Bear411

This site sucks! Offering more features to paying members is totally understandable. But how does completely blocking non-paying members give more features to paying members? That's bribery or blackmail to non-paying members to get them to pay so they can just get in the door! I am a non-paying member and I get completely blocked several+ times a month. Especially when I have messages. I am tired of this chicken-$#*! business blackmail tactics. The owner is plain and simple INUTILE

If I could I would give Bear411 0 stars. I have been a non paid member since October and for the last three weeks I have been unable to view anything on the site because I am not a paid member.

When I was able to log in I could it was very hit or miss and now, for the last three weeks I cannot log in at all without being brought to the "Pay Me Now Or Else" page

Greg is very cynical and has mental issues. It seems likes he has a vendetta against the very community his website serves.

Avoid Bear411 at all costs

I want my profile deleted... requested numerous times... this site is terrible and the webmaster is a $#*!ing moron. I will never pay for this site, however, I would appreciate it if I want my account t deleted that he follows thru for me. I have been trying to delete my account for five years now. I honestly don't give a $#*! anymore, but I will not stop until this $#*!, deletes me...

PROFILE DELETED TODAY... I sent an obnoxious message to bearguide.net... I think he owns that as well. Told bear net it's a shame they have themselves aligned with bear411. I said the owner of bear is a scammer a cheat and a sociopath. Greg the owner said SHAME ON YOU for writing that LOL I laughed and politely replied. DELETE MY PROFILE... and it worked.

The Bear411 site is using a very outdated and inflexible software framework and user interface. It needs to be completely redone. They should look to bearforest to see how it could be done. They should then try to improve upon the bearforest approach rather than stick with the very limiting website it offers now - they have the momentum of membership because nobody can leave so you end up using it and paying because you are stuck with a profile there anyway and everyone else is stuck so you should be getting a lot of traffic there.
My biggest complaint then is the issue of ownership: These people have the Luciferian Illuminati Ayn Rand mindset that precedes someone taking ownership of your copyrighted profile and image: Sort of like if you are stupid enough to allow it, then blame yourself. So you end up paying for your mistake of not reading the fine print on the membership agreement - since you cannot remove your profile and 1 image when you leave. So you are stuck even if you want to disassociate from bear411. Too bad for the bi guys who end up falling in love with a female. He has to admit to her he has a bear411 profile or lie if her gay friend says he saw your profile there. (Wouldn't you tell your straight girlfriend if you saw the guy she is dating on bear411?)

I was on this site years ago, I rejoined for a day realizing this was not for me. I couldn't delete my profile and all emails to the webmaster came back undelivered. So no way to contact anyone. Search the web you'll see how many complaints. Read them. Then make your own decision. If u r a bear or looking for one it may be a good site for you. Seems most members travel the world going to all bear events. They all have events at bath houses which is cool if that's what your looking for. I'm not yet all bears think cause they are offering you sex you should just do it. Not my style if your monogamous dint think you'll like it, partnered but we play. Not with me. I had to edit my profile and say please delete my profile that was the only way I could quit. Read all complaints you'll get the picture. To those people who want to just have sex then it may be right for you. Some people will say not everyone is like this, true but I know from my experience be very careful I've met hustlers who are criminal and the site doesn't care.

Longtime PAID member of Bear411. I recently edited my profile to include my Growlr name.
My profile was "approved" but 2 days later it was deleted (and I had just renewed my 6 month membership). I contacted the webmaster - no reply. I e-mailed the webmaster - no reply. I asked around and was told that if the webmaster doesn't like your profile or pic - he deletes them. There is also a specific rule that main profile pictures MUST show full face - no sunglasses etc, however this rule is not always followed.

I signed-up again…same handle name - which surprisingly was available. All my notes and pals were gone - but my profile pic popped up. Weird.
Now when I click on PAL LIST - I get a list of guys that have looked at my profile, but when I click on their pic - it says that this is reserved for paid members only - not even their profile name pops up? Thus is NEW.

Website owner should be shut down. This is not business-friendly anymore. Too many people are leaving Bear411 and going to Growlr - no wonder.

Been a Bear411 member for a couple years and understood that access was only available on even days of the month. Then suddenly my profile wasn't accessible for a week at a time. This happened about once a month but now my profile is inaccessible for almost a month at a time. It gets unlocked for maybe 2 days and then it's locked up again.

This is total crap because I joined Bear411 under the conditions that odd/even days were the restriction for free access. The site owner changed those terms without informing anyone. He also removed the ability to delete one's profile and he has made it impossible to reach him via email or messaging of any kind. Now the only information on his site is a menu for a paid membership.

Now I don't have a problem with someone running a paid dating site but Bear411 changing the rules for free membership once they have your pics and profile is highly dubious and downright dirty. My advice to anyone considering joining Bear411 under the guise of a "free" membership is don't!

I am sadden to say that Bear411 is not user friendly. They get you to join as a free membership then after awhile they block you out forcing you to join as a paying member and from what I have been learning from others once you join it nearly impossible to delete your profile. I was locked out about a month ago and I have six messages that I can't respond to. The WebMaster Greg could at least let me retrieve those messages or at least let me delete my profile from the web site. I have learned that others have this similar problem. I think that they get people to join to trap them into being paid members and futher more steal our personal pictures and information. I guess the web master loves playing God. All I am asking it the ablity to remove my profile from the web site. If they are going to make it that hard I for one will never return to Bear411 either as a free or paying member. I am sadden because I met some very nice guys on the site it was a sense of community like mined guys like myself. However if a site has to be less and less user friendly then I want no part of it. I might add too that if you try and contact Greg Buddy Bear your complaints or email get send back and non deliverable.

I understand allowing the site for paying members on peak times, but you could still check your messages, until recently you can't even check your messages now, it says you need to pay, and it's all day long even on week days it's been 7 days now and haven't been able to check my messages, 9 days they auto delete, this is bull$#*!... I was a paying member for a while, and to have this happen when I'm not paying is crap, I tried to pay before and his $#*!ed payment company ccbill and verotal won't accept my payment... This buddybear guy is an idiot, I also don't understand why my other friend can view his messages, and not blocked from getting on the site, on the times I cant, I had him check tonight, if it is selective picking on who he thinks attractive or not this guys can go to hell, i'm 10 times hotter than him, and bears like that need to accidentally fall off a cliff and survive it after breaking every bone in their body, I really hate this guy, avoid this site, and please somebody make one to put this guy out of business, he should be arrested or sued! If your gonna allow some free members to have access, then all should, it should be all or nothing, not selective, this could be a good case for a lawsuit I would think.