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Who has any experience of these agencies??
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Posted by: steve27t

I have used Confidential Connections but I chose girls that could speak some English, now I am corresponding with a girl with poor English and I feel that the translations are not up to scratch, that I am missing something? Has anybody used Russian Brides Club (loveme.com) or Bridge to Bride with any success? I see that Russian Brides Club has an e.mail forwarding and translation service. Any feedback appreciated.

Posted by: mtbclay

Russian Brides Club is a website that links to company called A Foriegn Affair. I have used the forwarding service twice. I found it beneficial when I sent introduction letters to 2 ladies that did not speak english. If you are sending quite a few letters the price can add up quickly. The advantage is that it is faster than regular mail, plus your letter and the lady's response are translated by a person rather than a software program. You might also check out this sight as Lena does a translation service as well. Good luck in your search.

Clay

Posted by: Well-wisher

Yes, I agree that e-mail forwarding is better as it is faster and the messages are translated by people. When you buy addresses it can cost up to $15 per one, with no guarantee that the lady will be interested, or even respond to you. Moreover if her English is poor it is really difficult to communicate. I know several guys who use this kind of dating sites like A Foriegn Affair or Anastasia Intl (www.anastasiaweb.com) and they are very excited. There is an opportunity to register a man’ profile for free there and receive introductory letters from ladies. It provides you with an opportunity to write to those ladies who are interested in you.

Posted by: gator70

Why use any agency?

Posted by: Well-wisher

Well, and how else for example a man from U.S. can find/meet a lady from say Russia/Ukraine. And not just a women, but family-oriented who is seeking for serious long-term relationship...
May be you can share your personal experience with us, how to do it?

Posted by: Skooter

Well Wisher

It is possible using some of the free sites to gain access to ladies that are not affiliated with an agency, such as matchdoctor or Freepersonals, saying that many ARE with agencies, but you can find the odd diamond in there too.

There are ladies out there that have a home computer or use one belonging to a friend or even at work that do not require money to be sent to communicate with a western man.

Some ladies realise that agencies do not always have their best interests at heart and prefer to go solo in their search, not all are poverty stricken waiting to be rescued, I've had contact with a few ladies that are well employed, speak English and have their own computer, but they do take some finding.

One other suggestion, its possible to meet FSU women on ICQ that may have similar interests to your own, FSU women use ICQ alot to chat to friends or find romance on the net, these are women that do have access to a computer or use internet cafe for this purpose, bit of a challenge to our dating skills but I've made a few friends this way.

Agencies do seem to be the first things people jump for, but really there are other ways just needs sometimes a more creative approach.

Hope that is some help anyway

Posted by: Well-wisher

Thank you very much for the advice Scooter, I have not thought about it. Still I find it to be a little bit difficult to find that “odd diamond” and where is the guarantee that she is looking for a husband, but not for a Sugar daddy? At least in agencies they somehow control this process…The ladies who come there really see it as a last hope to find a partner….As for ISQ I think it may be not serious – the ladies may just have nothing to do at work or at home and they are simply having fun, exchanging messages…On the other hand you never know…

Thank you once again for your reply!

Posted by: neil277

Hello Steve27t,

Have a look at www.russianwife.co.uk this lady offers a good service and at a good price, Katya is a good person and runs a good website.

I trust this lady.

Regards

Neil

Posted by: kievfriend

Hi guys you may try and have a look at my site
www.friends-in-kiev.com
I hope you'll like it and find it useful. It's different from other agencies. ou may get any imaginable help connected with traveling, matchmaking, translations-interpretations, guided tours, airline tickets, apartments and a lot more.
Glad to help you, Nataly

Posted by: Tex

Natalia, do I understand correctly after reading your site that in addition to buying a ladies address for $10 for an additional $20 you will include her phone number?

Invitation letter for business visa $100. Did you know you could get such invitation letter for free from other service providers offering Ukraine business visas?

What? $25 for airport pick-up from Zhulyany! Others are charging $10.

Interpreter/Guide $10 an hour? All day long you can get this for $5 an hour.

Cell phone rental at $10 a day? So thats about $70 a week. Your competitors are charging less than half that rate.

Natalia, looks like you need to get your prices a little more in line with others in Kiev.

Posted by: kievfriend

Really thanks for advice, this is what I actaully need to compare my services with others but what I really am different from other agencies in is the quality of services I give - that is why I may be a bit more expensive in comparison with some other agencies. Most of them charge the same prices and even more. I really know the most agencies' fees and exactly that's why I rated my services like that.
I always have a personal approach to each person I am working with. I listen to them, their problems and desires, their expectations about the ladies and experience they had, from my background I got a good insight on women's and men's psychology and I am always trying to warn a guy before a date what type of girl she is and how much they are compatible.

You wrote:
"Invitation letter for business visa $100. Did you know you could get such invitation letter for free from other service providers offering Ukraine business visas?"
- No I was really unaware of this matter as I know that you can get such type of visa free of charge if you are going to the countries from European Union. But I have always provided such a service before and the last time I did it was 3 months ago.
Of course if you could notice I say on my site that there are always options we can discuss. Many people go here being not my clients and wishing to get just part of the service in this case I charge them this fee $100 for invitation letter. But if you come here for us to work as a team I am always open to discuss these issues:-) (if you meant other agencies doing it free of charge).

"What? $25 for airport pick-up from Zhulyany! Others are charging $10".
- I really haven't come accross such a price.

"Interpreter/Guide $10 an hour? All day long you can get this for $5 an hour".
- First of all the quality of interpretation is really different from what you may (if you come here before) come accross here. I worked with some "interpreters" for some time and I can tell you that we are really professionals - nothing is ommited from interpretations we do and nothing odd added. If I or my interpreters work with a man all day long I also give a good discount. This is what my friends and former clients can prove and confirm from REFERENCE section. You may contact them if you wish to ask for the quality of services I provide here:-)

I wish you a good day and all the best!
Appreciate your time and interest spent for my site and my agency.
If you or anyone else ever decides to join my club and experience real CONCERN about you/them you are always welcome.

And to finish with I'd like to say that one may buy a "good" car OPEL and another one "PORSHE" but if you never try or know about "Porshe" you'll think "OPEL" is the best car in the world for a very "nice" price:-)
Truly yours, Nataly

Posted by: Jill

I'll tell you what--the more I read about marriage agencies and the prices they charge for the services they offer, the more I begin to realize that I'm in the wrong the business.

I need to open a marriage agency!

Posted by: mtbclay

Jill,
Perhaps you should!!

You never know

Clay

Posted by: Jill

I actually think it would be a lot of fun. If I had any business administration skills at all, I might just consider it. Unfortunately I've worked in non-profit all my life so I've never learned how to make money

Posted by: theworkingman

I can only speak to my expirence and I came in contact with NiceBride.com by chance. But www.nicebride.com is an agency which has real girls and can and will take care of your every need should you visit them. If things dont work out with your intended mate there is a pool of woman to meet. Hell things worked out with my first choise though but didn't know it until I had already meet some other nice ladys. ITs ALright things are going great now, : )

Posted by: Tex

Oh my workingman, and you recommend this site? You had a good experience?

I had never heard of this site so I took a look.

You want to buy ladies address, $35.
You want ladies phone number, another $35.
If you want to give your address to a lady, $35 (never heard of this one before).
If you want to give your phone number to a lady, $35.

workingman do all these ladies live in the same city? I look for what cities these ladies come from, no city is listed. Are some from Ukraine, Belarus? Are some from Moscow or Vladivostock?

After looking at the first 10 or so pages I stopped. Usually when an agency has a LOT of young girls who are looking for much older men I think it is not a good sign. Do you think it is common for young Russian girls to have interest in men 30-31 years older than themselves?

# 1494 Olga, 19, looking for man to 50. (31 years age difference)
# 1454 Alena, 19, looking for man to 50. (31 years age difference)
# 1531 Yulia, 20, looking for man up to 50. (30 years age difference)
# 1391 Elena, 20, looking for man up to 50. (30 years age difference)
# 1510 Natalia, 19, looking for man up to 45. (26 years age difference)
# 1399 Olga, 19, looking for man up to 45. (26 years age difference)
# 1453 Ksenia, 20, looking for man up to 45. (25 years age difference)
# 1434 Rezeda, 21, looking for man up to 45. (24 years age difference)

workingman do you really believe 19 year old Russian girls are interested to marry men 50 years of age?

I can understand an agency have one or two young girls who might express such an interest, and usually those girls I think have questionable motives. But when one agency has so many young girls seeking marriage to men 25-30 years older than them, I have to wonder about that agency

Posted by: FlashingEyes

Tex,

Excellent post. I was able to find the following:

Agency is located at: 424000 Russia, Republic of Mari El, Yoshkar-Ola, 30-b Lenina av., Nicebride Marriage Agency

Girls are all "from Yoshkar-Ola (Russia)" area

A counter on the website says that it has had 535 visitors to date, so it's hard to imagine it's been around very long. I also notice "theworkingman" has posted 7 posts, and about 5 have been about this agency so my feeling is "he" has an agenda of advertising for it.

Posted by: lester

Google search nicebride

numerous postings in forum of stop-scammers.com
all stating this is scam agency!
Definately one to steer clear of.

Good posts, tex & flash.