Global Penfriends - Find online friends, Snail mail penpal
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Ferg
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Avoid
The owners of this website read your messages absolutely no data protection here
Miss Louise Simms
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Creepy encounters and GDPR privacy breaches
I signed up optimistically for a year but was driven away within 24 hours by creepy men trying to contact me One individual had disturbing interests such as demonology and serial killers and it concerns me that your home address could be accessible if you share it for those wanting to have a traditional pen pal I am glad I didn t share my address When I tried to cancel they insisted I pay for the full year due to contacting four people within 24 hours a privilege of premium membership They immediately accessed my private messages with the one female member I had created rapport with and quoted my personal message commenting what a good contact I had made They did this without my permission and prior to ever communicating with me They accused me of using the platform to simply share my email address which isn t against the rules to share your contact details with other members They quoted my personal message without my permission to show how I had told the member I was leaving the platform due to the discomfort I felt they made commentary on this personal message and told me that I should not have cancelled but I should request for them to instead block all men which was unfair that s not what I signed up for and you should not be reading my private messages The platform turned out to be a disappointing place for creepy encounters and staff that break General Data Protection Regulations that protect European and British users They ignored my responses and prioritized profit over customer satisfaction PayPal couldn t assist me as they technically delivered their product and I had used it The platform is filled with uncomfortable encounters and fails to deliver on its promises Their attitude speaks volumes about their priorities It s unlikely to endure and I hope they learn to treat customers better Consider a different platform The most concerning thing to me is that they ve broken the GDPR law by reading through my private messages and I plan to report them for their breach of the law
Paul Rosevear
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Signing Up
Well I just tried to sign up and was declined for not enough information Lol get real
customer
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
money hungry website poorly made full
money hungry website poorly made full of scammersyou have to pay in order to use most of their featuresdo not recommend
Meerkat T
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Really
I literally just signed up today for an account and within a few hours of doing so guess what they logged me out Some BS on their website Used to be ok but not now
Marta
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
The 20 randomly chosen people
The 20 randomly chosen people that you are not allowed to contact is such a scam I bookmarked some people that I wanted to contact in future and guess what- they are all now in these randomly chosen 20 although before I was able to message them
Frank Turner
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
they are all about money not interested in fostering penpal friendship
they are really desperate for money they act like they are a purely free site but then make it next to impossible for you to contact anyone without paying for a membership they should be more honest and not pretend to be a free penpal site
Mike A
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Racist admin and staff
Racist admin and staff RUN I recently tried to subscribe as a black man originally from Europe but currently residing in Africa filled a profile photos included was able to login to the site then the next day when I tried to login The email or password is incorrect Note we have updated the site All users login with their email now Tells you everything to know They didn t sent me any notice they deleted my profile This is disgusting to the highest degree To treat people like dirt like that just because of their skin color What they did in secret to me and many other black people for sure everybody in the world should know about this and boycott them
Gabriele Edith Arnhold
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
Odd concept Rip-off
The people I wanted to contact all happen to be in the 20 that I can only contact for a fee These 20 are randomly chosen Pardon What is the point of only being able to be contacted by paying members or only being able to contact someone as a paying member This does not make the whole thing any safer or better And it s normal profiles that I can t contact e g stay-at-home mom with two small children interested in literature and sports or retired teacher interested in history When I signed up I was immediately contacted by several single men Even if I can contact someone it s not that easy contact credits are allocated Then I can contact 1 profile More is not allowed Also I can t see how long someone has been on Global Penfriends That would be important because if someone has a profile for years he or she is unlikely to look for many penpals
Jack B
6733 reviews
N/A
1 year ago
The website is a pain in the butt to
The website is a pain in the butt to sign up for The moderator nit-picks everything you write demands rewrites for your profile and clearly is a sadist with too much time on his hands STAY AWAY from this website and save your time from dealing with difficult people
