Archive for November, 2008
It’s a well known fact in the online dating industry that Christmas is the busiest time of year on online dating sites. Why is it that the Christmas spike beats even Valentine’s day when it comes to people rushing to the sites to find love?
Christmas is one of those times of year when being alone can, frankly, really suck. All those images of happy families everywhere are bad enough, so couple that with the pressures of spending time with your family and the miserable weather and it might account for some of the reasons behind the traditional rush. Also, with people being off work, there’s plenty of free time to be spent alone wishing someone else was there with them.
Continue Reading November 28th, 2008
When you’ve met someone online who seems normal, it stands to reason that you’ll want to speak to them on the phone sooner or later. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want just any person to have my mobile number and I sure wouldn’t want them to have my landline number unless I had good reason to believe that person isn’t a freak.
Continue Reading November 27th, 2008
Looks like the online dating company I used to work for has been sold for a second time, having sacked 70% of its employees only recently. I understand it’s been sold to Easydate. It’s a real shame that a company that used to be so successful went downhill so quickly to the point where it was apparently bleeding money on a daily basis. It used to be one of the most lucrative companies of its kind. This sad ending a long way away from the happy-go-lucky start up Allegran was when I started working there, staffed by brilliant people, many of whom I still call my friends today.
Continue Reading November 18th, 2008
Are you looking for the Match.com free trial? You can now try Match for a whole week, absolutely free!
Here’s how to get your free trial on Match.com:
- Use this link to go to Match.com and sign up for a free account
- Click on “subscribe now” to get to the subscription page and choose the type of subscription you want
You’ll need to put your credit card details in (you usually do with free trials), but you will only be billed after 7 days from when you subscribe, so if you don’t like the site, you can cancel within 7 days and you won’t get charged a single penny. The only way you’ll get charged is after 7 days, if you decide you like the site and want to keep using it. If you sign up for 6 months you’ll even get their money back guarantee!
Click here to go to Match.com now
For the American site, see the bar on the right hand side of this page for current offers (as well as more UK ones).
I wrote a whole post dedicated to saving money while dating online, which you can find here.
November 3rd, 2008
This one is new to me, but has apparently been around for a while. A friend of a friend was communicating with someone on a big free dating site who claimed to be a soldier based in Iraq.His profile picture had him wearing a uniform and holding a gun, but he described himself as “shy”. He asked her for a relatively small sum of money (for a scammer) as a deposit for a service that would allow them to speak on the phone. Once paid, he disappeared. Turns out he was doing the rounds on the site, conning lots of women out of cash.
This serves as a good reminder to be careful while dating online. Especially on free dating sites. Never send money to anyone you meet on a dating site!
Here are some more handy online dating safety tips.
I have now started a forum dealing with this topic as well, but I suggest you still read the comments below before posting there. At some point I may close comments on this page. The forum sits at: http://www.onlinedatingbook.co.uk/forum. You can use it to ask about people you think you are scammers or warn others about scammers you’ve come across.
November 3rd, 2008
