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Beware the wives

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Make sure the hot girl messaging you isn't doing research of her own:


I was considering joining after being a guest member for a couple of weeks and a collect email came.  I decided to check their Terms and Conditions and they basically admit to everything charged on your page.  I was suspicious that a hot girl would have her picture on her profile, and it turned out she was a scorned wife trying to catch her husband doing the deed. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is!


I disputed a charges one time with AM. AM sent copies all of my emails via my AMX statement. I had to be careful to make sure my wife wouldn't read them!
 
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Editor: 
Ashley Madison says they're all about discretion and I've never heard that they've violate this promise except in this case when someone disputes charges (can you blame them?). When you make an Ashley Madison purchase, your credit card will be discretely billed which makes it hard to get caught through your statement. When you dispute a charge, the Ashley Madison has the opportunity to prove you made the purchase. If they can prove to the credit card company that you made the charges, the credit card company will send you proof showing why they will NOT reverse the charges. 

In the above case it looks like the guy tried to dispute a charge he made, and got proven wrong. If you're married and trying to date, it's best to err on the side of discretion and avoid getting caught. Don't dispute the charges.

"Bogus Web Site OR Shy Members?"

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Hey!

I saw your web site and wanted to add my two cents.  AM is NOT the biggest scam, Bernie Madoff sealed the fate on that title.

I joined up for a short while after two years off and realized that many of the women who are members on Ashley Madison usually join because they are curious, and not necessarily seeking to have an affair but are satisfying their curiosity about the subject. I have talked with many of these curious women who say that they are often times approached by men who completely offend them with sexual innuendoes and inappropriate remarks and it ruins the experience for them and causes them to delete their accounts before ever connecting with someone. 

The fact that many men don't understand that women in relationships are not going to sabatoge their lives over a man/men who are degrading towards them. I have talked with many REAL women on Ashley Madison, and plan to continue to use the service for many more years to come. In fact the men who don't know how to approach and treat the women on the website properly, gives the rest of us a bad rap.



Thanks for starting the blog; I was taken in by Ashley Madison's affair guarantee.  I had to see what the hype was all about.


In the beginning; I sent an e-mail sent to a member, right after I upgraded my account. I had sent out 4 e-mail requests for contact in my local area.  3 contacts never logged back into their accounts, all said 7+ days from last log in, the other had logged in 5+ days earlier. I realized that having an affair is like fishing, sometimes you don't catch anything, but you never give up trying. I still have lots of credits and will keep on fishing until I get that bite.


I'm an average guy looking for some fun and thought going through one of these dating websites would help to break the ice, since places like eHarmony and Match won't allow this type of service.  

So about a year ago I was having trouble with my relationship and thought I would try to maybe find someone else in the same position. Ashley sounded like a pretty good way of going about that so I signed up. After the first day I was having a hard time trying to connect with women and I wasn't quite sure why. I was bummed that it was going to take more work to find someone than I initially expected. I tried with little success and honestly kind of forgot about my account.

I am single now and thought "Hey, I should go back to Ashley and blow the rest of those credits." So, I sent off about 5 emails to profiles that were vacant. When I say vacant, I mean no photo, no descriptions, the profiles looked fake. And here is the BEST PART... I got several responses. I had to wait to get photographs of them after a few exchanges, many women hardly ever put photos up or they're private photos. Some people cry about Ashley Madison having many scam profiles (I guess Nigerian scam profiles?), I have flagged a few odd profiles and many have been deleted. Ashley Madison is not a scam, but there are scammers which it looks like AM is trying to fight.

Guess what? 

I blew all my credits, but I RENEWED because I found real women and realized that they are not a scam. Ashley clearly states that the first email will cost you credits, but after that it is free. Take your time when talking to these women, whats the rush?

W.

Having just discovered this site I wish to share my views on the site with others. I have not used the site for say a few weeks and I patiently check back in to find new members and my credits are still there. 


I'm sure the TV stations and newspapers promote them because people have been having affairs on the site. They wouldn't promote it otherwise, you'd think. I have had phone sex, cyber sex, and physical sex with members on the site, I will tell you it took a long time and a lot of patience, but I have several women who I have an affair with regularly.

-Serious Cheater

 

S.D. Writes:

Since December, 2009 I have spent less than $100 and hours on Ashley Madison hoping to hook up with the right person. It took an incredible amount of patience and finally I was able to get one person to meet over a coffee. It did not lead to having an affair... YET, but it kept me interested in continuing my membership with them. It sucks that it takes so much work to meet a woman do but it seems to pay off and is probably worth the effort to avoid getting caught.

I am not some old, fat slob who should have trouble hooking up.  I am 37, 5'6', 190 pounds and handsome.  She was 45 5'10' and about 250 pounds. She was by no means a hottie, but she was sweet. I will let you know as soon as I do have an affair on Ashley Madison.

Ashley Madison and Cougar Life are apparently run by the same company, Avid

Life Media. Cougar Life targets older women seeking younger men. Many female readers have noted that their Ashley Madison account received an invitation to Cougar Life which, if accepted, will auto create an account on Cougar Life using their information and photos from Ashley Madison.


Pretty slick.


The founder of the site is a pretty hot self proclaimed cougar. Wouldn't mind meeting her. ;)


Here's the ad for Cougar Life:


NJ Writes:

Last night I came accoss a new site cougarlife.com which is all about cougar dating (older women, younger men).

Here is the deal.. go to AshleyMadison.com look at all the pics of girls not hiding their faces..

then go to cougarlife.com .. compare pics..

LOL to my surprise.. a lot are the same..

So that sure as hell tells you.. they are owned by the same Scammers..

Thanks

Editor Note: We have gotten emails from women on Ashley Madison saying they were invited to join Cougar Life. If they accept, their profiles automatically get copied to cougarlife (pictures and all). I think this pretty much addresses the whole "same profile" argument. Looks like Cougar Life is legit. Bring on the cougars!

Too Good To Be True?

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MVD writes:

 

I have to admit, it seemed too good to be true.  A 19 old girl, 

weighing 105 who checked off every desire, from bondage to threesome.  

But hell, I wrote her a very witty note.  No reply.  Okay, I tried another, nothing.  I uploaded a pix showing my six pack (not the kind from a liquor store).  Zilch.  Then I noticed I had used up my "credits".  Then I get an email, saying I have a secret admirer.  So I buy a bunch more credits, reply and she is off line, all in three minutes!  I've gotten "virtual drinks" whatever those are (little pictures of martinis) presumably so I will send gifts back (which cost, by the way).  Those gifts were sent by 4 different women, at the same time, from different parts of the US and none had their pictures posted.  Oh, and I couldn't reply to any of them, cause they were blocked.  Does that make any sense to you?  That different women would contact me, only to block themselves from my return contact.

 

At least the people who work for AM are so stupid (probably outsourced to Bangladesh) that I caught on.  DId you ever read the fine print to the contract?  I finally did.  It actually admits they will send fake profiles to me from time to time, as promotions!!!!!

 

 

DON"T JOIN THIS SCAM BUNCH!!

 

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