I signed up about 4 months ago and my first couple of encounters were meaningless. I talked to some pretty girls but they didn't seem quite into me. Eventually I came across this Russian woman. We started talking and I realized we share a lot of the same values and even some of the same goals in life. I didn't think it was possible to have any feelings towards someone over the internet but it is. We've been having little video dates. We make believe that we are having dinner together, we have some music playing in the backround and have even watched some movies at the same time so it feels as if we are together.
Whether or not you will have success in online dating totally depends on you - if you know what you are looking for and if you are ready to put yourself out there. It takes some guts and some belief to be online dating.
I'm not too excited about the cost of things but once I meet my girl, we'll move off the site and then that issue is gone.