Right now it's August 7th and I've checked my 'match.com' inbox (without subscription yet) to find two emails. The people from lookbetteronline said if I dont get 15 hits I get my money back. I've had four hits on my profile since it was put up on Thursday/Friday, August 2/3rd so far and two emails.
Definately not a very popular profile, but I'm keeping my end of the bargain by keeping it up there (it's free anyway) for about a week to see if I get 15 hits/emails, failing which, I can ask for a partial refund. This is the verbal agreement with lookbetteronline.
So far, I'm 11 hits, and 13 emails behind.....but if I do get the amount of hits they minimally guaranteed I'd get, then I wont be claiming any refund.
My guestimation is still my body shape sucks, and pics either have to convey muscles and strength and look studly, or they have to convey warmth or that sort of homely feeling when they are viewed to the reader. It's sort of a system that I think is doomed to fail with me but I'm obligated to give this the benefit of the doubt ensure this experiment gets a fair hearing.
I was looking for 'muscleman's posts, I thought he posted something about an online experiment he did putting up pics after he was ripped and has met a tonne of women and has got lots of attention being online.....maybe someone else posted it but I cant seem to find it on here. It would confirm the beliefs that one has to work on some core non-negotiable properties as no repackaging in the world is going to fix that - thus an investment with a personal trainer and gym program where you have a good frame and ripped muscles you are proud to display will likely go allot further than going with 'lookbetteronline'.
I'm going to get my muscles in shape later and become ripped - that's going to be part of a new agenda later on. Once I have a body transformation, I'm going to take photographs without a shirt and different poses on showing my new ripped body - even if it takes a year to get there - and see what difference of response that I get. I've read testimonies of lots of people here and in another board where they sucked with women, but when they improved their body, they got more attention. I've overlooked the most OBVIOUS concept of improvement and that's investing in my own physical body to build muscles - I've long overestimated my handsome face and eyes - but without a body to back it up - it doesn't cut the mustard. Maybe that's what I'll just do later and I'll probably feel better about myself once I'm a walking studly hulk that can life a car with one of my hands (ok, that's an exaggeration, but I'm sure I'll at least feel good).
Ok, that's the next action plan if the other internet experiments (dating sites, photographs, profiles), etc... have failed to produce and adequate response.
Now - if you dont have muscles or are able to convey your personality in photograph - STAY AWAY from lookbetteronline - it wont dramatically or even modestly improve your game the way I have seen it so far. These elements are non-negotiable properties and the best photographer in the world isn't going to make a better photograph if you cant bring yourself out in film or have a studly appearance to start with.
Later tonight, I'm going to delete all my posts in the forum of plentyoffish, it may seem to attract negative attention to myself and further cripple my chances of meeting someone.
I still think that unless you have the good to begin with, packaging may help, but wont produce any dramatic results as that site claims it would .... let's see how this goes.