The idea of having matches selected for you had appeal so I paid a 6 month subscription. As others have noted you get selected matches, but have no idea if they are paid up members of the site, if they are not then they cannot respond. There needs to be some filtering based on someone having a subscription. It is bordering on unethical to take my money and send me useless matches.

Then there are the 'You may also like' and 'You have been noticed' profiles sent to you. In less then one month I have received profiles of people who either live hundreds of miles away, or are looking for someone with a different ethnic background. What really gets me is there is no way to delete, or archive these profiles, all you can do is show interest.

Chemistry.com really needs to invest in improving this site. I guess people like me pay their money and regret it. It will be interesting to see how easy it is to close my membership as the auto renewal date approaches. Maybe I will try eHarmony next.