Bear411

This site is so bad for the bear community!
Non-paying members of the site are reporting that the site no longer offers the "delete my profile" option on the profile change page. Which means if you want to delete your profile, you have to pay for a month of a service you're trying not to use. It also means the site owner has your information and you cant delete it
Akbearr

I have been a member for years started for free and now he is blocking non members, before was odd days you could see only your messages and the odd days you could chat with limitations to look at the pictures and now you can not do anything, Just a reminder to the Web Master there are lots of other sites out there Bear411 is not the only only one and the other web masters are not up tide like him, the sites are free and have as many member as bear411... wake up and smell the balls you are not the only one out there.

I have only good things to say about the men I have had the pleasure of chatting with on Bear411over the years. However, buddybear, the webmaster / proprietor is an altogether different story. Last week I attempted to update my profile picture. He did not accept it, even though it adhered in all points to his guidelines. Since he does not avail himself to any questions, I put a note in the text body of my profile nothing vicious, a quick, even humorous remark. He promptly deleted the entire text of the profile, I was a paying member and I really hate his extreme "my way or no way" attitude. Of course I'm a stubborn bastard as well. I asked him to delete my profile and got for the first time what I had asked for.

Made a profile and got the email that said it was activated but I was never able to access the site nor did it show a profile for my screen name at all.
WORST was that there is no way to contact the administrator. Emails to *******@bear411.com all come back undeliverable.
I had a friend contact Greg the site administrator on his profile, but still no response.

I have been a non-paying member for years now and and just recently i can not access my account unless i pay for a membership. And can not access even to delete my account something is very wrong about this.

I joined the site for free. After a few visits to the site, I was blocked access unless I paid. I decided to subscribe for a month, after that month, the same thing started happening, some days it would allow me in, other days it would require me to pay in order to access my account. Now I'm trying to delete my account, and the site will not allow it.

I was a paid member of this site and once my subscription ran out this week I wanted to delete my profile! It won't let me delete my profile at all without re-subscribing! WHAT A JOKE! Thank God I had my credit details changed so the site can't continue to withdraw from my card!

This site sucks! Offering more features to paying members is totally understandable. But how does completely blocking non-paying members give more features to paying members? That's bribery or blackmail to non-paying members to get them to pay so they can just get in the door! I am a non-paying member and I get completely blocked several+ times a month. Especially when I have messages. I am tired of this chicken-$#*! business blackmail tactics. The owner is plain and simple INUTILE

Being in 2 partnerships with white men 17yrs and 6 yrs. I am convinced that Bear 411 is a site for white men connecting as fair weathered friends, their connections and marriages. Furthermore; a site for minorities or diversity "no," I guess they are afraid the black will rub off, then we talk about the GOP, last I wouldn't refer to the smell of paper mail on Bear as stuck up, you have to have the qualifications. However, men with their bolts not tight is how to define it.

If I could I would give Bear411 0 stars. I have been a non paid member since October and for the last three weeks I have been unable to view anything on the site because I am not a paid member.

When I was able to log in I could it was very hit or miss and now, for the last three weeks I cannot log in at all without being brought to the "Pay Me Now Or Else" page

Greg is very cynical and has mental issues. It seems likes he has a vendetta against the very community his website serves.

Avoid Bear411 at all costs

I canceled my account with bear411 in 2006 and its now 2016 and they keep taking $9.95 out of my checking account through CCbill.com. I have never been able to get ahold of the owner of Bear411 / and its taken forever with CCbill.com this owner is a big SCAMMER! Of course I am out of my money so please read the reviews if think about signing up Don't DO IT!

I found a way to get my profile deleted since I couldn't delete it. I just filled in my profile by saying that I was very unhappy with the site and the only way you can do anything is if you are a paying member and that I wouldn't be logging in much because sites like Growler and Adam4Adam were free. Within an our my profile was deleted.

For no reason whatsoever, my profile just disappeared, and I cannot login I've tried to reach out to support and no response also the format is very dated 1990s.

I want my profile deleted... requested numerous times... this site is terrible and the webmaster is a $#*!ing moron. I will never pay for this site, however, I would appreciate it if I want my account t deleted that he follows thru for me. I have been trying to delete my account for five years now. I honestly don't give a $#*! anymore, but I will not stop until this $#*!, deletes me...

PROFILE DELETED TODAY... I sent an obnoxious message to bearguide.net... I think he owns that as well. Told bear net it's a shame they have themselves aligned with bear411. I said the owner of bear is a scammer a cheat and a sociopath. Greg the owner said SHAME ON YOU for writing that LOL I laughed and politely replied. DELETE MY PROFILE... and it worked.

I looked at my credit card statement and the billing company is vtsup.com. You can cancel/stop payment from there. Just enter your email address and cc number.

I was on this site years ago, I rejoined for a day realizing this was not for me. I couldn't delete my profile and all emails to the webmaster came back undelivered. So no way to contact anyone. Search the web you'll see how many complaints. Read them. Then make your own decision. If u r a bear or looking for one it may be a good site for you. Seems most members travel the world going to all bear events. They all have events at bath houses which is cool if that's what your looking for. I'm not yet all bears think cause they are offering you sex you should just do it. Not my style if your monogamous dint think you'll like it, partnered but we play. Not with me. I had to edit my profile and say please delete my profile that was the only way I could quit. Read all complaints you'll get the picture. To those people who want to just have sex then it may be right for you. Some people will say not everyone is like this, true but I know from my experience be very careful I've met hustlers who are criminal and the site doesn't care.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE, don't give this site any money or clicks.
Seemed pretty interesting when I created an account but then kept getting notifications that I have message waiting, when I tried to access them I am locked out, but still keep getting the messages from the site. No way to contact the webmaster or administrator, just messages saying pay money for access. Kind of like extortion. Again. STAY AWAY!

Longtime PAID member of Bear411. I recently edited my profile to include my Growlr name.
My profile was "approved" but 2 days later it was deleted (and I had just renewed my 6 month membership). I contacted the webmaster - no reply. I e-mailed the webmaster - no reply. I asked around and was told that if the webmaster doesn't like your profile or pic - he deletes them. There is also a specific rule that main profile pictures MUST show full face - no sunglasses etc, however this rule is not always followed.

I signed-up again…same handle name - which surprisingly was available. All my notes and pals were gone - but my profile pic popped up. Weird.
Now when I click on PAL LIST - I get a list of guys that have looked at my profile, but when I click on their pic - it says that this is reserved for paid members only - not even their profile name pops up? Thus is NEW.

Website owner should be shut down. This is not business-friendly anymore. Too many people are leaving Bear411 and going to Growlr - no wonder.

I staryed a 411 account because a friend told me it was a good site. Started my account on a Thursday afternoon and by 5PM my account was blocked stating use was for priority members only... REALLY! It is now Saturday and i still have no access and you want me tk buy a subscription. Are you freaking serious? As soon as i am nack in i wi delete and go over to growlr or Grrr... ta hell with you yoh greesy bastard!

Its kind of a drag when you get a message and its just an ad. I'd say that happens about 90% of the time. The site needs a make-over - ain't gonna happen. Owner has his money.

Been a Bear411 member for a couple years and understood that access was only available on even days of the month. Then suddenly my profile wasn't accessible for a week at a time. This happened about once a month but now my profile is inaccessible for almost a month at a time. It gets unlocked for maybe 2 days and then it's locked up again.

This is total crap because I joined Bear411 under the conditions that odd/even days were the restriction for free access. The site owner changed those terms without informing anyone. He also removed the ability to delete one's profile and he has made it impossible to reach him via email or messaging of any kind. Now the only information on his site is a menu for a paid membership.

Now I don't have a problem with someone running a paid dating site but Bear411 changing the rules for free membership once they have your pics and profile is highly dubious and downright dirty. My advice to anyone considering joining Bear411 under the guise of a "free" membership is don't!

I am sadden to say that Bear411 is not user friendly. They get you to join as a free membership then after awhile they block you out forcing you to join as a paying member and from what I have been learning from others once you join it nearly impossible to delete your profile. I was locked out about a month ago and I have six messages that I can't respond to. The WebMaster Greg could at least let me retrieve those messages or at least let me delete my profile from the web site. I have learned that others have this similar problem. I think that they get people to join to trap them into being paid members and futher more steal our personal pictures and information. I guess the web master loves playing God. All I am asking it the ablity to remove my profile from the web site. If they are going to make it that hard I for one will never return to Bear411 either as a free or paying member. I am sadden because I met some very nice guys on the site it was a sense of community like mined guys like myself. However if a site has to be less and less user friendly then I want no part of it. I might add too that if you try and contact Greg Buddy Bear your complaints or email get send back and non deliverable.

I understand allowing the site for paying members on peak times, but you could still check your messages, until recently you can't even check your messages now, it says you need to pay, and it's all day long even on week days it's been 7 days now and haven't been able to check my messages, 9 days they auto delete, this is bull$#*!... I was a paying member for a while, and to have this happen when I'm not paying is crap, I tried to pay before and his $#*!ed payment company ccbill and verotal won't accept my payment... This buddybear guy is an idiot, I also don't understand why my other friend can view his messages, and not blocked from getting on the site, on the times I cant, I had him check tonight, if it is selective picking on who he thinks attractive or not this guys can go to hell, i'm 10 times hotter than him, and bears like that need to accidentally fall off a cliff and survive it after breaking every bone in their body, I really hate this guy, avoid this site, and please somebody make one to put this guy out of business, he should be arrested or sued! If your gonna allow some free members to have access, then all should, it should be all or nothing, not selective, this could be a good case for a lawsuit I would think.

I paid for the recurring subscription (dumb i know...) but how the hell do i cancel it? I've literally looked everywhere and have no frickin clue what to do! Please help!