Reviews of Yahoo! Personals

This site SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!im sure most unfortunate people who signed up have encountered a girls claiming to have lost there parents and be stuck in NIGERIA at a hotel room with a clerk that confiscated her passport and wont let her leave unless she pays the hotel dept she owes and here is where you poor reader starving for affection come in with your wallet,whatever you do STAY AWAY FROM SUCH PEOPLE!!!its not really for the membership prices or the fact that you cant send a single message unless you subscribe (which lets face it its smart) that earned this a bad rating but just the amount of scammers on this site (or maybe scammer with many profiles) im sure there are people smart enough to cut communication with anyone that seems "to good to be true" and winds up asking for money in the end but just in case your blinded by fake love promises keep in mind pictures can be copied from google and such and posted on yahoo personals by someone claiming to be them,in other words DONT TRUST ANYONE ON THIS SITE OR BE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO GIVE MONEY TO ANYONE THAT PROMISES LOVE,your better off just trying myspace or cell phone chat services such as airg aka hottalk or cooltalk,they are free.

Where to begin. Well, I just got out of a bad relationship and the whole dating scene just wasn't cutting it. At that point I didn't think I had anything to lose by giving it a try so I did. Wow, was it a mistake. Aside from the whole no response thing, I was almost caught up in a Nigerian check scam. Lucky for me I wasn't desperate enough to fall for it but who knows how many people did. From that point on, I knew there was no chance I'd renew the service. For those that actually made love connections, good for you, but I'm sure you're the exception and not the rule. BTW, stay away from eHarmony, chemistry and match while you're at it 'cause they're not any better. You'd probably have better luck looking on craigslist and it wouldn't cost a thing. Good luck.

Don't waste your money! Their "6-month promise" is just another way to scam you, they will find any reason at all not to refund your money!
I have had much better dates using Craigslist personals, and its free!

I agree with some that have posted on here that it is hard to find the area to cancel the automatic renewal of your membership. It is there though and I always find it and save the link before I commit to the final Submit button.
I have noticed some very interesting profiles for me and have seen them on Yahoo Personals for a few years. Wow whats up with that?
I am not a subscribing member but only join occasionally and then take advantage of the 3 day cancellation period.
I notice that when I do subscribe I get so many views and contacts from women, if they are women, that are way too young for me, whats up with that?
My profile is one that can be viewed by all at all times. So why is it that I only get these emails when I am subscribed?
There is one lady that would be so great for me and we match so well......I have contacted her a few times with no replies. Nothing! So I contacted her and said she was a FAKE.....No Response....
So I think there are more fakes and scamers in the younger age areas for sure.

I was on Yahoo years back...but about a year to two ago I kept seeing some suspicious profiles and they were always out of the same town: Young America, MN.

It was weird....they typically had 1 glam photo (like a senior picture from high school), and most of the options for the men the women were seeking was 'any'.

The ads were written poorly too...misspellings, incorrect use of words. One stated she liked men who don't wear much makeup. (not joking).

Anyway, got back on there in December of 2009 and its even worse. I'd say 1 out of every 5 are fake, and they just keep appearing as the days go on.
I've been contacted by at least 5 fake people in the past week. They ALWAYS send you an email address in the first correspondence and want to carry the discussion off the personals site.

Yea, I contacted Yahoo about it through the 'feedback' option, but, nothing will happen.

Anyway...its too bad. They discredit their own company by doing this stuff.

Read this article if you were not aware of the lawsuit back when - Yahoo is mentioned after paragraph 6:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10201287/

I give yahoo a better rating than match for one simple reason,
they don't make any promises.
it is what it is!,a tool to help busy people meet.
or for shy people to make contact in a safer way that random chance in a bar or club.
I have had fewer dates from yahoo ,mostly due to lack of interest on my part,for a change I was the one being picky..
not that this was a good thing.match has done some damage to my confidence in on line dating,sadly yahoo hasn't been able to restore any of it.
other than my personal hangups
its not a bad site
And I haven't had one fake profile yet!
even the Russian chicks were almost honest about where they were from the very start of communications.
good luck and good hunting.

YAHOO! Personals is site full of hookers I think.

It’s really insulting to the few real women looking for a normal relationship. To see the odd normal photo among the come-hither mugshots of the pros!!

PLEASE try okcupid.com, it is genuine, lots more fun and has none of the sleazy feel of the YAHOO personals (it's like the classifieds of a cheap men's magazine). HORRIBLE!

Yahoo is for Asian hooker, Ukrainian husband scammers and, I think, underage nymphomaniacs.

OKCUPID.com so much better and fifty percent of these real women are good looking! I mean it! Had four dates in three weeks. All great looking and bright as heck.

Yahoo Personals doesn't deserve even the one star. This site's rating doesn't allow for zero stars. What's the problem? First, and foremost, the site is pitifully maintained and not updated. For instance, it recommends the use of Netscape Navigator. That browser hasn't been around for years.

Most importantly, instructions for doing simple things like removing people from your Favorites aren't valid. That is, it tells you to look for a certain button but the button doesn't exist. As a result, your Favorites list keeps growing and becomes unmanageable. Worse, the people you've favorited think you're still interested in them and wonder why you don't contact them. This results in too much confusion for everybody.

Gee, I really shouldn't be surprised by all the technical problems. Yahoo is owned by at&t and that's a company that knows nothing about keeping customers happy.

If you encounter any problems with Yahoo Personals, there's no way to get it resolved. You can try one of the contact links, but no one will ever respond.

Lastly, the membership of Yahoo Personals isn't anywhere close to any of the other services. I think this is mostly due to the technical issues. I won't be renewing my membership. In fact, I'm closing it long before the end of my subscription due to the frustration with the site.

If you want a better experience for a reasonable price, go to Match.com. The site is well managed and works like it should. Furthermore, there are far more members at Match.com and you'll meet far more matches.

I am so frustrated with yahoo personals right now. My subscription is about to expire and I want to cancel so it does not automatically renew itself on my credit card. I cannot find out how to cancel it. They tell me to go to my account information. No where on the page is there a tab to get to my account info. I've googled for instructions and again, after following the instructions, I get to a page that has no tabs where I can cancel this service.

I am at my wits end and for this reason, I do not recommend yahoo personals.

I agree with most of the reviews on the fact that there are alot of scammers on the site. However i did meet someone on the site and it is going very well. Alot of the girls on the site say they are from near you but then end up they moved to a foriegn country. Which is bull. I rated it 2 stars because i did find someone there. My best suggestion is to enter your info and make your profile searchable. Then try and catch the person online and IM them. The person i met tried to IM me but i missed it. We searched for each other for 2 or 3 weeks before we found each other. If you have enough info on them you can find their profile and connect. She hadnt paid for an account and it was hard to catch her online. But we finally found each other. If you do subscribe be very cautious and when i cancelled my account, since i was using paypal, i went to my paypal account and changed my billing info to yahoo from active to cancel. That way they cant force through the authorization in any way. I will say that it is possible to find someone on dating sites but be prepared to spend time and money. With the jobs i do and where i live i didnt have time or the places to really go and look for someone. It took me about 3 months and 100 bucks to find one true person to date. And believe me you have to weed out a 1000 fakes to find one thats true. Ends up we have more in common than i could ever think i would have with someone. Like i said it has gone very well and we are both glad we met each other. I dont think i would mind at all spending the rest of my life with her. Although i admit i never thought i would say that about someone i met online. It seems like the best people on these sites are the honest ones that tell you if your not into this or that then dont bother. I found out they pan out better than the sugar coated ones and if you arent meant for each other you find it out quickly and dont waste the time on it. Ask straight up front questions. Be polite and apologize for it but let them know you arent interested in a fake. If they are true it will continue if not you wont even get a reply. Also you can wait them out a week or so and if they are there for the wrong reason they will quit communicating cause they can make money by moving on to find someone they can sucker in. I did talk to about four tue people but we found out we werent right for each other. Honesty is best. Another thing that wouldnt hurt is to pray and trust your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to help you weed out the fakes. Good luck to you all and God Bless!