Reviews of Match.com

I just married the man i found on Match.com.

Yes there are a lot of people that lie in there profile . I was near the end of my six months and was prepared to quit the online thing. I had a lot of men that only wanted a hook up or no actual meetings. But if you are honest on your profile,pictures need to be current and look for people that share your values you can have sucess.

You may have to kiss some frogs but you could also find your prince.

I have been on Match.Com for a few months now. Mostly to meet a particular person, and in fact I did meet him. I thought he was wonderful, however, as I've noticed with many of the male profiles, they are liars. They are not looking to actually meet and get to know someone, they are looking for a "free ride", a hook up, casual relationship, and in reference to the "wonderful man, he still is one, but more of a boy that didnt have the decency to call or text to say he was no longer interested or maybe had even found someone else, and this is a man in his 40's! Thank god, nothing transpired further than it should have. Or if you do get in contact with them and show a mutual interest, even to the point of exchanging phone #'s, they are so busy, they dont even have the time to actually make an initial meeting for an hour. Unfortunately, I paid for a 3 month membership, but once that is up, I will never sign up for another online dating site again, I'll take my chances of meeting a real man as opposed to the virtual ones that aren't looking to seek someone out.

I just would like to reply to jcushman post. <<So, if you're an attractive female, odds are that you'll meet a guy on here. But if you're hot, you shouldn't have any trouble meeting guys in the first place.>>
I think about myself as attractive; guys say I’m hot and should not have a trouble to find someone. And I would not have any problems, if I would have more available time. The reason I was on Match is a lack of time! I am so busy with job (FT), school (FT) and family that have no time for some kind of search action other than online. I think this site is quite decent. Not great, but decent. I met a lot of nice guys . I (freaks too, but they were minorities); I was seriously (as I thought) dating one guy for 6 months and was out of Match. It did not work. Oh well… It happens. But I plan to be back. I had not decided where to go this time: EHarmony or Match. All negative reviews with one star for EHarmony a little scared me away.

I wish I could rate this site minus 12 stars.

Bottom line: It's pure crap. Look, I know I'm not a god or whatever, but the girls on this site seem to all be looking for one. I'm a good looking 31 year old and I keep myself in good shape. I have a pretty good job, my own house, fun to be around... blah blah blah.

I figured I'd try the online dating thing because my friend seemed to have some reasonable success with other dating sites. I paid their stupid little fee. I've sent out about 50 emails in one month to some reasonable attractive women. Nothing. (Well I got one date but the girl was a complete hobag.) But then I started to realize something. 90% of the attractive females on this site have a similar name format. Two names followed by 4 numbers ie Sweet_bunny2345 or BlueEyes2960. They all have only have one or 2 pictures. They don't specify what they are looking for. Fake profiles...

The other half is comprised of unattractive girls. Hey I'm only being honest. So, if you're an attractive female, odds are that you'll meet a guy on here. But if you're hot, you shouldn't have any trouble meeting guys in the first place. If you're a guy, stay far, far away. This site is a sausagefest. Better things to spend $40 on a month.

I think the acquisition of Yahoo personals is a very powerful and positive step for match.com.

However, the site has become saturated with spammers and fake profiles which are very easy to spot, always seem to be aged 25 to 60, etc. Mate1 is plagued with the same problem and is 100 times worse.

If the company would admit and address this huge problem, they could further enhance their reputation and success rate. Who knows, they could even emerge a big leader in an ever growing and competitive industry.

With all of the sophisticated operating systems coming out like Windows 7 and lines of code written in these programs, you would think it would be a breeze phasing out the spammers but it is not the case. They are suffering from the same problem that existed five years ago or more.

Match.com needs to focus on security and the safety of it's members in a big way or they won't be there too long before flocking somewhere else.

Overall, it is not only a waste of money, but the worst thing of all, a waste of precious time which can never be recovered again. Money can always be recovered, but time is finite and cannot be restored.

I love reading some of these reviews, and I agree about Doug and sadly many on here like Doug just not getting why they're still single or having problems in the dating world. Hint for Doug - target women 40-45 in your range.

Its not match, match is reflective of all the people that are out there and like anything you have to weed them out. I've had the same problems and successes on Match as anywhere else. Like Doug many don't understand they need to date close to their age, social status, and looks in general. Sorry but thats just the way it works. Or if you date a guy a few times, and he trys to get you into bed...he's shown his hand and what kind of person he is. You merely show him the door, but hopefully like myself you can weed them out before that. You really can find decent people on Match, you just have to really do the checking, and once you get a name of someone your interested in.....do as much background checking as you can. Find out if they were married, how they handled their divorce....ex. - did they try and take their wife to the cleaners, any orders of protection?? All are public records in the county they reside and will also show liens, and the recorded docs will show you how much they owe on their home and if they are in debt up to their eyeballs...which will tell you the way of life they live and their values with money...which is very important.

So I would say overall, you need to use a lot of good judgement and if you find someone your interested in go the distance and see if you can back up what they are telling you. I can't stress this enough. I met a nice man outside of match through business, and I thought we would be perfect for each other. Financially he was very responsible, seemed very nice and I talked to him probably 5 times in different meetings. Then I decided to see if he was on Match since he was never married and single, found him and I was shocked. His pictures were the worst, his profile was absolutely horrible and in person he was completely different. But then I started seeing he was on Match probably 24/7, and looked like he was IM'ing all kinds of women. Almost looked like a numbers game with him, and in his profile he actually wrote, "must enjoy romance and seduction". OMG, I almost died that he didn't understand how that came across to most women. In fact I showed a few friends and they said the same thing, very creepy. So you should have a good profile....nothing sexual obviously, and at least 6 pictures which are recent. Minus your kids, the ex spouse, ect. lol.

Match imo is a pretty good way to meet people, but pictures can be deceiving. Probably not a good idea to post pictures of yourself taken at a funeral btw - yes one man did that on Match. If your someone in your late 40's, be realistic and understand you should be going no lower than 40. If your a man and are hitting on 30 something and your in your late 40's, remember you will be paying for it. Ask yourself do you want a partner, or do you want to be a ATM??

A lot of it is common sense, and thats where a lot of people are going wrong. Its not just men, look at the foolish women who actually put in their date section that they want a guy that makes $100-150 and up. Oh and they make less than $50, lol. Either way, even if they make more - they might as well stamp FLOOZY on their profile. Or the women that pose in low cut shirts with their boobs hanging out or worse yet....showing themselves in their bikini - YES you are a floozy...WE GET THAT! So a lot of do's and do nots that boggle the normal persons mind.

Use some common sense and you should do good just about anywhere, good luck to all.

Worst site on the face of this earth!!! The only men contacting me are professional scammers...... Ghana and Nigeria residents...... I had never heard of scammers until way done the line with the second one. Scammed me out of thousands of US$. First guy spoke to me for 6 months and I was totally unaware. Such a smooth talker. Second guy threatened my family with exposure to Interpol and I believed every word. Beware of this US Army intelligence officer operating out of Baghdad. OMG cannot believe this shit. So beware ladies (and gents) DO NOT USE MATCH.COM ..... ALL VERY BAD NEWS. And we pay for this crap.

Doug De Clue's review is a perfect example why match.com doesn't work for men. Doug, you're 43 years old, never been married, not too tall, average looking (by your own admission)... and looking for thin, athletic women in their 20s and 30s? Case closed. Honey, you are nobody's idea of a prize. When I was 28, there was NO WAY I was going to date a 40-something. Never. Even now, in my early 30s, it's not my first choice. Ugh. Doug is probably one of the creepy weirdos who's browsed me.

a 0-star-rating would be too much ;-)

MATCH.COM PLANTS 'FAKED' PEOPLE...

I was on match.com for two weeks, 'till destiny sent me a guy who was interested in me... who became suspicious because of my profile... I'm a foreigner, did not understand what he was talking about, so we had a phone call. It turned out that there was 'no language barrier', like I thought...

It turned out to be that he was a military cop... and he filled me in, little by little... It is 'known' that match.com and other sites plants people to trick you in.

... a very hurtful experience... I was mailing with two 'guys' - they knew exactly what to tell me... and I believed it... then they 'suddenly' disappeared...
... and these 'guys' really were a world sensation as well... they both managed to turn 5 and 2 years older within only 2 weeks on their profiles...

I probably was chatting with some jerk somewhere on this planet... not even noticing it...

AND YOU THINK NOW THIS IS WORTH PAYING MONEY, HEART AND SOUL FOR?

I don't think so... I signed out... and canceled the membership and I hope this match.com-shit won't charge me no more...

;-) Aloha from Hawaii

1 STAR IS TO BIG OF A REVEIW FOR MATCH .COM !!!!!
I JOINED MATCH .COM A SHORT WHILE AGO ... WAS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO FALL FOR ALBERT THOMAS PAUL AN ART DEALER FROM THE NETHERLANDS !!!!
GUESS WHAT I HAVE JUST BEEN SCAMMED BY A NIGERIAN ... FOR THE TUNE OF $10, 000 A LOVELY STORY TOLD BEAUTIFUL POETRY TO MELT YOUR HEART ... PHONE CALLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD OH HOW LOVELY .. A DAUGHTER TO TOUCH YOUR HEART NAMED ANGEL ... PIC TO MAKE THE DREAM COMPLETE ....
I FEEL HOOK LINE AND SINKER .... CRIED A RIVER OF TEARS WHEN HE AND HIS DAUGHTER WENT TO NIGERIA ON BUSINESS BEFORE COMING TO MEET ME IN CANDA ... THE STORY GOES LIKE THIS MY DAUGHTER IS VERY SICK FROM THE WATER THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AS HE HAS YOUR HEART STRINGS SHE ENDS UP IN CRITICAL SHAPE AT THE HOSPITAL HE CALLS CRYING I CAN;T ACCESS ANY CASH SOMETHING ABOUT THE COUNTRIES BANKS WHAT DO I KNOW ... I HAVE FALLING IN LOVE AND A CHILD IS DYEING WHAT WOULD YOU DO ? I SEND MONEY ... NEXT DAY OMG HE IS SICK SEND MORE MONEY TO HELP HIM .... THEN AFTER YOU'VE SPENT EVERYWAKING MOMENT OF YOUR DAY AND NIGHT WORRING ABOUT YOUR NEW LOVES .. HIS DAUGHTER NOW NEED LIFE SAVING SURGERY !!! SO AS I CRIED MY HEART OUT AND PONDERED HOW COULD I POSSIBLE GET MORE MONEY .. AFTER ALREADY GOING INTO DEBT OF $10,000
WHAT COULD I DO .... THANKGOD FOR A GOOD FRIEND WHO SAID SHE WOULD HIT ME IN THE HEAD IF I SENT IT .. I REALIZED I HAD TO SAY NO !!!!!
STILL FEELING WHAT IF THIS WAS REAL NOT A SCAM IT TOOK EVERYFIBER OF MY BEING NOT TO SEND THIS MONEY ... IT WAS ONLY WHEN I WENT TO CHECK MY PROFILE ON MATCH.COM I SAW MY PROFILE HAD BEEN REPLACED ... HE HAD GOT MY PASSWORD OUT OF ME EARLIER AND HAS STOLEN MY IDENTIY !!!!!! INCLUDING MY CREDIT CARD INFO AND PERSONAL DAT I GAVE MATCH .COM
I CALLED MATCH .COM AND HAD TO THREATEN TO GO ON TV BEFORE ANYONE LOOKED AT THIS ......
NO THE SICKENING PART IS MY NAME MY PROFILE, PICS ECT
WILL MOST LIKELY

BE USED TO SCAM SOME GUY OUT THERE I AM SICK AT THAT THOUGHT ... MATCH .COM'S COMMENT !... (OH WELL) THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE .. IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE STAY OFF MATCH.COM PLEASE ... AND TO ANY FUTURE VICTIMS OF THIS !!!!!
IN NIGERIA MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU .... LOVE IS SUPPOSE TO GIVE YOU JOY NOT SUCK YOU HEART OUT AND STOMP ON IT .......