Mark M.

http://www.hashtag-cougar.com/
Signed up to this site, for a week. Loads of female emailers writing before you pay up.
Always one liners. Questions never answered. Women listed as being Irish, but they are posing from abroad. Too good to be true.

Also 9euro to sign on for a week. But there is no mention of a one month
Auto-renew, 30 euro, so you are then billed for a month. You have to find the unsubscribe/ deactivate settings to disable billing.

Regards, Mark, 25th Aug 2016

Hi, this is my experience of an Irish dating agency, where I have got a very poor quality service.
I am a 42 year old single male. I paid €300 to Amourarrow for 10 dates in January 2015. I met Asta who is based in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, and of Latvian descent. She was a very persuasive and convincing saleswoman.
Between Jan and August 2015 she gave me 8 phone no's. I met 2, but the others declined or stopped responding, or were totally unsuitable. I mentioned this to a friend, who told me that this was a scam. Asta would get other Eastern European women to go on 1 or 2 dates with Irish guys, and then cease contact.
I found that she did not answer or return my phone calls from Sept 15, for 3 months. When I did get to talk to her, she said I must ring during office hours. Yet our one and only meeting was on a Saturday morning.!
I have found online a Cork Lady who had a similar experience. She found that the same agency was arranging for her to meet gents in their 60's, and one who was married. Again, a very poor quality service.
Now I will never get my money back, but I at least want to highlight this issue, so that other Irish single people are less likely to be exploited.
Thanks Mark

Hello,
I ordered a replacement Toshiba battery, on 1st June 2015, and it arrived yesterday 10th June from Germany.
I was concerned when I saw the negative reviews dating from 2011, 2012. I paid 24GBP, about 35 euro. I am very happy with replacement battery, and now I have a 90min run time, instead of a 2 minute dud cutting out. Batteries do age, and deteriorate over time, and I suspect mine was 8 years old.

Replacement Laptop Battery for TOSHIBA PA3450U-1BRS
Item# LTPTB053.
The transaction was conducted through Paypal. Emails were answered at 2am/3am, so I do accept the responder is based in the Far East.

Update *** 28th Sept 2015 ****
Folks, I spoke too soon. I used the laptop on battery for 1.5 hours 2 weeks ago, and it died. Plugged in mains, and now battery is 0% after a deep discharge, and won't charge at all. Flat as a pancake! Need mains full time. I got approx 10 weeks out of it, but it died at the first deep discharge.

Update *** 19th Nov 2015 ****
Ordered a battery from Laptopchargers Info *******@laptopchargers.ie, who are Ireland based. 39.99 + 7 shipping. 4 working days turnaround. It is going very good after 6 weeks of usage.

Regards, JJM,
Galway, Ireland