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Posted by: SCOTTUSA

WAS: GLOBAL LADIES IS A GOOD WEB SITE
NOW: I DON'T KNOW

I have previously posted that I felt the Globaladies website sends out junk email- I was wrong. I have received a letter from a very nice lady, and I now believe they are on the "up-andup".

Sep 4- I have formally revoked my apology!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My apology to Globaladies!

-Scott

Posted by: GoingToRussia

They were the first service I tried and were okay. I received a lot of e-mail and I thought some were scammers and some were generated by the company. I corresponded with 4 different women but none of them "clicked". I liked Elena's Models better.

Good Luck ScottUSA.

Posted by: GoeastLJ

I met first my first fsu lady via Globaladies (GL). I don't think they are junk but I think they tend to be unselective in the emails they send you. I believe some of the ladies are not even aware of where their introductory letters go. You could get lucky and click with the first lady you respond to, but it is a long short. I agree with GTR that the method used by Elena is very suitable for starters because you can only write to those who you know have reviewed your profile and are interested in you (expression of interest). In addition, you have the one-off payment that enables you to contact as many ladies as you want whereas GL could be very expensive. I learned the hard way and I will never be GL advocate again. On ther hand, my first encounter could have worked in which case I would have been singing praises for them.

Posted by: kmetano

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCOTTUSA

I have previously posted that I felt the Globaladies website sends out junk email- I was wrong. I have received a letter from a very nice lady, and I now believe they are on the "up-andup".

My apology to Globaladies!

-Scott

hi, scott
can you give me tthe URL for globalladies please?
i live in mexico but i´m looking for a russian woman. I hope you could give me the url or webpage because I want to search some russian woman.

thanks buddy!

ricardo from mexico

Posted by: GoingToRussia

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Originally Posted by kmetano

www.globalladies.com

Above is the GL address, good luck. It can get expensive. There is no membership fee but each letter you read or send costs $6 US. I would try www.elenasmodels.com or there are a few "free" sites, read the fine print, like www.freepersonals.ru. Good Luck!

Posted by: Spakoyna

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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

I don't know how GL operates now. When I corresponded with my wife who I met on GL you could purchase in volumne and the cost was $4 per email. I also got a $500 kickback or discount on the tour...bout all my moneyback!

If you understand how GL operates you shouldn't have a problem. The majority of ladies 1st letters are sent without the ladies knowledge. I like the fact you can look at the ladies profile before you read the letter. You can also make 1st contact...which I never did. I was under the same impression as most that the lady looked at my profile and decided to write. Was a disappointment for me when I found out my wife's 1st letter was sent to many. You can exchange telephone numbers but not email addresses.

All in all I think GL is fine. Met my lovely there and was the only agency I tried. Course this makes me a bit biased!

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Yes you are correct Spakoyna. You can buy in bulk and it saves you money.

Posted by: SCOTTUSA

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCOTTUSA

WAS: GLOBAL LADIES IS A GOOD WEB SITE
NOW: I DON'T KNOW

I have previously posted that I felt the Globaladies website sends out junk email- I was wrong. I have received a letter from a very nice lady, and I now believe they are on the "up-andup".

Sep 4- I have formally revoked my apology!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My apology to Globaladies!

-Scott

To say I am disappointed is an understatement. From what I read in the posts above- They send junk mail which shows they are an Unethical business, and more of the Russian- "Anything Goes".

Oh well, I need to be more cynical!!

Posted by: ham

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Originally Posted by SCOTTUSA

well, i am not a supporter of agencies, especially big, junk networks, BUT to their defense it must be emphasized that ALL BIG JUNK AGENCIES i know of use some kind of "mass mailing" trick of the trade.
No news there.
Buy a book once, then your e-bookstore pumps recurring "friendly reminders" into your mailbox, and opting out requires a Ph.D in legal studies.
Some outfits make purchases impossible for those who "opt out" during the sign-up.
Some don't offer a chance to opt out and some keep mailing you in spite of it.
That's marketing.
Most LEGITIMATE FSUWs have no time to sit in front of a PC mass-mailing letters to dozens of "potential" candidates.
Conpeople (by virtue of their "job" ) can afford doing that.
So agencies keep everyone hot & looking.
Usually small print you agreed with authorizes them to carry out the "introductory" portion of the matchmaking, for your safety & convenience of course!
Then some go as far as hiring a "friendly translator" to yank your chain.

Posted by: SCOTTUSA

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Originally Posted by ham

Ham- I personally do not know the truth about this agency. There is a big difference between a Book Store and a Bride Agency. The comparison is poor.

An agency that is unethical, who falsely and deceptively sends emails that a man assumes are true, is a fraud. In this situation the agency is:

1 Lying
2 Involved in deception
3 Stating false pretenses
4 Taking money under false pretenses (Stealing)

Main Entry: fraud
1 a : DECEIT, TRICKERY; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right b : an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : TRICK
2 a : a person who is not what he or she pretends to be : IMPOSTOR; also : one who defrauds : CHEAT b : one that is not what it seems or is represented to be

I would think one could bring a lawsuit, and win. I never thought I would be one of those guys who take on a Bride Agency. I’m sure I won’t be.

Posted by: ham

as i said, it's marketing.
what you think it's "junk email", for them is "letting you know of new members you might be interested in".
One agency sends to every man the introductory letter of women within their age requirements.
It looks like the woman sent the letter, but she isn't.
Once questioned about it, the owner pointed to small print and to the fact that they were just "introducing" members to you...if when you receive these "canned" profiles you happen to buy a membership or pay for tokens, well as i said it's marketing.
Another agency sends me junk email regularly with "ladies interested in you, Fred Flinstone".
Too bad the profile i had with them was blank...so how could any woman be interested in mr.invisible?
Again, marketing.

lawsuit?
http://www.russianmeetingplace.com/...read.php?t=6628

Posted by: GoingToRussia

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Originally Posted by SCOTTUSA

Hate to tell you this Scott but all on-line agencies do it. When my membership was almost done with Elena's Models, I got a bunch of e-mails from women I'm sure was sent by the agency. Even American "Match Making" websites do the same thing. You can't get away from it so accept it and take each e-mail you receive with the thought that the girl may not have sent it. Good luck with your adventure.

Posted by: Spakoyna

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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

Yeap! When I was letting my match.com subscription expire I started getting winks left and right!

Scott! It is part of the game.If you are going to use an agency this is the way it works.Most of these girls don't have a computer at home so they can sit and browse through the guys profiles.They wait until they receive a reply and then evaluate!

Posted by: GoeastLJ

For Elena, Match.com where you have a one-off subscription, I don't mind getting millions of letters because I will not incur any extra charge. With GL, opening a letter costs you $6 dollars or $4 if you bulk buy.

Posted by: zaniac

Although I am still set up with Global Ladies AND I have about 33 tokens, I don't use them anymore.

My fault was that out of ignorance I did not read the terms and conditions when I signed up. I was put off though when I realised that the introduction letters may not have been sent at the request of the ladies themselves, but by staff working for these local agencies.

Every week I was bombarded by numerous letters unexpectedly each one from a different person. I think at one point I got carried away with the number of people I was corresponding with, because at the time I was under the impression that it was the ladies who were the ones who had initiated the correspondance.

Despite that, I continued to correspond with the ladies, whom I was already writing to before this 'revelation' (lol). I had some good correspondances and quite a number of them were very hopeful, but then most had to be fizzzled out. About March this year, I decided after having had to agree to end the final correspondance with a lady - she had found her man - I decided just to leave the account running, but not use it. I have not checked it for about 3 months now.

I'd say Global Ladies is always a potential tool for meeting a partner, but only as long as the user is fully aware of the ins and outs of how these types of sites operate. I corresponded with plenty of women using GL, but as somebody on the RMP once told me, it's almost like a game. In a 'proportion of cases' (edited) I'm sure it's something like the first man who flys over to meet the lady, is likely to be the person to win her heart. It's the type of game where a person may spend a lot of money/tokens corresponding with a lady, but be unaware that she (probably like the guy) maybe corresponding with about 6 others at the same time. It's a game anyway I probably won't play anymore.

Posted by: GoingToRussia

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Originally Posted by zaniac

In a lot of cases I'm sure it's something like the first man who flys over to meet the lady, is likely to be the person to win her heart. It's the type of game where a person may spend a lot of money/tokens corresponding with a lady, but be unaware that she (probably like the guy) maybe corresponding with about 6 others at the same time.

I don't know what you mean by "a lot of cases" but I don't what a newbie to think that if you go to meet a RW, you will win her heart. I think most men on this forum have been to Russia to meet a RW and came home empty handed or it eventually didn't work out.

Posted by: zaniac

I apologise and will withdraw 'a lot of cases' and change it to 'a proportion of cases'. I don't think my comment ever included the word guarenteed in it. I know people can go to to meet a lady, but still go back empty handed, it happened to me last winter. Thank you for reminding me though

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaniac

I apologise and will withdraw 'a lot of cases' and change it to 'a proportion of cases'. I don't think my comment ever included the word guarenteed in it. I know people can go to to meet a lady, but still go back empty handed, it happened to me last winter. Thank you for reminding me though

No need to apologise, I just wanted to help newbies understand your post better. I respect your posts Zaniac and look forward to them.

Posted by: zaniac

Thank you GTR. I admit looking at it now, I can see your reasons why you highlighted the issue.

Posted by: cad3deng

Reading all the posts from this topic was an eye opener. I've been using Global Ladies for at least 2 years now. I never knew that some of the letters
I've received were sent by the agency and not by the lady herself. Funny that they all respond to my follow up letters though. I'll admit sometimes I felt as though I was getting form letters when corresponding with some of these ladies. I soon eliminated these ladies after they didn't answer specific questions. Also, I now ask them for their phone number and mailing address in all my second letters. If they give me some bogus excuse that they don't have a phone or can't receive mail I’d drop them right away. I find the legitimate ones give me both without a problem. I have also experienced situations where I sent an e-mail to a lady I was interested in, and the very next day she sent a reply. Now how could she respond so fast? Answer, I'm guessing the agency sent her introduction letter to me without her knowledge. So my advice is to be careful using this site. Don't get too carried away, you could end up spending a fortune on tokens. Make sure each response letter answers specific questions you asked in the letter you sent her. If they don't, stop sending e-mails to that lady immediately, they're just sucking you in for more tokens. Also, if possible, see if you can call her on the phone and get her to correspond with you another way outside of their site.

Posted by: Chrismc

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Originally Posted by cad3deng

I have also experienced situations where I sent an e-mail to a lady I was interested in, and the very next day she sent a reply. Now how could she respond so fast? Answer, I'm guessing the agency sent her introduction letter to me without her knowledge. .

You just got a Bullseye!

Posted by: heyjimi

i've used globaladies,i met a nice lady on there,but its very expensive,we wrote for about a month,but things didn't click,that cost me 100.00 in tokens(bulk).but we've stayed friends i write to her once in awhile and say hi....the funny thing about it once i stopped writting her,i recieved at least 30 emails from 25 year old girls,i'm sure was sent out by the agency to lure me back"come spend some more tokens"...i like elena models,but i actually found me a nice girl from uzbekistan whom i going to visit in march on the free russian personal site.i think the ladies on globaladies are geniune,the globaladies agency on the other hand....well its a business,and they are out to make money.

Posted by: vic2012

No matter WHO you use, you must look in the small print.

Agencies do their best to tuck the junk mail issue deep in their 'terms & conditions' well away from where the average user will look. And even if the user does find the paragraph which informs them that, they will receive junk mail, it’s actually dressed up as a service! It’s called a ‘match making service’

For example, look at our old friends at - Anastesiaweb.

This is what they want you to read:

Quote:

'It is not by mere chance that Anastasia International has become the world's leading Russian/American Introductory Agency. For more than ten years, our continual commitment to honesty, integrity and hard work on behalf of our clients has allowed us to set and raise the standards of our industry as a whole’.

Honesty! Integrity! (sticks in the throat a bit)

But if you wade on through all the blurb, you’ll eventually get to this bit, where they talk about the services provided by their agencies in FSU:

Quote:

'Agencies that perform match-making services, as opposed to just introductory services, take the further step of searching through databases for their clients and sending their introductory letters to perspective (sic) matches'.

Oh Yeah?

Well, if that’s a service, WHY don’t they tell you that, you have received a ‘matchmaking’ letter.

Easy! Because they WANT you to believe it came directly from some lovely RW. Then you’ll send them lots of $$$’s replying to someone who, probably, would never have contacted you in the first place!!!

So be careful when replying to unsolicited mail on these sites.
I’ve been there!

Posted by: vic2012

Further to the above, it is not unknown for agencies to continue corresponding with you, without the knowledge of their client. And, of course charging you $6 or $8 a time.
Older members here will probably remember that back in 2005, I scored a spectacular own goal, by dashing out to Kiev to surprise and meet a wonderful girl, with whom I had been corresponding for a month, through Anastesiaweb. Only to discover that, when I got there, she didn't know I existed.

Anastesia will tell you that, their girls have been informed about you and, have been given approval by the girl to forward their details to you.......I'm sorry, but thats sheer bollocks!

Has anyone EVER received an introductory letter though any agency and was actually told that, it was a 'matchmaking' letter?
i.e. That, the girl whose letter you have received, has never seen your photo, or any letter from you.
If such a company exists, they are the ones to join.

Posted by: FOXSYS

It is part of the game.If you are going to use an agency this is the way it works.Most of these girls don't have a computer at home so they can sit and browse through the guys profiles.They wait until they receive a reply and then evaluate

Posted by: Raspberry

The hard part is really not knowing "which end is up", until you arrive in the FSU. For one thing, you at the mercy of the translator's "interpetation", but also certain people within an agency that are driven to get results(as in you paying for letters).

Posted by: zaniac

Quote:

Originally Posted by cad3deng

Also, I now ask them for their phone number and mailing address in all my second letters. If they give me some bogus excuse that they don't have a phone or can't receive mail I’d drop them right away.

I'm not having a bash at your methods mate, but do you not think that asking/demanding personal contact details so soon is a good idea? I guess it's an individual thing, but as a male or female, I would never hand over my personal details (especially postal address) to a stranger that quickly. Just a thought anyway.

Posted by: The Dark Knight

The other day I "registered" at GL to view a video. By registered I mean I gave the most minimal information I could. i.e. My first name and my alternative email address--nothing else. No age, occupation, picture, requirements, etc--NOTHING!

Today I received an email from a young lady based on my "extensive profile". At least you can look at her profile first but she isn't what I'm looking for and there was a thing or two in her profile that fell outside my requirements.

That all being said, for half a second I was a little flattered until I realized this must've been generated by the agency to induce me into paying $6 to open her letter (and presumably reply for another $6 naturally!)

It would've been tough to pass up IF I had posted a profile so I can see how fast this could get out of hand money-wise and the disappointment of discovering she either never existed or doesn't know you exist.

Posted by: Spakoyna

I believe the majority of 1st letters sent buy ladies are sent by the agency at the ladies request. When a lady is ready to meet someone new they tell the agency to cast their net for her. She then reviews the letters from those who reply and responds to those who interest her.

I am certain almost all agencies who operate under this MO operate this way. I don't see the big deal. It worked for me! As a side note, I responded to 1 lady in the beginning that didn't write back. Did the tracking thing they offered and was told the lady was no longer available and refunded the tokens from reading her letter and sending a reply! I can also say I was never played byu a scammer! In the beginning I believe there was 3 ladies I wrote who wanted children. I replied they were nice,etc., etc., but I didn't want anymore children. They all replied what a pity and good luck!

I don't know How GL is now...but I would recommend them from my experience.

Posted by: Raspberry

From what I recall, there's actually TWO sites called "Global Ladies"...one is supposed to be decent, and the other is scam city. We may be confusing one with the other.....

Posted by: Spakoyna

The Global Ladies I used has it's headquarters in Atlanta,Ga.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raspberry

From what I recall, there's actually TWO sites called "Global Ladies"...one is supposed to be decent, and the other is scam city. We may be confusing one with the other.....

Posted by: The Dark Knight

FYI its the global ladies w/ 1 "L".

Also, I received two more letters today.

I'm curious to read the letters but not $18 curious.

Posted by: Stirlitz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spakoyna

I believe the majority of 1st letters sent buy ladies are sent by the agency at the ladies request.

Very seldom as far as I am concerned.

Posted by: Chillidog

Please everyone who uses Globaladies.com understand their buisness practices

first the similarities between http://Globaladies.com buisness practices and AnastasiaWeb's buisness practices is this:

1) both work on a pay-per-mail basis which can become very expensive especialy when writing multiple women

2) both send unsolicited introduction letters that women are not aware of

3) both will NOT allow exchange of personal email address in your letters, they both edit them and delete this info.

4) both will ALLOW the exchange of postal address in your letters

the only difference between Globaladies and AnastasiaWeb is this, BUT this is
a BIG DIFFERENCE

"Globaladies WILL ALLOW the exchange of PHONE NUMBERS in your letters"

remember to always read and research any agency fully before joining

Posted by: Spakoyna

Yeap...all it takes is a phone number. I have to be bias because I met my wife on Global Ladies! I actually felt like I got an outstanding deal through Global Ladies. This was because I used a tour to meet my wife. Oustanding interpretors, Excellent suport,nice tours,I couldn't have done the trip any cheaper and got pretty much all the money I spent writing letters ($500) on a discount on the tour for writing the letters! Too bad they got outta the tour bus. Ya can thank the jealous American women for that and that new law they pushed through!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chillidog

Please everyone who uses Globaladies.com understand their buisness practices

first the similarities between http://Globaladies.com buisness practices and AnastasiaWeb's buisness practices is this:

1) both work on a pay-per-mail basis which can become very expensive especialy when writing multiple women

2) both send unsolicited introduction letters that women are not aware of

3) both will NOT allow exchange of personal email address in your letters, they both edit them and delete this info.

4) both will ALLOW the exchange of postal address in your letters

the only difference between Globaladies and AnastasiaWeb is this, BUT this is
a BIG DIFFERENCE

"Globaladies WILL ALLOW the exchange of PHONE NUMBERS in your letters"

remember to always read and research any agency fully before joining

Posted by: goforit

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

Yeah I knew it. EM did this to me. I knew they did it because when I asked about it they did not respond but refunded my credits because I complained.

Posted by: goforit

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chillidog

"Globaladies WILL ALLOW the exchange of PHONE NUMBERS in your letters"

remember to always read and research any agency fully before joining

Get the phone number, hire a third party translator, and say goodbye to GL until you find another woman you want to contact, and then repeat the process. It will save you a ****ton**** of money.

Posted by: Raspberry

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Originally Posted by goforit

Yeah I knew it. EM did this to me. I knew they did it because when I asked about it they did not respond but refunded my credits because I complained.

EM also sent me letters from women....of course, women I would not be interested in. But for some reason, the ability of saying a "polite no answer" was not there. Stupid me, I had opened one of the letters, and was dinged a credit. But after that point, if the "polite no answer" isn't an option, then I just delete.

Posted by: Chillidog

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raspberry

I also inquired to EM about saying the "Polite no answer" because they stated on the website that this was an available otion, and I could not find this option anywhere as a reply back to the woman. When I wrote EM they wrote back and said that this option has been eliminated. Have not used them for over 1+ years so not sure if they state anywhere on there site about this option any more.

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by Raspberry

The way I figured out something was awry is that I would get an expression of interest from a woman, almost immediately write back, and then nearly as quickly get the templated "polite not interested reply."

What was up with that?? The woman just said she was interested in me and as soon as I return interest she is not interested??? Anyway I got a batch of these twice when my membership was up for renewal, so I guessed these were not generated by the ladies but rather by the website.

I like Elena's, but this activity and some of their questionable translators/translations is not good.

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by Chillidog

Interesting. It seems to be there now and I have used it a few times.

Posted by: matt235

Zaniac,

I still have an account with GL and I have realized that most of the (initial) letters that I get are probably agency generated. However, I look at this a little different. I find the mostly daily emails from the ladies to be a bit of a focus point. What I mean by this is such: I am not quite ready to travel to the fsu, but I am in the planning stages right now. By receiving these emails, I am reminded daily what my overall goal is. (Seems that my job can be a bit overtaxing sometimes and I need a little nudge to get back on track!)

Anyway, you are correct in saying that GL would be a potential tool for meeting that special lady.

matt235

Posted by: JohnnyLaRue

Gofor: I hear ya it happens on other websites as well. Just recently I got a wink from a woman so I replied back with a short but informative letter. Then I get a letter that said she is not interested. Then again it is better than the one mean letter I got a few days ago.

I also agree a phone # makes a huge difference although the one great woman I am talking to her cell service is awful. My call gets dropped all the time on her cell but I can call her home no problem and we talk that way.

But yea I am NOT big on talking on the phone at all but the first convo ended up being about 4 + hours long! No akward pauses or running out of things to talk about. I would have talked longer but she was falling asleep (it was 3am there).