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14.08.2006, 18:21 quote

Tony4u
Tony4u Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 5 Location: United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow
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Hi Chaps,

This site be enough to give you a complex!! After spending time writing our your profile and updating your pics. No one bloody replies or even sends you a message to say hi!

Whats the point of it? Is that someones idea of Fun?

Not lookinf for a wife altough some friendly emails would be nice!

Any views?

 

14.08.2006, 18:23 quote

Anonymous

People can be rude when it comes to not replying to mails.

I find it's always polite to reply.. Rolling Eyes

 

14.08.2006, 18:24 quote

Anonymous

Not really had this problem, maybe there's something wrong with your profile?

Someone else will check it out for you

 

14.08.2006, 18:27 quote

Anonymous

I find it damn good value for the price...

 

14.08.2006, 18:29 quote

Anonymous

I figure if you have more success on sites where you pay, there's gotta be something wrong there? Surely no matter if you pay or not - you're going to either be attractive to certain people, or you're not - on a free site, there's more people available to you - so if you're getting more replies on a paying site, it's probable that site is just making fake replies to make you feel like you're getting value for money.

 

14.08.2006, 18:32 quote

Anonymous

I wouldn't pay for a dating site.

I'm lucky because I have made a few friends on here.

 

14.08.2006, 18:49 quote

ScotsDave
ScotsDave Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 1073 Location: United Kingdom, England, Greater Manchester
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Maybe just taking it easy and not rushing things will happen this is a good site and the people are friendly compared to other sites........ Very Happy






Life without memory is no life at all

 

14.08.2006, 19:03 quote

Anonymous

Tony4u wrote:
Hi Chaps,

This site be enough to give you a complex!! After spending time writing our your profile and updating your pics. No one bloody replies or even sends you a message to say hi!

Whats the point of it? Is that someones idea of Fun?

Not lookinf for a wife altough some friendly emails would be nice!

Any views?


i agree with swissrebel on this..i havent had this problem, although every other male seems too on this site..surely you have had some mail..starting to feel like men just moan about it, but really they are getting messages..

 

14.08.2006, 19:19 quote

eccles
Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 2200 Location: United Kingdom, England, Somerset
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Well iwouldnt say i've been inundated with replies???. but on another site i started to recieve exactly the same message supposedly from different women so i agree Swiss there is that possibility. What remains though is perhaps some manners could be employed by some members???
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14.08.2006, 19:49 quote

YourManForever
YourManForever Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 269 Location: United Kingdom, England, Herefordshire
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Over the past 2 months or so, i've sent about 10 or 12 messages. Most were never read and i had no replies to those that were. I'm not sending anything smutty, usually something kinda witty/related to their profile. I only send messages to females that i'm attracted to and feel that we have similar interests so, in all fairness, i would expect a reply.

I wouldn't mind betting that the better looking guys get more mail, just the same as the "babes" get more mail. Regardless of anything else, the photo IS the deciding factor. Also, the men/women ratio is something like 80/20 so the women can afford to be more choosy.

 

14.08.2006, 20:54 quote

Anonymous

Fake your picture ?

Obviously I'm not this good ;looking in real life Laughing

 

14.08.2006, 20:56 quote

mcw82
mcw82 Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 194 Location: United Kingdom, England, Cumbria
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whizzer wrote:
I find it damn good value for the price...


I agree, i even got a cheap date out of it too Razz

why pay, when everything and everyone you would ever need is right here!! Very Happy
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15.08.2006, 08:25 quote

scotincornwall

I've had replies to about 90% of the messages I've sent.

It's not the site that's the problem.

Many profile descriptions and photos are not great, so a bit of effort is probably worthwhile.

 

15.08.2006, 08:39 quote

Anonymous

I cant believe women can be so rude as not to reply to a message. I have messages from guys aged 16 to 60 and everywhere in between and always send a reply, even if its to say thanks but no thanks. Civility costs nothing!! Nothing wrong with your profile or Pic Tony so hang in there you seem like a nice guy.[/quote]

 

15.08.2006, 09:19 quote

toby

Tony4u wrote:
Hi Chaps,

This site be enough to give you a complex!! After spending time writing our your profile and updating your pics. No one bloody replies or even sends you a message to say hi!

Whats the point of it? Is that someones idea of Fun?

Not lookinf for a wife altough some friendly emails would be nice!

Any views?


Your profile is not blacklisted, so your messages arrive.

Usually people dont get any replies because they dont have a picture or a really bad one....which is not the case here. The other reason is usually the quality of the messages being sent.....make sure you write something interesting and individual. If women have the feeling you send the same message to everyone, nobody will reply.

People who include their email address in the first messages usually also dont get many replies as this always appears like some email harvester collecting email addresses. Nigerian/Ghanian scammers also try to get other people to reply to an hotmail or yahoo addresses at an early stage to circumvent the Flirtbox spam/scam filter.

So never give your your email address too early, write something reasonable and dont contact anyone...be selective.

If you are a member on certain "premium" dating sites, you often get replies because many of them pay people to reply to messages of premium members to keep them as paying members....

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-11-18-matchmaking-fraud_x.htm

i also signed up with loopylove once - when I found out I had to pay I didnt complete my profile and also didnt upload a picture...as I couldnt find a way to delete the profile so i left it there...and 2 years later I still receive "notification" mails once in a while saying I had a new message...but I can not read it as i refuse to pay - and it can not possibly be a reply - Who would reply to an incomplete/empty male profile without a picture??? Nobody.... so i dont trust any subscription based dating sites anymore...but feel free to waste your money there

 
 
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