All banks will refund the money for you. Even if you use the site and aware of paying and simply want your money back, all banks will get all the money and they will incur a chargeback. Too many of these and MasterCard/Visa will frown upon them and even take away their ability to process. They are a high risk business on par with pornsites. So if they want to play hardball 1,2min call to your bank and you will get your money back. If they continue this process of playing stupid they will ultimately lose their processing abilities. So Badoo, I recommend you invest in customer service. Now all you guys stop $#*!ing & moaning, you can't lose any money to such a site. Wake up.
Following my recent report of WeJustFit (9/10) I have now tested Badoo.
Duration: 1 month
Type of profile: Male
Location: London, UK
Frequency of use (Log in/ searches/ messages): 5+ times per week
Responsive (to use on mobiles or ipads) - 9/10
Look and feel of site: 8/10
Ease of use: 8/10
Functions (winks, etc): 7/10
Search filters: 7/10
Database size: 6/10
Fake profiles: 6/10
Cost: 6/10
Chance of replies: 5/10
Signed up to Badoo on Tuesday 15th September 2015, received a message from PEPPER, aged 39 and hailing from Galashiels Scotland, now upon following Badoo's "messaging advice" I replied with a tongue-in-cheek, NOT CRUDE NOR OFFENSIVE message, upon which I had my account BLOCKED, YES BLOCKED, why this site hasn't been subjected to an investigation is beyond my limited understanding, AVOID AVOID AVOID.
No search criteria anymore. Can't even find those profiles that have no photos. What good is the site for now? They need to do some serious UPGRADING if they want to keep whoever is left...
This wedsite is a complete hoax!... I've been on here for a around a month now and hardly spoke two words to any girl in that duration. I'm constantly being told through the site that girls are checking me out and quite a few of them are hitting the like or adding me to there favourite button, but when I try to Make contact nothing?... I've used other site's in the past pof/match.com etc with good success and I've had some very pleasant conversations and dates along the the way but this site gives no response not even a hi back leading me to believe its no more then a mere hoax and along with that I've noticed once you've joined up unlike any other site I've used, you have to start throwing money at it in order to even engage, that along with there constant pop ups trying to sell you prize deals in order to become a good hit with the ladies!. My accounts down/removed and that's the way it's staying. Doesn't even get a -0... Crap site crap effort and to you lazy $#*! scammers get a real job!
This site has not been updated or issues fixed in years. First, it never send the verification link to your email when you first sign up, so you have to use your phone number or facebook to sign up; it does not keep your profile picture up; it keeps asking you to upload a picture of you when you've uploaded several; it keeps saying the picture of you has multiple people in it, which it doesnt so that causes issues with people being able to view your page and you being able to view theirs and send them a message. The site is crappy and needs to be destroyed because clearly the administration isnt even paying attention to any requests for help.
I bay a membership for one week and badoo after 3 days use my number card to take my 375 Dk. = 65€ to make my o
Profile permanent! Be careful with badoo
Hello Jose, Sorry to hear this.
Once you have subscribed it makes it much easier to click on the one click payments. This may have been what caused the extra payment.
If you would like for us to look into this for you please do message us on@BadooHelp and we can see what happened.
Hope this helps.
-BadooHelp
This website is a fraud. It floods users with ads, pop-ups and offers to purchase paid features. Many accounts are fake and it is hardly possible to find there people for quality communication.
Hi Katerina,
Thanks for your review, we really appreciate any feedback that helps us to improve for our users.
Badoo has always been free to download and use and we want to keep it this way, this means that we have recently introduced advertising. Ads will not be shown to users who have purchased our paid features. If you want to remove the ads, you can either subscribe to Badoo Premium, that will give you access to features that other users don’t have access to or Credits that will increase your visibility and popularity.
We're also doing a lot to tackle Fake profiles online which is why we introduced photo verification. Users that have proved their real by verifying with a photo will have a white tick with a blue background on their profile. However, if you happen to encounter an account you think might not be genuine, you'll always have the option to report it ot our team using 'Block or Report' button on their profile.
If you have any additional concerns, please feel free to reach out to the badooHelp team on Facebook or Twitter (@BadooHelp) or email us at badoo.com/feedback.
It's $#*!ing $#*! app...
They take 9.99$ from my account every month...
I have been asking them to stop it but they did not...
I don't know what's the $#*!ing wrong with them...
BEEN USING BADOO NOW FOR JUST UNDER A MONTH AND STILL UNDECIDED. I USED WEJUSTFIT.COM FOR A MONTH BEFORE HAND AND MUST SAY I EXPECTED MATCH TO BE BY BEST BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMMERCIALS THEY DO BUT ID SAY THEY ARE AS GOOD AS EACH OTHER. IN FACT I HAD A PROPER DATE ON WJF SO IT PROBABLY EVEN WINS. OVERALL BADOO SHOULD BE BETTER BUT ITS NOT.
So Ive been on this site maybe three weeks and out of the three I've tried so far this one has the best looking guys and the ones most capable of stringing a sentence together. It really is for casual dates no matter how many men say they're looking for a relationship lol it doesn't seem to be that kind of site. At least the majority of photos are clear and pretty good quality and so far all but one of the twenty or so Ive met have looked exactly like their photos. The men have all been friendly and lots of fun. Naturally there are some idiots but you have to make it clear what you will and wont do and where you will and won't go. You also get a couple of abusive newbies where it's obvious this is the first time mum has gone out and left them home alone lol. But the site is really easy to navigate and the block/report button is extremely effective so they're not a continuous problem. So. If you're looking for casual good times with fun guys give this site a try. Even free it's been great.
The charged my Paypal NOK 999.99 without reason. Customers service is a joke. They have excuses that are bull$#*! and prewritten, I subscribed to Badoo a short period in 2015, and 5 years later they suddenly charged me NOK 999.99 (USD 108,-). They will not refund me and Paypal is no good either. And they have not given me the service in Badoo they STOLE my money for either.
I've found lots of reviews in Thrustpilot and Google Play where users tells about similar instances. Badoo is ripping people off!
I've created 'FB/Dissapointed Badoo Users' for users to unite. The goal is to work upon Paypal and other transaction providers to boycott Badoo. Please unite!
Hey there Jan,
Thanks for your review.
We're really sorry to hear you've had trouble with billing on Badoo and a bad experience with our Support team. We do our best to provide quality support to all of our customers so we're really sorry to have disappointed on this occasion, and to hear you were not happy with the outcome of your appeal. We do encourage our users to read the terms upon making a purchase on Badoo to avoid any confusion in future.
Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any further questions!
- BadooHelp
After creating a profile, I was unable to re-connect to the site because I was blocked! After several days seeking a response I received their standard email, that my profile was in violation of their terms. I'm just a regular guy, nothing I posted was inaccurate, misleading, offensive, racist, nothing I can think of that was remotely cause for concern.
"We have investigated the block placed on your account extensively, including it being reviewed by multiple support team members, and I can confirm that the block was issued correctly.
To protect the integrity of our moderation processes, we are unable to provide any further details about this block. Please trust that these decisions aren't taken lightly, though we are always happy to review them as we have done on this occasion for you.
As we've now reviewed this block for you on multiple occasions, we will no longer be able to respond regarding this matter."
Such a joke... can't imagine ANYONE paying for whatever service they claim to provide, they must only want the most eligible young people who are gullible enough to splash their cash!
I matched with somebody and then they went silent for days after we talked for about 2 days. I sent them a message saying that I felt they had wasted my time and that I was no longer interested. They then reported me and I was banned within 5 minutes. That and the fact that I had REFUSED to continue using PREMIUM seems to be enough for them to ban me.
The people who run this are SCUM!
Hey Christopher,
We are sorry to hear this. We know it can be annoying when people do not respond but we must also respect each person's choice.
If you were rude to this user, you could have been blocked for violating our guidelines.
If you would like us to look into this for you please contact us on@BadooHelp with your registration details and we can look into this for you.
-BadooHelp
Worst dating website ever. The only good thing is (at least for switzerland), that there are quite a lot of people on it. But it is a huge rip-off anyway. First of all they send out emails to the people in your address book without your consent. Second, as a male person, you can only write to 10 new girls per day, and also only 2 messages per person unless they reply. If you want more, you have to pay. Also, you can't send messages to someone who is above or below your age group. Third, Badoo deleted almost all photos where I was not with a picture on it. Like holiday pictures etc. or pictures where I'm with my gf. You need to have 3 pictures with your face, otherwise you cant see anyone else's pictures. If you have no picture at all, you can't even send any messages. There are lots of pervert guys on the site, spamming all the women all day and trying to get sex. Most women are pissed of by that, and so they usually don't answer any hello. You need to be quite creative in your messages. And even then, mostly they will not even read your message because they are already flooded with other messages. Oh, and also, some girls that get many profile views and messages, have some kind of hot-flag on their profile, and you can not send them any message until you pay for the premium service.
Badoo was great few years ago. Now its just a scam site. You have to pay 99% of the time if you want to chat to someone. Doesnt make much sense. Dont waste your time and money.
Charged $60 for unknown reason over the subscription price. Hidden costs. App quite hard to use. Once paid up you are supposed to buy credits if you want to message. Complete ripoff.
Hello Ian,
Thanks for your review. To assist you with any billing issues on your account, we kindly request that you contact us directly in a private message. Please include the email address or phone number (including country dialling code) that is linked to your profile?
This will allow us to bring up your details and get back to you as quickly as possible.
Thanks again and we look forward to resolving this soon.
- BadooHelp
I experienced vulgarity personified and abstracted! Dirt bags by the 100's! Why don't these sodomites go to the local watering hole and get laid. Ignorant and many are unappealing! What a joke!
Badoo is a nice application but it has problems like all the others, i. E. fake accounts and fees, but generally it's ok. From myself I recommend similar to Badoo - Kupido24 website
This site is horrible. I used to take this site very seriously in the beginning but no more. A bunch of sex-crazed, disease infested, and money hungry men, looking for a female to use. Some of these men look for hard-working stable women to use. Most of them still live at home with their Mama, already have children, "small children at that," and sometimes babies, looking for a woman to take care of them. Really?
Others are married with kids, yet they say that they are separated, but that is all a lie. They are looking for a one-night stand. They start by being kind to you online and talkin sweet online. Once they meet with you they just want to have sex right there on the spot and most of them "DO NOT"... want to even use a Condom, "YES" you heard it right!
Their presentation is horrible and very unprofessional. I have had guys meet me 1) With alcohol on the breath, 2)Drunk, 3)Horny, 4)Sweaty, and just plain disrespectful, "Seriously," Not A Joke!
They will try and take you to a near by bar and pressure you just enough to get you tipsy or drunk even so they can have their way with you. They will try to force alcohol on you whether you drink or not. This site is so trashy and corrupt, and very dangerous I do not consider this site appropriate and no longer do I consider this site safe it's plain "DISGUSTING!
Answer: 99% are fake! When you engage with Badoo you expose yourself to fraud and rip off. Their "job" consists of making up fake profiles with stolen photos and reeling in gullible people. If you want dates and relationship, you may want to try http://J4Love.net This site has helped me and a friend of mine to meet many lovely women. My friend got married to one of them. I'm still undecided, but the site works. Don't waste your money on Badoo. What they do is try to get your money without providing any real service. You pay for talking with bots. You are buried in auto-generated messages and there are no real people willing to meet.
Answer: Hey Jahidul, Sorry to hear about this! If you could please send us a message with your registered email address or phone number, we'll be happy to look into this for you! Badoo Team
Answer: Hi Gunal! We work hard to keep a database of high quality real users, and our moderation team works 24/7 to spot any malicious profiles. Most of our users are really who they say they are! However, if you're still suspicious, we urge you to use the reporting feature to notify our moderators about a potential fake profile. Additionally, Badoo is completely free to use. We do have some additional features to increase your popularity, but they are totally optional. We hope this helps, but please do not hesitate to get in touch if otherwise!
Answer: Hi Peter, Please do reach out to us on social media@BadooHelp, and include the email address or phone number (including the country code) that you used to sign up so that we can look into this for you. -BadooHelp
Answer: Hey Stephen, Please contact us on@BadooHelp with your registration details and we can look into this for you. Our payment plans are subscription-based meaning they renew themselves once they have run out. Unlinking your card is not the same as unsubscribing. Hope this helps! -BadooHelp
Answer: Hey Stephen! We have answered your query on a different thread. Hope to hear from you soon on@BadooHelp -BadooHelp
Badoo has a rating of 1.5 stars from 607 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Badoo most frequently mention fake profiles, credit card and phone number. Badoo ranks 505th among Social Network sites.
Hi Eazy!
We're very sorry about this message.
We want to make Badoo even better and have a whole team dedicated to listening to our users' suggestions! We update our site regularly according to the feedback we get from our users and are here to help you with any issues you may have had with the site. We want to do the right thing and would love to troubleshoot this with you! Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via Facebook (www.facebook.com/BadooHelp), Twitter (www.twitter.com/BadooHelp) or email, at www.badoo.com/feedback
We look forward to hearing from you!