Geek 2 Geek - Dating Site Review

At first I was really stoked that a website like this existed, I went ahead and subscribed for a month. There was like 10-20 girls near me. I messaged, sent message after message - I didn't hear back from almost anyone and most profiles hadn't been logged in over a month. I couldn't see profile login date data without being a subscribed member.

I have better luck on myyearbook than this site. Shame on gk2gk, if their gona offer a tiny userbase they should offer lower prices.

This site is a con. I'm in the UK, and all members in the UK must just sign up and forget their accounts, because every member profile says "online in last 1-6 months". Why would anyone pay to join a site where the members never log in? It also seems to want to tell me 2matches" are 4,000 miles away in the US? What about finding me local geek goddesses???

I found this review site through Google. Spencer Koppel, quit trying to cover your ass with your one-post damage limitation crap and fake nicknames, we know who you are, so quit while you're not ahead. There's too many sites that are utter fake like this that prey on innocent single guys and/or people just looking for friends.

Every time i signup with that site i find my account is deleted the next day. What is happening? I didn't post anything that's against the rules. May be my pic was too ugly? I don't think writing about myself that I'm a nice guy is bad. I had hope for the site… but they failed me.

@Gk2GkSUKS 312-914-2801 new number, Pay Pal got it for me.

@Gk2GkSUKS The phone number has been disconnected.

@Kevin Thompson Did calling the police help?

Geek 2 Geek fraudulently charged my credit card claiming I signed up for auto draft when I did not. Now they are being jerks about the refund.

I am Spencer Koppel, the owner of Geek 2 Geek. Our mission is to provide a means by which geeks and people who want to meet geeks can find each other. We have over 200,000 members, mostly in the United States, but also Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. A free membership is available, offering people the opportunity to look around and see if there are any members who are of interest to them. They can even "wink" at other members and/or designate them as "favorites" to see if there is mutual interest before making a commitment to pay for further communication.

We make every effort to screen out "spammers" through our review process, but a very small proportion get through - when we find them, we delete them immediately.

It is absolutely true that we charge a fee, in the form of a subscription in order for members to communicate with each other beyond "winks", and that we do not provide refunds of subscriptions. That is our policy after we carefully considered the alternatives. Also, the premium membership is clearly labeled a "subscription" which by definition implies recurring payments.

This subscription model has indeed resulted in complaints to the Better Business Bureau. Each such complaint has been addressed by me personally, however, it hasn't been possible in all cases to satisfy each customer.

We've had many success stories, happy couples, weddings, and even children subsequently born as a result of members finding each other on Geek 2 Geek. Of course, not everybody has had success. We are constantly trying to improve the site to increase that success rate.

P.S. I apologize for including my own 5 star rating, but rating is required and I could hardly rate it any lower, could I?

While I do understand the negative comments, and would never in my life give away my cc number to this site, I have. Found some amazing people to talk to since being a free member I can contact the gold members. There I have found one specific wonderful guy, after talking a bit we met and are in a great relationship today. Maybe some people are just lucky. But don't judge before you have tried yourself, as long as you keep from giving away your credit card number.

@Ricky1990 That has to be the most pathetic attempt for the site to reclaim itself. Seriously, "Yoyoyo". Who actually talks like that these days? In fact, who would take someone who talks like that seriously? The gk2gk site sucks and apparently, so does its public relations department or whatever monkeys they deploy to pathetically clean up their rep, which of course is in vain.

I was hoping this site would be "different". Alas, they do not tell you there is monthly fee until after you fill out your profile, even though it says "free".

The previous comments are correct. This website makes it easy to sign up, but difficult to cancel, so that your credit card continues to be charged.

I have had a free account for a year and have met a lot of wonderful friends and have finally upgraded to a paid membership so that i have the ability to send messages and not just winks. All the stuff out there not being real people on the site is bull, your winks didn't get responded to because the person you winked at didn't want to talk to you...it's not a prostitution site! You don't get responses from every person you try to talk to!

People complaining about a free account that doesn't do much...Oh for f%$^'s grow up. For the people that may actually have problems with this site, go after them (i mean legally) if they have!

YoYoYo, Ricky here, i'm a big Jock that plays a lot of foot ball but secretly love me some nerdy women i recommend this site big time. I have got my satisfaction with it a few times so far!

Geek 2 Geek takes advantage of the geek community. They have a sneaky auto re-enrol policy, and refuse to refund for their crappy service. Many of the accounts are hacked, or filler, and if you are an older geek, GO Elsewhere. There are few bios over 27. Their BBB account has been cancelled, and their matching is ludicrous at best. Avoid them and tell others. They only want your CC info, and you would be better off looking for free services.

@Knightswhosay Same story different site, all they want is your CC# and they'll SCREW you and sell ur CC# to other companies. Wait till you look at your online banking transactions ! Muwa, HAHAHAHA! IF UR LUKY UR BANK WILL REFUND 1 CHARGE the rest UR SCREWED! (The least I can give is 1 star) The peeps are real the sites CRAP!

Don Brooks, or whoever you are, you should be sued. For fraud, for deceitful marketing and if being a scumbag was a crime you'd get life without parole. I got 2-3 spambots from this site emailing me each day. For reporting them (and demanding a refund), my account was terminated. Mind you, the spambot accounts were never removed. If people could sue Match.com for fraud why is this guy still in business? For the record, any members (former or otherwise) who'd like to complain, the domain owner's phone/address/email info:

Domain name: gk2gk.com

Registrant Contact:
Spencer Koppel
445 E. North Water Street
1504, Chicago, IL 60611, US

Administrative Contact:
Spencer Koppel
+1.3126610102
Fax: +1.3126610034
445 E. North Water Street
1504, Chicago, IL 60611, US

Well I signed up for a "free" account. Thankfully I have not given a CC and will not after reading the reviews here. BTW I did finally get my first "hello" from a female. Surprise..Surprise.. It was some poorly written msg from someone reportedly in NC.

"hi!! you look interesting!! maybe we can try know each other? give me your mail or you can write on my mail shutovola at yahoo dot com i'm rarely online, but i want know you :)"

I made the mistake of signing up for this service. There is no one to talk to and they don't respond to customer service requests. I called my bank and they gave me this number to call regarding the charges. 312-661-0102 He said there are no refunds but the terms and conditions talk about pro-rating the refunds. My bank said to call the police which I will because this site does offers social networking yet refuses to deliver. I hope people call this guy and give him a piece of our minds as this is the worst experience i ever had buying something online.