User Review #105 by bbot on August 7th, 2007 at 2:30 PM CDT

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I joined POF in late 2005. I conversed with a number of women and met one who turned out to be a complete flake. Not only did she have to drink to meet me but she showed up around 9pm when we were to meet a 3pm. then she told me how she goes to the casinos in upstste NY and about buying Valium from Canada via the internet. She was to call me again and never did because she decided to go out instead. So I waited at home most of the night while she was out gambling.chatted with a few others that vanished. They just left the site with no goodbyes. Met ones who were looking for talk/emails and thought: This is a DATING site if you want to just chat join a chat room. Met a few nice women, met some with horror stories both on and off the net and loads of baggage. Only met one decent woman on there. POF, you get what you pay for that's for sure. Also, I'm no prince but none of my matches looked anywhere near what I had required.

I joined POF in late 2005. I conversed with a number of women and met one who turned out to be a complete flake. Not only did she have to drink to meet me but she showed up around 9pm when we were to meet a 3pm. then she told me how she goes to the casinos in upstste NY and about buying Valium from Canada via the internet. She was to call me again and never did because she decided to go out instead. So I waited at home most of the night while she was out gambling.chatted with a few others that vanished. They just left the site with no goodbyes. Met ones who were looking for talk/emails and thought: This is a DATING site if you want to just chat join a chat room. Met a few nice women, met some with horror stories both on and off the net and loads of baggage. Only met one decent woman on there. POF, you get what you pay for that's for sure. Also, I'm no prince but none of my matches looked anywhere near what I had required.

User Review #104 by Lindsay on August 6th, 2007 at 10:25 PM CDT

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I have to agree with what the majority here are saying. So far, in three months, I've met 3 people. One turned out to be very odd (I should have paid more attention to the red flags--he had more than the Kremlin!). The next two were alcoholics in denial (one had 8 drinks during our 2.5 hour date--and thought nothing of it). I don't see as many completely illiterate people there as on other sites. My thought: the best strategy is to go on the pay sites, but only stay on for a month--then change sites. Or change your photo fairly regularly. No two ways about it: internet dating is NOT for the faint of heart.

I have to agree with what the majority here are saying. So far, in three months, I've met 3 people. One turned out to be very odd (I should have paid more attention to the red flags--he had more than the Kremlin!). The next two were alcoholics in denial (one had 8 drinks during our 2.5 hour date--and thought nothing of it).
I don't see as many completely illiterate people there as on other sites. My thought: the best strategy is to go on the pay sites, but only stay on for a month--then change sites. Or change your photo fairly regularly.
No two ways about it: internet dating is NOT for the faint of heart.

User Review #103 by trubolt on August 5th, 2007 at 6:56 PM CDT

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I too have had bad times at pof. I've been kicked off there several times. The guy who runs the place was on a news show about how he helped track down a criminal using the site. anyways ... like I said, I've been booted off the site several times. Some get way with a lot, some don't get away with anything, or even by doing nothing. Not supposed to do this, not supposed to do that, yet others do the same thing and flurish. I dared question the practices there, and I'm on the outside looking in. Long story, but the guy who runs it seems like he's very biased, controlling, immature and predjudice.

I too have had bad times at pof. I've been kicked off there several times. The guy who runs the place was on a news show about how he helped track down a criminal using the site.

anyways ... like I said, I've been booted off the site several times. Some get way with a lot, some don't get away with anything, or even by doing nothing. Not supposed to do this, not supposed to do that, yet others do the same thing and flurish. I dared question the practices there, and I'm on the outside looking in. Long story, but the guy who runs it seems like he's very biased, controlling, immature and predjudice.