Earl Grey (drinksearlgrey) wrote, @ 2008-08-08 05:17:00

pay hook-up sites
As I've written here, I've tried meeting people through Craigslist. Besides the one friend-lunch meeting I wrote about, I've made a number of other friends there who are so far online-only.

In my first entry here, I mentioned that I had signed up for free accounts on a bunch of pay sites. I haven't paid for any of them.

I'd like to know whether anyone has tried becoming a paying customer on any of the pay hook-up sites. I don't mean the relationship-type sites – I mean the ones meant for hook-ups and friends-with-benefits and affairs.

Personally, I have had my doubts about them. The first bad sign is the fact that their advertising includes spamming Craigslist, to the point that Cragislist is far more spam than actual content. I have a fairly good feeling for how to recognize the slammers, but it was pretty irritating until then. If the pay sites were as good as they claim, why advertise by spamming? Also, it seems like word-of-mouth would fly everywhere if the sites were anywhere near as good as they claim – but I've seen nothing.

One exception is a guy (who asked whether Craigslist ads were ever real) who said he had heard that the pay sites are mostly scams, but he hadn't tried any himself.

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