some input needed....

[rickjames]

 ...So I've been chatting with this nice woman for a while on *gasp* anastasiaweb.
 She writes all her own letters (she translates through a dictionary I guess), and tries her best to answer my questions. Her letters are very short, and I've suggested that she write longer ones, and she says that it's easier for her to write longer letters in Russian. I told her to take more time if she needed to, to write longer letters. I get a message from the agency saying that she read my letter a few days ago, and I haven't heard anything for a few days. Maybe she is taking the time.
 Earlier in the correspondence, I have knocked girls that went to nightclubs, and she took a light offense to the statement. I even stopped writing her out of frustration (letters too short), and she contacts me a month later asking what happened to me.
 I have squeezed some emotion out of her, and her replies are unique to my questions, so the entire paragraph above confirms that she is a REAL PERSON.

 Now, out of curiosity, I googled her first name and city and looked for images. I found her listed at another agency called lovefromsiberia.com (I checked for blacklists and couldn't find it on any).

 So here's the question. Is it a bad thing for a girl to have profiles on different sites? Should I be suspicious and cut the rope? Is it possible that one of the two agencies had purchased her profile from one another?
 Now I can "buy" her E-mail address from lovefromsiberia.com, for cheap, and talk to her that way. I am still awaiting her response from Anastasiaweb, so I can try to hit her up for it there. The point is, she's cute, but still anomalous enough to not be a candidate to rake in big bucks for agencies, or make any top 100 lists.

 Also, her stats, interests, and other things are DEAD-ON with her profile on the agency I am using.

 Anyone have any experience with actually meeting someone with "expanded options"? I don't think I want to pursue her if she's a cyber-hoochie.

 I am still awaiting her reply though....

[catzenmouse]

So here's the question. Is it a bad thing for a girl to have profiles on different sites? Should I be suspicious and cut the rope? Is it possible that one of the two agencies had purchased her profile from one another?

If the profiles are reasonably in sync I would not see it as a problem. Aren't you expanding your options by looking overseas? Or, is it any different than you looking at different agency sites?

Regarding short letters: Take one of your letters that you normally write. Sit down with a Russian-English dictionary and hand translate, do not use the computer for anything!, the letter into Russian. Then you will have an idea of why her letters are short.

[swindoom]

She sounds very reasonable and you the opposite, you seem to be expecting failure from the off. It is good to be cautious but not paranoid.

[I/O]

I am sus of a lot of these websites, but the fact the lady has a profile on two or three is quite normal and understandable. 

Short letters would be a positive sign to me if she doesn't know English.  Likely you are not getting a set of copy and paste letters with the name simply changed.

I would suggest you start to use an E-translator and translate your letters into Russian and suggest to her thst she writes to you in Russian.  I suspect this will give you your answers.  There is several free E-translators websites availalble.

I/O

[Shadow]

You can ask her to write in Russian and use e-translators, but only if you are able to understand what comes out. If you have learned foreign languages and can translate a little than it will be ok.
Just remember that the translation is not looking at grammar a lot, and might contain different words as would be used by a human translator.
For instance, if you translate the bottom of the forum in Russian with an e-translator you would fint people have posted a lot of  'DICKS' instead of 'TOPICS'

I did quite well using an e-translator, but that is because I am used to foreign languages and differences in sentence building.

As far as her putting a profile on more than one site.. well I guess you are looking to more than one site as well.
I only hope that after you buy her e-mail address you will not be surprised by a 'who are you ?' letter.

[Nando]

Rick,

Anastasia Web is a network of agencies, so maybe the girl is only listed in one site. But if she is listed in more than one site, what is the problem?
The fact that her answers to your questions are unique is a positive point.
Try to contact her on her mobile trough a three way conversation for instance.
I can undestand tranlation from Russian easily because I am used to foreign languages and my English is broken
Do these checkups to avoid "Translator of the month employee" tactics.

Regards,
Nando

[rickjames]

 Hey, thanks for the positive replies. I thought I was going to get a bashing for using the term "cyber-hoochie". Anyway, I did get her response, and it was longer, more personal and she basically laid it out on the line that she was serious, and didn't want an adventure (fling?). Yes, I believe she is reasonable, and I made her a deal, to send me letters in Russian so I can translate them on my side. Let's hope she'll give me her E-mail address.

 But the main thing was, these agencies give me the creeps sometimes. Sometimes I have to be sure, and ask. I have had no problems with Anastasiaweb thus far, and I think it is more of a monetary rip-off than an emotional scam.

 Anyways, thanks for the help. Maybe someone should review this agency, and give the good and bad about it? Maybe I'll have to.