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Offline golden25

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Agency Tricks
« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2006, 06:57:37 AM »
Bruce  where on RWD  is the agency i sent you the URL web address for [ the one my ex RW wife works for] listed as a recommended agency?  i would like to see it?

please advise

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« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2006, 07:17:42 AM »
[user=769]golden25[/user] wrote:
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Bruce  where on RWD  is the agency i sent you the URL web address for [ the one my ex RW wife works for] listed as a recommended agency?  i would like to see it?

please advise

thanks
golden25

Honest Marriage Agencies web site is (if I remember correctly) run/owned by Kevin Hayes who is a member here.

Ken
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« Reply #27 on: April 23, 2006, 10:45:05 AM »
BELLALADY - http://www.bellalady.com/

Another example of an agency using the questionable practice of fake letters.

You may receive 2 types of emails from BELLALADY's ladies :

Type1 is through their site :  you are notified by direct email from their Admin of a letter for you awaiting in your BELLALADY inbox. You may read it free of charge, and have to pay to answer. Pretty normal, many MOB sites use this system. I answered a few of these and included my direct email address in my reply: received very few replies that way, a few others were still through the site. Again, nothing spectacularly wrong so far : replies coming again through the site may be due to any number of reasons (translation, PC availability, etc.). HOWEVER, the text of their first  letters is always identical to the lady's profile, with no personalised part ("Hello dear" type, never "Hello dear Joe").  

Type 2 is directly to your personal mailbox from their Admin, saying "Here's a letter for you from X" and including the letter text, which starts with "Hello dear Joe". The text is again identical to the lady's profile, and the personalisation is just your name from your profile data. I have been experimenting replying to this type through the site and the lady's ID for a couple of weeks, and so far NEVER received a reply, direct or otherwise.

In conclusion , it appears that MOST of  BELLALADY's ladies' letters (Types 2 for sure) are actually agency-manyufactured :cool:
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« Reply #28 on: April 23, 2006, 09:48:35 PM »
I too have tried the GL site, and have received several responses. I have asked and received addresses and phone numbers and talked to a few ladies. I just do not know if they are serious. Anyone deal with this agency? Len

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« Reply #29 on: April 24, 2006, 05:50:34 AM »
http://www.honestmarriageagencies.com/

The above link is the one posted by Kevin on his website.
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« Reply #30 on: April 24, 2006, 06:53:43 AM »
A word of warning....there may be honest agencies, but honest agencies definately have dishonest girls in their listings.  So don't let your guard down...been there, done that.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.  michelangelo

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« Reply #31 on: April 24, 2006, 07:02:20 AM »
Good advice Michelangelo.
 
Good girls sign-up with bad agencies.
Bad girls sign-up with good agencies.
 
One must always use his good common sense.

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Re: Agency Tricks
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2006, 09:54:40 AM »
You cAN

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Re: Agency Tricks
« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2006, 11:43:45 AM »

thanks for the warnings man.  I sent you a PM for the URL  list.  thanks!.

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« Reply #34 on: May 04, 2006, 04:11:03 PM »
From : 1st International Mailing Lists
Dear Sandro43,
If you have been to our site recently, you have probably noticed that the number of women profiles in our catalogue has significantly decreased. Yes, decreased, not increased! And this is good news!

We have thoroughly cleaned up our database. We have done a tremendous amount of work in the past couple of months to check and verify the majority of our women profiles. Many have re-registered, some sent new pictures, some were no longer interested and thus have been removed. As many as 35,000 profiles were affected. It resulted in much better user experience for our male customers. You enjoy increased response rate, fewer "bounced" emails, and less wasted time on unanswered emails.
Please visit our site and let us know what you think.

Sincerely Art Gratchev, CEO, 1st International Marriage Network


A refreshingly new trend ?
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