"I did pay for an email membership and a personal listing from XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency), Never received any email addresses. Never received a bio form. Never received a response to my email asking what's going on and when I left messages… I never got a response"
"I joined XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency), one month ago, sent letters to 30+ of their ladies, not one single response…"
"concerning XXXX (Cartagena Marriage Agency), be prepared to get ripped off …he is the lowest in the species called; 'agency owners'".
"You're are absolutely right. I used XXXX (Barranquilla Marriage Agency), when I was Barranquilla. He will nickel and dime you, and charge you for things you didn't know about. He's no good."
"My, wife's information has been on the site for 3.5 years. She wrote them repeatedly to take her off the site, which they ignored."
"I informed an agency about two women that had written to me; a "business lady" that wanted to meet just for money, and a scammer. The agency didn't do anything. They are still on their web-page."
"…when we land, I'm the first one off the plane… I breeze thru customs in 5 minutes… I get outside smiling, because this is going great. I look, and look, and look, and look, and look, and I'm sure you figured it out. No one is there to pick me up … they can smell a distressed gringo, and soon I was surrounded by people who wanted to 'help'. I'm being poked and having my sleeve tugged quite a bit, and I'm not liking it."
"The first agency I saw on the internet that had a Cali office had this deal where you pay $100 for six month's unlimited correspondence with their ladies. I paid $100 for Cali and another $100 for Barranquilla, about one month ago. I sent 30 letters to Cali, in Spanish, and about 10 to Barranquilla. They have tours and go under the names XXXX, XXXX (Marriage Agencies), Sorry to say that I never received one answer. I met in Cali this week about 5 ladies I had written and none of them had received any letter from me nor heard of this agency."
"I recently purchased the $99 membership to XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency), because I thought it would be a good way to pre-screen some women prior to visiting them. However, I have yet to receive a single response to any of my approximately 10 e-mails."
"I was aware of the bad press this agency received XXXX (Barranquilla Marriage Agency), … Nonetheless, I decided to buy the tape and catalog. Sure enough there were many with direct email addresses. I decided to email 10. Eight of the email addresses came back 'Undeliverable'. The other two wrote to tell me they were married and living in the United States. One said she had contacted the agency numerous times to have here profile removed from the book. Obviously it wasn't… I probably would have went on the tour but, I figured emailing 10 women would be a good way to 'test the waters' so to speak. When all were unavailable this changed things."
"I sent 20 letters, regular mail to ladies via a different agency and also got no responses."
"I have tried a few other introduction services, and have had absolutely no results."
"XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency), seems to be unresponsive… I have asked three times and no answer."
"I was hoping to get some email responses but none so far."
"… they are sleazy, especially the owner. and I really was unimpressed with their women."
"I've always been attracted to latin women and have been receiving catalogs from XXXX (Latin America Marriage Agency), for a couple years. I have purchased addresses and catalogs full of addresses, written letters and received little response."
"When it comes to website photos, I know of horror stories at several agencies. A friend of mine decided to visit a reputable agency in Cali and had three ladies selected in advance from the website. The owner assured him that he would meet them when he arrived in Cali. Well, when he arrived, he discovered that one lady was engaged, another has been trying to get her photo out of the books for months, and the third lady had a boyfriend…The lack of updated websites seems to be a universal problem among agencies, at least in my experience."
"My last experience, while browsing through many Latina introduction agencies, has been a big disappointment. I paid a $300.00 membership to XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency), I sent my biographical data as well as pictures and the response I got from his staff was, 'What are you, man or woman?' Funny, right! I agree, but not at the cost of $300.00 dollars."
"…there are a ton of them who are already married, engaged, lost interest, or never gave permission to be listed in the first place… XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency), will give the guy a free address or three to shut him up, and then will go on selling the address forever-- knowing full well it is an act of fraud."
" XXXX (Cali Marriage Agency), this site with all the models, and one lady started writing me back. We had about two weeks of daily emails, but she never really answered any questions I put to her. When I told her I was going to Cali, and asked when we could meet she said to call the office… and was told it would cost me $200 to meet their ladies, whether it was one or all of them it was the same price. I think this is a rip off, and this price should have been disclosed on the XXXX (Cali Marriage Agency), website."
"1. Addresses are old and never updated. Some women have even married or no longer want to be in the program.
2. Some ladies did not give consent for their photos to be listed.
3. Cities are not stated in any profiles. Brazil is a huge country and it would help knowing where the lady lives to concentrate on time, energy, and money doing visits.
4. Incorrect profile information.
5. As you stated, the attractive ladies get deluged with letters. Having your letter stand out among 100's is slim at best even if she is reading them.
6. Their customer service leaves much to be desired."
"I would suggest very strongly that you do not use XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency)… In short - they take your money for a period of membership and promise to deliver at least a certain number of addresses in that time. What they really do is not supply the addresses you request and then stall for most of the time until your membership runs out then refuse to do anything… …because your membership has run out. Additionally, their online ordering system never worked and no explanations were ever given as to why and no attempt was ever made to fix it. Each time I mentioned this I was totally ignored."
"It has been two years since my last visit to XXXX (Marriage Agency) site, and amazingly the photos are the same!!"
"I spent four days sitting in the agencies office meeting no-one… It was just frustrating to go all the way to Columbia to meet women and then just end up sitting in an office meeting no one."
"They have got to be the one of the worst agencies in Barranquilla. The books are outdated, the woman that do show look nothing like the women in the books (hint- an extra 15 pounds)."
"XXXX (Latin Marriage Agency), are a bunch of crooks…"
