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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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DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME! This site is trash. 80+% female profiles FAKE. As an experiment, a friend of mine a a couple of our female friends git together and messaged ONE HUNDRED different female profiles writing different messages to each one. We got back TEN(!) replies! EIGHT were fake profiles! ONE legit. The other disappeared. You cannot see who liked you without an upgrade. They have a feature were you push an icon and it supposedly let's them know you liked them based on what you saw/read. The site will send you a random profile saying you both 'liked' each other. Problem is you never looked at their profile! Another issue is you write out a nice long message to find out she is looking for someone different. The whole site is rife with fake profiles and scammers. We estimated between 80-85% are fake. Most likely generated by the site itself to boost it's members numbers and attract suckers. There is no real customer service. Emails get no response. A new option is you can report someone just because you don't like their profile! WTF?! AVOID this bull$#*! site!
I signed up one night then cancelled the next day. Not only was there any refund they they continue to charge my debit card. At least Jessie James used a gun. If you want to continue to see your money go sign up and get screwed too
I have about 32 complaints about POF. The most recent is below and carry's over to 7 other problems regarding ease of use. They recently gave their site ANOTHER face lift to confuse users. I now wonder if I have been blocking free users from making first contact due to the use of double negatives in their questions. Note in the screen shot there are also two places to answer regarding whether you only want to allow upgraded users to be able to make first contact. Pure confusion!
This is only one of sooo many dumb things with this site. I'm still very leery that at least half of the members are fake or haven't logged in for years!
I will never pay for a site if it doesn't work or works poorly as a free member!
The biggest thing about this site and why it won't work is that the females are unrealistic
Most of them are old unattractive and have too much baggage. Yet for some reason they talk about not settling
When was the last time you saw a really attractive guy with a woman who was unattractive? It just doesn't happen so instead of looking for someone on their level they keep looking for someone who is out of their league & wonder why they cant find a man
I saw a profile from someone who had children was in her mid 40s and said she was large yet she unbelievably said she refused to settle. I honestly don't get how they can be picky. Even if they do find a man they fancy why would he be interested in her?
It doesn't work because they always want better than they deserve
The internet is to blame. This behaviour would just be laughed at offline in the real world. The internet has sent them all deluded
She goes on POF… meets guys. Fuks em right off bat not even challenge… was with her 2 days later something wasn't right… DRD giving b1tch… nd she says she dont like condoms…. But yet she dont want u to cvm in her… confusing b1tch… so watch ur d1cks boys… stay away from her.
I hate POF. Every woman I pick out, literally every single one... is FAKE. By fake I mean a fake pic
And not a legit profile. Whenever I do a search on Google image I find the pic is that of a porn star or a model or an ad for clothing or some other product. IMHO, nearly every attractive picture is a fake pic and fake profile. Big waste of time.
Talk about getting what you pay for
Honestly don't get the hype about this website if you're a man
From what i can see it's full of females who are well past their best who have plenty of faults yet want a man who has no faults at all. In fact they seem to want the perfect GQ man, he has to be gorgeous tall and have a good body, everything the women on pof aren't, they are short overweight and nasty
Add in fact you're probably competing with about 1000 guys for every 1 woman and it's a total waste of time signing up. I think a lot of the women just want attention or play childish games. The women must love getting so many messages. Must be the most attention they've had in their sorry life.
I wouldn't chase these women if they were attractive but the fact they're all unattractive inside and out makes it even worse.
The word trailer trash springs to mind
I deleted my FREE account. This has gotta be the absolute worse dating site EVER! Even for FREE I do NOT want this app. The men on their are such losers, and $#*!s. Too bad I couldn't give 0 zero stars.
This site is run by a butthurting snowflake, another addition to dividing the United States Of America! Keep up the good work Plenty Of Fruitloop you TOO can go down like the rest of this world! Baaaaa Baaaaa = You sheeple. Got you something in the pics POF, it should help with that puckered up bunghole--- Baaaaaa Baaaaaaa! Let me find my pics in another country like I did before and I will sue you and even take your skidmark undies and give them to hairy joe wanna be biden president! Fk Jb.
Every time I find a real person up my ally POF won't let me message says he's looking 4 something different when we match perfect delete him and than pick for me fake guys I think POF is a fake themselves run from China head courtiers
There's a bunch of douche bags on this site that can't handle rejection. Most of them seem accustomed to paying for sex and when one isn't responsive to their advances they report your profile and try to have you banned from the site. Most of the men are unattractive druggies or have little to no self esteem so if you think they look bad wait until you open up their messages. Their definitely socially awkward to say the least. Don't waist your time with Plenty of Fish; this used to be a site where you could meet a decent guy, go on an actual date, and if it didn't work out that was fine you both could go your separate ways. Now the sites filled with a bunch of little boys who feel like they're entitled to have access to a woman's body. It's weird. You're better off trying a paid site if online dating is the direction that you're looking to go in.
POF has the same people as on Tinder Match eHarmony Bumble. I bought the subscription, the selection did not change. I thought buying the subscription would show me. Different guys that were interested, but when I could see them they were guys I was already talking to.
It is a waste of time to purchase a subscription. The same people are on the FREE version. Also it is NOT a monthly subscription even though it says that, they charge you the total amount and YOU CANNOT get your money back if you are not happy. The guys on their suck. They are not there to seriously date it is a. Hookup site.
People who think its ok to scam others on dating sites get a life for real its the lowest thing u can do iv been scammed before its not fun the things they say to u is so mean. I'm not even that mean at all. It's these stupid idiots that sit on this site and scam people I really hate this site. Something needs to get done about these scammers for real. It's a joke.
An online sewer with disgusting inhabitants is my take
I was amazed looking at the state of the women that so many have children. It just shows that men really will sleep with absolutely anything. I love how they seem to think having numerous children shouldn't put a man off. My children will always come first... Run for the hills
No way any of these would get a date offline as other people have said they're too overweight/unattractive/picky/nasty/immature with tons of emotional baggage
I got bored of reading how they were all still waiting for Prince Charming. You would have thought they'd have realised he's not coming by now!
My question is who the heck is actually messaging these beasts to give them such an ego in the first place? They must be receiving lots of messages to be so picky
Amazed how many don't the difference between your and you're, and since when have tattoos been classed as a hobby?
I've never seen anything like it in my life
POF sucks. Tons of bots/fake profiles/scammers/streamers... Send hundreds of messages maybe you get 5 replies (if you're lucky). If you do get a reply, chances are they'll ghost you. Women will block you for no reason. They'll view your profile (after you've messaged them), but will never respond. It doesn't matter if you pull something from their profile and ask them about it. Most of the women on there suck. Plain & simple. They say they're tired of the same jerks, blah blah blah, but come across as genuine and it makes no difference. I get that the even halfway decent women on there get tons of messages and aren't obligated to reply to any of them, but it's still very deflating to never get a response.
Here's the overall theme of POF. You'll see this combo in 95% of profiles:
1) Fat/ugly/overweight/unattractive women
2) Shorter women who want a tall man
3) Kids (usually at least 2-3) & don't want more (or any at all)
4) No job and/or car (but want you to have both)
5) Tons of tattoos and/or piercings
6) If they are working, it says "Ask" or something along those lines
7) 420 friendly
8) Incredibly negative profile and come off as $#*!y
9) Work multiple jobs and don't have time
Yet they want perfection from you.
Again, if you have more than 2-3 conversations in a month or so, you're a casanova.
Really bad standard of females as you'd probably expect...
Most carrying too much weight yet call themselves curvy, have tons of kids and have absolutely no chat and have a terrible attitude
As if that wasn't bad enough they are just totally deluded. You have women who are 350lbs demanding men that must be talk dark and handsome. I mean come on, can we have some realism here?
Most of the profiles either are blank as they're too lazy/dumb to fill in out or they have a huge list of requirements and a long list of complaints about life
Most either don't realise or don't care that their profile comes across as picky and unpleasant
I didn't see any happy women on here. All of them have some sort of baggage and were more than willing to tell you all about it in their headline or bio. Why would any man be interested in misery?
The only laugh I got was reading from some woman who said (in capital letters) only message her if you have blue or green eyes. At this point I nearly fell off the chair laughing at such utter stupidity
GL if you join up, you'll need it. I've never seen so many women who actually believe they are princesses
I down loaded their app
I was having trouble with two features keep writing to customer support about issues which they could not or would not fix. In one of my emails I said what am I paying for if your searches and matches feature were not working probably
The next day I get an email your account is being closed and your refund may take up to ten days to process. Really you took my money out of my account as soo. As I downloaded app
What bull if you take my money put right away give it back right away
I did not say I wanted my account closed. I wanted issues handled
What a joke
I dont understand how the women on this site can have such big egos considering they have nothing to offer a decent man
'Dont message me if you are are going to ask how I am' was a common rude headline, another one was 'Dont have meet me so only message' and 'If you're under 5 foot 10 dont bother' I dont get how they can be some damn rude to prospective partners?
Most of them cant even be bothered to fill the profile section out and tell you to 'ask' or they have a huge list of what you must be to just to even send them a message!
I got a message from a woman who ignored the questions I had asked her and just said 'you have anymore pics?'
They act like they are some kind of princess when really they are the women no man wants to date. You have more chance of platting fog than finding a decent happy friendly female on there. They are all rude immature and nasty. The crazy thing is they all seem to think they are amazing. Most should be in the loony bin
I uninstalled the app
It's not the site that's the problem it's the people on it. Everything on POF is inside out. It's like an episode of The Twilight Zone
The standard of females is extremely low yet bizarrely their standards are ridiculously high
It's rammed full of single mums/ females that are unattractive & extremely overweight (who have truly dreadful attitudes) and genuinely seem baffled that they are single and haven't been snapped up. Most of them don't seem very intelligent to be honest either.
The problem is despite all their faults/baggage they refuse to settle and demand nothing but the top 1% of guys.
I mean, seriously? Why would a top 1% guy be interested in the bottom 1% of women out there? Short obese single mums with chips on their shoulders demanding tall dark and handsome. It's absolutely hilarious
I did nothing to break their terms.and conditions, I put on my profile, that I am anti vax.and anti mask. Explained why. I then got attacked by Liberal's.and called derogatory names. I reported them and I got kicked. Just another her social media controlled Nazi site. Also, there are very few attractive women, they are all fake profiles, prostitutes, fat, etc. Keep away from this trash 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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