SpeedDate sold to IAC (owner of Match.com)
SpeedDate.com, the online webcam enhanced speed dating service for Fun and Easy Online Speed Dating, has been sold to IAC, the owner of Match.com. Terms of the deal were not ... [...]
You can meet nearby singles on the world's first online velocity dating website through Speeddate.com which is a progressive web dating administration intended to make it as simple and snappy as would be prudent for you to unite with different singles in your general vicinity. We permit singles to go on numerous live 5-moment online dates from the comfort of home utilizing texting, webcam feature talk, and live sound. Dissimilar to other dating personals administrations, it takes one moment to sign up for Speeddate.com. After you sign up, you can promptly start live web dating and get together to 15 different singles for every hour. Sign up for nothing and begin gathering individuals at this time. On other dating personals administrations we would invest hours rounding out developed profiles or protracted surveys. We'd email with individuals for a little while and afterward would touch base at a date, and know inside three minutes whether we had an association or not. There must be a superior sort of web dating administration! What boded well for us was to outline an internet dating webpage where you could tell rapidly whether you clicked or not, by going on live online dates with different singles from the comfort of home.
There's no dating site out there like Speeddate.com. Since Speeddate.com is centered around live collaboration, its speedy and simple to sign up. You could be on a live online date with an alternate neighborhood single inside a moment. Simply sign up, enter your inclination, and we will naturally begin acquainting you with individuals for three moment dates. After your three moment date, you vote whether you might want to keep visiting. In the event that you vote yes and there is a match, you continue visiting as long as you need. If not, you simply move onto someone else. Not just is Speeddate.com the head online rate dating webpage, it is additionally pressed with other fun gimmicks, for example, being a tease, winking, and sending private messages. In the event that you are searching for a dating personals benefit that permits you to associate immediately with different singles, attempt Speeddate.com to get different dating experience.
Kosten
With a SpeedDate.com free trial membership you can use all the basic features the website has to offer. After subscribing for a SpeedDate.com Full Membership you'll benefit from lots of extras. The SpeedDate.com price for a 1 year membership is $ 12.95 per month: the SpeedDate.com discount is then 57%! For a 6 month during membership the SpeedDate.com price is $15,95 per month, which gives you a SpeedDate.com discount of 47%. So, the SpeedDate.com rates depend on your type of membership.
Contact
To get SpeedDate.com contact about all billing and charges issues, send an email to: [email protected].
total ripoff
This has got to be one of the sleeziest sites on the entire Internet. I am going to go to each listing for this site on the internet and click on it and rate it as being infected and misleading so that it Mcafee will show a terrible rating. The only sites that recommend this speeddate.com site are those written by speeddate.com itself. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER USE THIS SITE.
Pros
THERE ARE NO PROS
Cons
WHAT CAN I SAY. AGGRESSIVELY GREEDY, BORDERLINE ILLEGAL, USES EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK TO EXTRACT MORE MONEY. MOST FRUSTRATING SITE I HAVE EVER RUN INTO.
Ms
Not happy with your site. I would like my money back as soon as possible.
Mrjonnie
Ok the same thing happened to me. I noticed that when you are signing up for the service, they keep you distracted with pop-ups and shit. It clearly states that a membership costs 50 cents. Then when you sign up, they smack you over the head with this 191 dollar bullshit! I called and the guy wouldn't even let me speak to his boss. That's because there isn't a boss. These guys obviously run this sight from their basement because in the background I could hear another guy arguing about the same thing with a different person! He thinks that because they are members of the BBB that makes them reputable. Anyone that owns a business that is registered to do business in their state can register with them for a small fee! You don't even have to be an honest business owner to get in either! If I cant put a stop pay on the pending transaction then I'm thinking of filing a lawsuit. I was cheated and mislead and when I asked for a refund I wasn't given one. I then asked why and where is there policy agreement on the sight that states that. I was told that since I already signed up that I cant read the policy information unless I create a dummy account.
Pros
That they will probably get sued and disbanded soon if not by me then someone that wants to see them go down.
Cons
That these ppl and their website is fraudulent and misleading. There are dummy profiles that have girls that are clearly visible on other websites in adds and probably copy and paste most of the pictures and input info about the girls themselves. These ppl probably watch all the information that ppl are sending to these dummy profiles and laughing while they rip you for all the money that they can. I feel like an idiot and this sight is a prime example of why I don't date online because ppl like this take advantage of guys and maybe even girls that are too busy to date traditionally. I will make it a point not to ever date on a sight that costs money to meet ppl. The only thing that these guys have over any man or woman looking for a date online is a website that one of them designed themselves, so why should I pay 200 bucks to meet a girl that I could get on the weekend downtown?
Speed Date is ran by crooks, especially one in particular
Speed Date has a real trick for anyone who signs up: You think you're clicking for $.50... they say this charge is to see if your over 21 years of age... then before you know it, they're taking out $191 for a year's prescription; or as in some european's cases 191 pounds.
I called them and argued my case. They gave me back 151 dollars, charged me $39.95 for one month. I told them to close my acct, I was through with speed date which are a bunch of crooks.
Then to make matters worse, they kept my acct open and recharged me on my visa for another $39.95 for another month. I called them again, the guy actually laughed at me and said you should have closed your acct. I said I did, you were suppose to close it and kept it open so you could hit it again. I finally hung up on the creep.
I was wondering if there is an attorney out there somewhere that would represent us in a class action law suit for a million dollars for them stealing money out of people's accts without authorization?
My phone number is 702-579-5341, my email address is: [email protected]
Surely an attorney would know that this is enough evidence to file a law suit? Thank you.
Pros
They make it sound so appealing, yet it's frustrating to say the least when you're on their free time, but as soon as you click the fifty cent option to VALIDATE your over 21, it gets serious. They are in your ACCOUNT and you are at their mercy. YOU ARE GOING TO PAY DEARLY.
Cons
Your dealing with crooks that are raping people's accts at will. Why can't we get any help to deal with these people? Let's sue them and shut them down. You can't run a business like that!!!
DON"T USE SPEEDDATE
I AM FROM UK so instead of charging me 191 dollars I was charged 191 pounds. I am really pissed, the site clearly stated that it charges 50 cents, so i though there's nothing to lose. I filled out my information and submitted, then there is a page saying that i subscribed for 12 month and that 191 pounds are gone! I AM REALLY MAD, i never agreed to a year's membership, thought it was 50 cents a month. Don't use speeddate, it's a total waste of MONEY and TIME. I unsubscribed and will never do such a mistake again. I've never been ripped off like that in my life!! FOR THOSE OF U WHO WANT TO SUBSCRIBE, DON"T!!! i will never forgive myself for what i've done!
Pros
NO PROS AT ALL
Cons
RIPOFF YOU MONEY!!!
Manager
The same thing happened to me where in I selected a 30 day membership and was charged for a year at $191.40. Better yet, when I called them back, I was told "Have I got a deal for you" 6 months for only half the price. I'm like no, how about 30 days for the price I agreed to. That called ended in me hanging up on the sales /'customer service' guy.
BEWARE!!! I ENTERED THE INCORRECT SECURITY NUMBER FROM THE BACK OF MY DEBIT CARD, AND THE CHARGES STILL WENT THROUGH.
Not only should you write to the BBB, but, also file a complaint with your state's consumer protection agency.
Pros
Nope..none, other than name recgonition
Cons
Too many to list...clearly there is either a very small customer service staff (I was on hold for 15 mins when I called) or there are a lot of complaints....either way, probably not an organization you want to do business with.
Match.com or plentyoffish.com or a bazillion other websites are worth it. This one unfortunately is taking their name recognition and abusing it and it's customers.
Mr.
These people are crooks. I have closed all my membership and averything SEP 2010 and they are keep charging me 65.00$. Bloody shit eaters.
Pros
No pros, no real people
Cons
billing your credit card witout notice, and against your will
SpeedDating
I had the same thing happen to me that is happening to everybody. I agreed to a 0.50 cents initial credit card check and then I see it is only $15.00 per month and think, what do I have to lose. Let's try it for a month. Then my credit card company's fraud department calls me and asks me if I allowed a charge of $191.40 for a dating service.
At first I tell them that I never used my credit card for that purchase, but when they say, "the charge if for speeddating(dot)com", I have to confess that I did visit that site, but I never agreed to that amount anywhere in my signing up. Then my credit card company tells me that I have to take it up with Speed Date COM and request my money back through them.
So I have tried several times and not luck so far.
I am filing a claim with BBB (Better Business Bureau).
From there I will decide to take them to small claims court, depending on the outcome. I smell a class action lawsuit in the near future. They are bate and switch artists.
They think they can obfuscate their banter as legal lawyers do.This is the same strategies that politicians use when they try to pass a 1000 page bill that nobody can read.
Speak out and file your claim. Wait for the outcome and if it is not in your favor, take them to small claims court! Stand up for your right and practice your rights!
The next step is to file a class action law suit against this Ivy League scammers and get them closed down.
Visit: Better Business Bureau at http www bbb(dot)org.
Email: info@bbbemail(dot)org.
Speed Date COM Inc
(650) 692-9000
50 Victoria Ave Ste 110
Millbrae, CA 94030
U.S. Pat. No. 7,203,674
Cons
Misleading membership dues. you don't know how much you have been duped for until you get the bill!
Speeddate.com - Cookies?
I keep hearing from people who received emails from me saying that I friended them on Speeddate. I never did any such thing. Some of these folks aren't even on the site. It's obviously some kind of cookie that's getting into my address book, but I need it to stop before I alienate too many other people. WTF is with this site??
Pros
Not one
Cons
A complete waste of money and unethical as well.
Mr
I got fooled into the 99c scam as well, 2 days before xmas. The bank says it isnt fraud because I must of given them my details for the original payment of 99c.
I never agreed on a years membership? I never confirmed the ammount of $191.50 to be taken out of my account.
This is just plan criminal, what kind of company would resort to this type of sly policy.
The link to the site was provided by Facebook.
Theres links to SpeedDate on this site? What a disgrace.
Cons
Its just one big Con.
UNBELIEVABLE SCAM
I too, was ripped off by this website! Thought I was authorizing 99 cents but never received the confirmation for that amount. I received an email telling me that I was being charged $191.40 for a 1 year subscription that I never authorized. I immediately emailed the website disputing the charge and the next day, Wells Fargo Bank even noticed the charge on my card and thought it to be out of the ordinary and put a block on my card! I was unable to use my card as a charge card twice and could only use it as a debit card. When I returned home, there was a message from Wells Fargo's Fraud Department asking that I contact them in regards to the charge. I did and was told that the charge would not go through. The next morning however, I noticed the $191.40 had in fact been debited from my checking account along with the 99 cents! Wells Fargo is telling me that they cannot find proof of the 99 cents offer on the website now and therefore cannot assist me in proving that I only authorized that amount and not the full 1 year subscription price. I am now left with the only alternative of closing my account with Wells Fargo and going to another bank since Speed date is not going to refund my money. They did close my account as requested however!
Speeddate.com is a SCAM
You give your credit card information $0.99/month identity verification, and it comes back and tells you you just subscribed for 12-month $191 subscription, and by the way no refunds. Customer service does not budge from the no refunds policy. I've had to get the Better Business Bureau of San Francisco and my bank involved.
MR.
Speeddate.com is a total ripoff. these pirates need to be stopped. Dont do speedate.com unless you want to lose your precious money for nothing. I am all for a class action suit.
Pros
none. they suck
Cons
An organized ripoff with apparent support from Facebook. wahta a shame.
speeddate
These people are professionals. Professional thieves that is. One big rip-off. Save your money. Do not even think about joining. What a scam. I wish we could do something about it. A class action woukd be the right thing. And they are not the only ones. I am not sure about this Travel Girls website. I doubt it is any good.
THe only one that I have had some form of success is the Friend Finder group (AFF, Passion, etc).
Cons
rip off. rip off, rip off.
Mr.
Same as everybody else. Lost $191 on the most blatant internet thievery I've ever seen. Something must be done about this rip off. Count me in on class action. I notified Michael Finney from KGO's "Consumer Watch". Maybe he can do something.
Pros
None.
Cons
Complete misrepresentation of cost of service provided.
SpeedDate Scam
It has been the warst experience I have ever had.
As soon as I have determined unlawful (fraudulent) practice by Speeddate I have requested that acct would be closed and subject of 191.88 reversed. Upon the telephone contact with the representative I heard an arrogant answer, that it was unfortunate, but my request could not be met, contract will be sustained and consequently 191.88 would not be reversed. The only amount I have allowed to charge was $4.95. Every since, there is the ping pong game between SpeedDate and My Bank BB&T. I am in between.
If there is any legal action against the unlawful practices I would add my case to it.
Any success on refund?
So has anybody actually gotten refund from the site? I am very curious about your approach to get your money back. Would anyone mind to share?
more rip offs from speeddate.com
I was also charged 191 dollars for services. I am considering starting a class action law suite against speeddate.com if anyone has an interest in joining me please feel free to contact me at [email protected] and put class action in the subject line. After reading some of the above it's time to close this company down.
Just stay away!
After signing up (upgraded for 1 month) I was experiencing technical issues and had a few contractual issues as well. After 2 weeks of trying to contact them through their on-line customer service form and hearing nothing back, I closed my account (removed profile) and requested a refund. Of course they responded to the refund request pretty fast apologizing, but saying they don't give refunds. Fortunately I had used my American Express. They got my money back for me.
Pros
buggy interface, misleading statements in paid-member benefits.
Cons
unclear as to how many REAL members there are; buggy flash interface; misleading statements in paid-member benefits.
pissed off D.A.
Speeddate is such a blatant scam I cannot believe that they are able to stay in business. I filled out a profile when I was bored and there was some service you could buy from them for $3.95 called verification. I put my cedit card info down for this but it did not go though. About a mouth latter I opened an email from them and all of a sudden it charged my account $191 putting my account into overdraft. I could not find a service number for them anywhere and my emails to them went unaswered. At this point I called my bank and they where able to give me a number for them. I called the customer service number and got nothing, but stonewalling from them. To add insult to injury the women that prasumable contacted me where very unattactive lived hundred of miles away, or both. It looks like the website used a program to send out fake winks from profiles on the site Then they send you emails that tell you that you have lots of activity on your profile and then if you are not intersed in a membership they hit you with this $3.95 verification service, but charge you $191 for a full year non refundable. I am thinking case action law suit.
Cons
It's a scam ripoff. Why not do pleanty of fish it's free and you might accually me contacted by somebody real from the opposite sex.
I got a phone number!
So, these JERKS took out 200 dollars of my account, over drafting it and leaving me with no way to get ahold of them! So, I call my bank, and luckily, my bank requires a phone number and business name of all withdrawals. So I got the number, and got my money back. Here's the number guys! Hope you all get your money back! 877-328-3006
Pros
NONE!
Cons
Liars! Scammers! NOT GOOD!
WHAT'S YOUR CONTACT NUMBER SPEED DATE?
THANK YOU giving this information. Speed Date gathers confidential information and should provide a good business telephone number!!!! Nowhere do they offer a CONTACT number. They say that a subscriber can cancel at any time and offer a .99c per month service(???). If the site is so honest and good 'why don't they offer a contact number? I cannot join a site unless I have all and any questions I may have and I do not have all the answers about speed date.
PISSED
WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH MONEY THESE DAYS AND WHEN MY HUSBAND CHECKED HIS EMAIL HE WAS GETTING NOTIFICATIONS. THE SITE ALSO CHANGED HIM, WITHOUT HIM KNOWING, $358. AND CHANGE. THE BANK CANT HELP UNLESS THE POLICE TAKE ACTION. ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM ON THE PROFILE IS RIGHT, CRAZY. HE CALLED THE WEBSITES NUMBER AND IT WAS A RECORDING. WE ARE SO MAD!!!!
Pros
NOT A ONE
Cons
TAKE YOUR MONEY!!!
They are cons
Don't waste your time here. They will bill you 191.88
I was billed without my permission
No reply from them when contacting them
Cons
Frauds, they bill you without permission and when contacting them, they will never reply
Crookes and Cheats
Just signed up for this website. They claimed the account the service was 15.00 per month, they immediately billed me $191.88. This was not disclosed and when I went to contact them I got no response. This site is a SCAM AND THEY WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND OFFER NOTHING IN RETURN. TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO NEVER USE: "SPEEDDATE.COM"
Pros
NO THING GOOD ABOUT THESE CON ARTISTS.
Cons
THEY RIP YOU OFF!