Reviews of Match.com

A WARNING TO MEN THINKING OF MATCH.COM

I had lots of success with EHarmony a few years ago. After terminating a 1.5 year relationship, I decided to give Match a try. There were lots of nice profiles of attractive women. I signed up for 6 months and completed a thoughtful profle. Within two nights I began to talk and meet a few nice ladies. My experience was great until I got a notice abruptly cancelling my Match membership.

A friend at work told me they abruptly dropped him. They gave him and myseld no reason. If I wanted to inquire about the reason I was told that I'd have to subpeaona Match.com and file a law suit in Delaware. How many people follow through with that?

Come to find out, my ex girlfriend (who is insanely geleous) filed a false complaint so I'd get kicked off of Match. It worked.

Match does not care to investigate and there is NO recourse. So if you are thinking of joining Match, don't. You may want to consider trying EHarmony instead.

Oh, yes. Don't mention to your ex that you joined Match.

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Hi Everybody!

Just entering the dating world after being divorced for 7 years. Yep, it's taken me this long. With all the great people on this site I'm amazed there are so few connetions. You men are so hilarious I can't stop reading everything you have to say!

I keep cruising match.com entering various zip codes and find that entering ones in wealthier areas bring up prettier women. I'm checking out the competition is all but I sure don't see all the fat broads you guys are so frightened of.

One thing I've not come across on this site is mentioning the probability of a lot of these women being prostitutes. Come on...look at the gals from this zip code 92660 (wealthy area of Calif.) and tell me if I'm wrong here.

I haven't signed up yet but I must admit, I'm very intrigued.

Match.com sux! I am a woman, seeking for man... Yeah, right... I created a profile and it wasn't approved! The email said that I had some offensive comments written in one of my section. They were pointing towards the things I liked to do. All I said in that sections is that I like nice restaurants and cooking at home rather than going fast food places. This is due to my fear of the unsanitary conditions in some of them. Is that offensive???? That is my opinion.

I removed my profile after that...

1) I had a nasty run-in with someone calling herself "seagal2610". She may have looked appealing and her profile made her seem like a nice person, but her attitude was bitchy. I didn't do or say anything wrong. But because some people have no idea how to read email correspondence correctly, even with smileys and emoticons in place, any further explanations and apologies with humor just made her angrier. It was because of her that made me quit the service. After months and dozens of non-responses, the first one to finally reply turned out to be a hypocrite?

2) The women on Match.com aren't very serious in seeking relationships, otherwise they would respond to polite correspondence. Why is it that their profiles seem to indicate that they are active within a certain time frame, yet do not bother to say hello back, let's see if we can get something going? It means they don't care about starting a relationship. There is nothing more annoying than wasting several hours searching for someone, only to have them ignore you. It is very tiring writing customized letters to each person individually!

3) Many reviewers here complain that women only expect to be pursued by potential suitors. They do nothing to start a relationship themselves. This is unacceptable. When they do respond with winks and hellos, those are either fakes, spammers, or people with no pictures or profiles you can check on. Even if their name appears in the database, after some point these accounts get deleted! I did have many women check out my profile, but none of them greeted me.

4) Why do the women match my criteria and I don't match theirs? Something is wrong with this equation. Those weekly emails with my latest matches never amounted to anything.

5) I also despise the "It's Okay to Look" marketing campaign. This is where select members are professionally photographed and their profiles really stand out. The reason? It's the old proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing. All of the profiles I looked there are no less picky than the regular ones. I cannot tolerate the ethnocentric attitude in which if you're not the same race as the person, you are not a welcome candidate. A lot of women there are clearly not unconditional in how they view others, otherwise a person's ethnicity should NOT be a factor. What is this, the 1960s?

6) Save your money. Don't use any dating website. It's all b.s. Match.com offered me no incentives to want to continue to be a part of their community. At least I wasn't inundated with fresh (and fake) responses and winks when I quit. This was something most people complain about.

I have many additional complaints about Match.com, most which were covered in great detail by others.

Wow...interesting posts by the men.

I have been on and off Match for 6 years, and during that time I met two wonderful men...I had a long term relationship with each (one for 3 years and the other for 1 1/2 years). Though the relationships did not end in marriage, these guys were as good or better than anyone I could have met in a bar or some other social venue.

Men, please note that I write to guys and sometimes they don't respond....and it is likely because they do not see me as a fit (even though I am atractive, successful, nice, fun and in shape) ! I don't take the lack of response personally. Instead I realize that it is better to move on and find someone that adores me.

And, I have to add that I have run across more than one man on Match that pretended to want to have a relationship when they were really looking for a fling.

So...you guys are not alone in your disappointment at times. But, I must say that I think I would face these same challenges meeting people outside of match. Regardless, it is a numbers game and finding "the one" is not easy....there will always be posers, players, and insincere people where ever you go. You have to sort through it all and be tenacious to find the gem !

One more thing...I post a certain amount of income I am looking for and it is not because I am a gold digger....it is because I make a significant income and I am not interested in taking care of someone (nor do I expect anyone to take care of me).

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Hello Guys, I tried Match.com and was thinking of signing up again until I saw this website. Please guys, give us women more thoughts on where you hang out when not online so that we will know where to find you? You know we ladies are always at the mall, but most of you have "mallitis". Guys are not the only ones who have a tough time with online dating. I am no ten, but I have alot going for me and I have been told by nonfamily members that I am very attractive. I had a few guys email repeatedly, but they were never willing to meet or exchange phone numbers - so what was the point? I did meet one guy who had used a picture of a modestly attractive model that he thought looked like him (that was sad) and I suspected that several other pics were the same type of photos. Another guy underestimated his age by about 20 years. Finally I also drove a fairly long distance to be stood up at a busy restaurant on a Saturday night. I did briefly become close to the hosts and wait staff. I hope you smart guys will give us ladies more help on where to find you if you are giving up online?

I have tried match a few times with varying results. The first time I was on it I received "winks" but when I winked back no response. I cancelled after about 2 weeks of this.

The second time I tried it I had much better results. I think it was due to the pictures I posted.

I am in my mid 30's and would be described as cute. The first time I went on match I posted 2 photos and nothing much really happened. The 2nd time I posted 8 photos and made sure 1 of them included a full body shot.

I on average get about 2-3 emails a week. When I first joined though I was getting 2 to 3 a day. I think guys look for the "new" button when searching and it seems like you just get more hits when you first join.

I rejoined match about 3 months ago and have gone on 6 dates so far. My experience is that guys don't know what they want. I would say half of the guys I met looked nothing like their picture, hence no 2nd date. They are much older looking and also a lot heavier. I make sure that my pictures are at least 2 weeks old. Why fake it? The other half of the guys are either way too desperate and try to hard or else they seem really nice then all of a sudden become complicated. I have yet to meet someone that I went out with for more then a month.

The thing with online dating though is that in the past 3 months I had 6 dates from it. In the real world I wasn't dating. I have long hours at work and most of my friends are already partnered up. So at least with online dating I am out there meeting ppl even if it hasn't worked out yet. I guess I am an eternal optimist and so don't want to give up. :)

There are a few things about match that I wish they would improve on though. Their IM system is bad! It's not like in "real" time or something. Also, I think we should be able to clear out the ppl that have viewed you without deleting their profile. That way you aren't searching through a ton of pages and instead only looking at those that viewed you since you were last online. Also the fact that it shows you as online way after you have signed out is a little strange. I mean if when I log in it is automatically showing me as online then when I log out it should automatically log me out. I don't know how many times I came back online to see that I missed like 3 instant messages due to the person thought I was still online. Kinda fishy, no?

I give it 3 stars though because there are a ton of ppl on match and I am actively meeting people. Good luck everyone!!!

I've done eHarmony and now Match.com, and I have to say...go with eHarmony. Match.com is the worst...might as well just pick up a classified or craigslist and try your luck. I've been with them for three months now, i've sent out about 40 emails and countless winks...and not one single response! I've had 147 people view my site, but not one spent a second to email me.

I know what you're thinking, it's probably my profile. I thought that, too...so I've had several people look it over, and everyone says it looks good. Also, after you join (a basic plan is the same as eHarmony), if you want certain other feature, you're going to have to pay more. They also keep pushing Chemistry. Like I want to pay yet another $40/month for another dating service ON TOP of match.com.

With eHarmony, I went on several dates, discovered a lot about myself, and communicated with a bunch of girls. Go with eHarmony and save yourself the headache.