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"Check their verifications?" Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check " And not having any public pictures either would make us wary.. | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check And not having any public pictures either would make us wary.." Always send face pic on request but not many in my area willing to meet my age or status In first place | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check " And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! " Actually I know several ladies, myself included, who have put up forum posts offering to meet unverifed people for coffee and a chat purely to help get that first verification. I met 2 people one day, had a very pleasant time too | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! " yea that what I been finding out if lucky enough to find someone looking for a 49yr old smoker in first place | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! Actually I know several ladies, myself included, who have put up forum posts offering to meet unverifed people for coffee and a chat purely to help get that first verification. I met 2 people one day, had a very pleasant time too " unfortunately I'm in Ashington by Newcastle upon Tyne or would take you up on coffee | |||
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" And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! " So go along to a club (loads in the Manchester area) or the big Manchester social twice a year. Plenty of people to chat to there, who will verify you. But be warned, those who blame 'lack of verification' for the problem, often find out that it isn't! | |||
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"A couple not photo verified and can't accommodate is potential sign of a married bloke on his own,..... " OR It could be a potential sign of a couple who are not photo verified and who can't accommodate. Also what really amazes me is the number of people on here who will not reply unless you have a face pic on your profile. Yet when you look at their profile, is there a face pic? NO! | |||
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" And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! So go along to a club (loads in the Manchester area) or the big Manchester social twice a year. Plenty of people to chat to there, who will verify you. But be warned, those who blame 'lack of verification' for the problem, often find out that it isn't!" I think if you look a little closer you'll notice that the OP is from Shrewsbury. Why on earth would you be advising him to travel to a Manchester club????? Or is it that you are defending the system? The very same system that allows people to hide their profiles, real or fake. | |||
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" And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! So go along to a club (loads in the Manchester area) or the big Manchester social twice a year. Plenty of people to chat to there, who will verify you. But be warned, those who blame 'lack of verification' for the problem, often find out that it isn't! I think if you look a little closer you'll notice that the OP is from Shrewsbury. Why on earth would you be advising him to travel to a Manchester club????? Or is it that you are defending the system? The very same system that allows people to hide their profiles, real or fake. " don't think that was meant for op as quote above was from someone who lives in Manchester | |||
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"I thought I was getting better at spotting them until today. My meet thought it was ok to turn up 1hr 30 mins late because he fell back to sleep. If that's the case I don't think I missed much tbh " He could not of look at your pics or he would of been early | |||
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"Also what really amazes me is the number of people on here who will not reply unless you have a face pic on your profile. Yet when you look at their profile, is there a face pic? NO!" If they didn't reply, how do you know that's why they didn't reply? If someone I looked at had it on their profile that I needed to have a face pic on public display, I'd skip past them without a second thought, as I don't currently want mine public (sometimes have had it as profile pic). It's easier to contact people who you match, than wish someone who you clearly don't match, changed their preferences. | |||
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"I thought I was getting better at spotting them until today. My meet thought it was ok to turn up 1hr 30 mins late because he fell back to sleep. If that's the case I don't think I missed much tbh He could not of look at your pics or he would of been early " His loss I'm afraid. I don't think that's acceptable at all and I made that very clear to him 5 wks of wasted time chatting | |||
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"I thought I was getting better at spotting them until today. My meet thought it was ok to turn up 1hr 30 mins late because he fell back to sleep. If that's the case I don't think I missed much tbh He could not of look at your pics or he would of been early His loss I'm afraid. I don't think that's acceptable at all and I made that very clear to him 5 wks of wasted time chatting " Didn't realise that sorry but he Def a fool I looked at your pics and damn sure if I'd been lucky enough I'd make sure I'd turn up | |||
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" And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! So go along to a club (loads in the Manchester area) or the big Manchester social twice a year. Plenty of people to chat to there, who will verify you. But be warned, those who blame 'lack of verification' for the problem, often find out that it isn't! I think if you look a little closer you'll notice that the OP is from Shrewsbury. Why on earth would you be advising him to travel to a Manchester club????? Or is it that you are defending the system? The very same system that allows people to hide their profiles, real or fake. don't think that was meant for op as quote above was from someone who lives in Manchester " I am very aware of that and posted the remark precisely to make the point that people are far too quick to judge and pass opinion. What I was pointing out is the anomaly of a system where you have the need to have already spoken to people BEFORE you are acceptable to speak to those very people. The system is flawed; it is the only system currently available and sadly it will remain just as flawed whilst people continue to preach that all those without a long list of verifications are fake or potentially fake. At the end of the day WE ALL MUST REALISE that there is actually an option NOT TO DISPLAY verifications on your profile for all to see. This is available when your verifications come in. A lack of evidence is not evidence in itself. | |||
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" And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! So go along to a club (loads in the Manchester area) or the big Manchester social twice a year. Plenty of people to chat to there, who will verify you. But be warned, those who blame 'lack of verification' for the problem, often find out that it isn't! I think if you look a little closer you'll notice that the OP is from Shrewsbury. Why on earth would you be advising him to travel to a Manchester club????? Or is it that you are defending the system? The very same system that allows people to hide their profiles, real or fake. don't think that was meant for op as quote above was from someone who lives in Manchester I am very aware of that and posted the remark precisely to make the point that people are far too quick to judge and pass opinion. What I was pointing out is the anomaly of a system where you have the need to have already spoken to people BEFORE you are acceptable to speak to those very people. The system is flawed; it is the only system currently available and sadly it will remain just as flawed whilst people continue to preach that all those without a long list of verifications are fake or potentially fake. At the end of the day WE ALL MUST REALISE that there is actually an option NOT TO DISPLAY verifications on your profile for all to see. This is available when your verifications come in. A lack of evidence is not evidence in itself." | |||
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"... Above all common sense, if you feel something isn't right go with your gut as it's usually right. " Exactly this!! | |||
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"If all their messages are about sex, what he is going to do to you, do you like this, sex scenarios, then they are unlikely to meet as they are too busy wanking themselves into a frenzy with the messages." Must admit I would ask what they like as if meet is for sex I would prefer that they enjoy themselves but obviously would not ask that if meet was just for coffee | |||
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"A couple not photo verified and can't accommodate is potential sign of a married bloke on his own,..... OR It could be a potential sign of a couple who are not photo verified and who can't accommodate. Also what really amazes me is the number of people on here who will not reply unless you have a face pic on your profile. Yet when you look at their profile, is there a face pic? NO!" Hence my use of the word "potential" Rather than "definitive"... However, not being able to accommodate can be a result of your circumstances, but not uploading a picture of you both holding up a card with your profile name on is a choice | |||
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" And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! So go along to a club (loads in the Manchester area) or the big Manchester social twice a year. Plenty of people to chat to there, who will verify you. But be warned, those who blame 'lack of verification' for the problem, often find out that it isn't! I think if you look a little closer you'll notice that the OP is from Shrewsbury. Why on earth would you be advising him to travel to a Manchester club????? Or is it that you are defending the system? The very same system that allows people to hide their profiles, real or fake. " If you look at my quote, you will see that I was advising YOU to go to a Manchester club/social. You brought up "catch 22 situation", and I wrongly assumed that you were speaking personally (i.e. speaking about people who won't talk to YOU because you're unverified). However, now I've looked at your profile, I see that you are verified, so I presume that you were speaking hypothetically. And yes, I am defending Fab, as I find it a great site. The verification system isn't perfect, but it is the best that it can possibly be. Given the many many thousands of members, and hundreds more joining each day, it is no longer possible for the site owners to verify each new member personally. As to hiding profiles - that is another tool which the site gives us. I use it frequently when I am not meeting new people, as I don't want to waste people's time by come up in their searches. This doesn't make me "fake", no matter what you might think! | |||
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" If you look at my quote, you will see that I was advising YOU to go to a Manchester club/social. You brought up "catch 22 situation", and I wrongly assumed that you were speaking personally (i.e. speaking about people who won't talk to YOU because you're unverified). However, now I've looked at your profile, I see that you are verified, so I presume that you were speaking hypothetically. And yes, I am defending Fab, as I find it a great site. The verification system isn't perfect, but it is the best that it can possibly be. Given the many many thousands of members, and hundreds more joining each day, it is no longer possible for the site owners to verify each new member personally. As to hiding profiles - that is another tool which the site gives us. I use it frequently when I am not meeting new people, as I don't want to waste people's time by come up in their searches. This doesn't make me "fake", no matter what you might think! " I knew immediately that you were advising me but I chose to reply the way i did to highlight the fact that the original poster was the one raising the question and not myself. I was / am however speaking from my own personal experience. I have experienced in the past contacts from people on here who have declined on the grounds of no verifications. I have also come across profiles which state quite categorically that they will not reply without verifications and more who say they will block anyone contacting them without verifications. When you consider this perhaps you can see where my reference to catch 22 comes from. In addition there exists on this site at least one profile which states that people with too many verifications and or verifications from bi males will be ignored and blocked. I do not mean to suggest that you are fake, I just don't see the point in relying on a verification system when one can hide ones verifications and indeed ones whole profile. All of this seems to run contrary to the "let's rely on verifications" system. My thoughts! No offence intended and none taken on my part. | |||
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"If all their messages are about sex, what he is going to do to you, do you like this, sex scenarios, then they are unlikely to meet as they are too busy wanking themselves into a frenzy with the messages." Yeah, and believe me, I can type fast | |||
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"I've just had a couple fuckwits write to me who I've never spoken to or acknowledged send me an email saying "Shame you can't accommodate" and then bloke me so I can't respond. Is that the same? " It was a bloke. It wernt me, guv. | |||
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"From what we read on FAB it seems there are Alot of profiles that are not all that they seem and the people behind those profiles are just our to collect photos and arrange meets that yhey never intend on turning up to etc etc. What signs if and should we be looking out for? Please advise. " Go with your gut.. if somthing feels off it usually is.. always trusted my gut instincts and never had a bad meet | |||
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"I go by one golden rule and it's never steered me wrong "If it seems to good to be true it often is" So always go with your gut feeling " Yes I can relate to this | |||
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"I suppose we do what most newbies do on here. We check the profiles and stats, photos and verifications. Based on that we make judgements as to if they interest us. The problem is some are better at promoting themselves than others so not always a true reflection is seen. We know our own profile is not particularly going to wow anyone and lack of photos certainly wont help but we are new and cautious with it so as much as we are looking for experiences we are not going to jump In blind. I could put lots of photos of my other half on here and with her fit body and tight bottom I'm sure plenty of interest will come and i may get a flicker from mine you never know. Atleast at the club we can look, experience and hopefully make a good match with the right people for us." From my point of view, unless you do have pics of the female on your profile i will assume the profile is a single male pretending. Sounds harsh maybe but it's the reality, you say you could put them on and get interest, so why not? I do get the clubs bit though, certainly I feel more comfortable in the club environment, as we are a sociable couple we like to meet people first and get to know them as it can tell a lot more face to face | |||
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"I've just had a couple fuckwits write to me who I've never spoken to or acknowledged send me an email saying "Shame you can't accommodate" and then bloke me so I can't respond. Is that the same? " I meant to say block not bloke but i was in such a foul mood at the time. | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check And not having any public pictures either would make us wary.. Always send face pic on request but not many in my area willing to meet my age or status In first place " There's nothing wrong with your age, it's more likely because you mention your girlfriend who isn't playing. XXX | |||
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"From what we read on FAB it seems there are Alot of profiles that are not all that they seem and the people behind those profiles are just our to collect photos and arrange meets that yhey never intend on turning up to etc etc. What signs if and should we be looking out for? Please advise. " if you are asking how to spot one, you have about as much chance as the rest of us...and probably more chance of being able to nail jelly to a wall than you have of avoiding them | |||
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"Personally I'm convinced half the problem is because it's a free site. If people have nothing to lose by getting a ban or a bad name they're going to misbehave." You do know time wasters have money to pay for a membership also | |||
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"found with so called couples, if they message during the day, but never at night, its usually a case of the wife has no idea he is doing it when at work in daytime, and he dare not answer at night in case he gets caught" You fell for that also I thought I was the only one... I hope you didn't go to his house to hangout naked and watch porn... | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check And here's the catch 22 syndrome.... You won't get any because people won't talk or meet to verify you until you've got some verifications. A lot won't even answer messages! Actually I know several ladies, myself included, who have put up forum posts offering to meet unverifed people for coffee and a chat purely to help get that first verification. I met 2 people one day, had a very pleasant time too " Yes I do that too x | |||
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"Check their verifications? Unfortunately some of us don't have any verification to check And not having any public pictures either would make us wary.. Always send face pic on request but not many in my area willing to meet my age or status In first place " Consider changing your status. | |||
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"A couple not photo verified and can't accommodate is potential sign of a married bloke on his own,..... OR It could be a potential sign of a couple who are not photo verified and who can't accommodate. Also what really amazes me is the number of people on here who will not reply unless you have a face pic on your profile. Yet when you look at their profile, is there a face pic? NO!" Users who aren't single men will typically find it hard to reply to all messages full stop. Users can improve their chances by following the great, helpful advice on the site. And not rely just on site meets for swinging and sex. | |||
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