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Ashley Madison Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of Ashley Madison is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to the prevalence of fake profiles and perceived scams. Many users express frustration over the high costs associated with the platform, which they feel exploit their desire for genuine connections. While some customers report occasional success in meeting partners, the overwhelming sentiment is negative, highlighting concerns about financial exploitation and inadequate customer support. Despite its established brand presence, the company struggles to address these critical issues, leading to a lack of trust and a recommendation to avoid the service.

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India
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Read My review
March 31, 2016

I had a 6 months experience with AM and it is clearly a genuine affair site with fake but also real profiles. I agree with many guys: As I experienced Saphrina may get you laid faster. But depends on where you live you will most likely find more female profiles on AM.

Like I said before: Many of the profiles are fake, but some are real and I got several contacts, chats and had a few dates that end up nicely with a short term affair. But that was a hard piece of work!

On AM or any other affair site men outnumber women by a ration of at least 20:1 which means that females are receiving tons of contacts and can be very selective and demanding. Again, in my opinion sites like Saphrina are slightly better but generally speaking: Men outnumber women on every affair site!

If you're an not successful in "real life" you won't be on AM! It works but it is a hard piece of work!

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
Germany
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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I've used many casual, swinger, and affair websites and in my opinion there are only two sites which are worth joining: AM and Saphrina.

I understand many people complaining about fake profiles and stuff like that, but AM is still one of the best.

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
GB
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Joined up and within a day was bombarded with the hottest babes... All claiming to be on vacation inyour town. When i quized ane of them about how the weather was outdoors... Said it was ok... alarm bells started ringing, because it was -2 freezing rain, similar kind of bull$#*! with all the rest of them trying to get you to join other sites and paying for exclusive privilages with your credit cards to acess them... AM is full of women who are out to screw you guys in a way that you dont have in mind! Its the guys who need protecting from these opportunist vultures. AM is allowing it to happen under their nose... tut tut tut

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
NL
1 review
22 helpful votes
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All U need
March 19, 2016

Dont care what any1 says, Ash Mad is still the number one cheating site out there. Obviously I dont give my real name or anything after what happened, but I think its been a blessing in disguise cos there arent as many scammers now. Out of all the other cheating sites Ive tried it hard to think of any that come close (okmaybe nostringsaffair.com which is probably more safe as it has never had any issues like AM has but generally you cant go wrong with AM). Its time to give them a second chance people, forgive and foget!

Date of experience: March 19, 2016
France
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Fake
March 19, 2016

Lots of messages till you pay to upgrade and then you can't get any messages onless you pay pay pay stay away if you want sex go get a hooker be cheaper

Date of experience: March 19, 2016
Bulgaria
1 review
9 helpful votes
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AM is a great site if - for some reason - you were not lucky on other affair websites like Saphrina. It sure is a little more expensive but offers a large member base, especially in Canada. So it all depends on where you live but it is always worth a try and it seems like a pretty cool site.

Date of experience: March 12, 2016
NL
1 review
19 helpful votes
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AM review. 4 out of 5
March 12, 2016

Up until this week I had only used NoStringsAffairs.com but decided it was worth trying to double my chances with a second account on another site. Went for AM for obvious reasons, been quite pleased so far although its still early days.
The main thing is there are definitely real women on the site that are looking to cheat on their partners (I say partners rather than husbands because not all are married. One girl I spoke to was a lesbian who basically told me she missed $#*!. She stopped talking to me after I asked about a threesome, so maybe a lesson there chaps!)
Im sticking with 4/5 stars but if I get laid by the end of the month then that will be enough to bump it up to 5 or 5. Otherwise ill go back to just using NSA again.

Date of experience: March 11, 2016
Canada
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I understand that many people complain about AshleyMadison, especially after the recent hack. Some people complain because they charged to delete profiles, some people because their business model is expensive and their marketing is ever-present. And yes, maybe you should also try other alternative affair websites like Saphrina (Fast growing) or VictoriaMilan (BIG in Europe). But always remember that AshleyMadison has by far the largest member base of users and does a great job for many, many years.

I have used several sites and some of them work, some of them don't. I guess it depends on so many factors that it is really hard to find "The Number One Site". But AshleyMadison worked out pretty well for me in the past. But my point is: It is all about try and error.

You have not been lucky on AshleyMadison? Try a different affair website. Don't give up because as I mentioned: It depends on so many different factors (members base in your area, coincidence, chemistry, luck).

On most affair websites it is free to Create a profile. Create a profile on AshleyMadison, create a profile on Saphrina, create a profile on VictoriaMilan and create a profile on every site you want and simply go for the site you feel comfortable with.

If for some reason you did not manage to have an affair, don't blame the affair website! They provide a platform where people meet. They never guarantee you will have an affair because again: It depends on so many factors. If you go to a nightclub you go to a place where men and women meet. There is no guarantee that you won't be going home all by yourself. Maybe see it this way: An affair website is just like a nightclub: It all depends on what YOU do to not go home alone.

Date of experience: March 8, 2016
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Watch out!
March 3, 2016

Like many adultlet dating sites, watch out for automatic renewal charges. In addition, reading the terms and conditions one learns that the individual is responsible for all third party charges incurred on the site. Almost all of the contacts I've been contacted by were young, beautiful girls fishing you in for web cam sites. You will incur charges for web site services and the girls are skillful leading you on to their "special pass" they will make available to you. If you give your credit card number to "verify your age" you will establish a financial relationship with an offshore company. It's a big scam. In general, if you want to explore this site, with what appears, to be fake contacts, send them a money order through snail mail to protect your credit card charges. The web cam sites probably deliver a product but they didn't get a credit card number from me.

Date of experience: March 2, 2016
Canada
2 reviews
40 helpful votes
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Still #1 affair site
February 27, 2016

AM is still #1 affair site. Huge database of members, very well established brand. There are few cons though:
- High price
- Recent security breach
- You have to pay to have your personal data vanished
However, I still regularly use it (and if you know how to treat housewives, you'll get to the 4th base), but to double, or even triple up my chances, I use another great affair website recommended by lots of other guys here: Nostringsaffair.com.

Happy hunting!

Date of experience: February 27, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Men really need to watch their credit cards! AM is a scam to get you to pay for credits to contact women when they prevent the women from responding by suspending their memberships or keeping their memberships in pending while you pay for credits to keep contacting them. I set up an account and in 24hours was contacted by over 110 men (some repeatedly with winks and favorites) only to be prevented from responding or sending a key to view my photos. When I questioned this practice my membership was totally suspended!
Ashley Madison is a SCAM to make money on you men! Beware!

Date of experience: February 20, 2016
Kuwait
2 reviews
25 helpful votes
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Waste of time
February 19, 2016

I joined today from Australia looking for friendship. I have received 15 invites from USA clearly a bit too far to go for a coffee and 2 escorts.

Date of experience: February 19, 2016
Romania
3 reviews
77 helpful votes
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It took me a while and I had to send hundreds of messages to various women, but it paid off! I had some doubts at some point and I registered on another affair site - nostringsaffair.com to compare the results (and I have to say it performed really good too). But now when I had a date with a nice looking lady I met on AM, all my doubts are gone!

Date of experience: February 19, 2016
Ohio
3 reviews
40 helpful votes
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Mixed
February 18, 2016

I have been using it for a while and have rotated the membership between AM, Saphrina and VM so I have a pretty good basis for comparison.

AM is by far the biggest and it's where a lot of guys start. Saphrina is by far the best. So if you can't find someone on Saphrina or AM, then you're doing something wrong! But be very careful though as there are A LOT OF fake profiles.

Date of experience: February 17, 2016
Romania
4 reviews
27 helpful votes
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Ashley Madison is not a scam, but not all the pictures in the search results, especially the ones they show you before you sign up, are real people. The deck is stacked with fake profiles with sexy pictures.

It is legit, however, in the sense that you can sign up and meet real people. You will know who the real ones are because the fake profiles do not respond to your messages.

Date of experience: February 14, 2016
NL
4 reviews
46 helpful votes
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Agree...
February 9, 2016

Agree with other reviewers here: AM doesn't deliver anymore as it used to be before.

Date of experience: February 9, 2016
France
9 reviews
115 helpful votes
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I am a woman using Ashleymadison once in a while. I prefer different (casual) dating sitse. I am not married or in a relationship but once in a while it is fun to hook up with married men. I signed up for this site and it is free fro women to use. Perfect! Yes, as a man you may wanna use a different sites like Saphrina instead because it is not as cost intensive, but for women: Perfect! I think there is no better afair site for women!

Men are easy going and always up for a good time. Ladies, be picky! There are a lot of men on Ashleymadison!

Date of experience: February 9, 2016
Florida
7 reviews
111 helpful votes
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No luck so far
February 9, 2016

My wife and I never got any luck on AM, but we have had great luck finding like minded people on NoStringsAffair. We would greatly recommend it to anyone looking to find friends and explore. A lot of people there are open minded and willing to talk about alot of topics. They have a good variety of all types of people and interests, something for everyone.

Date of experience: February 9, 2016
NL
7 reviews
48 helpful votes
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3/5
February 5, 2016

I agree and disagree with some reviewers here. AM is a great site, but it is not as good as it used to be unfortunately. Those who say that the site is a scam, they just don't have enough experience in online dating and they cannot distinguish fakes from real members. Try NoStringsAffair.com - I got laid with help of it. Good luck! ;)

Date of experience: February 4, 2016
Singapore
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Useless rip off
January 30, 2016

They will rip you off from start to finish. The only responses will be from creeps pretending to be hotties but are just pimps for brothels and porn scams

Date of experience: January 30, 2016

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