Reviews of Match.com

Beware of a man who has posted a profile indicating that he is a world traveler with extensive business ventures overseas. I met one man and did a background check on him because he was extremely glib and elusive. He has a criminal background.!!!. Match.com needs to run background checks on all their users! Anyone can fabricate stories.

I've been using Match.com on/off for about 3-4 years with varying degrees of success. My first experience with a woman came about when she contacted me first. We got along well emailing each other for a while until her "broken ankle" healed and a few days before our first date, I got unhinged and broke the date. Why? Because I was just about to be granted divorce and was psychologically NOT READY.
This caused her no end of upset (I don't blame her) and she will not write me to this day.
My advice to separateds/widow(ers)/newly divorced: DON"T USE DATING SERVICES UNTIL YOU ARE REALLY READY!

As to Match itself, I really do think it's a woman daters' market: they can pick and choose with total safety. The guy who complained that it's difficult for a genuine, but lonely guy is right; we guys get:

* viewed stats that inexplicably rise, but with NO profiles showing. Huh?
* women who look like supermodels viewing us, but whose profiles sometimes mysteriously vanish when you try to look at THEM! And you can't tell me that these gorgeous women "don't drink". What???
* women who live in other countries, for God's sake. And just how am I supposed to meet them for a drink when they live in Latvia, for example?

My payment experience with Match goes like this: yes, you're auto-renewed, but once your period ends, even though Match never lets you quit - just cancel your next period and hide your profile. You can always come back. And I've never been charged when I cancel.

Frankly, I've had better experiences IRL (in real life) but, let's face it, guys: even on a FREE dating site, if your profile sucks, if your attitude sucks (women KNOW), and if your LIFE sucks - well, you'll never get a date. Women can always smell a loser. But, gals -- so can we.

I was thinking to subscribe for 1 month but after read all review, I am afraid of difficulty of cancellation membership. So, I think if men is really interested in my profile they will try to contact me.

Where can I begin?
The overall venue of the Mach.com online dating sight, is really good given the fact that is is very easy to use thier website....in comparing to others.
The quality of men were great. No match for me, however because I have a over rated standard of what I am looking for or will settle with.
All of the men I met (over 25 of them!) which was all in less than a month, were very nice (ok, one was a drunken jerk and another was an angry type) and had true intentions of meeting a good friend or match for a relationship.
The only negative things I noticed about, not the sight, but the people on match, are the following. You really have to take into consideration though and be able to ask the person for more info before meeting them:
The pictures the men posted of themselves,were very poor and yes almost NONE were recent. Most resembled NOT a fraction of reality.
Physically fit to someone is different than that of another. (hah)
I can offer some very good advise though, when using this or other dating sites:
Ask for their cell number before meeting them to have a grown up 2 way conversation instead of penpaling and make beleiveing a text/email can develop into something more....
Ask for a recent 'few' pictures to be sent to you immediatly.
Ask how long they have been divorced OR have been separated from their significant other.
Ask them why THEY believe thay are divorced.
Upon meeting them, ask them WHERE exactly they live.!
If they talk about the 'negative' things in their lives scrap them and move foreward and do not waste time being a sounding board for someone who wants pitty.
Ask them 'why' they wanted to meet you/ If the answer is your photos, ask them about your profile and see what they thought matched you up to theirs.
If they smell like alcohol when they show up for the meeting...move on...and fast, so you dont becomethat pitty party later.
If they want you to drink alchohol (more than one drink on a first or second date) you BETTER be an alchoholic, or move on.
Do not give them your number before youhave thiers and have placed a call to verify. Never give your home number out or exactly where you work if possible. Never leave your drink on the table when going to the bathroom...(hello date rape) Get to the meeting place 'first' if you need to know what car they drive and never meet at a place such as their home (no matter how rich they are). By the 3rd date you should ask to meet thier friends or a family member in some way.
If you have more than 4 dates...do a back ground check on them!
Good LUck out there! It is great fun!

...so give me a call and I will help you!!!!!

My experience mirrors that of most of the others from the guys on here. In the real world I've had no trouble getting attention from women, and after a year of getting plenty of views on my free account at Match.com, I decided to finally pay for a subscription. What really prompted me to subscribe, was the discovery of a girl at work (diff dept) who was on there. She seemed like she was interested when she saw me at work, so I thought I had it made - here was an easy way to get to know her. And the night she showed up on Match.com, she showed up in my 'who's viewed me' list. So I composed a really nice message and sent it off. Three days later I get a response. But it was very flat, and emotionless. I responded back, but that was the end of it. I couldn't figure out why - everyone who saw my profile said it was well written with great pictures. The only thing I found to explain it, in her profile she listed her match making $75-100K. I'm making around $70K, which fell below the cutoff Match.com uses. I'm just not one to lie, since I did indeed fall into the $50-$75 range. After that I went on to contact dozens of other girls, but not one responded, including many who had viewed me. After two months of this I've had enough. With a month left on my 3 month membership, I canceled my subscription. I did it via their website (they give you a confirmation page/number). But before doing that, I changed my credit card number to a one-use one with a $5 limit (my CC company provides that service), just to be safe. In the suggestion box for how they could improve their service, I suggested finding a way to improve the male/female ratios :)

I PAID FOR 6 MONTHS, AND DID WHAT THEY SAID, BY THE WAY I WAS JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO E-MAIL ME, IF THEY WERE INTERESTED, DIDN'T HAPPEN, THEY ARE THIEVES, AND PISCES OF CRAP, AND THEN NO 6 MONTH'S FREE, THEY NOW KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT, THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO STEAL MORE MONEY FROM ME FOR A YEAR NOW, SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR A REAL DATE, RK

BOTTOM LINE: STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE COLOSSALLY DISHONEST.

Wow, does the government need to get involved with the dishonest business practices of this company. I am shocked at what tactics match.com still uses to coerce me to joining them. I've gotten winks from fake men. And I've even gotten a fake email.

Match.com also, is like the mafia. Once you join, you can never get out. In the state of California (and there are other states with this law), you have 3 days to cancel. Well, Match makes it has hard as hell to cancel. I had to call and ask how to cancel. Got evasive response. After some digging found out they make you send in a written request. After all that I did so by certified letter because I didn't trust this company.

The customer service is comically bad. They messed with my photos and order of them. Kept trying to get that straightened out.

BOTTOM LINE: STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE COLOSSALLY DISHONEST.

I got one date in the first week with a real guy. A regular, nice ordinary guy (who was not separated long enough, but still a good guy.)

I have had no other serious emails. I've been on a month. I am an attractive woman. I'm smart and have a professional career. Maybe because I have kids? I'm not sure what the deal is.

I have even winked and emailed myself. No responses.

After reading these posts, I'm concerned they will ding my card for another 3 months without my permission!

Alright I can understand why so many guys give a negative rating I am gonna give the girls point of view ..... I do not have abnormally high expectations but if I am going to take a risk and go meet some random guy out I want to make sure he is someone I might be interested in and not scared of....I have found most guys ignore my profile and just look at my pictures and email me, they clearly are not what I am looking for, mostly being wayyyyyy over my age limit I am in my young 20's and not looking for someone who is divorced has kids or is over 35 I do not think this is too much to ask for at the most basics of my profile but no one seems to be able to follow it and god forbid I do not respond to an email I get harrassing emails back from guys who are so "offended" the truth is they should just read my profile and they will know why I didnt answer .....guys just need to calm down and realize even tho they are looking for someone so are we but us girls are a little hesitant and scared to just give out a number or go meet someone...I am a good person not a bitch like some guys have stated on here about the girls on match...I have talked to some guys that I liked but maybe they are looking for a 1 night stand and that is why they die out I give it 3 stars because it can work if you are very specific and put some work into it ..... it is what you make of it

Match.com SUCKS !!! I did a one month sign. They are billing me for they say a 6 month sign. BS... I called them and they said they did not have the phone number to the dept to where I needed to talk to someone. I had to write a personal letter and send to their dallas tx. address for this complaint to be read...This is crap ! Why isn't there a phone number to call dallas ? Gee I wonder why.. Meanwhile more time goes by further (supposedly) confirming their bill confirmation. I told them I did NOT sign up for any 6 month plan, let alone 2 or 3 months...I always sign one month only then see how it goes with any site.. Your credit card will be ABUSED BY THEM. and they will LIE to you...You will learn the hard way if you do not read these complaints like mine first before you make a decision to sign with them... They are rich because they overbill..period! Joe in bay city MI.