase or renewal of a Classmates.com membership. Depending on how many people take the cash credit, the total payout by Classmates under that provision could be measurably less than the maximum $9.5 million established by the agreement.
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