Leolist gouging!

[Guest ATasteOfEve]

I started using leolist when backpage went down in April and they were only charging $9.71 CDN/20bumps...then they increased it to $32.89 US in May, which was $43.96 CDN...NOW, July they have gone to EUROS and charge $56.49EUR/20bumps, which is $86.61CDN/20bumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Fuucking sleezy bastards! I'm sooooo tired of men trying to pimp us out and make money off of OUR efforts! Grow your own pussies you parasites!

 

For what it's worth...Just venting.

 

Eve xx

[waterat 20911]

Yep. Betty White said it about growing some balls: Grow a pussy. Those things can take a pounding. (As apposed to balls) lol

[Guest ATasteOfEve]

Yep. Betty White said it about growing some balls: Grow a pussy. Those things can take a pounding. (As apposed to balls) lol

Not sure that was the point but cute.

[TheRock69 111]

From what I know, leolist's CFO is a woman!!!

[TheRock69 111]

From what I know, Leolist's CFO is a woman!!!

[Jabba 18389]

I started using leolist when backpage went down in April and they were only charging $9.71 CDN/20bumps...then they increased it to $32.89 US in May, which was $43.96 CDN...NOW, July they have gone to EUROS and charge $56.49EUR/20bumps, which is $86.61CDN/20bumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Fuucking sleezy bastards! I'm sooooo tired of men trying to pimp us out and make money off of OUR efforts! Grow your own pussies you parasites!

 

For what it's worth...Just venting.

 

Eve xx

 

According to my crappy math skills, that's an increase of over 890%.

"Gouging" is putting it mildly!

 

It's the wild wild West out there partner.

Man!

[Studio 110 by Sophia 150333]

Why the heck we dont all jump ship????? I mean, wow there are some awesome freeking sites! This one as PRIME EXAMPLE!

Perhaps LL is actually behind the flood of the scams to begin with! Like, are they allowing it k ow that we have to pay even MORE bumps to even conpete to the fakes?????? Like would they not be sophisticated enough by now to stop this craziness??

[Emma Alexandra 123368]

I was on it for years..before Fosta. It was dirt cheap. I could be listed on the side for 3 months for 9 dollars. Crazy how it when up. They're totally taking advantage of us.

[Studio 110 by Sophia 150333]

I was on it for years..before Fosta. It was dirt cheap. I could be listed on the side for 3 months for 9 dollars. Crazy how it when up. They're totally taking advantage of us.

 

Me too! Didnt k ow it was like 4 years ago!

[Guest MelanieRose]

Has anyone noticed under rewards how it says something about if you spend $50 that we get some type of an exclusive membership(Free bumps)? or is this a scam too?

 

[Studio 110 by Sophia 150333]

Has anyone noticed under rewards how it says something about if you spend $50 that we get some type of an exclusive membership(Free bumps)? or is this a scam too?

 

 

Yes! I jave spent omg...gotta check my statements. But hella of alot! And never get that reward! I spend wayy more then 50!

[Guest MelanieRose]

Yikes! That's good to know, I was going to spend that to get the rewards but it sounds like false advertisement if you've spent over that amount.

[MsManda 25695]

The rewards are a joke.. It was 3 bumps daily to get the rewards, but once you get that, they raise it to 4..

You need 4+ daily bumps per city to get the reward, which is a daily free bump, and a highlighted ad for 8 days, if you bump 4x/day for 7 days

 

I did this when bp first went down, and all it did was burn through my credits :/ I got no extra bookings, even from the highlighted ad, and my stats weren't any higher than they are now with 1-2 bumps daily. Save your money lol

 

Giving the benefit of the doubt, I think leolist tried to weed out the spam by increasing rates, and to have us legitimate providers post more by using the reward system, but the return just isn't there for me to justify posting 4x daily

[KarmaKiss 10585]

I receive a free bump every time I post 3 times in one day. I have spent over 50$ and believe this is part of the rewards that they advertise. Just an FYI. I agree the price increase is definitely taking advantage. Thankfully I stocked up on bumps at .25 cents canadian because I knew it would increase.

[Studio 110 by Sophia 150333]

The rewards are a joke.. It was 3 bumps daily to get the rewards, but once you get that, they raise it to 4..

You need 4+ daily bumps per city to get the reward, which is a daily free bump, and a highlighted ad for 8 days, if you bump 4x/day for 7 days

 

I did this when bp first went down, and all it did was burn through my credits :/ I got no extra bookings, even from the highlighted ad, and my stats weren't any higher than they are now with 1-2 bumps daily. Save your money lol

 

Giving the benefit of the doubt, I think leolist tried to weed out the spam by increasing rates, and to have us legitimate providers post more by using the reward system, but the return just isn't there for me to justify posting 4x daily

 

Its too bad about the spaming. Could they not like do something like make the varified ads kinda like a sticky. So that we are always top of the list and spams are below.

I pay for auto repost. 14 days at a time. And it does 3 bumps per day. Maybe I Will try the you bump method.

[touchofmagic 1002]

Perhaps their admin should make a statement in regards to this issue

I would hope they care (legitimately) about their customer feedback

[ottawa644 1008]

Yep. Betty White said it about growing some balls: Grow a pussy. Those things can take a pounding. (As apposed to balls) lol

 

You are correct Eve, this approach is disgusting! Best of luck and plenty of clients.

[touchofmagic 1002]

I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see a "bump" price change

 

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I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see a "bump" price change

 

Nevermind.......they changed it back OM*G!

After noticing what I thought they actually decreased the cost; I put more $ into my account

Went back to add more bumps to my ads and "jokes on u"......prices were increased instead

[Nicolette Vaughn 294340]

Time to start using more than just one site to advertise. Why do we need a repeat of backpage where everyone only goes to one site? And I still have unused bumps on that site.

[Guest ATasteOfEve]

Time to start using more than just one site to advertise. Why do we need a repeat of backpage where everyone only goes to one site? And I still have unused bumps on that site.

I agree. I use three now...but Leolist seems to be where I'm getting new clients since most are using it as their go to replacement for backpage (which everyone complained about). Ironic, isn't it? Leo has us by the ta tas and they know it!

[Guest]

I can say for a fact that POF also got much busier since the collapse of BP.

The amount of spam and fake account must have tripled in the past months.

[fortunateone 156618]

Has anyone noticed under rewards how it says something about if you spend $50 that we get some type of an exclusive membership(Free bumps)? or is this a scam too?

 

 

 

i haven't seen that one under rewards. there are a lot of things available, but often the reward is one free bump so i don't bother. when i got verified i think there was a monetary reward, when i put up the directory profile it was $25 in the gift card, now i guess that would be 25 euro or equivalent.

 

i get that y'all got this stuff for free for years, and y'all got it dirt cheap for years, but you will not at all get any sympathy from the Vancouver escorts who have been supporting the site for 10 years, and have been paying that 1.79 euro (if verified) (previously 1.99US & 2.99 US unverified) for more than a couple of years now.

 

y'all now pay what we pay, and my guess is y'all gotta pay what we pay because some of y'all have been spamming and flooding the site non stop since bp went down and the only way to control it, leolist figures, is to block some of y'all thru your financing lol

 

y'all want to spend less, get verified, it saves the equivalent of 12 Canadian for every 10 bumps purchased, (not really up on the euro pricing, but before 10 was 19.90 US if verified, like 23 canadian, or 29.90 US like 35 canadian, well of course that depends on the exchange rate at the time, which can go up and down, but you get the idea)

 

which, in vancouver dollars, is more than 2.50 cheaper than our backpage ads which were costing 5.00 a pop and 3.00 buck for the massage section, meaning leolist still cheaper by far than bp, since i think some cities were paying up to 10.00 an ad for bp?

 

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Its too bad about the spaming. Could they not like do something like make the varified ads kinda like a sticky. So that we are always top of the list and spams are below.

I pay for auto repost. 14 days at a time. And it does 3 bumps per day. Maybe I Will try the you bump method.

 

 

i would suggest you study the site, in your area. I can't imagine that you need 3 bumps a day in New Brunswick, there is really no need to always be on top if you have an ad current for the day, and still on page one, why not just monitor it, bump if you feel the need to be on page one, and save some money. also if you are not working daily or all day, you sure don't want it auto bumping when you aren't around. also if you are booked, why not do your bumps manually so that you are only bumping when you aren't booked ahead?

 

i know if i have a busy day, my morning bump is it for the day. and we have 1000 ads if not more here each and every day, in an hour i will be on page 2 but it doesn't matter because i am not downtown, I am in a suburb where the postings do not disappear from page one of that city selected until like 5 or 6pm so i am not going to bump up like that to be on page one for all the cities, when people looking aren't anywhere near me. if they are near me, they will go to my city section and easily find me. if they want someone over 40 they will filter the ads and narrow down their search. if they want to avoid spammers and fake pics, there is an easy way to filter those out as well

 

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Time to start using more than just one site to advertise. Why do we need a repeat of backpage where everyone only goes to one site? And I still have unused bumps on that site.

 

 

i never understand this. I used to get calls from a few sites, of course they've been shut down, but still, it makes sense to diversify whenever and however possible. i've mentioned dutts and here, both free, could be used a lot more often, and the more ads on either site, it draws attention and more clients to the site, drawing more calls and appts from the sites. but if there aren't any ads, no client is going back to a site with no new ads going up after a week of daily checkins

 

it takes hard work to build a site, but it isn't the clients building it, it is the sps. if we don't post where there are places to post, we have no one else to blame for the fact clients don't go back to use those sites. but i was telling people this about ers/leolist for years, why not use it, for them it was free, not us, but it made no sense to me to not use a free site because it had a built in traveling clientele who used it exclusively out west. you couldn't even get an Alberta escort to put up an ad lol. now everyone is using it and scrambling around it because they don't understand it & feel like the site owes them something for coming onboard late in the game. leolist rewarded those of us who had been using it for years, when they switched around a few things. they rewarded those of us who bothered to get verified, they reward those of us who use the site consistently and regularly, sure it is one free bump or VIP highlighting on the ad if you qualify, but it is also almost 100 bucks canadian around the time bp went down, and some new things were happening.

[Phaedrus 209521]

I hate to be unsympathetic, but LL is running a business, not a charity. If they put their rates up and people keep paying, then that demonstrates that they made the right call, and they'll probably do it again.

 

You only have two realistic choices: pay up for the service they provide, or go elsewhere. Complaining won't help if you keep giving them money. The only way prices will start coming down is if enough people do go elsewhere and they realize their high prices are starting to hurt the bottom line.

 

Speaking of which, I really must go and see what alternative cellphone plans are out there...

[Charlotte Edwards 8590]

Thank you for this thread, I had no idea about the rewards aside from if you bump 3 times in a day you get a free bump. So I checked and I did have rewards in free dollars waiting for me for numerous things i've done over the past few months. I don't really get business from them but I try anyway. I don't like the frequent rate changing, being verified makes it slightly cheaper but it's putting off guys having so many fake ads on there still. And so many use language trying to get around the censors and stuff and reporting it never takes them away.

[Guest ATasteOfEve]

I hate to be unsympathetic, but LL is running a business, not a charity. If they put their rates up and people keep paying, then that demonstrates that they made the right call, and they'll probably do it again.

 

You only have two realistic choices: pay up for the service they provide, or go elsewhere. Complaining won't help if you keep giving them money. The only way prices will start coming down is if enough people do go elsewhere and they realize their high prices are starting to hurt the bottom line.

 

Speaking of which, I really must go and see what alternative cellphone plans are out there...

I agree. I was only pointing out how greedy the administrator of the site has become now that he/she realizes there are fewer alternatives. I have since begun spreading my money around. Backpage got too greedy and look what happened to them? Seems LL may be on the same path...I use VIPfavours, Cityoflove, TERB(when I'm in Toronto cause they're so expensive) and Leolist when I travel across Canada.