Methods

[hockeybrain]

... in response to Re: Methods, posted by MarkInTx on Oct 21, 2002

I am cautious and have tried the long term problem agency

owned by the Woodchuck in Tver without success as well as

Mordins@n / AFA socials and Anastasia socials as well as a

small agency out of Sochi, now called Love4life.  LTP is a

good agency who I was totally disappointed with because

there really were none of what I wanted.  I found a girl

with a kid anyway, even though I did not want it, and

ultimately parted ways with her.  With Mordins@ns I just

felt I found a girl who was too young and most likely a

sophisticated scammer - just not right to take a chance on

her.  The Sochi girl I met again in Moscow and she fell

apart on that second meeting because she decided that I was

now a "rich American," and wanted to spend my money like

water.  Before going on my first social with AFA I wrote

alot of women - turned out to be a waste of time.  I did

the same prior to going over to LTP - waste of time as I

did with Mordins@ns.  I did an intro letter prior to going

to Sochi which was ok.  So, I think an intro letter /

positive response and go over is the best I can stomach

with letter writing.  I think that relatively new agencies

in smaller / less fished out ponds is the smart way to

approach the pursuit.  I agree alot of luck is involved.  

You can meet what you think is the girl for you, but only

time will tell if the hand you dealt yourself was a correct

one.

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: Re: Methods, posted by hockeybrain on Oct 21, 2002

Nice white space :-)

(Not quite what I meant... )

Well... sounds like you have tried the Agency approach, and found it wanting.

Personally, I had the same opinion of writing women from the catalog that you did. The only one I had good success with was: www.artsalon.as. At least you didn't have to pay for each address.

It seems like the best option for you -- if you don't like writing ladies from the catalogs, and you don't want to use an agency -- would be a personal ad.

Personally, I think they are the best bang for your buck. And, I'm not just saying that because that's how I met Victoria... That's also how I met Maria.

I never met anyone that interested me any other way than a personal ad.

You probably saw the flame war below where a lot of options were thrown out for personal ads, so I won't bother reposting it here.

Good luck to you!

BTW, with the current political situation in Russia, and the problems with the Moscow embassy, I think I would focus on Ukraine if I were you. I mean, let us all HOPE that Moscow gets things squared away soon. But, if I were open to looking anywhere, I think I woul dstay away from Russia right now...

[hockeybrain]

... in response to Hehehe... I guess  deserved that, posted by MarkInTx on Oct 21, 2002

I appreciate your advice.  It is a shame many of the attacks against you and others on this board are personal as opposed to attacks on ideas.  That is what I am trying to get started again with this post - attack approach / ideas for people who have not yet been successful.  Of course I wish you and your wife to be the best!