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EHarmony is a fraudulent SCAM. They should be sued.
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Please warn all your friends NEVER to join eHarmony. If I could give them zero stars I would.
It is a dishonest company that cons their clientele into committing for three months to a year. Then after 2 weeks of sending people who live nearby, a vast majority of which are clearly not a match to you in any way, they begin to send only EMPTY profiles of people who live a 1000 miles away or absolute NON-matches. They give no way for the member to search their site, they choose your seven matches a day and only do so if you allow eHarmony to email you. These matches begin to repeat within a month. There is a "what if" category that allows you to search a dozen potential matches they say are outside your "match range". These are random people many up to 25 years younger or older, from around the country, most of who have empty or near empty profiles with a single photo, who later end up in your daily seven actual matches.
One of my daily seven matches I received from eHarmony was so clearly fraudulent they immediately began emailing me through the site, phishing me for my actual email address in broken speech.
I attempted to email eHarmony to cancel and was told to call. I called and the person was really rude and then told me there was nothing they could do, that I should email the address they would send me. I emailed that address and again heard nothing. Since I emailed however, I have stopped receiving any updates on their website, which is nice, but they kept a years membership fees for 5 weeks of HORRIFIC service.
I have since used their on-site messenger to attempt to receive help and still have received no reply. The site uses TV commercials to trick more people into their scam hoping no one ever reads reviews prior to signing up. If eHarmony simply said "we do not have any matches for you at this time" that would be honest. Instead they trap you for your entire period.
People sincerely want to find love and companionship and eHarmony preys upon this need. I offered to pay for the time I'd used and even offered to pay double their rate and was told there's nothing they can do, I had to pay for the entire year for my one month's completely ineffective service.
To refuse to refund and cancel a subscription after providing no service, after multiple requests and providing such a HORRIBLE completely fraudulent product is SHAMEFUL.
If there was a class action suite I would sign on. If there is a lawyer who would like to begin the process, I will sign the complaint today.
Please tell everyone you know to avoid eHarmony. Online dating can work. There are honest and effective online dating sites out there. The top two competitors of eHarmony are both genuinely good sites. I know because I've used them since my experience with eHarmony.
I sincerely hope others are more fortunate and learn of eHarmony's deception before signing up. Because eHarmony will steal your money and according to the dozens of other complaints I've since read, they will renew your contract and charge your credit card even after you've cancelled.
eHarmony is clearly the Enron of on-line dating.
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Still Sending Me Unsolicited Magazine Despite Saying They Would Stop
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I never asked for a magazine subscription, nor knew they planned on sending me one. I contacted them several times in January and they finally said they would stop sending the unsolicited girlie magazine to me. Two months later, they are still sending it.
Copies of e-mails:
Dear Porn Purveyor,
In January you apologize for sending me unsolicited porn. Now, it is
March 22, 2009 and the Porn magazine is still being sent to me. I
just received another one in today's mail.
You better believe I am going to be discussing this sickening act of
yours on my television show. I have also filled out the appropriate
form with the USPS. See their instructions below:
Stopping receipt of unsolicited "obscene" mail
You may file PS Form 1500 at a local Post Office to prevent receipt
of unwanted obscene materials in the mail or to stop receipt of
"obscene" materials in the mail. The Post Office offers two programs
to help you protect yourself (and your eligible minor children).
Option 1: Application for Prohibitory Order (requires the
objectionable mailpiece)
Under the Pandering Advertisements Statute, 39 USC 3008, if you are
the addressee of an advertisement, and consider the matter (product
or service) that it offers for sale to be "erotically arousing or
sexually provocative," you can obtain a Prohibitory Order against the
mailer. You apply for the order by submitting the entire advertising
mailpiece (the original, NOT a photocopy) with a properly completed
application. Minor children under 19 years old and residing with you
may be included in the application.
o Provides a deterrent to continued mailings by a specific
mailer advertising a product or service you consider erotically
arousing or sexually provocative
o You are required to save all materials, including the
envelope and the entire mailpiece and then attach the entire opened
mailpiece to PS Form 1500
Phil Konstantin
> Dear Mr. Konstantin,
> Your email to eHarmony's customer care department regarding the
> unwanted subscription to Maxim magazine you received was escalated
> to my office. We sincerely regret and apologize for any distress
> this situation may have caused you. As you requested, I will also
> follow up this email with a letter via postal mail expressing our
> regrets. We will send the letter to the billing address we have on
> file for you. If you'd prefer it go elsewhere, please let me know.
> During the eHarmony subscription process, we give members the
> option to select a magazine from the offered list or to opt out of
> this offer altogether. When a member does not opt out of the offer
> or select a specific magazine, our fulfillment vendor automatically
> sends a default publication. I completely understand that you took
> offense to the publication you received and will speak with the
> individuals who manage this program about its appropriateness as a
> default publication.
> Our records show that you have already cancelled this subscription.
> If there is any more assistance we can offer you regarding this
> matter, please let me know.
> Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we wish you all the best.
> Sincerely,
> April B.
> Office of the President
> eHarmony
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Anonymous on 03/23/2009:
well, according to the email you got back from e-harmony, it does state in their T&C that if you don't opt out and you don't select any magazines, that they will select one and send it to you, so you must have missed that part when you signed up with them.
Were you charged for this subscription? Did you pay it? You may have cancelled the subscription but you may keep getting the magazine until the subscription runs out?
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Applied charges to my credit card without my consent
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I initially signed up for E-Harmony in August of 2010 as a 3 month "trial" membership and billed it to my credit card. It was under my understanding that this would be a one time flat rate and if I was interested, I could extend my membership. Needless to say, I was not impressed with their "matches" and discontinued visiting their web site. I have just recently found out that they have been charging my credit card quarterly without my consent. I immediately contacted E-Harmony and they told me that because that I did not cancel my membership, I was automatically charged their monthly fee.
I am disgusted with their non-professionalism and hope that I can prevent this from happening again.
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2inform on 03/13/2011:
A member must go into the account and stop the automatic renewal.
localgod on 03/13/2011:
This is SOP for these types of businesses, you must cancel before the end of the trial to forgo billing. To not do so authorizes regular billing, you really need to read the fine print on the agreement. Incidentally, when you gave them your credit card information, you authorized them to bill your credit card. That's not in the fine print, just a reality of life.
Anonymous on 03/13/2011:
Technically, if something was truly free, there wouldn't be a request for CC info, because companies would count on potential customers liking what they have to offer enough to pay once the trial period was over. But, if the terms and conditions clearly state that you will be charged if you don't cancel, and you didn't cancel, no body did anything without your consent. Whenever you enter in your bank or CC information, you should take the time to thoroughly understand what it is that you're signing up for.
unhappy999 on 03/13/2011:
I agree with the other posters. You have to be very careful when giving out your CC number. Also, people should be checking all their bills monthly to stop things like this right away.
MRM on 03/13/2011:
It is wise to use a service, such as Bank of America, that generates pseudo card numbers so that it'll only be used once.
trmn8r on 03/13/2011:
My guess is that the fine print mentions that your membership will be renewed unless you go in and cancel it, because many sites like this have that policy. Did you go back and look?
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The Matches on eHarmony
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I signed up for the 3 month trial, after being really persuaded by the TV commercials. I have been on other dating sites (that were free) but wanted to find a serious relationship and it seemed like eHarmony would provide that. However I was very disappointed with the matches, they all looked so terrible. There is no way to specify body type as a criteria or attractiveness. On top of that you cannot hide or block your profile from desperate unattractive matches. So I took my photo down and just waited out the subscription. It's too much money to spend, getting the results I was getting. So if you do not like your matches you have to sit and wait until some new ones join eHarmony. If you do not find looks as a criteria then yes maybe you will be happy. But I still think physical attractiveness plays some role. I could not picture myself in an intimate relationship with the people the site were suggesting. I was disgusted. I then proposed that since men have a better time finding women in the natural world, since there is so many of us, that the only reason a guy would even sign up on a PAID site is that they failed in the natural world. But again that's my opinion. It just sucks for females, not enough men out there unfortunately, attractive ones anyway.
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Anonymous on 01/09/2010:
From what I know, EHarmony is a christian runned site. I guess they do not take in account for attractiveness, since its a christian site, they may not deem that a necessity for their site. Hey, they don't even let gays or lesbians match up. Also, they cannot control who signs up and what they look like. I mean youre on an internet dating site, so what do you expect? youre going to GET the desperate ones and the ones who may not looks like Eva Longloria.
Anonymous on 01/09/2010:
Zz...you have a good nose for this, care to comment? ;{)
Anonymous on 01/09/2010:
LOL Ken!
PepperElf on 01/09/2010:
I'll comment.
I'll just provide a link to what one man said he changed his eHarmony profile to cos he was sick of it. the new profile actually gave him more hits
the essays about himself are priceless.
2inform on 01/09/2010:
There is a dating website for those who place a higher priority on looks. CNN has an article about some getting kicked off the site.
If the OP meets the requirements, then maybe this other online dating service is for him.
PepperElf on 01/09/2010:
I think the OP was looking for a woman
Anonymous on 01/09/2010:
Id just like to know what he looked like.......could be the pot calling the kettle black? Or someone looking for someone way out of their ball park? I have a friend who is going on 30 and still doesn't have a girlfriend. He's a but on the heavy side, and not that attractive. He looks for woman who could be supermodels, anything else but that, they are "not his type". I tell him hes going to be single forever.
Anonymous on 01/09/2010:
It's unfair to assume the OP is unattractive because he/she isn't finding what attracts him/her. I have heard that the search criteria on EHarmony is very limited compared to say, Match.com or Yahoo personals. The thing that's good about Eharmony is that it is more expensive, so the people on there are more serious about finding someone. It's hard being single, educated, professional, and finding someone. I have a best friend who met and married a guy from the 'net and they are very happy together.
laklisa on 01/09/2010:
I have so many comments I want to make, but I am just going to keep my mouth shut on this one. LOL
DebtorBasher on 01/09/2010:
Yeah...too bad they don't have an 'Ugly block'...you're a sure winner for someone out there...
Ytropious on 01/09/2010:
They don't put attractiveness or body type as questions because I'm willing to bet most people would ask for a slim, attractive mate. Attractiveness is in the eyes of the beholder too. What you or eHarmony might find attractive is not what another person finds attractive. Case and point. If I needed a dating site to find love (I didn't I met my husband at work)I would have told eHarmony I didn't want someone who wasn't slim. My husband is a husky guy, and I would have passed over him if I had set "criteria". You don't know what love is until it hits. Having preset criteria on how someone should look that you love is setting yourself up to fail.
Oh also, that comment about men having it easier? Get real. Tell that to all the men that most women find "unattractive", the video gamers, the ones without a high paying job, and all the other things stereotypical women want in a man. If you ask me, women are too demanding of what they find "perfect". "Perfect" men do not exist, contrary to what hollywood would have you believe. Women expect to be approached, not do the approaching. For shy guys, they're screwed. If men are not naturally approaching you, did you ever stop and think maybe it's YOU? Maybe you're sending cold vibes or you really aren't attractive.
Anonymous on 01/09/2010:
"On top of that you cannot hide or block your profile from desperate unattractive matches."
That statement makes you extremely unattractive and one might say you are desperate for using this website to find a mate. Therefore you are a desperate unattractive match.
'nuff said.
Ben There on 01/09/2010:
If you have what it takes to pick up all the hotties, just go to a bar and pull the old fashioned way.
PepperElf on 01/09/2010:
well I did see the news discuss one board that will kick you off if you're not beautiful enough
I guess they vote on members or something.
don't remember who they were tho... and I'm too lazy to google it. =)
Anonymous on 01/09/2010:
It's all in the eye of the beholder. You might find someone to be god awful ugly, but someone else might find that same person to be the most beautiful creature in the world.
kdcrms06 on 10/11/2010:
eHarmony is not a christian site and matches on personlity because THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORATNT. looks fade.
and yes it is true that eHarmony doesn't allow gays on the site. They created a separate site for the LGBT community. HOWEVER, bisexuals are allowed to used both sites.
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Eharmony Matching Process
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I wish that I had done a lot more google searching about Eharmony before I handed over my money and signed up for 3 months membership. I feel very stupid because all you have to do is type "Eharmony complaints" in any search database and you come up with tons of personal blogs about how disappointed people are with Eharmony. And, by the way, I was pretty hard pressed to find anyone PRAISING E-harmony, except of course the guy in their ads. I am now among those ranks. I paid them $110 for 3 months membership and for that they served me up "matches" from NY, NJ, PA (I'm not from any of those states and I also filled in their section about how far away I was willing to travel and if I wanted to meet someone from far away who would relocate and I said NO). The reason I feel so stupid is because, like most sucker games, this one seems so obvious AFTER I lost my money. You sign up and they use their 29 dimensions to find you matches from their existing database. But if none of those pan out, you have to wait until someone new signs up. And then YOU are one of the masses waiting for that new person to sift through their list of matches. When there aren't any matches for a while, they start with "flexible" matching. I guess that's where they started going to other states because there was no one left in my state for me. I noticed one section where they indicated that attractiveness was one of their 29 rating factors and I thought, how interesting, what are they doing, assigning numbers to people and then matching their idea of a 2 with other 2's and their idea of a 10 with other 10's. I sent an e-mail with the question but all I got back was the same quote that was on their website that prompted my question. Does anyone else out there feel like me where they'd like to decide for themselves if a person is physically attractive to them? I have no idea if they kept a mass of beautiful people or some incredibly ugly people from me, I have to wonder what number was I given? Please please please spend approximately the same amount of money (or less) on one of the other sites and get your money's worth because YOU will have control over whom you get to meet, not some corporation and their 29 dimensions. Honestly, if there's some guy out there who's a mean, impatient, non-romantic, sullen drunk, is he really going to HONESTLY appraise himself on the SELF-DIRECTED survey that they send you to determine what kind of person he is?. Boy am I dumb, please don't be like me, be smart and say no thanks to Eharmony.
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Sarah May on 05/12/2007:
I've heard from two people with personal experience with EHarmony. These people do not know each other and have never spoken to each other and yet their experience with them was the same: They are both apparently "unmatchable". Yeah, that's apparently what EHarmony told them; In so many words, "No one will ever love you, you total freak." So yeah, I don't know about the company first-hand, but I have not heard good things. I'm sorry you had such a crappy experience.
Skye on 05/12/2007:
Look into Craigslist. It's free and you can search any states you want to, for meeting people.
Slimjim on 05/12/2007:
Two business I never ventured in that I said I always would. Owning a Laundromat, where all you have to do is go and collect the money, and owning a dating service. Take money from people, give their info to other people, draw up some half- baked reasoning for the matches and don't even ask me about guarantees.
Anonymous on 05/12/2007:
I think you will have better luck meeting people at the grocery store then these dating services. Maybe you could even meet someone on here? Hey, who knows that is one of lifeâs little surprises itâs called a chance encounter. All you have to do is receptive.
Go no, get out there!!!
Starlord on 05/12/2007:
I have known several people who owned laundromats, and if you think that it is just go in and collect money from the machines, think again. You always have people purposely vandalizing the machines, you have to constantly be cleaning, as people are slime, you have machines damaged constantly from stupid people overloading the machines, you are always having to replqace the coin mechanisms because of people 'unlocking' them with sledge hammers to 'Help you collect your money.' No, thanks. No laundromat for me. I think I would prefer a nice quiet job on the DPS Bomb Squad.
F@ckedbothways on 08/09/2007:
You know its easier doing it on your own , though chatrooms, etc...I met my deased husband online and now my current husband. You just have to know how to do research on the people you chat with. You have to be smart about it.
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Gentlemen and E-Harmony Prefer Blondes
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After 14 wonderful years, my wonderful husband died in my arms. Well two years after he died, someone suggested I try e-harmony. After filling the application I was rejected. So I decided to call up their headquarters and find out why. Come to find out my personality was fine but they wanted only blondes. The last time I heard, Discrimination is illegal. And because I have black hair and black eyes, I was told I was in the ugly category! I've seen their commercials and it's true, FOR BLONDES ONLY!!!! So I have one response. BOYCOTT!!!
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MRM on 05/29/2012:
This is how I felt when I was rejected by the escort service. I'm not too chatty on the phone. Its the money that counts.
ww48 on 05/29/2012:
This is my response to the person who asks where I get my information on. With all due respect I don't know if you are blond, but I watched the ads and yes, there are a lot of them, in magazines, and from the so-called customer service itself told me. I also looked up the reports from the BBB. So yes, I did my homework. They find a way to get money from people the token brunettes or minorities they show on TV.
MRM on 05/29/2012:
You don't need to go to eHarmony to find a date. You can find a date right here, on My3Cents! Wally, now is your chance!
Alain on 05/29/2012:
Go with your soul and you can't lose. Just my gut response to this.
MRM on 05/29/2012:
You can find a date on www.theeroticreview.com
No need to fill out any information. Just call them up to set up the appointment.
trmn8r on 05/29/2012:
Seeing blonds in adverts doesn't prove that they discriminate against non-blonds in their membership. You're looking for a date, and not a job in their ads, correct?
If the allegations of discrimination are true, I would expect several hundreds and likely thousands of complaints online about it.
An eHarmony representative actually told you that you are "in the ugly category because you have black hair and black eyes"? If you have a recording of that, perhaps you can sue them.
clutzycook on 05/29/2012:
Wasn't there a dating site that made fun of eHarmony's pickiness in their commercials?
ww48 on 06/10/2012:
Well I see no one from eHarmony had the guts to reply
trmn8r on 06/10/2012:
Very few companies surf here, read and post replies to complaints.
raven2010 on 06/10/2012:
Your review did not go to eHarmony and they most likely have no idea you posted here.
Here is an article the Washington post did on why eHarmony rejects people.
if you fit into any of these categories, try one of their affiliate services listed at the bottom of their homepage
trmn8r on 06/10/2012:
Yes Raven, good find. I can't help but agree with the reasons given, and I note that hair color isn't on the list.
That is the allegation - that eHarmony rejects applicants that aren't blonde. The OP feels so strongly that this is happening that they feel eHarmony should be boycotted.
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Feb. Free Communication is NOT free
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BEWARE!! the free Feb. Communication is NOT free. You cannot email anyone unless you pay the membership. Typical eHarmony money scam. And this after I swore NEVER to go there again.
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Anonymous on 02/16/2011:
Yeah that is how they get you. But they do have a bunch of free dating sites.
madconsumer on 02/16/2011:
great review.
very helpful.
trmn8r on 02/16/2011:
From the website, it looks like what they give you is "guided communication" which is essntially sending answers to multiple choice questions and then some open ended questions. So it is not at all like sending your own message.
Remember, little about dating is free anyway, and the price goes up even more if you take it to another level.
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Not worth spending money on
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Declan O'Squirrel
Before signing up I just ran a few checks. On the first settings I had, there were only 25 potential candidates with 30 miles of me, and of these, 6 weren't even in the UK. And since when has China been within 30 miles of the UK?
I changed all the settings the other way around, changed the location by 100 miles - and still got the same list.
Try the test for yourself. This company simply does not have anything like the number of members the two key UK dating websites have.
Spend money with them at your own risk - I'm not going to.
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MRM on 07/02/2009:
I think what the poster is trying to convey... not worth spending money on her/him.
Anonymous on 07/02/2009:
declan o'squirrel, first and most important, hands down, that is the single best nic I have ever seen on any chat forum. simply awesome.
second, give m3c's a try, it's free and always very entertaining. and you never know, you might just meet that special someone that causes your heart to pitter patter at the mere mention of his or her name.
madconsumer on 07/02/2009:
I was given a free trial membership, and I found the same thing. either they were older than dirt, or not even near my location.
very helpful.
BokiBean on 07/02/2009:
Some guy just dodged a bullet.
Anonymous on 07/02/2009:
bokibean, I must say, you are good people in my book.
BokiBean on 07/02/2009:
And ditto right back at ya. Also, if nobody takes up our bet we'll have to share a "sody". ;)
MRM on 07/02/2009:
Ms. Bean I will call it a day. Goodnight, Ms Bean, and I hope you will have a nice beauty sleep 2nite!
BokiBean on 07/02/2009:
Night night, MRM. I'm going to stay up a bit, Survivor Man is on.. :)
madconsumer on 07/03/2009:
c2o you are da man!
Anonymous on 07/03/2009:
Thank you mad! I try real hard.
Declan O'Squirrel on 07/03/2009:
Well thanks King James. So often we consumers rush into things for the hell of it without checking things out, then get mad when we get ripped off. E-Harmony... who needs $110M to boost a dating website? IF it was that good, it would have worked through viral marketing. For any readers of this in the UK, go try www.freedating.co.uk. That really is free, and the web pioneers behind it are just excellence, they've got the spirit of what the web is about.
ww48 on 05/29/2012:
If You think e-harmony is bad in the UK, it's worse in the United States!
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Eharmony Rip Off
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WAVELAND, ARKANSAS -- I have tried this service twice now but it will be the last time. They only match me with people outside my age and distance request. When I contact them they say I need to change my profile or post better pictures to be matched with others. I want to be matched with someone who is what their profile says and who looks like their picture so I can only assume the men I'm looking at would appreciate the same. Why do you have to pretend to be someone else to get matched.
I'm sure there are men in Arkansas within 120 miles of me who are members of this site. Just show them to me.
Company Response 04/27/2009:
Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for trying eHarmony. We're sorry to hear that you didn't have a satisfactory experience either time you tried. There is, in fact, a way to adjust your settings so that you don't get any matches outside of the settings you've chosen, and it can be done by making a few clicks. We do always try to offer suggestions to our members in order to improve their experience, because we genuinely our members to find success.
We do a search for matches every day, and how many matches you receive depends on many factors – first and foremost, compatibility, then we take all of your personal settings into account.
I personally would be happy to view your account to see if I can help further or answer any questions you have. If you happen to be on Twitter, you find me as @eharmony_jack.
- Jack
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madconsumer on 04/23/2009:
I have always found these types of places of being fancy escort services.
you are better off seeking out men in the type of activities you enjoy. or doll up and go shopping for car parts or lawn and garden items. I am told church is a good place to find them also.
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EHarmoney: Be warned
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CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE -- As a widow, my grown daughters had been encouraging me to join eHarmony for the last couple of years. I finally joined but thankfully, I only joined for three months. I have had very few matches, nothing in the last two weeks. Went I emailed their customer service department, they suggested I change my drinking preference from a few times a year to a more frequent use. In addition, they also suggested that I select more religions denominations as I had selected those that I felt were compatible with my religious views. I was surprised by their suggestion as both of these are indicators reflect who I am as a person. With supposedly thousands joining daily, I find it hard to believe there aren't other people who have views similar to mine.
There is no refund if you are dissatisfied; however, I will obviously not renew my subscription. I now know that their commercials aren't for real. In good conscience, I cannot recommend their service to any of my single friends.
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Soaring Consumer on 03/21/2009:
Wow, what crude, terrible suggestions. Make sure that they don't accidentally "auto-renew" your subscription.
Principissa on 03/21/2009:
Asking you to lie/change your religious beliefs is a terrible thing to ask someone to do. It's like asking you to change yourself, and that's not right at all. Double, triple, quadruple check that you are not on some kind of automatic subscription renewal, and make sure you tell your bank or CC to block any further payments from this place once your subscription is over. Also be sure to cancel way BEFORE, I mean like weeks, the subscription is set to renew.
ConsumerEqualizer on 03/21/2009:
Are we surprised? E-Harmony is basically the internet dating branch of religious right zealots trying to pull in non-zealot suckers and convert them. It's not enough they hate and only reluctantly allowed gays after being sued, they are basically trying to purify the straight dating pool and control-mold them into the purest, whitest, least tolerant "Christian" ahole clones possible.
Which is highly ironic because Jesus would slap the sh1t right out of them.
Anonymous on 03/21/2009:
Somebody IM Miss Marple and tell her E-Harmony is looking for drunk chics. lmao!
Disaster Worker on 03/21/2009:
Totally and completely inappropriate content ConsumerEqualizer.
To the OP, on behalf of those of us who regularly visit this site and provide constructive comments, I apologize for this person's response.
jktshff1 on 03/21/2009:
Consumer: It would be to your advantage to provide some documentation to your accusations.
Anonymous on 03/21/2009:
Their suggestions are outrageous! The drinking frequency, okay, I can understand that - almost - but the religious preferences? Don't change who you are, dear. That is something my mother has always told me and it applies regardless of your age. You'll be better off getting out and meeting people in your social circle. Good luck to you!
ConsumerEqualizer on 03/24/2009:
If anyone bothers to watch the documentary JesusCamp that is the exact type mentality of the people who run EHarmony. Organized religion has no place in online dating.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
There comes a point in your life where you realize the limits of your talent. God gives talent, but he can also give us the perception to see the limit of that talent. One day, you wake up and realize that limit. It can keep you from frustration and spinning your wheels fruitlessly, but it can also be a very hard thing to accept.
For a very long time, I wanted nothing more than to be a writer. This blog was one of the ways I tried to follow that. But simply put, I'm tired of slamming my head up against the wall and getting nowhere. There's something to be said for perseverance, but there's also something to be said for knowing when to pack it in.
I don't feel that in the long run, I can keep this blog up with the sort of quality I want from it. A lot of that is just realizing the limits of my own talent. Some of it is personal/family-related, but ultimately I'd rather do no blog at all than a poor one. This isn't spur-of-the-moment, and I've taken the time to think it over. But I'm tired of trying to mold my life on a dream that isn't going to happen. Too much frustration, too much mediocrity, and too much time put into it all. My family deserves more than that, and maybe in the end, I do, too.
I'll be doing some articles up through Gen Con Indy, in large part because I have a number of obligations I need to meet, including another year of liveblogging Gen Con (I have to think that will continue in some form, somewhere, for a while yet). Once that's over, I'll either be stepping aside or fading into the background, possibly as a minor contributor with another blogger taking over day-to-day things. I still plan to be involved in a few online communities, as well as with RPG Circus, so that won't stop. There may be other projects, but I don't just don't know.
We still have a while before the road ends, but I wanted to tell you now. Thanks for reading, and I hope you join me for the rest of the trip, wherever that leads. So many of you have been so kind, I can't begin to thank you enough for what your words of encouragement have meant. I wish that alone was enough to give you quality content, but at the end of the day, it just isn't there.
33 comments:
- Mad Brew said...
I've always considered your blog to have some of the better content out there, so I'm sorry to see that going away. Glad to hear you're stilling doing RPG Circus though.
However, I totally understand your position, as a fellow Hoosier blogger and aspiring writer with family commitments.
Anyways, thanks for the good stuff you've already committed to the blogosphere and good luck on your future endeavors (and if you ever want some space to throw some articles down upon, I'd be more than happy to oblige).
- May 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Aaron said...
"[...] too much mediocrity, [...]"
Not that I have seen. You are too hard on yourself. But I understand that. There have been times that I looked at things that I've posted to my own weblog, and thought: "Jeez, that's AWFUL... what was I smoking?"
Thank you very much for those things that you have shared with us. Perhaps the understanding that we have very much appreciated the time that you have given to us will lessen the sting.
- May 25, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Fred Hicks (Evil Hat Productions) said...
If your blog is not making you happy, you absolutely should end it.
All the same, thanks for providing a good platform for talking about games and a good blog for the rest of us to read. It was appreciated. :)
- May 25, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- Narf the Mouse said...
Your has been one of the few blogs I read consistently. It will be missed.
- May 25, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Joseph said...
I hope you will reconsider.
Even occasional posts are better than nothing. Post when you have something to share, but don't feel obligated to do so.
- May 25, 2010 at 8:49 PM
- Stuart said...
Sorry to hear you're not having fun with your blog. Hopefully at some point you'll start up an RPG Blog III.
- May 25, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Zachary The First said...
Thanks for the kind words. As I said, I may just look to add a majority partner, so to speak, or to merge with another site. We'll see.
- May 25, 2010 at 9:29 PM
- Zzarchov said...
For what it's worth I think your talent is above mediocre and I would say you're daft, but I have a feeling when you say you want to be a writer you don't mean a good writer who pulls in a middle class paycheck writing Space Wars Trek #245 "assault on gobbleygook 5" but one of the all time greats remembered a hundred years on. Those types of writers tend to have poor family relationships and I can't fault you for wanting to spend time on what matters most to you.
I hope you do well in whatever you do pursue.
- May 25, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- Tenkar said...
The number of blogs left that I follow that were here this time last year... is getting damn small.
Your words will be missed... and they are FAR from mediocre.
Best of luck where ever this takes you.
- May 25, 2010 at 10:02 PM
I'm a fairly new reader but I'm sorry to see you go. Good luck.
- May 25, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- mksiebler said...
For what it's worth, I've always enjoyed your writing, and would be sorry to see your blog end...
- May 25, 2010 at 10:37 PM
- David said...
I've enjoyed reading your blog, but you should also enjoy writing it. If you don't, we'll just have to make do.
- May 26, 2010 at 12:39 AM
- Stargazer said...
I agree with what has been said so far. Your blog always has above average content and you have always been a blogger I was looking up to. It makes me sad hearing that you want to stop blogging, but I can fully understand where you're coming from.
Adding a partner is probably a good idea and I am glad you will still be part of RPG Circus.
Thanks for all the great content you provided us with! RPG Blog II will definitely be missed.
On a more personal note: I am looking forward to staying with you and your family on GenCon. Perhaps I can use my stay to convince you to reconsider closing the blog. ;)
- May 26, 2010 at 1:06 AM
- Ryan said...
- May 26, 2010 at 1:22 AM
- Norman Harman said...
More of what everyone else is saying.
My humble suggestion: Take a break, come back (maybe to a new blog), post no more than 1/week (or whenever you have the urge), don't stress over quality or quantity. It's ok to blog even if it's no longer your life passion/goal.
- May 26, 2010 at 2:43 AM
- satyre said...
Best of luck with your endeavours and look forward to what's coming.
- May 26, 2010 at 3:27 AM
- Rob Lang said...
Rather than be all morbid and tearful, I'm going to celebrate all the joy you've brought us over the years.
Your light hearted writing and insightful thoughts on the RPG hobby have been insightful.
Without you, there would not be a Free RPG Blog. If you ever fancy dipping a toe and review something free as a guest, let me know - I'd be honoured.
- May 26, 2010 at 3:45 AM
- Dane of War said...
As Vader once said: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Zach, you have consistently put out one of the most entertaining RPG blogs on the net.
I understand how you feel, though - so if you need to take a step back, do so. We'll be here when you return.
- May 26, 2010 at 3:55 AM
- Richard Iorio II said...
I totally understand where you are coming from. Still, your blog is one of the few I found myself following because I enjoyed it. You will be missed, but I am glad you are sticking around until the end of summer.
- May 26, 2010 at 7:21 AM
- Sean said...
Let me add my voice to those celebrating your blog. Yours has always been one of the top five blogs I've followed. The 'always' part is more impressive then the 'top five' part, as other blogs have shot up and slipped down the pole of my personal tastes.
I'm not going to suggest that I know what you should do, and I know you've had your doubts about your writing before, but I'm confident that your obsessions for gaming and writing will keep you around in some format or another for a long time.
Good luck, (and I know I should say this more often), and thanks for the RPG Blog II!
- May 26, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- A.L. said...
New reader as well, but I've thought your writing was anything but mediocre. Still, throwing my hat in with the "you gotta do what you gotta do" crowd.
Good luck in your future endeavors, whatever they may be.
- May 26, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Martin Ralya said...
Thank you for everything you've done and written here, Zach! You're one of the best RPG bloggers around, and your voice here will be missed. This is never an easy decision to make.
As an aside, you've got mail. :-)
- May 26, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Vincent Diakuw said...
I've always enjoyed your blog as it is, but if you feel you aren't meeting your own standard for it, please pick up blogging for only your own satisfaction here, or on a new blog.
I've never thought that bloggers owe their readers anything, and if you need a reboot to start blogging just for the fun of it, don't worry... we'll be around ;)
- May 26, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- clash bowley said...
Jerk! How dare you! Stay here and entertain me! :D
Zachary - I love your blog. I go here every day to see what's up. I read everything. Like most writers, you are looking too harshly on what you do. Be that as it may, do what you gotta do, my friend. I've got your back, whatever way you go.
- May 26, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Doug Wall said...
You will definitely be missed. RPG Blog II is dead! Long Live RPG Blog III!
- May 26, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- John Fiala said...
I pretty much agree with the other commenters. Thanks for writing such interesting stuff!
- May 26, 2010 at 5:26 PM
- sirlarkins said...
"...post no more than 1/week (or whenever you have the urge), don't stress over quality or quantity. It's ok to blog even if it's no longer your life passion/goal."
I've never looked at my as anything other than a place to share my thoughts. If other people get something out of it, great. But I'd probably keep blogging even if I had zero followers and never got any comments. It's just a great way to organize my thoughts.
Then again, burn-out happens. I hope you keep the blog up and feel free to return to it if you're ever feeling rejuvenated. And even if you never return, thanks for all the awesome posts!
- May 27, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- James V said...
Say it ain't so!
I too hope you find enough joy in the blogging game to keep posting, even if it's less frequent than now. If not, I look forward to more RPG circus and hopefully the GenCon liveblog.
- May 27, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- anarchist said...
That's sad to hear.
However - how many creative writing courses have you done?
- May 28, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- david said...
Sorry to hear your winding things down. I enjoyed all of your postings. I'm glad your remaining somewhat tied to doing rpg work.
appreciate the effort i know its a lot of work.
http://www.d4d6d8d10d12d20.com - A Game Blog
- May 29, 2010 at 3:41 AM
- Andreas Davour said...
Do what is fun. That's why we are here.
I had a blog burn out a while ago, and I got the advice to scale back. Take a breather, and it might actually be fun again.
Thanks for much fun, and well written posts. I'd love more of them, but I'm very happy for what we've gotten.
See you at the Circus!
- June 2, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- mthomas768 said...
Very sorry to see you leaving the blogging world Zachary, but if youre heart's not in it, writing can be terribly frustrating. I'll definitely be missing your blog.
If you ever feel the need to write something I'd be happy to offer my humble blog as a venue.
- June 3, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- Alex J. Burtness said...
Thanks for providing us with all of the great content! I'll be sad to see it go!
- June 8, 2010 at 11:09 AM


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I just want to let people who might be considering the purchase of a Volkswagen Jetta what they can expect. I have more things go wrong with this car than the last 10 cars I have owned. I live 6 hours from Saskatoon Saskatchewan a Volkswagen dealer, 8 hours from Winnipeg Manitoba and the dealership where I purchased this car.
I guess my first warning should have clicked in when I ordered my car through a dealership in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I ordered my car in July of 2008, at this time I was told not to expect delivery until mid December. This at the time was acceptable so I made a deposit and got ready to wait. Well the December date came and went, the dealer always had a real good justification for the delay. Well mid January 2009 comes and still no car, still really good with the excuses though. So I started phoning around the country and looking on the internet, and low and behold I fine several cars sitting on lots same features as mine only different colours. Soon February comes still no vehicle, and now I am getting impatient as we had plans for this car. Now I was able to arrange purchase of my present car, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sport Wagon, from another dealer in Winnipeg, Manitoba for less money than the car I had ordered, and the original dealer did return my deposit. Like I said this is when I should have started running and never looked back.
The very first incident came when I happened to pull too far ahead to a parking curb and cracked the front air dam below the front bumper. I phoned up the body shop of the dealership from whom I had purchased the car. I thought they could run the vehicle identification number or look in their records obtain the colour code of the car, order me the part, paint it, have ready, and install it when I got into town. I was willing to pay for the part in advance, just so I would not have to make a second 8 hour drive to have the part installed. I got a flat no from the women at the appointment desk; they would not even consider working with me on the issue, just a flat no, without any consideration for circumstances what so ever. I assumed since I had purchased the car from them I could be afforded a little lee way, but once the car was purchased all bets are off, they treat you like you live next door to the dealership. I am getting so extremely tired of hear the standard line âthis Volkswagenâs policy.â
Before the purchase of the car when I went into the show room every sales person who walked by stopped to talk. After I purchased the car I sat in the showroom waiting room for at least 2 hours one day waiting on the service department, not one salesman even said good morning not even the one who sold me the car.
The sunroof stops functioning, this is when I find out there is no manual way to close it (this has been discontinued). I have to look forward to and 8 hour drive unable to close the sunroof, thank god it did not rain and the weather held out. I also had a garage to park it in before leaving on a trip. This trip also cost a hotel room for 2 days.
When electric door locks stop working there is no way to manually lock the doors (this is not pointed out before or at the time of purchase), this makes for real passenger and content safety.
It was not long until my left rear door lock stopped functioning. I decided at this time find another dealership in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan closer to where I live; this one is only a 6 hour drive. I phoned to make an appointment to have the lock repaired, I explained my situation. This service person phoned me back to inform me because of the distance I have to travel she would order the part ahead of time and have it on hand when I arrived. This appointment went just marvellous, great I figured I had finally found a satisfactory dealership, which actually had customer relations in mind when dealing with the customer.
Before I was able to return home the right rear door lock stopped functioning, surprise. Circumstances are such that I am not going to be able to make a return visit to a dealership for some time. Well I phone to make an appointment to have the door lock repaired, as well as the 64,000km warranty check up. I inform the service personal of my distance to drive, and assume because of the service I got here last time they would have a door lock there to replace it.
In the meantime the stereo system stops functioning. I figure no problem I can phone up they can run the vehicle identification number, order me up a stereo have it on hand to change out when I get there. Well guess what Volkswagen has another surprise in store, they cannot even order a stereo system until they run a computer scan on the car. There is absolutely no way to obtain the part number for the stereo without doing a computer scan of the system in the car. Well here are my circumstances; 6 hour drive hotel room for 2 nights, 6 hour drive back home to get the scan, now 6 hour drive back to dealership 2 nights in a hotel, 6 hour drive back home to have the stereo system installed. I wonder what high paid Volkswagen engineer came upon this pearl of wisdom. What would be very nice is they would inform you of these issues before you made the purchase. I may be the entire winter without a functioning stereo in my car, and guess what than it will be off of warranty and they wonât have to cover it. Here is a direct quote from an email from customer service when asked if I could not get to dealer before the vehicle was off of the first year warranty if the problem would still be covered âIt is Volkswagen Policy that if there is a repair within the warranty period, it would have to be repaired within that period for it to be claimed under warranty.â, even though the problem was known to have happened within the warranty period. Let us make sure we screw over this customer good and proper.
Now back to the original appointment for the 64,000km warranty work and the malfunctioning right rear door lock. I drop the car off the dealership has the car most of the day, they phone it is ready. I get to the dealership to find out the warranty work is completed (great thanks), the door lock was not replaced because they could not duplicate the issue in the shop. I had told them this was intermittent issue. Service personal said they could not replace door lock Volkswagen would not cover it unless they could reproduce it in the shop. Yes I am going to drive 12 hours spend 2 nights in a hotel and lie about the issue just to get a new door lock, this is what I mean about Volkswagens customer service, donât spend a few dollars on a door lock because the customer is a liar. I walked out to the parking lot at the dealership unlocked and locked the door twice and it would not lock again. Now they were able to replace the lock as I was fortunate enough that they happened to have one in the inventory. This meant having the car for another couple of hours and what plans I had made for after I picked up the car were scrapped. It is Volkswagenâs policy not to change a part unless the technician can duplicate the problem in the even if it means a tremendous inconvenience to the customer as long as does not inconvenience the mother company. I also had this dealership scan my stereo to get me the necessary information so I would be able to get the stereo replace next time I was close to a Volkswagen dealership.
A short time later I find I will be making a trip to Regina Saskatchewan. I phone up the dealership there give them the information from Saskatoon so they would be able to order the stereo and have it in stock when I got there to replace it. I now find out my car has to be rescanned the info from Saskatoon is not sufficient, the stereo cannot be ordered.
People if you are considering the purchase of a Volkswagen Jetta and donât live right next door to the dealership, donât appreciate the fact that you are automatically assumed to be a liar think long and hard. Is the great fuel economy really worth all the grief?
My car is a 2009 Jetta Sport Wagon TDI I purchased this car new because I was about to retire. The wife and I like to travel and were going to be in a position to start doing some now. We were looking for great fuel economy so we would be able to afford to travel. Well any moneys we may have saved in fuel economy has been more than offset many time over by hotel rooms and added travel expenses of obtaining warranty service. We now have to consider getting rid of our new car and making another purchase of a new car. My worry is that on my fixed retirement income I am not going to afford this car when it goes off of warranty. Hell I am barely able to afford in when cover by warranty.
I am so tired of hear this statement âthis is Volkswagenâs policyâ, to me this translates in English to âletâs see how bad we can screw this guyâ. Volkswagenâs customer service is Germanyâs way of getting even with the Americaâs for winning WWII.
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trmn8r on 12/10/2010:
As far as the bumper cover/air dam, it makes sense to me. It comes in unpainted, and they match it to your car. They may not want to rely solely on the paint code.
Your main problem is that you live a 6 hour drive from a dealer. That may be normal by Canada standards, but would be far beyond excessive for me. Volkswagens are fun to drive but have never been as reliable as other cars.
momsey on 12/10/2010:
I totally disagree that VWs are not as reliable as other cars. All of my cars have been VWs, and they are very reliable and very hardy. Obviously, the car in the review had major issues, but as trmn8r said, the main issue here is how far you are from the dealership. Without that long trip each way, I think everything would be a lot more manageable.
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2000 Jetta
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I had to buy another hub cap, ($63.00), for my Jetta because the center VW emblem came off. It appears that VW only puts a little glue on the emblem. My hub cap is nothing special. It's the 15" stock cap. Should run about $25 to $35. Even Honda sells there stock hub caps for $20. What is so special about VW's caps? I contacted VWoA, about the price, only to get a, "our dealers make up the price based on the region they are in", aka... dealerships are allowed to "milk as much money out of the consumer as possible". This car cost more in parts then it's worth as a full running vehicle. I went to all my local auto wreckers only to find out that most of the hub caps there are missing the center emblems as well... Come on VW. Spend some money on the proper amount of glue to keep this emblem on the hub cap !!!!
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2inform on 07/22/2010:
Maybe a junk yard will have the emblem. If they do, it will cost less.
NickL11354 on 07/22/2010:
You are talking about a 10 year with likely over 100,000 miles. Be thankful it still runs. Once a car hits 100,000 miles or is over 7 years old you can count on huge repair bills so a $63 hub cap is nothing
Weedwhacked on 07/22/2010:
Just because Honda sells their caps for $20, doesn't mean that Volkswagen has to.
Starlord on 07/22/2010:
You are correct about the car being worth more in parts than as a running auto. The national body that handles auto theft and insurance has been telling the public this for years. Cars are stolen and taken to a 'chop shop, where they are dismantled for parts. One twist on this is when a car is stolen, stripped of everything they can remove, then the car is dumped somewhere. The recovered car is sold at auction to people looking to 'rebuild a car.' They obtain a junk or rebuilder's title, then put the parts back on and sell the car. Any car is worth more in its constituent parts than it is as a full, running machine.
momsey on 07/22/2010:
Ah, the title of this review made my heart flutter. I still miss my 2000 Jetta. After 10 years, I think it's understandable that something like this would fall off. It's not like it's brand new and the thing popped off. Everything VW is more expensive than other brands.
Anonymous on 07/22/2010:
I looked the price up online and they are about $50 before shipping and handling to order direct, so $63 at the dealership isn't bad. I haven't had any problems with the emblems coming off my 2008 Jetta, but I will definitely keep an eye on them now after reading this.
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I own a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta which I purchased in 2004 with only 6000 miles on it. I have all maintenance records of every service ever done on the car including every oil change done by a Volkswagen dealer at every 2000 miles. Mind you, I understand that my car is now 9 years old, but it only has 44,357 miles on it. I take exquisite care of my car. In exactly one year I have put over $6000 into this car. At 30,000 miles, the transmission went. Yes....30,000 miles! I had it towed to a Volkswagen dealer and they rebuilt my transmission for the cost of $4100. Two months later, the ignition coil went which again was replaced by a Volkswagen dealer who told me that the spark plugs, spark plug wires and O2 sensors would need to be replaced also, which they did. Not two weeks later, the catalytic converter went.
One month later, the alternator went. Any person reading this would probably think it's the dealer you're taking your car to.....but one problem. I moved three times last year due to my husband being active duty military. Three different Volkswagen dealers performing the work at three different locations across the US. I am not an unreasonable person, but to me this is excessive. I called the corporate headquarters of Volkswagen and explained to them my situation. They told me that they could not help me because the work was not done by licensed Volkswagen dealers. I calmly explained that I have every documentation possible regarding the work that was done by licensed Volkswagen dealers.
They were able to pull my VIN up and see that I was not lying. They then explained to me that they could not help me because when I purchased my vehicle in 2004 I paid to have an extended 5 year warranty, but because I purchased it on December 31, 2009 and my transmission went on January 3, 2010....the 5 year warranty was up. They told me that had it happened January 1 they would have covered the labor portion of the bill. What??? Are you kidding me??? Now here we are one year later and my engine needs to be replaced. I again called Volkswagen headquarters went through everything with them and the woman told me and I quote, "ma'am I understand you're frustrated but you need to understand that your car is 9 years old and it doesn't matter the amount of miles on it, it's how old the car is. It could have only 10,000 miles on it and still have all these problems". Huh?? "All I can offer you is $1000 off your next purchase of a Volkswagen". Umm....yeah....there will never be another purchase of a Volkswagen by me.
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Whiteduck on 01/24/2011:
Well, I wasn't thinking it was the dealer you were sending the car to. I was thinking that VW must make crap for cars. And it's not the first time I've been convinced of this.
Not sure any other company would have given you any better service, but with all that went wrong with such a low-mileage car, I'm sure I won't be buying one...
rockfishing on 01/24/2011:
It's a nine year old car. It may have low mileage, but its not mentioned what type of miles were put on the car. Poor driving practices or what type of driving can have an impact on maintenance issues. Or, you could just have one of the few lemon. You don't know how the original owner treated the car either. It sounds like it's time for a new car.
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ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA -- I have owned VWs for 26 years. I always had great luck, and thoroughly enjoyed driving them. When I took a job that required a long commute, I decided to buy a diesel for the mileage and longevity of the engines. I had the dealer (New Motors, in Erie PA) perform the maintenance for the 1st 2 years, but still had to have the turbo replaced at 18K miles (warranty), and the MAF sensor replaced 3 times (twice under warranty). I then began having the maintenance performed at a local shop (dealer was 1.5 hours away) that only works on VWs (and has for 40 years). I also changed my own oil a few times (only using VW approved oil). At 97225 miles, he turbo failed again (10 year/100K mile warranty on this). I towed the car to the dealer (quite expensive$$$$) who informed me that there would be a $90 charge to use the diagnostic system. I said that I didn't think I should be charged for this if it fell under warranty. He disagreed. I called VW customer service, who sided with me.
Strangely enough, the dealer called me 2 hours later to inform me that I had to produce every receipt for every quart of oil and filter ever used, to show that proper maintenance was performed. I faxed him my maintenance log, showing all changes, who did them, the date and mileage performed. He said my records were inadequate, and my warranty was voided. I called VW of America (customer service) and they opened a case. I faxed them the log, along with receipts for everything ever done, with absolutely nothing missing. (The dealer had voided my warranty before he saw my receipts). VWOA called me back and said that the dealer denied my warranty, saying the receipts were not adequate. I called the dealer, who told me he DID NOT say that. He said the receipts were adequate, and that he only denied warranty until he saw receipts (this was VWOA lie #1). I called VWOA back and told them the dealer agreed with me. However, even though he was satisfied with them, he couldn't service my car because VWOA had voided the warranty in the database. They said they would re-investigate. They called me back to tell me that my receipts did not specify the proper motor oil (only 3 or 4 permissible oils for TDIs). When they gave me an example, by reading me one of my receipts from my mechanic, they were "embarrassed" to find that the receipts did indeed specify the brand, and it was one of the approved oils (VWOA lie #2). Again they said they would call me back. Next call, I was told that it was the area rep who had reviewed my records and found that I showed an oil change within 200 miles of the previous change, and that was suspicious, so they voided my warranty for that.
I asked for them to show me where that change was in any records, but they didn't know. I have reviewed my records (I have copies of anything ever sent to them), and have had several people (including a service manager for another car brand), and no one can see where this happened (because it didn't !!!!)(VWOA lie #3). The one who determined that was not allowed ANY customer contact, meaning I cannot talk to him, and he cannot talk to me. It seems that they were tired of being caught in lies, so they decided to blame someone I could not contact.
The only "good" thing about this is that I can proudly state that I have personally prevented 2 people from buying VWs (My Uncle actually had the money in his hand for a new Toureg, that he intended to purchase the same week I talked to him. He now owns a brand new Toyota Sequoia). Including aunts & uncles, my family has owned 14 VWs since 1976, including 3 currently. None of us will ever own a VW again. I will make sure everyone I know hears about my experience with VW.
I know I will cost them many times more than the $1K they cost me. From my searches on the internet, I know I am not alone (search for problems with VW engines, brakes, paint, turbos, electrical, transmissions, brake lights & switches, MAF sensors, airbags, etc).
I only wish my loyalty hadn't kept me from doing a better job of researching VW problems. I am partially to blame for my problems, because God knows, there was plenty of information showing their complete disregard for customers.
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Anonymous on 09/18/2007:
How could you have owned a Volkswagen for 26 years and not be able to spell the name correctly?
old fart on 09/18/2007:
Heck Popcorn... I'm fairly sure that half the population in the US probably spell it the same way..big deal.The man has a legitimate gripe and I for one appreciate the heads up. I would vote this VERY helpful.
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Good information.
I voted this review 'Very Helpful'.
Anonymous on 09/18/2007:
My son also had engine problems with his then new 2003 Jetta. The oil would suddenly be non-existent. The VW dealer mechanic he went to in San Diego said that was normal, if you can believe that. He said some engines just burn oil. Right. When he traded it in, he had to disclose this problem, but was glad to be done with it. Several years before that I had a VW van with many unresolved problems--it was also new at the time. I ended up taking it to an independent mechanic, at my cost, and getting it repaired once and for all. The VW corp office did nothing to help me nor did they reimburse me--even though the van was still under warranty. They had plenty of excuses though. I never bought another one and warned my son--but he found out the hard way. They haven't changed their tune in over 15 years and I doubt if they ever will.
VAN6143 on 12/28/2007:
Sounds to me like you need to sue dealership and VOA, IF VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL VW'S AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS THANK GOODNESS. I HAVE ALSO OWNED SEVERAL TOYOTA TRUCKS WHICH WERE GREAT, BUT MY WIFE OWNED A CAMRY THAT WAS JUST A NIGHTMARE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM WOUND UP IN LAWSUIT WHICH WE WON CAR WAS FIXED CAR WAS TRADED IN, SO IF YOU ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS.
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tsloss on 01/02/2008:
Well Mr. Popcorn, you caught me!!! Mis-spelling one word in a 2 page post PROVES I could not have ever owned a VW!!!!!! You sound just jerky enough to work for them. Pleez hav a nise deigh!!
jktshff1 on 01/02/2008:
that's what ken p does...he's our spelling manager!
don't matter 'bout the rest of the stuff. LOL!
klobbersaurus685 on 09/23/2009:
I have an 03 Jetta TDI with a manual transmission, 115k miles and not a single problem. And I have a wonderful dealership. I agree with a lot of the people above, chase the dealership and cause problems for them
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Was Going To Buy At 2000 Or 2001 Jetta, After Reading These Reviews I Will Be Looking At A Toyota Or Honda!
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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA -- I am getting ready to purchase a used car, and I liked the style of the Jetta. The one I was looking at was a 2000 Jetta with 57,000 miles on it for $6,597, I figured what a deal!. A friend of mine mentioned that I might want to reconsider because his friend bought one and had nothing but PROBLEMS. Well I decided to look on the Internet and see what actual customers had to say about their Jetta's and I am SHOCKED!! I ASSUMED because it was a foreign car I would be safe (as far as dependability was concerned). I know better now, thank you for all of the posts letting people know the "real deal" when it comes to the Jetta! You saved me a lot of money and headaches!!!
I will now be shopping for a Honda or Toyota! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!
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Anonymous on 02/04/2009:
Look up complaints about Toyota and Honda as well. Prepare to shocked. Then look up all other manufacturers. More shock. No manufacturer is 100% 'shock' proof.
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Yeah, they say Honda makes a pretty good car.
saj80 on 02/04/2009:
Buy the Consumer Reports annual book and read the car reviews. CR is not 100% accurate, but their information is based on customer surveys, supposedly with little or no bias. It will give you an idea of what to look for, but as mentioned by other posters, there is no vehicle made in the last 10 years that is 100% problem-free.
lobo65 on 02/04/2009:
According to reports I've read, some of the Volkswagens have slipped considerably for reliability in the last 5 or 6 years. As has Mercedes, and Jaguar.
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VW Jetta Terrible Brakes
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Its a Great Car. But the Brakes are terrible. There is way too much travel in the brake peddle and the braking times are horrendous.
If you have to drive in rush hour traffic; You are an accident waiting to happen.
VW needs to recall this new braking system.
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Anonymous on 11/18/2010:
Have you had your Jetta looked at by a VW mechanic? I drive a 2007 Jetta as well and have not had any issues with my brakes whatsoever.
trmn8r on 11/18/2010:
You say this is a "new" brake system - was it new in 2007? Are there widespread complaints about it?
The complaints you have seem like they would have shown up in tests a few years ago. Are you sure the brakes are working as designed? The way you describe it, the brakes are no better than an original VW Beetle, and they were horrible.
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2007 Jetta has terrible and mushy brakes
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PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA -- I recently purchased a 2007 VW Jetta for my 16 year old daughter. While my 16 year old was driving it I would keep yelling at her to break and she would say she was trying. So I drove the car and had others around me drive it, the brakes are terrible and feel mushy. You can't do emergency stops in this car! I was driving in heavy traffic and a car cut me off so I had to slam on the brakes. The car would not STOP! I literally had to swerve into the carpool lane to avoid an accident. I took the car to VW and they said it drives normally and that's the new breaking system in all 2006 and up Jettas. I don't see how a car like this could ever pass a road safety inspection. VW needs to recall the Jetta and install proper breaks on it. As of right now VW is not going to help in this matter and I am stuck with a brand new car that I would not feel safe having anyone drive.
Please, if any of you have had this problem put it on here so I know there are others with the same concerns about this car.
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Anonymous on 09/07/2007:
Perhaps you're not used to the newer anti-lock braking system.
Anonymous on 09/07/2007:
If you do not feel this car is safe, take it to a (non-VM-dealership) mechanic for a complete break check-up.
If the mechanic found problems with the breaking system, get it in writing and take the car back to the dealership. If they still would not help, contact your state attorney general's office.
If the mechanic did not find problems with the breaking system, sell the car and get something else.
Your daughter's safety is more important than this car.
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Good advice Happy.
I have a guy that lives down the hill and his nams is Happy at least that is what he goes by, true.
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Glad to know that I am not the only Happy in the world. ;)
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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY -- I have a 2000 vw jetta, purchased in May of 2000. The first 2 years of my ownership went relatively smoothly, but after that everything started to fall apart. I've had so many parts replaced on that thing, from belts to vacuums, to god know what else. My car FAILED inspection after just 4 years.. what kind of piece of sh*t car DOES THAT?!
My biggest, and most serious problem tho, is the oil consumption. I can get an only change today, and less than 2000 miles later, my engine oil will be completely dry. Engine smoking and all. I've taken the car a few times for the oil consumption test. The first time however, my light came on while I was driving around on a weekend, and so I went to a gas station to put some oil in it. When I got to the dealership the following Monday, they said that b/c I put oil in it elsewhere, the consumption test would be invalid. I had to do it again. Then when I did, they said it was normal to have just a quart of oil left after 2000 miles, and that when the light came on, I still had a good quart left so I didn't have to worry. So last night, I was driving along the NJ turnpike at around 1 in the morning, and my oil light goes on again. This time it's been 1850 miles since my last oil change, and I was about 30 miles from home, so I figured it'd be best to at least have someone look at it. When the guy at the gas station opened the hood, the engine again was overheating and smoking, and there was absolutely no oil in my car. He knew it was absolutely insane and couldn't believe that the dealership would find this acceptable.
Every person that's taken a look at my car cannot understand what moron would say it was OK. Even 2 mechanics at their own dealership said they wouldn't drive my car, and mentioned that their employees have a tendency to try to rip you off. The service people, tho for some reason say that there is nothing they can do, b/c this simply is not a problem. I've spent well over $1000 in the past year alone, and close to $1500 on just repairs. I know for a fact that they are royally screwing me over, but at this point, I don't know what I can do anymore!
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Frankou812 on 03/06/2005:
VW's are a piece of sh*t. Why people buy them escapes me. My 2000 Beetle has been into the dealer so many times for vacuum problems and various valves, sometimes only months apart from the same problem. The check engine light seems to be a permanent fixture. The VW Consumer hotline is useless - they've never offerred to assist me in any way - even when the same items were being replaced multiple times. Luckily my dealer, after much complaining, finally agreed to eat the labor, which was over $500 on the last repair. Additionally the car is put together so poorly that the Germans shoud just take their Mexican built car and go home in shame - sad to say but GM's are better.
newbie44 on 04/09/2005:
I feel your pain. I have a 1998 beetle and it has had so many insane problems that there have been times that I just wanted to leave it somewhere. between the crappy car and vw's even crappier customer service (at the dealer and headquarters) I cannot imagine ever buying another vw. sorry you are going through that I hope you can resolve your problems soon.
vwjettaowner on 07/27/2006:
I have a 2004 VW Jetta; my first VW and last. The clutch blew at 30,000 miles and cost me $1600 to replace; dealer says it because I was "lazy" and did not take my foot off the clutch while driving. I have owned many manual transmission cars of different makes (Honda, Saturn, Nissan) for many years and have never had to replace the clutch, all of these cars were well over 150,000 miles when I bought new cars. In reading internet complaints it looks like VW is using cheaper parts in their cars now; I am hoping with enough complaints VW has to do something about this for the consumer.
OnWatch on 05/13/2007:
I feel everyones pain. I'm one of you. The VW Consumer hotline was useless. I have gone as far as having even complained to the owner of the dealership. I really tried everything. I know that they just blow complaints like ours because they can afford to. If we can stop people one by one in purchasing a VW then we would have hit them in their pocket. They lost a potential customer that I warned. One down and on and on I fight back.
tsloss on 09/18/2007:
"NEVER EVER BUY A VOLKSWAGEN - 2000 Jetta GLS"
Now you tell me!!! My 01 Jetta TDI has been junk since day one. They "voided" my warranty because I changed my oil too often (they said that was suspicious). The only "good" thing has been that I have cost VW the sales of a 2008 Toureg (my Uncle bought a Toyota Sequoia instead 2 weeks ago - This cost VW $50K+), and my brother in law decided to buy a new Acura TL (instead of a 2008 Passat VR6 4Motion - This is another $40K+). It is my intent to cost VW as much money in sales as I can. In my younger days, I recommended VWs to everyone, and helped them sell close to 30 cars to my friends and family. I can only hope to be as successful in helping them eat even more than that. My only issue is that there seems to be a lot of people trying to talk people out of VWs before I can get to them. I can't take credit for that. Seems the market is flooded with us.
Profsportster on 11/29/2008:
My 2004 VW New Beetle, TDI, has been a most difficult item. I've owned many new cars, but this one "takes the cake" for problems from 1 to 103,000 miles. Parts fell of, inerior plastic bits cave, wiring fries, breaks go out, all four glow plugs quit.
A few weeks ago at 98 thou, the turbocharger (inner impeller) self destructed ($3500 warranty work). NOW tranny crashed and those jokers at the dealer want $5300! This ridiculous contraption is a black hole for losses... will tow it to my field in Hayes County and use it as an example in my lectures (tenured prof' at Community College) of bad consumer product design and coporate greed.
Profsportster on 11/29/2008:
Have a 2004 New Beetle, a disaster! Bought new, but never KNEW what a time I would have. Latest: tranny out at 103,000... the crazy dealer wants $5300 of my moola. This car is a cash trash can.
NAbraszek22 on 01/24/2011:
I feel your pain! I have a 2002 Jetta GLS and it's the biggest piece of sh*t ever. My tranny went at 30,000 miles and VW would not help me at all.
trmn8r on 01/24/2011:
Your transmission went at 30,000 miles? I had a '98 Passat and the powertrain was like 100,000 miles or some such. I know they lowered them after that. Was your transmission still under warranty?
momsey on 01/24/2011:
I have had a 2000 Jetta and now drive a 2005 Beetle. I sold the Jetta to a friend, and it's still on the road (it had 60,000 miles when I sold it - I have to find out how much it has now). My Beetle is now just over 50,000 miles and still running great *knock on wood* although I'm probably going to get rid of it soon just because it's totally not practical anymore.
I've never had anything but a VW, and I've loved them all!
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When my guild did this on 25man the only problem we had was in P1 with Gormok. We started with 2 tanks that would taunt at 3 stacks. The tanks ended up dying fairly fast. So then they taunted at 2 stacks, still died. Then we went with 3 tanks taunting at 3 stacks, and they still died. Then we went to 3 tanks taunting at 2 stacks, 2 tanks died and the 3rd tanked didn't die till his 13th stack, so its pretty much a healing problem my guess. We eventually made it past P1 and it was all fun from there and we downed them all! It's a fun fight for sure.
We just got this done tonight on 10man, thanks once again to the TankSpot video and a few PTR videos. Our biggest problem was solving the debuff issue on the 2nd phase, a lot of our raid was having difficultly understanding how it works, thankfully we had a few catch on pretty quick and call out for people to move when needed. Was just a pain when I would be the only one with the Fire debuff and a healer would need a cure from me, yet I'm dragging the mobile worm around to get to them, trying not to face it towards anyone.
After about 6 or so attempts, it just clicked and we got the achievement for the duo timely kill, then took down Icehowl.
Is it just me though or is Icehowl's damage really spikey?
Hello having trouble with the healers going oom? well i had but not anymore - We found out that the first phase in the coliseum you can actually disarm him or dismantle and he will stop impaling the tanks taking a great load of your healers if you time this right you can end up having 60-70%more mana for your healers - I havnt seen this anywere else so i am sorry if i havnt noticed
Does disarming him actually stop the impale? or just lowers his melee hits?
Lovely, we had 6 warriors ( 2 tanks, 4 DPS ). Disarm for the win.
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nice vid - just downed him with the guild after about 4 wipes, fun encounter really. however, what addons are used in this video? besides from IceHUD? I can hardly find any updated addons, thanks in advance
Yep, that's what our guild found out too, hope they don't change it because it's an awesome conservation strategy <--- in response to the disarm theory in P1
My guild found an important little tidbit for the Icehowl fight.
When you get knocked to the walls and Icehowl charges someone, DO NOT hug the wall as you run away.
Why? Because there are pillars that stick out from the wall a short distance. If you simply strafe to the side, you won't see it, will get stuck on the pillar, and will eat the charge.
My guild found this out the hard way last night when we had 2 separate heartrending wipes with Icehowl at <50% because of it.
(We got him down right after, though.)
Last night my casual-ish guild downed 10-man NB..here's what we did...
P1-All DPS focused on the Snobolds right off the bat, including the current non-tanking tank. Once all of them were down then we DPS'd down the boss. Fairly easy. Tanks switched initially after 2 stacks, then as soon as the current bleed wore off. Fairly easy, however ignoring the Snobolds increases the raid damage dramatically.
P2-In theory, this is insanely complicated. In practice? Not so much. Keep spread out, and if you get the poison during the first part, run to the kiting tank. And if you get the flame during the second part...run to the kiting tank. Run within 10 yards, wait a second and run out. Once Acidmaw dies, the damage done actually increases, although the fight becomes much easier tactically.
P3-Err...easy? Hunters watch to tranq shot just in case, but it shouldn't be necessary. The Frost Breath can be Blinked and probably CoS'd out of, however it doesn't do that much damage anyway. Keep people topped up, as the Crash jump does a fair amount of damage and can gib people.
It's a lot less complicated than I thought it would be. But it's a fight where if you don't do it right, the difficulty ramps up dramatically. It's an execution, not a gear check.
We cleared it 25-Man last week and just got around to 10-Man last night......so Ferocious Butt + instant melee wasn't mentioned by any of you that cleared this 10-Man. I'm hoping a bugged instance or something triggered a Hard Mode? Anyone have input on Ferocious Butt + melee in less than 1 second?
It hurt. Our DK MT is very well geared (25-Ulduar) and Icehowl was not enraged...and we cleared pretty quicly so I can't imagine some soft enrage occurred. So Aerona/Corev you aren't the only ones to see it
Any insight would be appreciated.
Edit: Everyone got out of the way from the Charge and he was stunned. Very sure of this.
Edit again: Ok did it again tonight and it was cake. Didn't have the Ferocious Butt issue so I'm assuming it was bugged.
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It doesn't seem to be mentioned here, so I thought I'd add it. We were increasing out frequency of swaps in order to survive on Gormok (didn't know about dismantle/disarm yet). We are well geared, but were getting eaten by the debuff as he was quickly up to +60% damage. We didn't realize one very key aspect: The debuff is increased every time the threat target changes.
Therefore, you have to balance an increasing debuff damage by carrying stacks vs. a flat damage increase. You also have to have disciplined dps not pulling aggro, obviously.
Having learned this, we are eager to get back in and try again, as we were causing mana issues by swapping at 2 stacks by the end of the night and not getting into the 'groove' on the worms. (We are hoping to try all dps on the grounded worm and minimal kiting so we can get debuffs off easier.)
P.S. Anyone know the specifics of how different hard mode is? Can't find a thread that points that out.
I was just wondering if that pally was Lore. What exactly are the addons she/he is running. I know one is Ice HuD but all the others i'm not familar with and the look like they could work for my healadin and Hunter.
If you are switching tanks after 2 stacks - no wonder how you didn't get to p2
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2. We are a 10man guild and we didn't have much trouble with it, if it's worse on 25man or if you just keep having trouble with this, you can try the following (haven't tested it though). Have a 3rd tank to taunt Dreadscale (when Dread is your mobile worm) for a moment and get injected with burning bile. Then have your regular Dread tank to taunt back and this injected 3rd tank can go stand kind of close to the spreaded ranged, so they can be neutralizing their paralytic toxin debuff when needed. Burning bile doesn't go away when in contact with the toxin, so your burning bile tank should be able to stand there and do his job for a rerasonable amount of time (about 25secs if i can trust our 10man logs), then rinse and repeat. If this is a warrior tank, he can be using intercept/charge to get to dread fast and intervene on some ranged to get back fast. Does it worth the trouble ? Only in 25man and only if you have trouble with intoxicated people reaching Dread's tank in time. After all, only 1 way to see if it makes things easier, trying it. Let us know if it's any good if you try.
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Title: Super cute shirt
Date: Apr 17, 2012
This tee is a must have for any max and ruby fan. My son got this for his 4th birthday, and he absolutely loves it. Great material, highly recommended.
Reviewed by: Rossana
Location: Valencia,CA
Title: Great shirt just too small
Date: Feb 15, 2012
Loved the shirt because you can't find it anywhere else. My only complaint is I got 4T size & the actual size was more like 2T. Maybe if you have a petite kid but the size is not American size. Still happy with the purchase but my son will have to wear it until he outgrows soon.
Reviewed by: belleabu
Location: New Jersey
Title: One of a kind
Date: Jan 17, 2012
My daughter loves Max and Ruby. This shirt is great and she loves it! Can not find this in anystores. Very nice and cute!
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Poetry Magazine
("Amidst the rush and roar of life...")
Source: Poetry (June 1913).
This poem originally appeared in the June 1913 issue of Poetry magazine
- June 1913 Table of Contents
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Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
- ("Leave off your works, bride...")
- ("Come as you are...")
- ("I asked of Destiny...")
- ("I found a few old letters...")
- ("Keep me fully glad...")
More poems by Rabindranath Tagore (23 poems)
- ("Lest I should know you...")
- ("My soul is alight...")
- ("O you mad, you superbly drunk!...")
- ("Over the green and yellow...")
- ("Sing the song of the moment...")
- ("Tell me if this is all true...")
- ("We both live in the same village...")
- ("With a glance of your eyes...")
- Crossing 16
- Fruit-gathering LV
- Gitanjali 35
- On the Seashore
- Playthings
- Poems
- Song VII ("My song has put off her adornments")
- The Gardener 38
- The Gardener 85
- The Last Bargain
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Time & Brevity, Painting & Sculpture, Arts & Sciences, Living
POET'S REGION Asia, South
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