I am new in this game. But I have already picked up some pretty good hints in dealing with Russian and other woman in the area.
I use Finance.com and I am a silver member. That means, if I reply to those who are with agency mail, it will cost me $8 each. So I simply tell them in my first mail that they need to write my email address. If they dont, tough! no more correspondent. They insist that I do write to them as their english is very poor.
I am soon going to St Petersburg and Tashkent to meet two woman I have bee in correspondent with. I plan to stay with them. They are independent and mother of childre. So they have their own appartment. As a divorce and father, i only go for the one in same situation as me. So I am not very familier with the beautiful younger one. I ghuess they are the one who is in to other games.
So far I have been lucky and it seems i am getting more that my share. I have four definite yes so far. now i have to choose. I have no idea what I am going to tell the others.
My motto is, it should not cost me an arm and leg to find an woman there. flight ticket and some spending money. Life will start once we are married. I am not prepared to go on for ages trying to know my future partner. SApecially as they are mature.
The only problem I see with Premium membership (which you refered to as Silver membership) as oposed to VIP membership is that sometimes ladies don't have full email accounts. They communicate through the aid of a service, especially if their English is not so good. You eliminate these ladies with a single letter. It might take more than that to encourage some very wonderful lady to write back to you. Its nice to have the option of sending her a letter through this service without giving her heave-ho after a single letter.
Besides that - while we hope (of course) that a lady is never interested in you exclusively for your money - they know that most American men are better off (financially) than they are. If it appears that you cannot afford full membership - it doesn't help your case.
And with Premium membership you cannot see a lady's stats - which indicate how many others have written to her and how. With some women they have received literally hundreds of letters - others only a few. VIP membership allows you to see this.