Plenty of FishReviews 2,006

I upgraded my account and paid $38.70 in Oct 2013. On Nov 2013 another $38.70 was drafted from my bank account thru PayPal. I called POF and it was reimbursed. On Feb 2014 I renewed my 3 month membership and paid another $38.70 w/credit card, however I happened to check the balance of my bank account and noticed that POF used PayPal to draft from my account another$38.70. I was upset. I contacted POF and they said they would look into it. I contacted my bank and informed that I did not authorize this transaction and also my credit card company. A few days went by and I was reimbursed by PayPal and my credit card company credited my account. A few days after I received an email from POF stating that they did not make a transaction thru PayPal and for me to contact PayPal. I forwarded PayPal's email as proof of the transaction and all details. To make a long story short, POF BLOCKED my profile and I am UNABLE to create a new one. Instead of correcting their billing issues they opted to BLOCK ME. BEWARE! Don't trust that site. What a HORRIBLE experience I had.

Ok. Let's just say there are some complete perverts on this site. I however went on three dates. The first guy no chemistry but such a nice guy we are still friends. Second date the guy was very nice we just had different views on life. I was going to tie up because I was getting some really offensive messages but I decided to give this one guy a shot. Let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised! We are still seeing each other. It's in the early stages still but I'm happy I gave it another shot. Never met anyone like him. Let's just say fingers crossed and for now profile removed. Don't be discouraged by the jerks. You might actually find someone amazing.

They ban you without warning or notice or anything! For the dumbest little things, and it's PERMANENT! No appeal nothing, ever, contact POF staff. Nothing, that's a rather $#*!ed way to treat members, and most obviously LOSE members to your competitors, what site sends members to their competition? Only stupid arrogant ones, remember myspace? The mighty will fall so take a good look at your stupid rules before you regret it, dumbasses.

I met two decent men off here. Just went on a few dates. Nothing turned into anything serious. I don't like the "Wants to Meet You" function. If someone wants to get to know me they better write me.
Also to my fellow BBW's be careful about men who say they LOVE BIG WOMEN. Thats crap. They just want to bust a nut and think it will be easier with us. ha!
If a man just wants sex just tell me that. I will then decide if I want that. Don't LIE! And $#*! around with my emotions. If you're not really attracted to a woman don't pursue her you douchebag! Karma will get you! And you married/attached/already involved men on all these dating sites looking for women on the side need to be set on fire.

ITS FREE and LIGHTLY SUPERVISED SO>>>>It is like any other dating or night out. You have to be careful and get to know people a little before diving in. I had great luck with finding prospective real dates. And met quite a few. People are not always what they project and that's just reality on the computer. I was real reserved overall, gave little personal info, and had little expectations until it got real in person. I am getting married to the last girl I met on this site after dating for over two years.

Okay Ill try to keep this semi intelligent. I think I make a valid point here when I say, Women online suffer from an Absurd Standards Syndrome ($#*!). The cyber female of today suffering from this $#*! complex is a result of the fantastical 20 to 100 male to 1 female ratio at any given dating site. This on line ratio of dozens of males to each female on personals sites leaves women in a state of cyber induced self-delusion from so much attention from so many men they do not experience once they walk out their door into reality where the actual ratio is less than 1 male for every 1 female. Insulated by the PC media, glam mags, academia, beta suck-ups (manginas) and female friends, there are growing numbers of women posting personals on line losing touch with their rank relative to other women and are thus finding it easy to slip into this comfortable bubble of cyber self-delusion known as $#*!. Similar to cigarette addiction, and the quick dopamine fix, many women found on personals sites are escaping a harsher acceptance of their personal flaws that can only be remedied by realizing the reality of their diminished mating choices in the real world after leaving their self-deluded comfort found in a multitude of attractive men that in all reality don't exist for them outside the confines of cyber space.

Remedy to all this:

1. Stay away from women under your league, and never settle.
2. Go to the gym.
3. Put on gear that fits.
4. Go the hell outside and chase women.
5. Stay the hell offline.

0 Star Rating. SCAM. I gave a couple of bucks to upgrade from free and they sent me an email that someone wanted to meet me. Click to open user profile on the site, nothing there and you have no option to search user name they gave. They restricted whom I could message to only those that they feel are my and don't allow me to message others. The matches they "suggest" are not close to my local geographic area. Emails contacting the site go unanswered.

POF is a complete scam design to create traffic to their website. Profiles are either outdated or fabricated by POF. There are legitimate profiles but any email correspondence are viewed or blocked by POF as to get the user to upgrade their account at a monthly fee. The website's method to get users to upgrade is based on this statement or question, Did you read your email. Upgrade now to find out. WTF?
If POF didn't block your email then why should you need to upgrade. Do not attempt to bypass their system. If you attempt to include any type of contact info in your email, such as phone number or email address then POF will delete your account.

POF will regularly send users " notification like You have a (12) new matches) in the hopes to generate traffic to their website or they will falsely respond to any emails you send or falsely indicate some one wants to meet you. This is how the website makes money through online advertising. The more traffic they generate the more money POF makes

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS SITE.

A little surprised at the negatives here about this site.
I've been on and off of it for several years. I've met at least a dozen women in that time, dated several of them. True, the features available are diminishing over time. That doesn't stop me from viewing profiles, sending and receiving messages.
I've deleted my account each time and have less features each time I rejoin, but I still get dates. I'm not a millionaire playboy, I meet real women.
As for the quality of the clients, you can't blame the site for that!
No I am not a pof staff member.
I've tried several sites, I always come back to this one.
All in all you get what you put into it.
The automated match feature is based on what info you provide about yourself. I find the matches are age appropriate and within my area.
Sure some gals don't reply, I don't take it personally, they just don't see me as a match I guess, no harm in that.
I have always been respectful and get the same in return.
I recommend it to anyone who asks. I have friends and co-workers that have met casual dates as well as long term partners.
Don't shoot the messenger!

Like many others I will say that this site is exactly what it seems. People are a**holes, sure, but aren't they usually? There are very few girls looking to hook up, and very few guys looking for something lasting, but that's just the nature of people, not to be blamed on the site. I've never actually had a date from this site (probably because I'm just looking for hook-ups and casual friends), but I do have one scheduled, and that's more than I can say for any other site or bar I've been to. If you just don't have time to get out, this will give you about the same chances as going out to a bar with actual social skills.

Wow, I can't believe all the bad reviews on here. The website does what it says it does. It's free and user friendly. Granted, a lot of men are looking for one thing on there, but it is up to the woman to identify that and weed out the bad guys. I have had a few dates off the site and am currently seeing someone for four months already that I like very much. There are some fake people, but what do you expect if the person has one picture up. Don't talk to them, duh! Overall, it's a good dating site and will yield results. Obviously if you are good looking, you will get more attention, but that's not the fault of the website. Overall, it is a good medium to meet people.

I have to give this site 5 stars because it is what it says it is. In the many months I've been on (and off) there, I never experienced any misleading gimmicks. Most of the features work (not an easy feat for a web browser based thing). I've met quite a number of really nice people through there. I think a lot of negative reviews are from people disappointed in their ability to get a date. As far as that goes, I'd give *myself* about 2 stars;-) The kind of girl I'm after doesn't need a dating site to attract men...

I was curious to try this site out. I'm a math major and numbers guy. I have heard from many people this site is "rigged" and has "many fake profiles". So my buddy and I decided to join and see what was up.

I'm not ugly whatsoever. (not to sound cocky) and don't have problems picking up women. Nor does my friend.

We created profiles then proceeded to send about 8-12 messages per week (each) to women. After 4 months. We averaged out of the 160 messages we sent to women, ONLY 6 responded. This is unreal.

What does this mean?

This means that POF is not updating their sites profiles. Profiles on the site are still showing up but are either, fake, non -active or have not been removed off the site itself. Ironically, out of the 160 messages we sent to women, only TWO showed up in the "who's viewed me" section. This means, NONE even read the e-mails we sent to them. Because if they did and "weren't interested" or "deleted" our messages. They would still show up as if they viewed our profiles.
POF makes it look like profiles are "online" when they really are not online. I also personally received 3 messages from women on the East Coast saying there profiles were showing up in Los Angeles, even though the NEVER put LA on there profile.

This means POF is purposely manipulating the amount of users in "your area" and the amount that are "online" when in reality they are not whatsoever. Many of the profiles seem to be abandoned and non -active.

POF is set up to purposely drive traffic to their site. Plain and simple. They need the advertising money. They depend on that for survival. Unlike Match.com, e-harmony etc. that make money from paid suscribers. POF has a very low paid subscription amount of users. They realize, people are leaving their site in droves and need the site traffic to make it look like there are more profiles than really exist.

POF is a Canadian ran company. NOT based here in the United States. So they bypass most laws by using peoples pictures without permission or consent.

All in all, POF is more of a marketing gimmick. Sure you nay "meet someone" or talk to someone from your area. But don't get your hopes up that you will find "the love of your life" on this site.

More than plenty of fish they could called this scam, fake dating site plenty of s**t.

Girls can take bikini's photos and if you guys are in a summer pic NO this forbidden, and you profile is trashed without warning. You must be clothed as a taliban's wife. I got my account deleted probably because I had a photo in which I am in the beach here a Cartagena. YES it is very naughty... Ridicouls

Another strange behaviour: There is a lot of fake photo and doubled profiles but the moderators don't care.

I wrote my profile in spanish, I am from Spain, but seems that sometime they deleted account if the language spoken is not english... very racist. This has occured at a friend of mine, with no photo, He only wrote (in spanish) that want to meet some girls. Full stop. And nothing more. They deleted his account.

P.s. Sorry for my bad english