I felt like I was scammed by this website. It's very expensive to "chat" with members. Credits are very expensive. If members send you letters to read, or extra pics in an email, credits are used up quickly. You can't respond unless you keep buying credits. If you are interested in an individual, chatting with them becomes highly expensive. Many pics appear to be AI generated, so it's hard to know if you are dealing with an actual person; I've shown pics to my friends not on the website, and that was their first impression. One member and I had an interest; we chatted for almost 4 weeks, for hours at a time. He quit communication completely when my credits ran out but quickly resumed again when I reluctantly renewed my membership, as we had discussed we didn't want to lose each other. I don't know if he was paid a commission by the website for renewals or not. You aren't allowed to exchange personal information if you want to exchange phone numbers, etc., unless you go through customer service. I was told by their representative that, the only way that members can exchange information, is that both people must have 5,000 credits used, which is, I think but not sure if this is accurate for sure, is like 1$ per credit... so $5,000 apiece before phone numbers and/or emails can be exchanged?! That's $10,000 total... for a basic phone number/email exchange! The member that he and I became interested in each other, his very last email to me, was, he wanted to know the "highlights "of our chats; what an odd thing to say! It felt like an exit job interview performance rating, rather than someone who professed his love for me, just moments earlier. I think he wanted to know this so that he could perfect his "chats" and technique
On other non suspecting members. It had a very dishonest feel to it. I talked to customer service online, asking for a refund.
I felt very cheated with so much money taken, and they would only offer me a 10% refund credit. When I refused that, they immediately closed down my account.
Nothing was mentioned or discussed, at all, regarding my professionalism or "unsafe" conduct, as mentioned by bestdates on another review site, as the reason for closing my account. They said billing would contact me; I never, ever, heard from their billing department. It was a very disappointing experience for my first time on this dating site, and the company didn't care. I believe, BestDates is using this dishonest and untruthful response as an underhanded, and retaliatory way of discrediting my honest review of their ongoing and dishonest tactics. This just shows you how twisted and untruthful and untrustworthy, this site actually is; be very very careful!
I truly felt scammed by this website and I don't even know if I was chatting with a real person. Some of the chat's verbiage was at times very questionable, and very mis worded, calling me a male from the person i had chatted with for weeks and hours, when i'm a female. He said he saw a future with me, but then said "a black tux for you on your special day". Um, most brides wear a white wedding dress! So he talks about a future together, but then, he can't call me directly/email me/text me, not even once? We've never met and he never once, heard my voice. Then he totally disconnects once membership runs out, despite discussing a wedding and a future? I've never heard from him since, except on the dating site where he keeps encouraging me to respond to him, which costs more $$$, in which I won't spend any more. Other member profiles, seem oddly similar, in the verbiage used, so there is a possibility that one person is writing several profiles; same with responses to me; oddly similar verbiage. Sorry that TRUTH upsets this website's agenda, but I hope that more people put the word out, as I will, most assuredly, use other social media forums to voice my experience with this website. Websites that scam victims for their money, lure them in with fake promises, use deceitful means to trick people, should NEVER... EVER... be tolerated! It is my sincere hope that more honest reviews keep coming forward, to expose TRUTH.

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