oh boy - a chance to quote myself
Originally posted 8/4/04
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I can only speak with some authority about gringos in Mexico, but I do think American men are a special case worldwide for the same reasons the women are a special case, as discussed ad nauseum here.
American men spend their lives as buyers in a dismally skewed sellers market. More so than almost any society I can think of. If they get out, they bring their baggage. Desperation. Guilt about "paying for it", or even wanting it. A lifelong habit of "yes dear" in the hopes of getting laid.
The result is poor shoppers, worse bargainers, free spenders. Most American guys can't or won't learn they have added leverage with all the women in an environment where sex can be rented without being arrested, even if they don't make use of the option.
The gringos paying silicon balloon girls $40 for a 10 minute lap dance in a Mexican strip joint when they could get laid for less a couple of blocks down pretty much says it all.
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Cashing in on the American Male's Desperation for Pussy
It is no secret that the average American male is a sad lonely sex starved creature. More often than not he is over-worked, has little free time and even less options when it comes to finding female companionship. Corporations in the porn and telephone sex industry have known this for some time now and have made a tidy sum by providing alternatives to real sex to these men. However, the online dating industry is hungry for a piece of the largesse to the point of employing unscrupulous methods to shamelessly exploit lonely men, lead them on and separate them from their money. Many men who turned to online dating as a last resort after losing their appetite for risking face to face rejections and insults will find yet again that they've been duped. See the following news article appearing in USA Today:
Leading online matchmaker sued for dating scam
Sunday, 20 November , 2005, 08:38
New York: Match.com, one of the top Internet dating websites, has been accused of hiring people as "date bait" to date some of their one million customers to encourage them to keep paying for the service.
A Los Angeles racketeering lawsuit said the lonely hearts Web site secretly recruited people to send enticing emails to its customers and to go out on dates with them as a way of getting them to keep up their $30 monthly subscription.
The company's ringers, branded "date bait", went on as many as 100 dates a month—three per day—with Match.com customers, who use the site to search for boyfriends, girlfriends and possible husbands and wives.
"Hiding behind Match.com's portrait of online success is a very big, very dirty secret... Not everyone you meet and date through Match.com is just another Match.com member," said the lawsuit, filed in a Los Angeles court on November 10.
Kristin Kelly, a spokesperson for Match.com—which has an estimated one million paid subscribers and 15 million members—denied the charges, saying the lawsuit is "completely without merit" and would be "vigorously" challenged.
Matthew Evans filed the lawsuit, a Match.com customer who hopes it will draw support from enough other customers to turn into a much stronger class action suit.
Evan's lawyers said he went on several dates with an attractive woman named Autumn Marzec before she allegedly confessed that she was paid by the company to meet him.
Such ringers are given access to customers' emails to familiarise themselves with the customer, allowing them to feign interest and compatibility, the suit claimed.
"The paid Match.com employee then goes on a date with the subscriber, gives the deceptive appearance of having a lot in common with the subscriber... with the intent of luring the subscriber into re-signing with Match.com," the suit alleges.
The suit charges as well that when a customer's subscription was expiring, Match.com produced fake responses to customers, suggesting another person had an interest in meeting them, in order to prod them to resubscribe.
The Los Angeles suit represented growing reports of disappointment among the tens of millions of customers of the online matchmaking industry, which is led by Yahoo! Personals, Match.com, and eHarmony.
The industry enjoyed an estimated $245 million in turnover during the first half of 2005.
While the industry advertises its success stories—customers who meet online and eventually get married—some disappointments have raised questions of industry practices.
Earlier this year Californian James Hunt complained that for the nearly $3,000 he paid to matchmaker Together Inc., he didn't receive the guaranteed nine introductions of "nearly compatible" women. The company disputed his claim.
In New York, the Great Expectations dating service was recently ordered by a judge to refund money to two women who said they never got any dates after paying up to $1,000 for a six-month subscription.
"I just wanted to go out for coffee and have nice conversations with a couple of people. Instead, I got not a single introduction," said a disappointed 43-year-old who identified herself only as Jennifer. "I think I'll stick to meeting people at bus stops and the elevator," she said.
I am going to let you guys in one a little secret
Invest in a 300 series BMW.
When I was around 20, I bought an older model BMW for around $7,000. All the sluts from my campus who wouldnt give me the time of day just a wk prior were now my biggest fans once they saw me driving the car. It was amazing the amount of smiles, waves, winks and invitations to parties I got just because these chicks either thought it was a status symbol or because they thought I had money.
Driving a status symbol will turn the most shy women into aggressive hounds. They see dollar signs. Since I suppose most of you dont live in Dorms anymore, if she asks to go back to your place, tell her that your brother lives with you and he has to wake up early, so it's a better idea to go back to her place. By the time she realizes you actually arent James Bond, you will have fucked her 2-3 days and will have dispensed with her before she has an opportunity to poke the holes in your condoms necessary to separate you from $300,000 of your future income.
Happy Hunting.