| | Match.com and othersPage 2 of 13 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) | I signed up on a few sites after becoming single.
POF is by far the best of any of them. Thanks people for a wonderful idea, for bringing people together for free.   
Some of them, like reseau.contact, are filled with married people looking for thrills. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:45:19 AM | | Have any of you tried True.com? Yes, it is supposed to be free... and I am not a paying member, yet I can email people who are (if they are "featured members"), but the site is so fraudulent, it stinks to high heaven! If I am viewing a profile, and click on a section of the profile...say "About Me"... or "Who I'm Looking For".. True will send an email to that person telling them that I am INTERESTED in them, and would like to know more about them. Good grief! I can't even browse profiles, because every time I click on a profile just to freakin' VIEW it... True sends them a WINK from me, and tells them I am interested in them! It creates plenty of confusion! When you read your "winks", you don't know if it is a fake computer-generated one sent by True...or whether it was a genuine wink from an interested party. Worse, even emails are computer-generated by True. I am getting better at spotting the computer-generated ones, because they usually say something like, "I really liked your profile. You can contact me free if you are interested." Geez...like this whole online dating thing isn't complicated enough! After I send a few emails to people explaining that I did not really contact them (hate to leave people hanging...even when I did not have any control over it), I'll be removing my profile from that site. Man... it's a federal offense to tamper with the U.S. mail... how can a dating site get away with tampering with your emails...like sending someone an email in your name without you ever knowing about it? I think True should be sued along with Yahoo and match.com. Another one with lots of fake profiles and emails from WOMEN is FriendFinders. I was on there for a while, because you can respond free to anyone who is a paying member who contacts you first. Guys, beware... you'll pay your 30 bucks, and you'll get some responses from women, but you'll end up with lots of requests to access their websites... at $1.99 per minute or whatever. I love POF, and I love these Forums. It's not that I'm cheap (although I'm just a regular working stiff, like everyone else), it's just that I resent paying money to meet people. The internet in all its functions and roles should be completely free...I want to be able to find information about how to grow the greenest houseplants, what my E-Bonds are worth now, and what my bank balance is... and I don't want to have to pay for any of it. Granted...if something is copywrited...like a book or song...I SHOULD have to pay to access it. But if it is just a man telling me about himself...looking for a some conversation, a date, or a soul-mate... well, I don't think there should be a charge for that. Someone is making a lot of money on this ***t...how sad. Thank you, POF... you've got it ALL going on, and doing a great job of it. | |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 8:59:57 AM | Online matchmaking is a multi-BILLION dollar industry! I just hate the sites that don't tell you anything about the rates until you post a profile.....
Another suspect site is the match.com division CHEMISTRY.COM . It looks great, and is modeled after eHarmony, BUT it is TWICE as expensive as match.com!
If they are already under investigation and class-action suits, that's a RED FLAG! | |
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Posted: 1/6/2006 9:33:00 AM | @ Kitticat...
Agree with you 100%...
I took advantage of a free trial from True, got a wink form a lady I found interesting, but she was a non-smoker...
Contacted her and pointed this out...at which time she informed me she had not send the wink...
It went downhill from there....
Nowadays, I'm getting expressions of interest that, if true, would keep me dating a different woman every day of the week for as long as I live....
Funny thing is...even though I make it clear that I smoke, 90% of this women are non-smokers looking for same...
What a joke....
I will put a stop to their mails and remove my profile.... | |
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Posted: 1/7/2006 9:39:20 AM | Hi, Rob
I used to "subscribe" to Match.com. You'd be better off lighting a Match and burn that website, if you can. Most of these paid websites are exactly what they are: you must pay. It's a business, not a non-profit organization or a free website such as this one. I think (I'm not sure), but I think that Match.com was accused of sending false emails to get people to subscribe. Yahoo personals used to be free, not anymore. It's a lucrative business.
Stick with this site, post a better picture and re-write your profile to reflect that wonderful person you are inside. I'm sure you will do well. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2006 9:04:21 PM | This site is a great idea, but I live in Australia, and there just aren't many people using it compared to other sites. I'm sure it's a different story in New York! rsvp.com.au has been really good. I don't mind paying for their service.
But there's still this one person I'd like to reply to on Match.com, who no doubt doesn't realise that her email address was removed from her email. Don't know if I can bring myself to pay those scoundrels money though! So again, if anyone else is already a member and would like to help out... :-)
Rob. | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 5:59:58 PM | | Hey, Hippe...Hurry! Match.com is advertising 3 free days. You'll have to pay for the first month, but just be sure to cancel before the free days are up, and they'll give you your money right back. You can email that cutie...straighten it all out...cancel... and not owe a dime...Sweet. | |
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ler0y
| | Joined: 11/26/2005
Msg: 34 | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 6:22:38 PM | | I actually tried eharmony.com and after spending about half an hour filling out their extensive questionnaire I was told that I was one of the 1 in 5 people that they couldn't match. Go figure. At least they were honest enough to tell me. | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 6:55:59 PM | I NEVER subscribed to Match but I do have a profile there under the same name. I put my email address in my profile so those who read it and are interested can contact me directly. Some see it and use it some still send messages through Match.....I find that winking is almost as good as having a subscription if the email addy is clearly encoded in the profile. I wouldn't subscribe because of the reasons mentioned earlier. ITS A RIP OFF!
Like the user above me,I too filled out the long exhaustive questionare on Eharmony only to find out I was 1 in 5 that couldn't be matched there. Thanks for a waste of time Eharmony! | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 7:11:27 PM | | I have never been scamed on match.com. I have been on dates with numerous women from match.com and dated one for over 6 months. Unless they were aliens the girls on match.com are real. Maybe you should look internal for why your profile does not seem to work. | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 7:14:33 PM | @ Leroy and marathonman:... maybe you two guys are a match for each other....
Just kidding ,guys....
Wonder if Match.com is being run by Nigerian scammers though....just a thought... | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 7:21:07 PM | | Its been a year or so since Ive been there but I think Matchdoctor.com is still free | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 8:00:50 PM | Why the heck waste one's time and money on sites like Match.com etc. when there's plentyoffish?
The more we use it and the more we advertise it to others, the more worthwhile we make it for everyone?
I had profiles on MANY pay-sites - so much money wasted there - yet I have met so many more people and made some really wonderful friends on here | |
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yugla
| | Joined: 5/21/2005
Msg: 40 | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 8:41:54 PM | They (Match.com) should remember their college days marketing101. the local clubs.. Ladies get in free. Attract the women and the guys pay. Basic business.
Other sights list who is a paying and who is standard member but do allow standard members to reply to an email.
Beware you will get bogus emails and winks if you are not a member to try to get you to join so you can reply. Most web software / dating sights include a check that looks at paying verses non and generates bogus emails to send so you think you’ve been contacted based on what you filled out in your description / location / etc. And how would I know that? You could ask the writers who design these sights.
As for match why don’t all the users/readers of this forum post a profile there while wearing a POF T shirt and we all use the same code line. I am serious. Say “I am looking and I know Plenty of Fish com e from all around to find me”
And I must agree that the general populous (you) on POF is by far much more friendly than other date sights. But I still meet more women the old fashion way – yeah I know I said this before in another forum but its true – I tap their rear bumper on a dark alley.
Be Well
Sir Yugla
(and you can also find me on Alt.com  and reply if I send you an email first)  | |
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yugla
| | Joined: 5/21/2005
Msg: 41 | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 9:18:59 PM | PS be sure to list your favorite numbers in your bogus match.com profile as
64 69 70 150 | |
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Posted: 1/8/2006 9:44:11 PM | Hi Leroy
I'm the same as you....
eHarmony said it found zero for me
Okay. I admit it. My feelings were hurt. | |
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Posted: 1/9/2006 10:30:40 AM | | Yeah, i was a match.com subscriber until I found out the same thing about them only allowing a subscriber to read email from another subscriber, and they don't have instant messaging. They are too expensive to be so limited on what they offer. I cancelled right away (within my 3 days) and am getting a refund. I told them you have no way of knowing who a subscriber is, so if you email someone and they don't respond, you have no way of knowing if they are a subscriber or just not interested! All the other dating sites I have been on at least offer instant messaging and allow communication as long as one person is a paying member. I don't think they make this clear (it's probably in the fine print somewhere!) when you join or subscribe. I just figured it out when i emailed a couple of people who had winked at me and didn't hear back from them, but saw that they had been on in the last 24 hours. Also I tried to question match.com about this before i subscribed, but they never responded to my emails, so i took a chance and tried it. After i subscribed, they answered my email and admitted this. | |
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| What do you all think are the BEST sites then?
Posted: 1/10/2006 5:30:04 AM | So, instead of nothing but complaints, --- what sites have you found that ARE good???
I for one, would like to hear about them and what people have experienced on them | |
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Posted: 1/10/2006 5:51:05 AM | Hey Rob,
Yea Im on match.com ( same name as here ) and get the same thing,. I will get a few emails and when I try to reply I get asked to sign up and PAY.. no thanks! 8 ~9 times out of 10 though, if you look at the name they ( the ones that contact you )are useing at the time to mail you, more then likely you can find them on yahoo or aol or msn useing that name as well.
Good luck to you..
also isnt it funny how when you go to unsubscribe or havent checked email for a few days all of a sudden you get a lot of emails out of the blue from people interested ? I think sometimes its a set up to suck you in and get your money, because I have YET to meet anyone on match.com....still think POF is the Best by far.. close runner up is myspace | |
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Posted: 1/10/2006 7:01:33 AM | Been following this thread with interest, I too subscribed to match.com. After few contacts compared to other sites, I unsubscribed, then low and behold 2 emails and of course I can't see who they're from. I'm not paying again to see somebody I'm potentially not interested in - take note you men who think that the women who don't respond to you are just looking for attention, no we're just aware of throwing away money on a site not on you personally. I tried the 3 days free but got a message that it wasn't offered in my area. What does that mean? POF is by far the best site but I do like singleme.com. It's a pay site but very fair.
nesara | |
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Posted: 1/10/2006 8:59:11 AM | I actually paid for Intellisingles for about a month or so.....
Then I discovered POF, and never looked back. This place, by far, is the best. Just the forums alone are a great way to see how others think. | |
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Posted: 1/10/2006 10:23:54 AM | What I did with the dating sites that replaced my email was to use a secondary email in the message as they only replaced your registered email at that time.
As an example, if my registered email was bobby@hotmail.com, I would put my robert@yahoo.com address in any messages sent through that site.
Bobby | |
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| What do you all think are the BEST sites then?
Posted: 1/10/2006 5:28:07 PM | Iona,
I have found this site to be one of the best. Also I posted on hotornot.com and have gotten good results. It's only $6/month and it is easy to cancel if necessary and you don't have to do the rating system if you don't want. I have also had luck on dreammates.com, which uses the relationship exchange, so you are actually connected with several dating sites in one. It is a little more expensive than others, but they have specials alot, and if you keep an eye out, some months they run what they call Happy Hour, it is an hour selected random through out the day that any non-members can use the IM and email to contact anyone for that hour. They did this in Oct., 2004 and Dec., 2004., so I'd be watching for it in Feb. Good Luck! | |
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