Agency told me to not write

[thesearch]

Before I had mentioned how an agency that I became introduced to calling themselves Anastasia Internet (still do not know if they are related to the big Anastasia yet) by responding to an ad in Kiss.com

Well, I wrote in Russian and after the second letter they started writing to me and said I could not do this as I had to use their translators. Additionally they told me I had to pay her bill or they would block my communication.

So, I write back to this lady and tell her that I only want communications with her and not the agency and that any restrictions  or problems they create it should be her to tell me and not them. Basically I am telling her that I only want to deal with her.

She does not respond and the agency writes back and tells me that I will not be allowed to write to any of their ladies. I do not even know if they have a web site or not.

My call, actions typical of what would expect from a scam agency.

I mention this as this is the first time an agency has been so aggressive and interfering.

[Patrick]

... in response to Agency told me to not write, posted by thesearch on Oct 26, 2001

This is the big problem with the business model many of these sites are using that generate revenue from e-mail forwarding and translation.  So many guys want convenience that it apparently sells, but when the agency doesn't make money unless you use their forwarding and translation service, then it's a recipie for discontent in their male clients at best, and fraud at it's worst.

The agency may not even be a fraud, they may just be protecting their revenue stream, but with email forwarding you never will know if the woman is real until you can bypass the agency.  I would never use a service that operates like this.  They apparently operate, at least in part, by placing women's ads on places like Kiss.com and other low cost, or "free" contact sites.

When you try the "free" sites, or places that charge a very low monthly fee for unlimited contact, you're probably going to run into this alot.

I think Kiss.com will work for men, but they may have to wade through all the ads placed there by agencies using their site to promote women that you can only contact through their agency.  This must be why Kiss.com stopped posting Ukrainian women a while back.  You should let them know what happened and ask them to remove the lady's personal ad from their site.  If you pay them a monthly fee to contact the people who placed personal ads at their site, then they should be making sure that the ads are from ladies and not other agencies.  If I were you, I'd ask for a refund.

[jj]

... in response to Re: Agency told me to not write, posted by Patrick on Oct 26, 2001

Patrik

The only way a girl can read any mail sent via kiss.com is if they are financial.

I have written to Kiss saying that they need to review their new policy. If free members can not read mail from finacial members it is useless.

I have noticed that many girls have published contact details in their profile details.  the other option is when sending emails include your email address in the subject line.  I expect kiss to die a slow death.

[Go2Rus]

... in response to Re: Agency told me to not write, posted by Patrick on Oct 26, 2001

I did report to kiss.com 3 instances of where a lady's ad was placed by an agency who wanted money.  But kiss.com never replied and never removed these ladies.

However, it wasn't a huge problem for me in that I found only those 3 out of about 140 that I sent initial e-mails to.