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 JoshuaT777
Joined: 7/5/2012
Msg: 1
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Ok so I've been on here and have been looking, messaging and trying to get ahold of people, I know part of the site is free and I've talked to some people that have used the site before and they where able to meet people without having to pay the membership cost....
I'm wanting to know anyone here has had any luck finding someone on here.... because it seems I'm running into a wall.....
 *Cowboy*
Joined: 4/28/2006
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Posted: 7/17/2012 12:09:03 PM
Of course many are having luck. You dont have to pay for anything needed to meet people here so quit worrying about that. You are messaging people that dont find you attractive probably. Pray for 2 or 3 replies per 100 messages most likely.

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 Irish Eyez
Joined: 12/30/2008
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Posted: 7/17/2012 12:14:39 PM
Wish I could date a make-up artist!

Yes, this site works. It takes time, patience and effort.

Read the testimonials.
 WhittlingWanderer
Joined: 4/5/2012
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Posted: 7/17/2012 12:17:10 PM
Depends entirely on how you define "works". It's making money for the Big Fish whether *you* ever meet anybody or not, so I guess you could say it's "working" for him.
 OutMind
Joined: 2/13/2007
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Posted: 7/17/2012 12:19:14 PM
For a while I was getting at least one date a week on a different site. FOF zero. Then out of the blue, a really cool girl responded from here. So does it work? Yes.

Think of a batting average. If your average is above 3, you are considered to have a good one. What that means really is that you suck 70 percent of the time. Well, same thing here. Keep trying, keep going at it.
 Jaimes004
Joined: 8/18/2011
Msg: 6
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Posted: 7/17/2012 12:39:00 PM
It's a lot to weed through, but you wont attract who you want unless you have a decent profile and pics. Mine is very basic, but the women say its good. That tells me that most fellas don't put enough emphasis on the print and try to rely solely on their looks....I can't do that.

Anyway, I have met several nice women since I started in August, 2011, and I recently met one who is gorgeous, has a super personality, smart, witty, handy.....and she digs me. Everything I want. What more can you ask for!!

So yes, it works!!
 vestaceres
Joined: 6/13/2012
Msg: 7
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Posted: 7/17/2012 12:39:20 PM
The effort you put into it will prove fruitful, eventually, whether here or somewhere else. You'll get to learn a lot about yourself, in the process, whether you pay the membership free or not.
 GuelphBossman
Joined: 6/5/2011
Msg: 8
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Posted: 7/17/2012 1:21:34 PM
I hear ya, man.

Patience is key here. I have had some luck on here myself. However, I have been on here for quite a long time. Gotta keep the faith. Then one day someone will respond and it will feel awesome.
 xxsmexixx
Joined: 7/15/2010
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Posted: 7/17/2012 2:53:45 PM
I believe you get out of it what you put in

Smexi
 RockabillyPaGirl
Joined: 10/19/2011
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Posted: 7/17/2012 3:22:53 PM
Yes this site works.

Met my boyfriend here on pof.. I even messaged him first.
 LilliMarleen
Joined: 5/24/2009
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Posted: 7/17/2012 3:26:00 PM
You've been on here for two weeks and you're complaining?

You're going to need more tenacity than that.

It worked for me, though not in two weeks, two months, or two years.
 TheFamine
Joined: 7/12/2011
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Posted: 7/17/2012 3:30:40 PM
Yes, it works. If you hit send, the messages go through and they can read what you wrote. If you need something quicker than that, go to one of the mixers they constantly send out in your inbox.
 tuner_dude11
Joined: 3/25/2012
Msg: 13
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Posted: 7/18/2012 12:27:28 AM
yes sir it sure does. i have made many good friends on this site. one of which is my soon to be wife. i know its hard to be patient cuz i am as impatient as you can be lol. but patience really is the key. it took me 7 months to find her but it was all worth it
 MikeyChemie
Joined: 8/3/2011
Msg: 14
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Posted: 7/19/2012 12:08:10 PM
Yes. Your results may vary. There are a lot of guides to online dating. I would recommend you look at BravoPUA. Hes got an amazing hour long video on youtube about POF online dating.

You have't to work on it bro. If real life dating wasn't easy, what makes you think online dating is a cake walk? Theres a hell of a lot more guys messaging girls online than actually guys approaching girls in real life. You better have a sick picture or damn funny / witty lines.
 CawkBlawker
Joined: 6/25/2012
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Posted: 7/19/2012 12:27:11 PM

I'm wanting to know anyone here has had any luck finding someone on here.... because it seems I'm running into a wall.....


So you've been here 2 weeks and you're not married yet? That's kind of disturbing and you're not even trying. Give it another week, then really start to panic.
 bigruss01
Joined: 7/2/2012
Msg: 16
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Posted: 7/19/2012 2:26:35 PM
yes this site works. so do all the other sites. it can take 5 minutes or 50 years to find the one for you. my lady and i met off this site. we talked a few days then met and have not been seperated much time at all. becarefull of the players and scammers though..
 myownjourney
Joined: 7/11/2012
Msg: 17
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Posted: 7/19/2012 2:32:33 PM
Many like riding the "you get out of it what you put into it" wagon but, realistically, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. There is no right approach, no right mindset, no certain attitude, no particular profile techniques, nothing at all you can do... to force this to work for you. Be it paid member or free, two weeks of tenure or two years, ten sent messages or a thousand, if it's the right time for you to meet someone, then you will; and if it isn't, you won't.

Just throw whatever bs you have into the pot with everyone else's and hope that yours eventually rises to the top and gets noticed--preferably in a positive way; that's about the best anyone can hope for.
 InMyOwnTime25
Joined: 4/16/2012
Msg: 18
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Posted: 7/19/2012 2:51:04 PM
It works if you can wade through the crap and put up with 1230423940923 people cancelling on you or standing you up before you get a date that acts like a decent human being!!
 ComplekCity
Joined: 1/17/2011
Msg: 19
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Posted: 7/19/2012 2:53:23 PM
It works as well as any lottery - maybe even better !
 Jaimes004
Joined: 8/18/2011
Msg: 20
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Posted: 7/19/2012 2:55:13 PM

and put up with 1230423940923 people cancelling on you or standing you up


WOW! you have lots of opportunities! Guys don't have it so easy.

I have rescheduled, but never been stood up.
 edgedreality
Joined: 4/5/2012
Msg: 21
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Posted: 7/19/2012 2:55:43 PM
Yep, it works. I click on a link and I go here, I click on another link I go there. As for the rest, I'll let you know.
 PhotoGirl870
Joined: 6/14/2012
Msg: 22
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Posted: 7/19/2012 7:41:52 PM
I've only been here a month or so. I've met a few people but nothing what I'm looking for. I now just mainly come here for the forums and if I meet someone while just on the forums then okay. But now I'm not actively looking like I was when I first joined. So I guess it depends on how much effort you put into it.
 richirich513
Joined: 6/5/2012
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Posted: 7/19/2012 8:01:09 PM
what kind of success ratio do you have? ive messaged like 20 girls and i have received minimal responses.
 GuelphBossman
Joined: 6/5/2011
Msg: 24
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Posted: 7/19/2012 8:23:23 PM
20? That's it? Better send out more messages. I have no idea how many women I have sent messages to but it is easily over 100. I have met a few of them so at least there is some semblance of a "success rate." In general, women have it easier than men in that they get a lot of messages sent their way and will usually get responses to messages they send. Men won't get as many messages sent their way without sending one first and many of their initial messages don't get responded to as well. It's a double standard I know, but it's the reality of this site. The sooner you know that, the sooner your expectations will make sense for this site.
 Lionesse19
Joined: 3/30/2012
Msg: 25
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Posted: 7/19/2012 8:46:59 PM
I am not sure how many have luck but I would advise against paying anything. It doesnt make any difference from what I hear. You experience what many men do and if the pic does not appeal then the girls just pass on by. The profile is nothing special and I would not load any pics that show other women. Just yourself alone preferably smiling and a full length one as well.

Hot looking women and even the average ones are bombarded with requests and you face stiff competition. Pardon the pun.

There are many that have the quick hook up I am sure but as for long term, the percentages are very low with dating sites. Despite what hype you may hear to the contrary.

Just use it as an alternative to real life connections as there are many players and liars in this game, of both sexes.
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