New kid on the block...with lots of questions.

[boaterguy]

I think Kyle had a better time on some of those tours than a lot of the men attending did?   So he is not with EC anymore.   I got to know him pretty well during my three EC tours but haven't had any contact with EC or Kyle since those days.

I am sure that of the agencies that work with someone like EC or A-Web some are legit and some are not.  I do think someone is better off without using an agency that charges per letter.   Just too much temptation for most agency owners. 

I can recall being a little shocked when they announced they were dropping the tours.  I am sure EC still makes a bundle of money but I think AFA has passed them by a big margin in terms of total business.  I believe EC was about a 20 million dollar business in those days.

EC was a family run business....Kyle was the owners son! I have no idea what he is up to. I know he was a party animal and had a cut little 18 year old blonde by his side the times I was around him.

I went to their office in Atlanta and drilled them pretty good before I booked my tour. The impression I left with was they really didn't make much on the tours. It was a service provided for their many loyal letter writers! I researched how much it would cost me to go on my own at the time and I could not really compete. The trick with the pay for letter with them at the time was to go ahead and buy 100 tokens at a time and don't waste them opening letters from ladies who would not interest you! On top of that, I received $500 off the cost of the tour(advertised if you book a tour and spent $500 on letters). They also took care of my wife's hotel room!

[isamu]

Ok guys, time to bother you again (sorry) I know there are listed a couple good sites on this thread, but I will highly appreciate if you could provide me with more, I can't seem to find a thread with that sole purpose with the search engine. So please guys, help me out with this   
Most sites seem to work on the "dreadful" per credit/letter system, but....I wont be quiting this hope, this search, to find a slavic lady for me. But certainly Im in no position to burn money like a madman.
So all your links, comments, will be welcomed. Im counting on you with all your already gained knowledge to guide me in this quest, please, I ask you to help me from the bottom of my heart.
Help me to get the "best bang for the buck", to increase my chances.

Thanks in advance.

[Turboguy]

EC was a family run business....Kyle was the owners son! I have no idea what he is up to. I know he was a party animal and had a cut little 18 year old blonde by his side the times I was around him.

He had a cute little 18 year old blond by his side the times I was around him too.  Maybe the same one.  Yes, I knew he was the owners son.  It seems to be the owner was Byron or something like that but I only met Kyle and never went to their offices.  It sounds like they took care of you pretty good.  I can believe the tours were not all that profitable but I do think they were a driver for the business and I also think that in those days EC and AFA were neck and neck and AFA has pulled strongly ahead of them.

Most sites seem to work on the "dreadful" per credit/letter system, but....I wont be quiting this hope, this search, to find a slavic lady for me. But certainly Im in no position to burn money like a madman.

Thanks in advance.

There are lots and lots of sites that don't work on the (dreadful) per credit/letter system.   I would highly recommend Elena's models with at least a gold membership.   FreePersonals.ru has no cost at all.  Merry Dating is good, Bride.ru is good.  That is enough to get you started. 

[isamu]

Thank you very much for your reply, sir.
Im already taking a look, browsing some of them. FreePersonals.ru is free? REALLY REALLY FREE? If that's so, I'll dig deeper there 
Another question if you don't mind, what do you think of both- RUSSIANEURO & FIANCE.COM ???
I'll be very interested on reading your opinion.

[Kievman]

Ok guys, time to bother you again (sorry) I know there are listed a couple good sites on this thread, but I will highly appreciate if you could provide me with more, I can't seem to find a thread with that sole purpose with the search engine. So please guys, help me out with this   
Most sites seem to work on the "dreadful" per credit/letter system, but....I wont be quiting this hope, this search, to find a slavic lady for me. But certainly Im in no position to burn money like a madman.
So all your links, comments, will be welcomed. Im counting on you with all your already gained knowledge to guide me in this quest, please, I ask you to help me from the bottom of my heart.
Help me to get the "best bang for the buck", to increase my chances.

Thanks in advance.

How many options do you want? I even proposed paying for your membership to singles/Mamba so you could have the advanced search feature as a VIP member.

[BC]

How many options do you want? I even proposed paying for your membership to singles/Mamba so you could have the advanced search feature as a VIP member.

Kievman,

Slooooowww down buddy.. as a commercial member we members appreciate a bit of inside knowledge, but sales pitches don't usually go over well, and I'm counting 4 so far in the last hour.

[Kievman]

Where is my sales pitch? I offered to do the guy a favour.

[BC]

Where is my sales pitch? I offered to do the guy a favour.

I'll amend to two pitches.... maybe a bad hair day here.. LOL

You pay for free VIP memberships to all?

[Kievman]

Hi,

Still looking for my 2 sales pitches)))))

As you ask, being a resident in Kiev I get requests monthly from mates living abroad to VIP them, advance their profile to No. 1, put up their photos etc so offering it to this guy was a way of helping him out. I don't of course give VIP to everyone but maybe anyone who in fact sent me a PM to ask if there weren't too many.

With regards to my sales pitches. I used to do an adwords campaign and got good responses from here so I contacted Dan directly and placed a banner. My "sales pitch" in the banner section was intended as a light joke in reponse to what could be deemed ( on a bad hair day) to be a less than honorable method of revenge on a company that a member here has a disagreement with.

My "commercial" member status arose as I felt I could contribute to this forum from a different perspective but also wanted 100% candour and no conflict of interest and so I signed up under that heading. I was already paying for my banner as a separate matter.

None of my posts to date have been intended as sales pitches and acually felt that nobody would be reading a section where the issue had been put to bed a long time ago.

And if you're having a bad hair day......I have kidney stones and can't sneeze without crying(((

[Kievman]

Thank you very much for your reply, sir.
Im already taking a look, browsing some of them. FreePersonals.ru is free? REALLY REALLY FREE? If that's so, I'll dig deeper there 
Another question if you don't mind, what do you think of both- RUSSIANEURO & *Unapproved Link* ???
I'll be very interested on reading your opinion.

.............And having reread this guys posts I feel he is in fact "plugging" someone as seen or rather "not seen" in his recent post. He didn't acknowledge many of the other posters advice and didn't PM me nor mention my own free offer))))

[BC]

And if you're having a bad hair day......I have kidney stones and can't sneeze without crying(((

Now that's something I really don't look forward to... yikes...

In any case, don't go 'Ed' or 'Jack' on us..  you remember them?

[Kievman]

Hi,

No I don't. I'm new here.

[SANDRO43]

...I have kidney stones and can't sneeze without crying(((

You can get rid of them through lithotripsy, a simple enough procedure nowadays .

[Kievman]

Thank you)))

I am 45 years old and still afraid of needles!!! Anyway, am on medicine for 2 months and they'll review the situation then. Pain killers helping.

[SANDRO43]

I am 45 years old and still afraid of needles!!! Anyway, am on medicine for 2 months and they'll review the situation then. Pain killers helping.

Kievman, as far as I know medicines are NOT going to solve a kidney stone problem, just alleviate any symptoms: the only solution is to blast them into smithereens - once the procedure involved cutting you up to remove them: lithotomy .

I've had 2 stones making their way down to my bladder over these past few years, the last one smashed about 2 months ago, both cases involving a 3-day hospitalisation. An inconvenience, but no big deal, really .  

[RussianWind]

As I see it, the big resource limitation for you is money.  No matter how frugal your RW will be, it will still cost you some big bucks to get her here. 

I am sure the OP will have plenty of time to collect a good amount on saved letters. Mexico is not a popular destination.

[isamu]

To the guys (first page) that tried to help, gave advice & links; THANKS- 1000 THANKS. Im on the sites you listed, starting to explore'em and get comfortable, I'll see what can be done there, AGAIN THANKS!

[Gylden]

isamu,
Don't mean to discourage you, but you do realise that as RussianWind has said Mexico isn't exactly a popular destination for most FSUW looking to marry a foreigner.
On the brighter side, if you do find one you can be almost 100 % sure she is not a scammer.
I would suggest to try some chat places too like ICQ and the like.

[RussianWind]

Gylden I think scammers do not bother where you are from.
I said not popular destination - it's true, most girls will try to avoid contacts. Form the other hand my friend's friend just got married with a man from Chile and another one was meeting a Colombian professor. So everything is possible just a bit harder.

[Gylden]

You are absolutely right RussianWind, I worked in Mexico, Chile and Peru earlier in life and met plenty of good people. Although many are very poor. I was just thinking that because isamu is advertising that he is not financially well that it would reduce his chances, but you never know.