What pushy people! ( Archived) (6)

Mar 3, 2007 8:33 PM CST What pushy people!
SciFiGuy
SciFiGuySciFiGuyCulver City, USA23 Threads 121 Posts
OK, I'm still getting spam from some online dating outfit MONTHS after I canceled with them, so finally this Saturday I got around to calling their 800 number... guess what? The customer service guy got salty with me and refused to erase my profile from their database, and he spouted off some claptrap about company policy.

Funny thing was, I never even submitted my photo with that outfit... so why on Earth would they just want to keep my profile, presumably forever? Makes no sense.dunno
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Mar 3, 2007 9:25 PM CST What pushy people!
Abracadabra
AbracadabraAbracadabraHeaven, Pennsylvania USA69 Threads 3,302 Posts
They want to keep your profile on their site so they can claim to have more members. Almost all dating sites do that. When they claim to have thousands of memeber they are counting everyone who joined since they started even if it was only fleeting.

In fact, often times when you send email to member on those sites you are paying to send emails to people who aren't even there anymore!

It's a racket.
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Mar 3, 2007 9:37 PM CST What pushy people!
SciFiGuy
SciFiGuySciFiGuyCulver City, USA23 Threads 121 Posts
Amen, brother... to coin a proverb, if you want to get rich quick, start a dating service; if you want to go broke slowly, join one.professor
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Mar 3, 2007 9:45 PM CST What pushy people!
evejmc
evejmcevejmcHuntsville, Alabama USA2 Threads 88 Posts
OH BOY!! I joined a site several years ago, and deleted my profile several weeks later. To many strange people!! I will still get a message from them occasionally,,, your newest matches. I just hit the spam button again; it seems to keep them at bay for about 6 months.very mad
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Mar 3, 2007 9:53 PM CST What pushy people!
adj4u
adj4uadj4unorth central, USA4,943 Posts
lets not fogget about advertising rates

more members

higher banner cost

but hey what do i know

(cha ching icon here)
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Mar 3, 2007 9:56 PM CST What pushy people!
SciFiGuy
SciFiGuySciFiGuyCulver City, USA23 Threads 121 Posts
Man oh man... what the rest of you are telling me, is only serving to convince me that my original hunch was right. We singles need a network like CS, where we can kick the jokers out.
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