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eHarmony Complaint - What a ripoff! - matchmaking website
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CALIFORNIA -- I had tried eHarmony a few years ago and was disappointed. However, I'd heard from a few people that they had upgraded their service and that the program was very successful. I thought I'd give it another chance thinking I could always back out if I felt that it wasn't working for me. I signed up for 3 months because it seemed reasonable in price and I thought I would be able to make a decision in time if I needed to back out. I used the system for a few weeks, during which time I was sent only a few matches and they were inappropriate and didn't match my criteria or my personality at all. Disappointed I emailed eHarmony to cancel and got a lame reply that didn't explain anything. So I called in and talked to a nice guy who said my settings were all wrong and that he'd reset them, I'd re-do the test and I would have tons of matches in no time. Well, I did as he said and for about a week I got the several matches he was talking about. None of which I would be the least bit interested in either in personality or in looks. So I called in again and was told that since I'd had an account 2 years prior I could not cancel my subscription. They said that they matched on personality and that I should give the matches they were sending a chance. I was very upset about this as it cost $110.85 and I thought I would be able to cancel. You have to read the fine print and even then its sketchy in terms of a previous encounter. Needless to say I'm very disgusted with the whole thing and feel that I have been ripped off. Since my last conversations with eHarmony I have only received a few "matches" and again none that I would be interested in. They tell me to be patient and that they don't promise that I'll get a lot of matches or matches everyday. My experience has been awful... and expensive. So be very careful before you sign up with eHarmony... their commercials and matching system doesn't take your desires into consideration, yet somehow they promise to match on personality. I think its a losing proposition myself.
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Posted by MRM on 2007-07-10:
You have spent $110 just to talk to someone... what a waste. You could have look in classified ads, in school, at church, or at the bar and talk to someone for FREE!
Posted by HappyJoyBear on 2007-07-10:
Tell the truth…
You are looking for matches that look like the models that they use on TV commercials and their website.
You are looking for matches that look like the models that they use on TV commercials and their website.
Posted by Skye on 2007-07-10:
The ones on TV for eharmony are average looking people. Nothing special going on for them.
coarsegoldcougar, if I was a guy, that name would totally turn me off, and makes you sound bitter. Kind of rough around the edges. I'm not judging, I'm just saying.
Run an ad on Craigslist. It's free and you can pick and choose who you want to contact.
coarsegoldcougar, if I was a guy, that name would totally turn me off, and makes you sound bitter. Kind of rough around the edges. I'm not judging, I'm just saying.
Run an ad on Craigslist. It's free and you can pick and choose who you want to contact.
Posted by HappyJoyBear on 2007-07-10:
Yes, the latest commercials use actual couples (normal looking), but they used models (actors) in past commercials. Did you also check out their website?
Quote from famous line in the movie “Coming To America”.
You gotta go to a nice place, a quiet place like a library, there's good women there and 'erm, church, they're good girls.
Quote from famous line in the movie “Coming To America”.
You gotta go to a nice place, a quiet place like a library, there's good women there and 'erm, church, they're good girls.
Posted by TheNewSheriff on 2007-07-10:
I recently signed up for eHominy. Each week I receive a can of grits in the mail.
Posted by Leela on 2007-07-10:
TNS - you crack me up!
Posted by Sparticus on 2007-07-10:
Try http://www.plentyoffish.com/
Free and pretty active online dating community...
Free and pretty active online dating community...
Posted by Skye on 2007-07-10:
TNS, very very funny.
We like.
We like.
Posted by joles52 on 2007-07-10:
My experience with E-Harmony was that I took the test & they said "we're sorry but there are 20% of the people that we can't accept"...I am not a lesbian (not that there's anything wrong with that) but my perception was that they are a fanatical religious group..as my answers to the church questions were not that "I attend church" even tho I am a very spirtual person..thus their excluding me.
Posted by Skye on 2007-07-10:
There are so many local dating sites out there for free, why would anyone want to pay them??
Nice guys are out there.
Joles, so they are a bunch of holly roller hypocrites huh??
Nice guys are out there.
Joles, so they are a bunch of holly roller hypocrites huh??
Posted by *Brenda* on 2007-07-10:
Sparticus, did you see that website mentioned on The People's Court yesterday? A guy was suing some chick he met off of there.... they were..... interesting people.
Posted by Leela on 2007-07-10:
This is not a joke. I have a friend who used this service, and his only "matches" were prostitutes.
Posted by Skye on 2007-07-10:
I believe it emt.
Posted by Slimjim on 2007-07-10:
Yikes! he must have set up some interesting perimeters. If you're into spam and married people with hiddenagendas, I hear some place called paltalk is where all the celebrities go seeking "pals".
Posted by TheNewSheriff on 2007-07-10:
I haven't had a match since Superman died.
Posted by Leela on 2007-07-10:
TheNewSheriff - I am truly sorry.
Posted by Lidman on 2007-07-10:
Sheriff, that's not what PW said!
Posted by Lidman on 2007-07-10:
I said that twice...
Posted by coarsegoldcougar on 2007-07-10:
To all of you who wrote your comments, suggestions and opinions... thank you. A new perspective always brings new eyes. I posted my comment simply to warn others as my experience was unfortunate and I had hoped that it might somehow prevent other's a similar experience.
Posted by GothicSmurf on 2007-07-10:
Stay AWAY from Plenty of Fish.com! The few people I met from that site were total wack jobs. They either had a drinking or drug problem or no job.
I know it's not plenty of fishes issue directly, but they don't screen their people very well at all. With that site, just remember you get what you pay for.
Actually being on that site for less than two months made me cancel ALL my online profiles that I had anywhere, including myspace and facebook.
I know it's not plenty of fishes issue directly, but they don't screen their people very well at all. With that site, just remember you get what you pay for.
Actually being on that site for less than two months made me cancel ALL my online profiles that I had anywhere, including myspace and facebook.
Posted by DebtorBasher on 2007-07-10:
I thought M3C was the #1 Match maker website.
Posted by HorseGoddess726 on 2007-07-11:
Lol, to TheNewSheriff. That crack about eHominy was pure genius!!
Posted by leopard on 2007-07-25:
Loved the eHominy!! that was great!! wonder if the poster has ever tried meeting someone the old fashioned way? still works for me! I met the guy ive been dating for the last 2 years at an outdoor concert. He should try going out and being social, instead of sitting in front of a computer all day.
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