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The overall reputation of Plenty of Fish (POF) is largely negative, with customers expressing significant dissatisfaction regarding the quality of profiles and user interactions. Common concerns include a high prevalence of fake profiles, rudeness, and entitlement among users, particularly women, who are perceived as unrealistic in their dating expectations. Many reviews highlight poor customer service, including issues with account management and a lack of effective support. While some users acknowledge the site's potential for connecting singles, the overwhelming sentiment suggests that POF has declined in quality and user experience, leading many to seek alternatives.
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Full of awful females with awful attitudes. All of them act like they're movie stars and will accept nothing less than someone tall dark and handsome even though they're the exact opposite!
Its about a million to one of you finding a decent nornal woman on POF.
Everyone so hairy,shabby,dirty-looking,ratty,raggedy with nasty things to say,living outside or in a trailer.One has a photo that's at least 10 yes old.They don't read what YOU WANT...they only see a pretty face and what they want.They put words in your mouth.They ASSume.The majority are just super ugmo.
I wish I could give it zero stars. Too many bots and average looking women think they're models. POF also wants you to pay for a membership before you even get a chance to test the waters, until then you're dead in said waters.
When I just got into this app I was able to send up to 20 first contact messages per day and I made the huge mistake of upgrading my account for 1 month because I liked the additional benefits, but those benefits lasted for one, but at day 2 it limited me to 1 message every 24 hours and prevented me to message when someone else like me back. I contact the "help" team by email interacting with a different rep every day and having to explain myself over and over again and all of them gave me the same answer suggested me to upgrade. They never read or pay attention to my issue and never got resolved. Is not about the 19.99 I paid, is the horrible experience I had and how frustrating is when there is no effort from pof to resolve the issue. Suggestion. DO NOT UPGRADE
This site is a total scam you pay and if you get likes you have to pay more they have no phone contact no don't waste your money or time
Don't waste your money or time. All the profiles are inactive or spam. There are no actual people on this site interested in dating. I am considering contacting a lawyer and initiating a class action law suite since POF is charging you to browse fake profiles & not providing an opportunity to interact with other members.
This is the worst site ever. I wish I could give it 0 stars. Some guy wanted me to meet him at his house but I said no since I have never met him. He goes on and lies about me and I get my account taken down when I did nothing, which I don't care because this is the fakest dating sight alive with the weirdest people and I wish this whole site would go away. It's pathetic. People are trying to find love and this site is such a joke. WORST DATING SITE EVER.
This site should be called Plenty of Catfish! There are more scammers and catfish on this site then actual people. It's a complete waste of money. Additionally there's no where to put the type of preferences you want in a mate. There is also no customer service to call everything is done via email.
Save yourself some time and money and steer clear of this site.
TNY TIME I SIGN IN THEY HACK MY COMPUTER. THE PROFILE ON THIS SITE ARE ALL FAKE AND THE ONES THAT ARE NOT FAKE ARE NOT WORTH LOOKING AT.
THEY ARE PLAYING GAMES NOT LETTING YOU SIGN IN WITHOUT A LOT OF VERSIFICATION AS IF THEY WERE YOUR BANK. A WASTE OF YOUR TIME. THE WORST HACKERS AND SCUM BAGS
There site is to hard to navigate for most people. Canceling or getting your money back. Not happing. Scam yes they give you the run a round. At the end nothing. They are into screwing yes people who sign up. Meeting someone not here. Keep away from this site. If you want to get screwed sine up.
The "dating" site is full of the worst possible humans imaginable. Full of independent "curvy" one parent families all with tattoos and a truly horrible cynical outlook on both life and men. It's little wonder they are single.
If you do find anyone attractive/down to earth and normal you can guarantee their messaging will be disabled so you can't contact them.
The other 99.99% of them are truly the worst the gene pool has to offer. If you think I'm exaggerating then go take a look. You won't stay on there long. Full of time wasters fakes and attention seeking drama queens
You get what you pay for in life. Pof is free.
EDIT: Had to edit this, because my ANDROID phone has dementia! Serious... look it up! Lol
So far I have talked to about 40 or so women on the site. Out of all of them, about 2 of them were real. I'm widowed and I asked them in advance to please just tell me if you're a catfish because I'm not going to send you money and not going to fall for any BS or sob stories, because why are they on a dating site asking for money anyway? LOL
But be warned, there are some cunning ones and they will just continue their little charade because what the hell else are they gonna do? Most are in some third world country ****hole, so what do they care? Answer: they don't.
Indeed there are ways that they can vet their members and actually give you a better experience. But those would drastically reduce their reported numbers of singles on their site, to not put them in the lead, but in a distant LAST, among all the major sites. This is owned by the same jerks that own most of the major sites, so it's not like this will RUIN them, it's a planned FUDGERY... one that they ELECTED to do, so that they would have the maximum number of singles on their site, facts be damned!
90%+ profiles are fake. The only good thing is, if you report a profile, the'll likely yank it right off within 24 hours. The only bad thing is, they will do the SAME thing to you, if someone doesn't like your profile or chat with you... so once again... dropping the ball!
I got a year's f****** membership on this thing... Because their order form will automatically default to that, even if you've clicked a shorter membership. I'm probably gonna do a charge back and just take my chances someplace else. They do have a verification process, and some members do that, so that's one way to avoid scammers, but it's also a good way to avoid 80% of the legit profiles as well!
I'm widowed four years now... and haven't been on a single date. I'm a musician and looking for a girl that is into the same thing... that worked for me before, and I joined this site for the numbers and supposedly the profiles were keyword searchable... this is important for finding other musicians or musical people... but turns out they only can search the PROFILE NAME, and not the text in their profile. Once again, they dropped the ball in a big way. I'm cranky... maybe that comes through... lol... but this isn't that hard... even if they lost a few points in their bottom line, they are already owned by the largest company in the biz,... you'd think they would have a little bit of pride in what they're selling... nope! Nada... Good luck out there!
Caught my husband on plenty of fish cheating on me with the other women and he States he's divorced when he's not he's not single he's married for 15 years now so be aware of men on there that are married and claiming to be single and cheating on their wives like my husband's doing.
Can someone please tell me if anyone knows these women? I want to know if they are real or a fake profile. Someone out there must know. If anyone knows, please drop me a comment on here. Thank you.
I'm 18 saying and it's pretty gross how the guys act even if ur friendly, the amount of men who desperately wanted me to be 13/14 so they could use me like a s*x doll cus that's how they acted and I blocked them! It made me feel disgusted with myself and who I am because i would never ever date someone into children this app has a lot of them and the amount of guys who wanted me to be honest and say my real age and i did but when I did they'd write 'oh that's hot if u sneak out to come see me or baby u don't gotta lie if ur younger it's all good :) haha' I'm 18! Who tf preys on kids? POF men of all ages from 18-55 hmu on some big weird energy I ended up getting deleted for suspected minor and thats nottt rite i had over 100+ msgs and I didn't act rude or be shallow my photos was aesthetically pleasing so why? Also no one that msg me seemed to care about what i needed it felt really one sided and lusty and I remember when i was a silly 16 year old on dating app just for jokes I met amazing men
Just to turn 18 finally and think I'll be able to fall in love, a lot of them didn't care about what i wanted in a relationship
It was just "im not looking for a relationship rn but i do need to get laid" and I'm not anyone's side never the day! I'm very pretty my face is just childish a bit small and cute so everything they said they liked about me it just became sexual real fast and I didn't understand why they couldn't even talk but they speak in actions and that's not for me, forever alone im done with apps, i wanna meet some irl frfr
I get it, you're slim just like real fish, thanks for living up to your fake standards, real people looking for real relationships and you continually fail to deliver. My first experience online dating and I get this pile of scales. You have truly proven yourselves as a top notch crap show.
Full of single mums who can't wait to tell you that their children will always come first. If that's really the case then why are none of them still with the original father of the child(ren)? They expect you to be happy coming #2 in a relationship but want you to give your all.
You'll also be competing with hundreds of men for the attention of a woman who if you saw in the real world you wouldn't give a second glance to, yet on POF they act like they're some supermodel
Oh, and there's ton of fakes on there as well.
I'll stick to the real world
Used to be a good website to chat up fat women. There aren`t even ugly girls on there now, only bots and fake profiles. The few real profiles are women with inflated egos who think they are a $25 whopper at the airport.
Women are all in their 30s and 40s all saying they want to find 'the one'. Yet they refuse to upgrade to see likes (which they ALL say they can't see btw) surely If you were serious about finding 'the one' you'd make an effort?
The few profiles that are filled in say the exact same thing. Family friends and children will always come first and they're all very independent. They all like going out and staying in. *YAWN*
Lots of them have been on POF that long waiting for 'the one' they should be charged rent.
Quite frankly It's full of women that are just not very pleasant people, inside or out. - that's why they're single
These scammers ask for my number in there very first message. Pof is full of scammers. There's more scammers on the site, then their is real people. Why can't you do a better job moderating. The app has gone to complete $#*!. 8 out of 10 profiles are fake, people trying to get your number or direct you to another site so they can scam you. I literally have went through about 25 fake scammer profiles in the last 30 minutes on here. WHAT A JOKE! I counted 19 fake profiles in a row back to back, while browsing, before i found 1 that i believe was real. I found 2 that i think might have been legit so far. Pof used to, years ago be good and there was actually real people on it that you could meet an not get scammed, but now because you can't do your job correctly, the app is 99% scammers, all trying to scam you. How did you let your app be taken over by scammers? These scammers post there headline on there profile saying blowjob.com or some other sexual induendo trying to take you to another sex site where they can scam you. Plenty of fish doesn't care about there people or their safety at all. Should be called ( PLENTY OF SCAMMERS) I'm leaving and going to match.com or E harmony. I will gladly pay for a quality and legit app with real people then use this app for free. Nothing but scammers and fake profiles.
I can't imagine your making any money off the app because who would pay to talk to fake people and willingly offer themselves up to be scammed, proboly from some foreign people from Bangladesh or something. Definitely going to leave this review for plenty of fish online, in the hopes that it will help people in the future who ever think about using the site.
Answer: Oh yes, they want you to upgrade and pay! But when you pay you will see these profiles who you liked or who liked you disappear. They were nothing but bait-and-switch. You gain nothing when you pay, it's the silliest way to spend money. Are you looking for hook up or relationship? I wanted a relationship and I was really frustrated by Pof. Eventually I found what I was looking for on https://j4l.com/402007 But I've lost nearly a year on Pof. Not to mention emotional drain and money!
Answer: I just deactivated my account. This site is a sewer. Do not pay anything for this site or any site. I searched for free on other site( even paid ones you can search for free) and I saw the same guys on most of the other sites as well. I'm gonna grow old alone unless luck steps in and maybe I'll meet my guy IRL.
Answer: Yes its possible
Answer: Delete AND contact the company. If you know who took your pictures be sure to include the name on the profile that your pictures were used on, so they can deal with that person. Once you have deleted your profile, everything is GONE. I have never had anybody use my pictures on any other sites. I'm no great beauty, that could be the reason, Still, once your profile is deleted, everything is gone.
Answer: You cannot do it from the mobile site. You need to use your search, example safari and look up pof desktop version and go to the help in the top left. It will walk you thru it, if I remember correctly. Good luck
Answer: First, write to POF and explain. Now, and I mean NOW call up your credit card company and tell them what happened. I am sure POF will not contact you. Make sure to use the word "unacceptable" when describing the consumer service to the CC company about POF. Keep all emails too. Please keep me posted. Thanks Ann B.
Answer: STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCAMMING SITE! Any good you hear from or about it... DUH ITS THE SCAMMERS THAT WORK FOR EM. I been booted so many times due to unpopularity cuz i wont date trash so i get booted they keep your money they are garbage
Answer: Fake doesn't really describe them... more like downright liars!
Answer: Golden rule #1: Do onto others as you would have them do unto you Golden rule #2: Anything that sounds to good to be true, is not. Golden rule #3: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Answer: POF is not free at all, you have to upgrade; become a paying member to be able to do anything interesting.
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