| Match.com and others
Posted: 1/15/2007 11:00:08 PM | I read Becca3 and I am thinking ,hmmmm. I know that I get date site spam now. I am paying on match dotcom and get NO emails from men. I am not a dog either. But I met a man outside of that site that gets at least 3 emails a day from new and different women. He uses the dates to get one night stands and then moves on. Granted the age group is older(he is 64), but just seems odd to me. When I email male profiles I get prehaps one reply of "no thanks" for every 15 emails I send.The others send nothing.Yet it shows them online daily.
All these bits and peices of info in these postings leads me to feel that there are fake profiles of MEN also.Of the 4 emails I have received all have broken English and very poor grammer. I think the "shared sites" idea is really bad. One site in Antarctica shared with one in New York..who ya gonna meet? LOL!! Is it prehaps that the NUMBERS are scewed in relationship sites..like 5 women to every man..? I think the STATS AND PRICE should be displayed on the HOMEPAGE of every date site.Then you know if odds are in your favor. If I see 2,000 members are men and 45,000 are female, I might as well just go out to a movie alone than spend it on another "squeeze that single for all they are worth " site. Searching is bummer enough without introducing false hope and rip offs into the picture. | |
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| Match.com are irresponsible
Posted: 1/16/2007 5:32:44 AM | I've tried a few sites and it dawned on me ...WHY are they charging me to meet people? I've been on yahoo personals, match.com, american singles and realized that they all are just out to make a buck when in actuality WE are the ones doing the "leg work" to meet someone!
This I realized after a friend I met on AS told me about this site! (Thanks John!:))
This site offers more to me than the other sites as well...because most people on here are local enough to actually MEET! LOL
I felt the same way as other people who posted to your question about when someone sends you an e-mail and their actual e-mail address is deleted and you have no way to contact them unless you pay, they are probably thinking you are just being rude by not replying.
Not to mention that in any of them you can't put any e-mail address, phone numbers or anything like that in your profile! Well why not?? It doesn't mean you are going to find the right person right away anyways and not use their service anymore...and if you choose to put your information out there for all to see knowing it's for all to see then who are they to oppose? MAybe they feel they will be held responsible in some way if someone stalks someone? If that is the case the why don' they just put a stipulation in the agreement ( free of course LOL) that they won't be held liable and leave it at that?
All I know is that I find this site worth my time and am thankful it's free! | |
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| You have to pay on match.com and it isn't worth it
Posted: 1/16/2007 4:10:53 PM |
you get what you pay for
That isn't always true.
FREE is not better than some of the payPer Models
I do not agree. I've made more contacts here than I have made anywhere else. From what I've seen match.com borders on being a scam and they have been sued. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 1/16/2007 5:55:43 PM | | I had to offer my two cents. I apologize but I didn't read all the messages on this topic, however, someone that I am familiar with put there address in American singles and I believe match this way: "Please knowt, due knot zend male hear, right to ***** aght ay owe ehl daught calm, oh kaye - thanks".. I took out the email address, but you get the point. Ironically it's still posted to the site, someone there let that one slip through. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 1/16/2007 7:29:29 PM | i tried match.com.
when i subscribed they had the option of paying a bit more but allowing others to contact you both ways. i think they got rid of that last time i looked on it, and they also added a whole lot of other features that actually made it really difficult to use the site. one of my mates refered me to the site long ago... im not sure if he still uses it. ill ask him and get back to you. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 1/16/2007 7:47:10 PM | 'Lovehappens' you can't contact without paying, they read every single thing you write, AND there is no delete button, you have to email them directly and ask them to delete your profile, there is no option for you to just leave the site!!!! | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 1/16/2007 10:06:08 PM | It took me a very long time to stop my membership at Yahoo Personalls and Match.com .
As far as I am concerned they are the worst sites. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 1/17/2007 6:11:39 AM | I think most of the posters on here have learned that paid dating sites are a total ripoff. 2 years ago I joined Adult Friend Finder and didn't have much success there. IMHO I think AFF probably has the largest membership (no pun intended!) of any online dating site. Years ago I was an AOL subscriber and found that most of the girls in their chatrooms were just that, underaged girls. And Dr. Phil, if he were single he'd have his pick of women simply because of his height and wealth. And I'm sure Match.com is paying him the big bucks to promote their site.
I hate it when a site claims to be free. You fill out your profile and in order to even contact somebody, you have to become a paying member. On Friend Finder and Adult Friend Finder you have to be a paying member just to even look at someone else's profile! No thanks, next! The only reason I would pay to join a site like that is because they've been in business for over 10 years (= lots of members) and they're worldwide. But when you analyze it, how many of those thousands of members are actually PAYING members? If I were to start a paid dating site, you'd have to pay just to put up a profile. Of course, I would get no members signing up, but that's beside the point. But it would be equitable and fair.
A few years ago I had some gay co-workers and they went to a site with free chat to meet other guys. I finally came to the conclusion that in America it's easier to find a sex partner of the same sex than it is to find one of the opposite sex. But I'm not attracted to other guys, sorry.
I have had some success with a site called TLC Worldwide. They specialize in women from Latin America. You buy a catalog with women's names and addresses and write them. Some have e-mail. It's free for the women to sign up. I speak fluent Spanish, so I've done pretty well with that service. But basically most of the women there want to get married. Sure, some may want a green card, but most want a guy who won't cheat on them. That service would be considered by most to be a "mail-order bride" one. I know an older man in my state who used Cherry Blossoms years ago and found himself a bride from Indonesia. Of course, it takes money to go visit someone in their country and then bring them here and marry them, but for the most part it's cheaper than the average American wedding. And if you don't have money in the first place, then you're not ready to get married. Now that I've said that, I'll probably start getting e-mails from gold diggers! 
Of course, some disadvantages of having a foreign girlfriend is that in many cases she doesn't speak English. And you can't just live together. The government has to approve and you have to get married.
Don't get me wrong. I have met some good American women. The problem was that they were already taken.  | |
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| Spam from paid dating sites
Posted: 1/17/2007 6:19:22 AM | If you're a Yahoo e-mail user and you want to stop spam from paid dating sites, then here are the steps:
Be signed in (duh!) > go to "Options" > "Block Addresses" > put in the domain name (the part AFTER the at [@] sign) > click "Add Block".
I've gotten fake e-mails from Mate1 and Amateur Match. Paid dating sites suck, no ifs, ands or buts. Well, maybe butts if you're on Adult Friend Finder. | |
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| Spam from paid dating sites
Posted: 1/21/2007 9:27:32 AM | i work at a bank and this women who i had gotten on the phone with decided that i was so nice that she'd share her life story with me. Turns out she was on match.com and met a "great" guy well he sent her a cashiers check or a money order, cashed it for him and kept like 2 grand of it herself...turns out that check was fraudlant and she had already wired the money back to him (stupid stupid stupid) and she was responsible for that amt of money and the best part was she tells me "i dumped my great boyfriend of 9 years for this man" i wanted to laugh so hard at that moment but i didn't.
I joined eharmony.com because well i had about 10 friends who met people on there and they are all getting married. yeah right by the time i would wake up every monrning and see my new matches half of them would be closed for "other" reasons. i've told eharmony 900xs that they need to make it so they can write a reason instead of stating "other" i'd like to know what turned them off on my profile ya know? | |
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| Spam from paid dating sites
Posted: 1/21/2007 10:14:57 AM | I kept getting those create your free profile for E-Harmony so I did.
One of the questions is: Name 5 Things You Can't Live Without.
My Answer?
Plenty of Fish, It's Free
Now I just hope some of the people that read my profile are smart enough to figure that out. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 2/3/2007 4:28:00 PM | | Gawd yes!! I got so sick of getting 10-15 emails (all posted at the same time, I might add) telling me I had winks from guys that didn't even look at my profile. Try getting off that site... you have to call them to take your profile off and good luck getting someone to answer. Finally, after many months of inactivity, I stopped getting those emails. I suspect that True and other such sites make it difficult to remove your profile so that they can "legitimately" boast a huge membership base. Shame on them... and thanks POF for making online dating so much easier. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 2/3/2007 4:40:10 PM |
Finally, after many months of inactivity, I stopped getting those emails.
It's too late now but I highly recommend not using your main email address for signing up on dating (and many other types) sites. That way you can drop the address when you quite the site. Eventually they'll get the hint from the bounces but you won't have to care how long it takes. | |
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| Match.com are irresponsible
Posted: 2/3/2007 5:10:20 PM | | Match.com is a total RIP-OFF.......they even have fake people message you to lure you into joining.....................the FCC should investigate them and shut it down | |
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| Match.com are irresponsible
Posted: 2/3/2007 5:12:03 PM | | Match.com is a total RIP-OFF. They will even have a fake person message you to lure you into joining. The FCC should investigate and shut them down. | |
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| Match.com are irresponsible
Posted: 2/3/2007 5:17:54 PM | Hi:
I absolutely agree with you. I refuse to even acknowledge that site. They are a serious rip off and I have asked them to explain themselves regarding not being able to even respond when you get an e-mail.
I would advise everyone to stay away from that site. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 2/3/2007 5:32:19 PM | | Notice how most of these high profile dating sites charge about $15 to $30 per monthly fee (except POF of course). Wonder why some entrepreneuring organization does not have a user friendly, function-rich site charging say $5 to $10 a month. That would be more price attractive and may retain customers for longer periods. I notice on Yahoo or Match that a lot of members drop out a lot quicker....gets old shelling out frivolous $$ per mo. to Yahoo or Match. Sometimes you DONT get what you pay for...... | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 2/3/2007 5:48:01 PM | | AmateurMatch is a complete fraud. Don't believe that any of the girls are actually writing these e-mails. Not only are the subjectlines and content identical a lot, but I am getting e-mails from accross the state, WA, indicating that "we live so close." Sometimes the profiles even look fake. The location will say one thing and the description will say she lives somewhere else. A little confusing . . . or fake. | |
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| Match.com and others
Posted: 2/4/2007 7:09:16 AM | Another thing that Match.com will do is....after you have already paid them...they will block you from the site for sharing your home e-mail address.
They will not refund your money either...RIP-OFF | |
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Joined: 1/18/2007
Msg: 150 | |
| Match.com are irresponsible
Posted: 2/4/2007 9:56:26 AM | | How are they acting irresponsible? Because you don't think they should make money doesn't mean that it's not a viable, legal business. How are you deceived? How is this trickery? They have no illusions about who and what they are... | |
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