[This message has been edited by jediknight]
i found my fiancee on amigos after having my profile up for about 3 years. i'll suggest a few things that worked for me. first, take your time in setting up a profile, meaning take a few nice recent pictures of yourself, normal ones, not ones with your shirt off showing off your body(even if you have a good one) or in front of your mansion, ferrari, etc and write a profile that is different from the rest. be honest and specific as to what you want, that will help you get responses from women that you'll be interested in. i wrote up a standard introductory message telling about myself and what i was looking for, more of an extension of my profile that i sent out to everyone i was interested in, something like, hi my name is joe schmo, i enjoyed reading your profile, would like to learn more about you and perhaps start a friendship, then go one about yourself and what you want. by the way, my profile was in english and spanish, my responses and all messages were in spanish.
i also had a standard 1st response for those that wrote to me and that i was interested in, the others i just ignored. i got many responses, more from women that i was not interested in or that even fit my qualifications, so i didn't waste any time on them. many seemed to not have even read my profile because i was very specific, i wanted a colombiana between a certain age, catholic, without kids, non smoker, etc but i got messages from all over south america, older women with kids, non catholic, you get the idea.
having a standard 1st response will save you time if you get a lot of messages, you can just cut and paste your first reply, just don't make it too starndard or impersonal, write one so that all you have to do is change the name and mention some thing from her message so that it seems personalized, if she mentions that she like music, mention that or whatever she includes in her email and for Godsake keep track of the names, don't get them confused. keep copies of the messages sent and received, that way you can check to see what you've written and to who.
you'll find that there are many who just love to have guys writing to them and are not serious about finding a boyfriend or husband. you'll notice that when she won't write or writes 2 or 3 sentences every 2 to 3 weeks, stick to the ones that are consistent and show interest. ask for recent pictures, not ones from 3 years ago. after a certain point with girls that i liked i just called them, its a lot faster than writing and more fun.
buy a silver or gold membership, this way you can look and write to all of the profiles but also so the girls that have a standard membership can write back to you if you write to them, many girls have a standard membership and cannot write to the guys. you can't do anything with a standard membership. one other thing, some of the profiles are not real, the pictures look like they're from a magazine or they are too sexual, showing just enough to titalate without showing everything or they are really hot but you are not sure if they are the real deal, i think they are there to get the horny guys to sign up to write to them and when they do they get a message saying to visit there website, then you realize that its a porn site, yes that's how i got suckered into joining...just kidding.
i have met a few couples that have met this way and it has worked, it isn't for everyone but it is a valid way of meeting girls,not just from colombia but from all over latin america, plus i met many colombianas here in the US through amigos. the first girl that wrote to me was in philly and told me she was going to be in ny and wanted to know if i'd like to meet her..we met, had a few dates then she went back to philly,nice girl and i was glad she was the first person i met through this site because it showed me that there are real girls who are nice and are not looking for a green card. there are possibilities, like with anything, go in with your eyes wide open, don't get fixated on one girl, write to a few and over time you'll see who is worth your time and interest.
good luck
JK
