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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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I upgraded. But after they got my money, I couldn't sign in without a cell phone. POF was not nice about it. Sure, they could get me signed in, but it would take hours or days to get signed in almost every time... and they thought that was fine. Customer service is horrible. Their cell phone cuts in an out... the person I talked to was not a good communicator. She deleted my account... DELETED my account that I had spent hours writing and setting up. They have no respect for you time. Or maybe they are just not too smart.
I don't normally bother with reviews but wow this site
*Its basically women who are low quality with a very very high opinion of themselves. They have joined online dating & lost touch with reality and genuinely believe they are a decent catch when nothing could be further from the truth
Fair to say if they were around before the internet they would struggle to get a date. If you say them in a bar even if you were drunk you wouldn't go anywhere near them they are that unimpressive
The bios all the same. My friends& family are amazing, I love socialising and travelling. They then have the nerve to arrogantly stipulate what qualities a man must possess before he's allowed to message her. The way the women talk it's as if they are models - which they are certainly not. It's embarrassing to see how deluded they are
The sad thing is I saw plenty of bios where women actually complained about getting numerous messages from the same men if they didn't reply.
I guess it must be true men will try to hit on anything with a pulse because quite frankly these women are terrible
Its basically the bottom 10% of women in society trying to find a man in the top 10%. You don't need to be a mathematician to realise that won't end well*
"I want someone who is taller than 187cm. I will show a photo when we've spoken a while. Any requests for a photo straight away will be ignored"
This was an actual profile. She had nothing about herself in the profile, obviously had no photo up and had the cheek to say if you ask for a photo she'll ignore you. //But wait there's more. She also said she goes for men who are loyal intelligent and humourous. She's not wanting much is she?
No idea why 187 cm either. I doubt she will get many replies
My point is this isn't an isolated incident. From looking there are numerous profiles with women making utterly ridiculous demands. Can you imagine rejecting someone in the outside world. No sorry you're only 185 cm not 187. It shows how insane they are online. Why should a man message a woman that tells them nothing about herself, doesn't have a photo + will only send photos when you've had long meaningful conversations with her. If a man did that trick they'd think he was ugly or hiding something
I'm gonna say this it might not be popular but it's the truth. All the women I saw made stupid demands but had no personality and were not very attractive all asking for prince charming. There is a reason they are single and on plenty of fish. The way they act online is staggering. I expect them to be on here for years because no man in his right mind will agree to their demands. You would have thought because they aren't models they would be nice and down to earth realising they'll be lucky to get a man but not a bit of it. They act like diva, s
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What a sad indictment of women in 2019 online dating is
All screaming they want prince charming and won't accept anything less.
Totally ignoring the fact when you're as average as majority of the women on pof are you cannot demand there has to be a spark or you'll ignore the man
Totally ignoring they are well past their sell by date
Totally ignoring they have nothing to offer a man
Totally ignoring they have no right making such demands on height looks etc
Totally ignoring the fact if they were such a catch they would have been married years ago
Totally ignoring that proudly boasting they're independent and don't need a man isn't the best way to get one and might be why they have 3cats
Totally ignoring the fact photos kissing your dogs isn't a good look on your photos
Totally ignoring the fact they have such a poor attitude is why they are single
Totally ignoring the fact that being 300kg isn't a just few extra pounds
Totally ignoring the fact being covered in tattoos isn't a good look
And finally totally ignoring the fact women who are 3 out of 10( on a good day with make up) shouldn't expect a prince charming to come and save them. If he's not arrived by now he's not coming. Enjoy your lonely life with your pets
Wish I'd seen the reviews before I signed up
I joined, sent 2 messages asking how they were and if they were having a good weekend, both blocked me? They werent stunners yet they blocked me. Im like WTF? Talk about stuck up. I aint bad looking and wasnt rude and I got blocked. Im not having that. 3 others ignored by after looking at my profile. Not even decency to reply.
Good luck trying to convince these princess wannabes on here you're good enough for a reply. Theyre all looking for their dream guy who must look like an Adonis all to make their dreams come true... life isn't a fairytale.
They, re all in love with themselves even though they are all very plain in the looks dept
If they're that great then why are they single? Why they more often than not divorced or separated or longest relationship under a year?
They all think theyre princesses who won't settle for anything mess than the perfect guy
Oh not to mention the thousands of fake messages and profiles on there... you get messages saying do you love me or such nonsense
Oh and the profiles from women who can't put a photo up yet still make OTT demands. Why no photo?
Hand on heart would sooner be single than date any of here. There has to be better women in the real world off the internet?
This site must be be great if you are a woman, it must be like everyday is Christmas getting tons of mail from men desperate to date you regardless how unattractive you are
I lost count of the profiles with average *at best* looking women saying in their bio " If i dont message you back the first time I am not going to message you back the 3rd and 4th time)
That tells me there are way too many desperate men on there. No wonder they get a diva like complex if they are plain looking and still getting men constantly messaging them numerous times. Honestly if not for internet dating these women wouldnt get a date now they are being picky! So as bad as the women are for being so rude picky and demanding you have to blame the men as well. I have no idea why they would message a plain looking woman 4 times, and this wasnt on just one profile but alot.
Would love to know the ratio of men to women on the site must be 300:1 men to women at least
POF is a decent site though there are a lot of fakes that is almost unavoidable when it comes to dating sites. It still provides a decent service when trying to meet local women.
If you are going to use online dating services I highly HIGHLY recommend you stay away from POF and any dating site that has American women on them. Let me explain how this works, American women get literally hundreds of matches a day on POF, tinder etc. Even unattractive women so they start to think of themselves as literal queens, little g gods that deserve everything they ever ask for. You may get a reply once in a blue moon from one of these women but it will be either one word or rude & sarcastic, Trust me I've been at this for a long time and know what I am talking about! IT'S THE SAME EVERYWHERE. What's the solution? Go find yourself a nice beautiful woman from Russia/Eastern Europe, Not only are they honestly interested in you but they take the term beautiful to a whole new level and don't have a stick up their a**. Trust me take my advice, otherwise you will loose all self confidence in yourself & your looks going on sites like POF
Hardly takes a genius to work out the problems
There are too many desperate men way too many men compared to the number of women on POF and that in effect causes the women to start being picky
I looked and only saw women offering very little demanding ridiculous things and saying things like there has to be an attraction or they won't reply or if you only say hello in your first message they would ignore you
They were totally oblivious to the fact they weren't attractive and hadn't put nothing in their profile
Just full of ridiculously picky imperfect women with numerous faults, overweight, unattractive, unintelligent etc etc demanding a perfect guy. 99.99% will still be on here in 5 years as they won't entertain the idea of dating anyone who isn't a perfect 10
Started chatting with a guy... Tim... his profile was all lies. Met him for a date. His profile said he was 5'11" and he was 5'5" when he got out of his car. He had told me he was Shawnee Indian & was raised in OkIahoma. I asked him his last name and he wouldn't tell me until I did a back ground check on his phone number... which is under a womans name. I confronted him about it so he decided to tell me his last name... which is Cantu...& he admitted he is hispanic, he grew up in Garland, Tx. I was willing to go on another date and it went good. Then came the third date. He wanted to come pick me up & go to dinner. Then he said he cleaned the house so I can come over afterwards. I told him if I'm coming over afterwards I'll just meet him at the restaurant then go to his house and leave when the date was over since he had to work the next day. He lost his head and started screaming at me on the phone and said I was going to spend the night. I told him we never agreed on me staying the night or even coming over after dinner. Then he started getting even more upset. So I told him maybe its better we don't go out until he calms down. He said he doesn't care how I feel about anything. I haven't heard from him since. Dodged a weirdo that's for sure.
The first profile I looked at was an unattractive overweight ginger bird with glasses. She put "I've very particular at which kind of men I'm attracted to" I'm like WTF? How can SHE be picky looking like THAT The rest of the site was just as bad. Women who are who legends in their deluded minds thinking they are a real hot property
All the profiles said things like
Don't message me if you can't hold a conversation
Don't message me if you're under 6foot tall
Don't message me if you're looking for one night stand
And on and on and on. Just a list of things you can't be if you want to message them. Nothing at all about what they can give to you. Are they having a freaking laugh?
As if they couldn't be worse most contain swearing too. Such as I'm giving up on this sh*tty site or Tired of twats in tinfoil. Where's my knight in armour.
I'll be blunt here. They're all pigs and dogs and how they have the bloody audacity to sit there like lady of the manor turning their noses up at men is incredible and shows how these sites are full of wack jobs and crazies
If I ever go on this site again it'll be too soon. Horrific entitled trollops
This site is full of scammers! Fake profiles, and yes the site itself scams! I get a lot of "someone sent a message emails, go to the site nothing their! I get a lot of someone wants to meet you emails, it's always a fake that tries to get you to sign up for something else that doesn't even have the POF LABEL! One had the POF look to the site I was sent to, but had misspellings! More than likely Ghana! The Ghana scammers are seriously bad! The few profiles you see where the women look attractive, they never answer you! So they're fake. I have even fudged on my profile trying to trick them, no replies! And FYI I have dated models, so I am not ugly! The rest are just skank whore fat $#*! pieces of crap, they couldn't get a date to save their lives. But there are the hookers that try to get you to Go to another site that they claim is from POF that protects them. I think that's called a pimp! If I had a dollar for every minute I've wasted I could go to Russia and find a real bride! I was on match.com before joining POF it also was horrible I should've researched and found that match now owns POF so they're the same bull$#*! site! Forget about customer service I've tried that. You get the same generic email back that has no content as to the complaint I made repeatedly! They simply don't care. Save your money and your time! Gonna try eharmony next, have a feeling I'll be back here posting another!
Freaks oddballs, weirdos, fatties, divorcees, women pulling silly faces and others looking smug, not to mention the numerous fake messages you get when you sign up
Biggest problem is the women are nowhere near as great as they think they are. Distinctly average would be too generous. The vast majority are really rough the type you wouldn't be seen dead with in daylight. Yet check the bio on their profile & they have a 20 point checklist before you can message them lol. And they all have chips on their shoulders and a real attitude all thinking they are some hot property lol
Stick them out in the real world and no man alive would give them a look. Now they are online they think they are some great catch.
My guess is they sign up and men who would date anything message them and they get big headed
Any men messaging these lot needs locking up. Even after 10 pints they wouldn't be attractive. You couldn't find a website full of less eligible women if you tried. Talk about damaged goods
So here is a review from a woman: there are some decent men on the site. But too many are looking for a FWB. Too many expect women to get in a relationship with them instantly, without even seeing if a friendship is possible. And the audacity of separated or partnered men to be on a dating site saying they want a relationship is laughable. There are men on the site, who can't even write a simple sentence, but think that they will have something wonderful and intelligent to say to women with college and university degrees. And as far as looks, again, there are some decent, attractive ones. However, there are a whole lot of men on the site, who need some serious help in presenting themselves attractively. These men are not groomed. Some look like they are related to Santa Claus. Some have not bought any new clothes in a decade. Some wear tee shirts and/or shorts in every picture (I hate the sleeveless tee shirts). Some don't wear any shirts. Nasty things! Some dress like pimps. Some are just down right, low down, trashy looking. A woman interacting with some of these men will experience doubled standards and sexism.
Dreadful website
The same women seem to be on there forever with the photos that never age
Every profile is full of demands 'Make me laugh' "messages only saying hi will be deleted" "make an effort in your message" which is laughable because their profile is usually empty and also no way they're hot enough to dare be that picky about what they want. Since when do unattractive women get to call the shots?
I can honestly say I've never seen a site with so many rude aggressive misfits in my life. Doesn't take Einstein to see why they're single
As others have said it's pointless
Just a website full of out of shape or old or average looking females all determined to get the prince charming. The females on this site have lost touch with reality and actually think they're princesses
The men have to shoulder some of the blame as well. If they weren't so thirsty messaging anything female with a pulse they wouldn't be so out touch.
I haven't seen anywhere in my life with such uninspiring women. How some of the women have the nerve to be picky is to me hilarious
You're 41 divorced, overweight and unattractive but you think you can have a list of traits your Prince charming must have. Cuckoo!
Hilarious website. A shrink would have a field day
Was hacked, had to cancel cc. Ended up with account full of gay contacts that cannot be removed. Don't even try to contact customer service unless you want a tottally unrelated generic response
The whole thing is a scam. They put you on autorenew without asking or informing you and then when you can't message others because the site refuses to allow contact with others because they only want you to contact people they think you should contact regardless of what people set their filters at this crosses the line to theft by deception.
Then try to get your money refunded because they only allow you to contact people who are 10 years younger and look 30 years older... I refuse to date Zombies or play re-animator sorry...
POF seems to have been completely overrun by scammers and is totally unconcerned about it as long as they make a buck. I'm getting 30 and 40 likes per day and 1 or 2 of them might be real. Almost every single email I get comes from a woman who wants me to go to another pay site to chat.
POF is just ripping people off at this point and really should be shut down.
I had two people message my profile. The first had a headline which read TIMEWASTERS DO NOT MESSAGE ME!
Firstly what kind of impression does that convoy to anyone thinking of sending mail? Why would that be an appropriate headline, hardly says I'm a happy nice person does its. Secondly as if you were a timewaster I seriously doubt by seeing that you would think oh I best not message her. That just screams drama. She was 41 and longest relationship was UNDER year. I see why now
Second one was 38, couldn't be bothered to fill the about me section in and longest relationship was over a year. She put she was other ethnicity despite being White. I'm guessing she didn't get what Caucasian meant
This really is scraping the barrel of women. The misfits, the drama queens and the frankly unintelligent
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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