... in response to buying address's, posted by Jake on Jul 3, 2005hey most of your reasons are correct, but anyone that has done this will tell you that luck of the draw and timing has a lot to do with it. While you say that 10-20% response rate is really low, I have heard that is not so bad on average. There are plenty of men that do better and some that do worse. It depends on the country, the agency you purchase the addys from etc (i.e., the luck of the draw).
There are things you can to enhance your responses but still one needs to be patient and persistent.
Take my post from Peru for example, I sent letters and photos to ladies from two popular agencies, how do you explain 10% response from one and nearly 80% from the other? Answer, just the luck of the draw I guess?
For those considering going the letter route, just do it, and don't give up. Sometimes it helps to send an email twice for those women you are really interested in meeting.