Have been on smooch on and off for a while, now they are asking you to pay to message, I think I have just been played by admin staff.
Was chatting to a guy (or so I thought) and after a number of messages you then get asked to pay so your message can be sent, I did this, thankfully only for a week, my message then got sent, and guess what, no more replies, so smooch got what they wanted, my money.
I can't see this being a member who hasn't paid so they can't reply, as what is the point in that and all the messages, also a bit of a coincidence that as soon as I pay there are no more messages.
Going to see if I can complain, and then I am going to leave smooch, I will be surprised if they do not lose quite a lot of members. You cannot have some members paying and some not. Plus I don't like paying for online dating as you do not know if your really chatting to a member or staff.
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