Kieth M.

I was amazed at how many "views" I was getting. One woman I messaged, as a result, said she had NEVER viewed me. That indicates to me that there may be false "views".

I sent several messages which went unanswered. It appears that we are never told if the other party is a paid subscriber, so they can view our messages and chat with us, despite the fact we're prompted with "Mary Jo is on line now!" or "Denise has sent you a chat request".

One woman I was conversing with (she seemed to good to be true), had a profile which had facts easily verifiable on Google, etc. Nothing matched up. She also said she'd gone to school at the Univ. Of So. Cal. I used to work that neighborhood, so I asked her about her favorite eating spot, there. Her angry reaction was way overboard which indicated to me she lied about going to USC or she was fake, altogether.

Perhaps it works well when BOTH parties are real. It seems that Zoosk keeps encouraging us to spend just a little more $$$, every so often to improve our chances, yet the apple is always out of reach. I guess it boils down to I'm not that clever of a guy, so as I'm unable to discern the real from the fake, I'm going to save my money from now on and look elsewhere.

UPDATE (08/23/16): I returned, after six weeks, to Zoosk. It used to be you could apply "coins" (you amassed through the carousel game) to find out if the member you sent a message to had opened it. Now, they want an additional (almost) $10 a month to tell you. Just to see where things were I sent no less than 40 messages to local women, just saying hello and/or complimenting them on their profiles/photos. I got, perhaps, two responses - indicating once again, that these profiles are either outdated (one woman had replaced her profile picture with a photo from her WEDDING), unavailable, or for non-existent people.

Additionally, I had notifications that, "Two women want to meet you." It would cost 30 coins each to "unlock the contact", despite the fact these women had been easily accessible just in the days prior to this notification. I hit the "yes" button and reached out to them both. Four and five days without any feedback or contact, respectively, despite the fact I'd been told they wanted to communicate.

FINAL UPDATE: With about 13 days to go, until my subscription expired, I went ahead and left. I had NEVER heard from the two "matches" which I "paid" 30 coins each to make contact with. I sent out almost 100 messages to see what kind of returns I'd get. Less than 10% with only one local. I had two more notices saying "So-and-so is on line and wants to chat" I reached out to them both. They both denied wanting to chat with me. Perhaps they were chatting with others and "wants to chat" applies to that other party but not me, okay, then why tell me?

Perhaps the bottom line is this... I'm not handsome, desirable, mature or clever. Perhaps I am all those things. More likely I'm somewhere in the middle. I am tired of spending money, WHILE BEING ASKED FOR MORE, to get very little in the way of results. Best of luck to those who have had success, on Zoosk. I did not.