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Zoosk
I joined Zoosk and soon found out that (as I should have known) you have to subscribe to contact other members. I said well, ok, no problem so I click subscribe button for the one month plan for $24.99, I believe. Anyhow, to my surprise, they also charge a onetime "fee" for $24.99? I don't think so!! No other dating sites do this, at least not to my knowledge. Forget Zoosk. Use "Are You Interested" instead.
Zoosk
I would have given a higher rating if things would have gone differently. I first created the account in June and was already interested in one person in particular. Unfortunately, I wasn't familiar with PayPal so I decided to do the first payment by check, but the postal lock-out really delayed the payment processing. The person was no longer member a by the time, the subscription was completed (actually she left less than 24 hours before I was subscribed).
Twice since I've subscribed, I've sent e-mails to over 100 people, but among them only two did reply, but only once.
I would say, the period between late-September and late-October gave me a brief hope finally with this site, when three people expressed interest. Two of them had subscribed for a month and another one gave me her e-mail address.
After this brief period of hope, nothing for about 6 weeks, it's getting depressing and I seriously consider not extending the membership once it will expire. This site has been a big disappointment.
The big problem with the site is what some mentioned already is that the person you're interested in, must also be subscribed - They only have one chance. On my profile, I do put a semi-indication that I am a subscriber - still it doesn't help.
Seems, that each site has that one big problem that torpedoes many potential couple makings.
Unless something happens I'm not giving this site a passing grade.
Zoosk
Trial memberships? If only. Might have saved me $75 for 6 mos. Welcome to America. ;)
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@Shane Same here. I balked at paying the $25 Activation Fee and clicked away, after entering all that info. Then, while I was still on the site ten min later, a banner appears informing me that my AF would be waived if I acted in 24 hours. I bit. $75 for six months is okay. I'm not getting into the whole coin scam. They will get $75 period, and I have some buyer's remorse over that. Yeah, plenty of "non-paying members", like 80%+! Shady as all hell. We'll see.
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I don’t like the fact that i have to subscribe to read my messages and chat with friends; it just makes me not want to waste my time being on Zoosk.
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It is not free. Either you or the person you're talking to has to be a premium member, since 99% of members don’t pay, you will have to pay if you want to talk with anyone, since you can’t say anything like phone numbers or email addresses.