Member Comments on Match.com

Was a member and was not successful; three month membership and only chatted with one woman on a couple occasions. Sent numerous emails but other than the one gal (and a couple chats) I had no dates and 60 some profile views.

Found several scam profiles and brought them to Match's attention. Had dozens of notices that "someone wants to meet you", only to find that their profile is inactive. Let's see, someone wants to meet me and the next day the profile doesn't exist. While I can't say Match.com is a complete scam, it's not as rife with fraud as other sites.

Match does check your profile, but the enforcement is hit or miss. I reported one gal because her profile said she wasn't a member but to contact her at i'm a hot chick at yahoo dot com. (not the addy but you get the idea). I mentioned on my profile that if you write to me, put Tiamat in the subject line so I know you read my profile and weren't a 'bot. (because I didn't want Match to use my account as a shill after I cancelled). They really didn't like that!

Not recommended, but your mileage may vary.

@Cindy What do you look like? If your are half decent, you can stay in my spare room at my house in London ;'D

@Dan Hi Dan, Just read your review and I have to agree with you 100% about some certain ladies. On the other hand there are those old fashion ladies that are seeking a wonderful man from the inside out. Of course looks play a role in both the male and female but looks can change in a heartbeat. I am certain that you will find that special lady and she will make you feel like a king.

Very interesting comment from someone -- 4-5 men for every 1 woman. Where did someone get that statistic? It's revealing in several ways. If older men knew that being against the population trend of more single older men than single older women they would not be inclined to waste their time on match.com.

I met my husband on match.com in 2008. We would have never met otherwise. :-)

@Dan You said it right brother...amen hehehe...it is funny how you read those dating profiles and they say sincere guy wanted and all...but then it's about looks looks looks...women are pretty superficial just as much as men are...they are just better at hiding it...what they say on their profile doesn't even match their pics and stuff...although i have had my fair share of luck on some sites...the women still have too much emotional baggage to ever consider marriage

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I wish that I could block my current entire state on Match.com. Where I live now is NOT important; I hate Kansas. So, my search for a mate is specifically outside of where I live now because I want to meet someone out of state and move! But I get most of my responses from the state I live in, so I never respond to any of them. Since I don't want men from my city/state contacting me...How do I block my state? Can I? Is this possible?

If I can do this it would make Match.com a perfect 5 star for me.

The worst website ever. I meet an man, he was so cute and nice and romeo with flowers and nice words and great promises and all was look like happy love story.. As soon we get married --after 1, 5 dating -- he become controller, rude, aggressive man. He beat me, cheat me, lied me.. I find out previously he was 6x married, have hundreds of lovers all over the world, have been liar all his life.

I think it is quite big portal, but maybe too big. If you are looking for the princess, let's try.

Wonderful reviews! I enjoyed reading this informative post

@Nancy Erskine Crabtree Hi, just click the tiny "account" link at the top of the page and you can find all of the settings there to switch-off your account, deactivate your profile or change your subscription. You can also stop the emails that they send to you if you want. You should not need to re-subscribe to do this. If you just cancelled your paid membership then you would have converted automatically back to a free member. That must be why your profile is still active on the site. Just log in as before and you should be able to change it.

@Dale I didn't know this when I closed my account. I assumed that once I did that, they wouldn't send out my profile and picture any more. Now, I have to re-subscribe to get back to my account.

@Mary Match.com kept sending me people who were clearly no match, such as men who were "separated.". But what really bothers me is that they keep sending out your profile, as part of other people's "Daily Five," even after you've resigned your membership and they can't contact you. Isn't this fraudulent?

Dan, you are right. I've also seen a lot of these reviews and the pattern does seem the same. Somebody has some minor problem on the site, can't send an email or thinks he/she has been billed too much, and bam, "let's go and write bad reviews everywhere as punishment". I have been on several dating sites and I would say Match is definitely among the better ones. You have to remember they have millions of members and in that lot there's always going to be some complainers. Provided you keep positive and stay open minded meeting someone is not difficult on there. BTW, I agree with Daniela you can't blame a site for an experience with one bad person. Be positive and as in any situation you have to use common sense until you really know someone, and by that I mean meeting in person, not chatting online. Good luck!

well the reviews for this site are not what i expected. i was about to sign up but have since changed my mind. thank you

I've read dozens of reviews for various sites and they all seem to share the same pattern, bad reviews outnumber the good ones 10-1!! i believe I'm quite a decent fella but I've been single for some time. On these sites, much like in real life, women claim to want a nice guy, you know, 'the perfect man' stuff! Fact is, they don't care if you're a good person, they are only interested if you have god-like looks and a chiselled body!! I'm no oil painting but I'm certainly not ugly. I haven't had sex for a long time but that's some way down the list of what I'm looking for! I would rather spend my entire monthly wage spoiling a great girl than going out with the lads! Has this got me any nearer to a meaningful relationship? Of course not! My philosophy is simple... it's 2011, we no longer have to do all the chasing! If a girl is genuinely interested, she will make the effort to talk to you! Using this theory I may be single for the rest of my life but it's better than having my feelings smashed by some superficial tart on an ego trip!!

@John Baker Look under the "my account" tab, the buttons to switch off your account and hide profile are in there. They work.

I have been off match for over 4 months. They will not let me hide my profile. I am still receiving winks and e-mails along with weekly matches. They continue to harass while cause problems with my girlfriend (not from match). When will they stop! I have been a good customer for the last 7 years, is this the way to treat a good customer! I will never return to match even if it was free!

@Yanis You can't blame the site for one bad experience with one man.

Looking for fling with girls and women. I'm 6ft4 tall muscular and handsome new to this looking forward to meeting interesting girls and women who are beautiful, as i believe girls will be interested when they see me face to face absolutely I'm sure.