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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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Stay away from plenty of fish website, full of fake profiles very dirty site. Do not give out your personal information POF will share your information with other websites, you will see the increase of spam mail, this could cause you problems with viruses. To put it plan and simple this is a very bad website to try to meet other individuals POF is a scammer site.
Even if you tell POF you do not want them to take reoccurring upgrade payments they will still take money from your bank account and you only find out after they have done so. They absolutley refuse to refund
Not many replies and honestly I haven't met anyone yet. But it is free to use so I did not expect anything. I have been a member of so called 'prime dating sites' and I think most of them were actually better. But they are not 100% free to use! Expect to upgrade your profile before you can use the whole functionality. So it really depends on what you are looking for. I was happy using Mingle2day and was a gold member for three months with great results but I understand if some guys prefer to use all free dating sites and for that purpose POF seems to be just fine.
I just found this sight on my husbands emails. He goes by tjtattoo*******... We are married with a 2 year old daughter! He is now denied ever even been on here! Don't trust him!
Been on here on and off for a few years this site is s waste of time guys on pof would say they are looking for Relationships and are just after one thing guys here thing they are something special avoid this site too many fake guys and liars don't trust this site and the people on it would never join pof ever again in my life don't bother
I wouldn't recommend this site to anyone. I'm getting views from women that i'm not at all attracted to & if I do send a msg., it gets deleted. In conclusion, I won't be renewing my subscription. Utterly a waste of time.
Met many men on here. Jms4848 is one they claim to want a relationship and see them a few times only for them to get what they want and ghost you. Liars, non relationship wanting, man whores. Should have an area to post these dudes pics to other women as a warning.
I vied many profiles. Sent a lot of messages and got 0 local replies. I received some messages from other states mostly from scamers or women looking for bill gates type sugar daddys.Don't waste your time or money.
This site is filled with mostly weirdos, jerks and people that are all about games. Nothing but a waist of time.
POF is so fake. The majority of the profiles are all fake. I sent 20 instant messages to different women and asked for a response if it it was a courtesy response of 'no thanks'. Not a single response. I then chose 10 of those 20 and sent a follow up note and asked if they are real profiles'... again, no response. POF shows that those FAKE profiles 'looked' at your profile, but that is pretty simple to do by POF to cross reference those FAKE profiles and then show that they looked at your profile. Then there is the issue of the 'meet me' app. That too is a way to lure you into signing up and paying for this FAKE site. I received 40 'meet me' requests right after I posted a picture of myself. I then searched POF for about 20 of those profiles and guess what? They were NOT anywhere to be found. The 'meet me' app is a clever way to seduce you into paying a fee. I even contacted a few of the less desireable women that show up on POF and those that were as homely as possible to see if they are real and guess what? They don't respond. I had to do this experiment to see just how much of a rip off this site is and I was not surprised to see how bad it really is. Stay away!
Honestly this is just a site just doesn't work period. You can be an attractive man/woman and still not get any type of responses or responses that are just not wanted. I have had some men that I am attracted to message me but it doesn't get anywhere at all. This is just a site where you can just look at profiles and fave if you want to and that's about it. Pof is only partly to blame for the bs the other is the dumb people that are on the site that are full of sh*t. You will get messages from people that you are not even attracted to. You can have your preference in what you are looking for in BOLD letters and still get messages from those who don't fit your description at all. Word of advice and I will be taking this advice as well. "Get out more, Go to bars, Parks, Libraries, etc. You will have a better chance at meeting someone. Seriously.
If you don't hang out at the bars, casinos or clubs this might be another avenue to look into. Though its not perfect it is better than some of those paying sites. You can filter the ones you are looking for such as type of religion, marital status, age, area, no pictures, ect...
I would recommend this site, but like any website use it wisely.
Thanks to this FREE APP I found the love of my life was only on it on and off for about 2 weeks. From the moment we met at our blind date (my house) I knew he was the one we both smiled at eachother like if we've known eachother for a while I love this person from the bottom of my heart and I'm glad I finally found him he's the sweetest cutest most lovable boyfriend I've ever had
The female on POF all have 1 thing in common. They all have an attitude even if there are butt ugly. It seems all western women are like it these days
I guess if your getting 100 messages a day from desperate men then you are going to think you are something special. No chance you will meet a ltr on here. I think the women just use to it play games for DRAMA and attention
Every profile is the same. They all have the most amazing friends who mean the world to them. If that's the case date one of them?
And what's with photos of tattoos and pets in the photos why do I want to see that
Also the lists there have of things they hate make me laugh. Who actually likes bad hygiene text talk and ignorance. Although they hate ignorance but they'll ignore your message. They are too stupid to understand the irony there
Conclusion. Whales unattractive females both inside and out. Avoid like the plague
Hi, I paid $73.40 for 8 month and I got only 4 months why? The last four number of my credit card is 5262. My name is Fernando pacheco
My account was hacked on August 13 around 10 Pm. Someone took over my account, posted pictures that are not me and changed my user name from Maziepate1 to Maziepate12. I have tried to contact POF by numerous emails asking them to send me a link to get a new password as the link that is on the site won't work to get sent to me, I have threatened to get the Police involved. I paid to be on this site and I have two months left on the payment. I do not know what to do. I even sent an email to their legal department and nothing. The girl that took over my account is 25 years old and I am 70 with blonde hair. I had 12 pictures on there she has two and they are not of me. I have 23 messages on my page and I can't answer them as I can't get into my own paid account. PLEASE HELP there has to be a way to fix this. POF is responsible to take care of this. I do not want to build a new account and pay again.
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Rediculous that people use a TOTALLY FREE dating site and dare to complain about quality of profiles, bad male-female ratio and scammers on the site. If you expect quality join a dating site like Match or Mingle2day but hey, you would most likely need to upgrade your profile to some kind of gold membership in order to use the whole functionality, right?! Oh, and of course you don't want to do that! Instead you use a 100% FREE dating site like POF but complain that you don't meet anyone?! Rediculous! POF is a good dating site. Keep in mind that it is FREE and you get what you pay for. Don't expect miracles.
When you have average looking women calling themselves Princesses you know it's a bad sign. We can thank the feminists and media for brainwashing every woman into thinking they deserve a James Bond type guy, regardless of the way they look. They offer very little but demand the earth
Don't expect a reply if you do message. Picky stuck up and ignorant all seeking Mr Darcy. I sarcastically emailed one woman who had ignored by opening email the word 'thanks' and she replied 'you're welcome' that's the attitude you're dealing with on here. They wouldn't do that in a nightclub. The women in here treat it like online shopping. Not in the real world. Lots of them demand a decent long reply or you'll be ignored yet their profile is blank. It's just rancid you won't find a keeper on here
Just avoid the site then maybe women will go back to being pleasant and friendly when they realise water finds its own level
Given POF is a free site this was bound to happen. I had given one 42 year old male a chance who was actually quite decent; checked out. Then he literally chatted with me every day like acting like he found love; I was stupid to entertain and thought wow maybe he is normal. I met him in person he was very aloof and definitely a mind game player I think he has an issue with money? He mentioned money a lot. What bothered me the most was he sent pics of his daughter or someone's child to show me he is a decent guy. His car did have evidence of having a child. He got his free groping and kissing on and of course never called back. Beware single ladies predators exist on here this is the second horrific date on here; to me
It was a mind rape screen name 415_kiss he may change his name depending on his mood. I went to the clinic to make sure I didn't contract anything from
Kissing him because to me I am not special he must do this to countless others. Complete pricks use this site
Guys have profile pics of their little ding ding's, they are rude, raunchy, disrespectful. I have been on a few dates. I usually get along with anyone, so that's no issue. But i think it's well beyond hilarious when a guy won't call me back all because I didn't sleep with him on the first night. I usually talk on the site as well as the phone a few days before even meeting. Convo is always great, THEY we meet... and everything changes. I don't truely expect to find "THE ONE" on here. But a decent friend just to hang with would be nice.
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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