Earl Grey (drinksearlgrey) wrote, @ 2008-08-12 13:44:00

an information-seeking Craigslist ad
question about the pay sites ad-bots post all the time - w4m - 40 (Redmond-ish)

Category: casual encounters

Note: I'm a guy, posting here with a question about w4m casual encounters ads, so don't just auto-reply. Technically this message is probably flaggable, but I'd appreciate it if people didn't flag it, because it's meant to be useful to anyone here.

As everyone who has answered more than about two ads is aware, most ads here are really pitches for pay-sites that claim to do the same thing Craigslist does. Since they charge for the same thing, presumably they want us to think they do something better.

Before I found out that a free profile on those things was useless except as a source for lots of spams, I signed up for several of them.

Has anyone actually signed up for a paid membership on any of those sites? If so, was there any point at all? Enough of a point to be worth the fee? Or just a total rip-off?

If I get any interesting replies, I'll post them here. I'll also post to the bulletin boards if I figure out how to use them.