Message to PinkSofa from the LOUNGE

[oliveoil]

".... I am sorry but I do not wish our converstaions to continue because I have met someone....".

The above is a message that I received over-and-over again from so-called real pinksofa members only when I suggested a meet-up following previous numerous messages being exchanged.

Pinksuffer, suffer because you have a new FREE competitor in Same Same's LADIES LOUNGE. We have no need for fake members here.

I hope Pinksuffer continues to lose members and advertisers - because everyone is a wake-up to their deceitful conduct.

All the best to the new and great LADIES LOUNGE! :D

[sTaRiA]

Geez Olive Oil... I'm sorry but I've been a menber of Same Same for 4 months and all i have ever heard u go on about is pink sofa. I have never been a menber. As far as im concerned maybe u r right. Maybe they are right... but dont u think its time u let it go? I'm sure your a great girl with lots to offer, so why let one silly site get to you?

[velvety]

I agree with staria, sorry olive....why let them get to you? move on and use your talents else where!!

[sTaRiA]

And I didnt mean that to sound as harsh as it did... Sorry chick. It just sucks that you've let them get you down so much. And if you keep mentioning them all the time and letting them get to you, then havent they won? All publicity is good publicity. They best revenge is to not let it affect you.

[oliveoil]

Hey fellow members....I don't let Pinksuffer get me down. My campaign is solely to alert the regulators, members (or potential members) and advertisers about that rotten place. AND, it has paid off, so bad publicity is an effective communication tool to get your message across.

I once was a consumer advocate so this may explain my passionate manner. I hate the place, I hate the way they treat its members and I hate deceitful conduct.

[dreadcircus]

I gotta agree so many of us already know the sofa has numerous problems. Let them rot in their own little space if they really are as bad as what so many people say then it wont be long till they are gone. I rarely go there anymore due to the cost and not being able to advertise my bands gigs in the forums unless I'm a paid member. Stuff em.

[BonkersLuvvyBonkers]

okok....I know whingers aren't much liked, but hear this out.

Pink sofa sucks in my opinion because;
(1) They censor like a pack of chaste nuns with an outrageous lack of tolerance for those not 'politically correct';
(2) They charge like wounded bulls and what you get for your money is pretty ordinary;
(3) The overall site looks dated, circa 2002;
(4) They censor like a pack of chaste nuns;
(5) It is a dating site which attracts many desperados with serious problems;
(6) For the non-paying "Basic" member, the option to receive a smile is galling because of the pox pre-set choices they give you to reply (among others, there is one that has the balls to ask the member who has "Smiled" at you to pay for your subscription so that you have the privelege of "messaging" each other;
(7) Did I forget to mention they censor posts like nuns on a warpath???

They lost me bigtime. They have been recently bleating that PinkSofa Version 2 is in the planning stages and that the changes would be 'really worth waiting for'.

I posted to them in the forum that the very least they could offer would be a free site like this one. I told them I was sorry, but that they had lost me. They messaged me back (the 'webmistress' has special powers on a basic membership) and said "no need to be sorry, Pink Sofa Ver 2 will be blah blah blah blah".

Oh and by the way, they deleted my post. Couldn't have more disgruntled sofaettes flying into the friendly and accepting arms of SameSame, could we???

[oliveoil]

Pinksofa Version 1 = Fake members

Pinksofa Version 2 = Fake members

They will never survive. They are so desperate to attract members, they employ fake members to make it look busy.

They have lost many, many advertising customers thanks to a successful campaign geared at notifying their (former) business customer base of the corruptness of the site.

:o

[BonkersLuvvyBonkers]

How naieve was I.....I never realised the Sofa Puppetiers would be so devious!!!

Those naughty, naughty women!!!

I only encountered "real" people (at least I think I did)...met up with around 6 or 7 of them...only one person was vaguely close to how she had presented herself in her Profile. That was my experience - overwhemingly, people talk themselves up, and sweep away all the not-so-niceness of themselves, which becomes revealed in all it's (in)glory when you meet in 3-D at least once.

I guess my point is: even should you be "fortunate" enough to come across a "real" member, chances are you'll meet the Medusa-Head in reality. Dating sites tend to attract desperados, who are the way they are for a reason. I have no doubt there's the odd decent person hidden among the dross...the trick is to find them, and that takes years of patience (and expensive subscriptions).

No more Pink Sofa for this little black duck!!!:cool:

[PawPrints]

Yes, it's all a conspiracy to make us all look foolish. How dare they offer a service to the community. How dare they make money providing a service. How dare they employ people to provide a better service. How shocking!

Please note: Read above with a hint of irony and sarcasm, as intended.

[oliveoil]

Pawpaws, I can only guess that you have some connection to pinksofa or you are just plain dumb by not picking up on the deception of the pinksofa site.

I do not like any business that steals money from consumers. This is not a self-serving thread but a campaign to warn the community about pinksofa. I was a consumer advocate.

Pinksofa has lost many, many business advertisers as a result of the success of this campaign. The message is getting out there.

[PawPrints]

How very big headed of you Olive. This is all rather amusing.

[sab0tage]

I've been a user of pinksofa on and off over the years and never had a problem with them. I ve seen other posts from oliveoil on samesame about the sofa.
From my POV it sounds a little like a personal vendetta against them.
It's natural to be angry and upset if a product you invested time and money in was not up to scratch, but actively campaigning seems a bit OTT. :confused:

[kylierose]

Pawpaws, I can only guess that you have some connection to pinksofa or you are just plain dumb by not picking up on the deception of the pinksofa site.

actually, i have to agree with this... it kinda does sound like ur working for pink sofa dot com

but actively campaigning seems a bit OTT. :confused:

yeh, but if you don't stand up for what you believe in you can get trampled along the way.
im not saying oliveoil is right or wrong, just offering a different point of view since all too often women tend to back down instead of taking on issues face to face
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[oliveoil]

I have copy/pasted this from the sham thread.....

Pawpaws, have you ever been ripped off and felt the need for redress? Perhaps you have purchased a consumer product that was defective, a car that the dealer refused to repair under warranty or found out that a product did not perform as advertised.

Just because a business operates over the internet does not mean it is protected from unconsionable conduct.

In my experience, I have found pinksofa to be deceptive in a number of areas. It disgusts me that it may be taking advantage of volunerable consumers. Read the above posts as I am not the only one who has questioned pinksofa's operations.

If my efforts save someone from wasting their money on that corrupt site then I have achieved something good for the community. As I have mentioned before, use the pinksofa as a basic member only.

[PawPrints]

To make it absolutely clear, I do NOT work for the sofa in any capacity AT ALL. I am merely a premium member of the site. To insinuate otherwise is ridiculous, just because I defend the site. Have you never defended something that you believed in?

I don't know what you expected a website developed for the connecting of lesbians was meant to bring you Spoily, but just because one person didn't get what they wanted doesn't mean everyone else doesn't. I have made many, many friends on the site, and met my current partner there. We are both advocates for the site because we believe in their ethos; to bring the community together in a non-threatening and friendly environment. Clearly something occurred that pissed you off, and instead of being big enough to shrug it off and learn that not all products suit all consumers, you have gone out on a vendetta in a bid to destroy something that hundreds or thousands of other women world wide find quite satisfactory.
Yes, I have had a problem with past products or services I have paid for, but I certainly wouldn't never have dreamed of making it my life's mission to destroy the company because of my dissatisfaction. Why is it so hard for you to just accept the fact it wasn't for you and let it go? Why the urgency to destroy the dream of the site's creators? Do you even know what their beliefs are, the thing that inspired them to create the site? I bet you have absolutely no idea.
Spoily, get a life, get over it, move on and stop being such a sook.

[kylierose]

who's spoily? :confused:

[oliveoil]

I have copy/pasted this from the "sham" thread.

Pawpaws, the way you describe your role as a consumer advocate sounds very judgmental. It is not up to an advocate to decide on behalf of their client group when issues should be dismissed. That's up to the client to decide. I am glad I never had you working as my advocate. You don't sound like a person who would fight for someone's rights in a tenacious manner. That's where you and I no doubt differ - I never gave up and as a result, I obtained the best outcome for my clients, full stop.

Furthermore, your posts are sounding more and more like an inside pinksofa job.

I again thank you for the opportunity to allow this thread to bump to the top again to allow further exposure of issues.

[PawPrints]

Goodness, you read an awful lot from a few typed words spOily. Maybe that's been your problem all along.