There is an interesting thread about fiance.com going on at RW guide, in the dating agencies sub-forum. I don't post there, but I read a few threads once in a while. Many folks on that forum seem to be very suspicious of most agencies, including this one.
I would agree that no agency, including fiance.com is perfect. However, based on my experiences as a V.I.P. member here (on and off for over a year), I see no reason to think that the agency is a scam or dishonest, as some posters on RW guide are suggesting.
It is impossible for Fiance or any other honest agency to filter out any potential scammer or time waster. Anyone involved in this should know this. I have had scammers approach me for this place revcently also EWM and FF and even Yahoo. It just goes with the territory. C'est la vie.
VNVnation, first of all: fiance.com is not an agency. it is neutral online dating site. Read more about this subject on our forum. we are not an agency:)
Secondly, as on any dating site any members should worry himself/herself about his communication with other people he doesn't know.
Third, some agencies do not like fiance.com and post a lot of negativity everywhere they can when they are caught by hand in doing wrong things while working on fiance.com , and fiance.com remove them from the system immediately. Difference of fiance.com from general dating site, that fiance.com cares about its members. Fiance.com also tries to verify ladies with individual emails, and watches them closely. If any suspicious activity is reported fiance.com removes them. also, I agree with what gert said.
Hear hear!!
I think Olegnay and all the others do what they can, they have no desire to see any of their customers be cheated or annoyed by time-wasters.
This whole eneterprise is a sort of buyer beware type of thing. We have to just watch our own asses and try to help our friends as well.
A good example is the thread I started called "Hmmmmm".
To izi, gert, and olegnay: I know, I know!!! Actually, I was kind of hoping that someone from here would go and post there. I don't want to register on that forum, but it seems that in that thread there is no one that had actually used fiance.com, and it kind of pisses me off that many of them are saying that it must be a scam site.
And yes, I know this is not an agency but an online dating site. I will try to be more precise in my writing. : )
VNV
My post was not aimed at you rather to other people that might not have understood what you were pointing out. I realize you have considerable experience with this enterprise.
I didn't find much overly offensive on RW Guide with the exception that they thought this was an agency. I was going to post, but why, they are in a different world, different atmosphere, so I will just stay with the Boys Club. I wish Annika would come to the states and I would take her to Georgia or Alabama and Let her meet the Real Good Ol Boys Club.
Speaking of Georgia, if you go to Yalta, on the boardwalk or seaside as Larissa so puts it, there are four guys that play traditional Georgian Music, it's pretty kick ass and Every night we would stop by and listen to them play for an hour or so. Shit I wish my Russian was better I would drive a Taxi there.
GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN. ANY SITE YOU GUYS VISIT IS BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO VIST IT. IF IT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANTED, LEAVE IT. MANY OF THIS SITE, AGENCIES OR WHAT EVER THEY ARE CALLED, THEY ARE BUSINISS TO GET MONEY FROM CLIENTS. THE MOMENT YOU BUY MEMBERSHIP, YOU ARE A CLIENT. FAKE OR NOT, SPAM OR NOT. IT IS ALWAYS THE RISK TO GET YOURSELF FOOLED OR NOT.I AM A MEMBER TOO. I SEE IT AS A ENTERTAINING TIME, FOR NOW. IF YOU REALLY THINK IF ONE OF THEM IS REAL AND YOU THINK YOU MIGHT LOVE THAT PERSON OR MAYBE YOU HAVE MORE THEN ONE. EASY, SAVE MONEY, TAKE A VACATION TO OVER THERE, ENJOY THE SITE AND TRY TO VISIT THOSE GIRLS. MAKE ARRANGEMENT TO MEET THEM ONE BY ONE. IF YOU HAVE MEET THE GIRL, YOU KNOW SHE IS REAL. IF NOT, DON'T WORRY ENJOY THE SITE AND YOUR VACATION. MEET OTHER GIRLS OVER THERE. THAT IS WHAT I AM PLANNING TO DO NEXT YEAR. GO AND ENJOY MYSELF. FAKE OR NOT, DO NOT TAKE ANY GIRLS VERY SERIOUSLY UNTIL YOU HAD MET HER FIRST, OTHERWISE YOU WILL GET FRUSTEDED.
All dating sites be it foreign girl dating or local dating, will have a percentage of scammers, users or swooners as far as women go..women are the masters of deception, they can say they love you in your face and sound so convincing but the truth is some have empty feelings towrds you and will just use or take advantage of you, I call it the deceptive power of the pussy and some men are just too gullible to fall for it.
I am not gullible..I just don't really trust girls anymore, I will always be wary because of the bitter experience of my divorce which nearly killed me, its going to take a hell of a lot for a girl to earn my trust and it will take years to get it.
I am trustworty and honest, a rare guy thats 100% faithful, I beleive in honesty and integrity in a realationship but a lot of girls have other ideas and don't really practice what they preach!
I am not a woman hater, they can be wonderful creatures but at the same time can cause you so much pain, to let my guard down would be like surfing the internet with a computer with no anti-virus protection, sooner rather than latter it will crash and burn!
Searching for a girl over the internet is dangerous in the emotional and financial sense..you can not trust them until you ahve known them for years and lived with them..don't trust a stranger and don't give money to a stranger when it comes to internet dating and introductions!