Sean0775 Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 So I've been considering switching personals sites, as I've been having no luck with Yahoo. I regularly check another site and keep finding myself shocked as I'm receiving Ice Breakers from these amazingly pretty women. I do have a picture posted, but I have no written text about myself, plus most of them are so far out of my league it isn't even funny. Yes, I realize how bad that sounds and I shouldn't think like that, but I've never been one that attracts women that are 11s on a 10 point scale (save for once, which ended badly). As of about an hour ago, I made the effort to write a profile and buy a month membership after canceling Yahoo. I guess I'll see if the Ice Breakers are real, or just some stupid teenagers screwing around with pictures of their sisters.
Art_Critic Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 I guess I'll see if the Ice Breakers are real, or just some stupid teenagers screwing around with pictures of their sisters. or fake profiles made by the website company to get you to pony up and pay for a month.. I know of at least one website that does that.. they send you a bunch of matches right before the end of your subscription and they are all hotties.. that way you re-up and then to no surprise all those hotties never speak to you... I never had any luck with yahoo... but I met my wife on match and salso met quite a few good people there.
Author Sean0775 Posted October 30, 2007 Author Posted October 30, 2007 I know of at least one website that does that.. they send you a bunch of matches right before the end of your subscription and they are all hotties.. that way you re-up and then to no surprise all those hotties never speak to you... By any chance was it True.com? I used to be a member there, and what you just said sounds a lot like what happened near the end of every month and just before I canceled.
Krytie TV Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 Sean, you are being suckered by one of the most basic attempts to get your money. The majority of those ice-breakers are not real. As soon as you create a profile, the website will randomly send you matches and ice-breakers to get you to pay them so you can communicate with someone who likely won't even exist when you try to respond. If you're going to switch, don't do it by being a sucker. Do it because you really want to.
Author Sean0775 Posted October 30, 2007 Author Posted October 30, 2007 Sean, you are being suckered by one of the most basic attempts to get your money. The majority of those ice-breakers are not real. As soon as you create a profile, the website will randomly send you matches and ice-breakers to get you to pay them so you can communicate with someone who likely won't even exist when you try to respond. If you're going to switch, don't do it by being a sucker. Do it because you really want to. Yeah, I think it's time to stop with the online personals. Of the money I've put into them over the course of a year, all that's come out of it was a 4 month relationship and a couple uneventful dates. That money would have been better spent on beer and video games now that I look back on it. Guess I'll go back to my old watching and waiting method since that worked about as well...it was cheaper too.
thrustrebel Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 Truth is, I met a girl... pretty enough and with whom I got on incredibly. It resulted in a relationship that lasted a year, but all I was looking for was a penpal! Haha, the site charged nothing, I've been a member for like 10 years and there are no hints towards 'match making'. It does have the downside of tons of people from Ghana e-mailing asking for marriage, but ignore them and you can make really good friends. In my view that's just the technical web equivalent of the truth of real life dating. Dates are like magic eye posters, stare straight at them, and you'll never see what you want to!
bigheartkindsoul Posted October 30, 2007 Posted October 30, 2007 Not all girls are money grabbers, I pay my way always in first few dates because it is only fair. When first got onto Match I got a whole heap of emails, I am selective about whom I go out with and must have somethings in common with them but its fun to go out and meet them all the same. One clue I look for in an ad is that there are a few photos, this way you get more of an idea that the person is actually real. One pic that could have been taken out of a catalogue or from google images just won't cut it for me. donno if any of that helps, hope it might
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