MatchReviews 1,220

I used this site 9 years ago with great fare. Signed up this time, paid for a 6 month subscription. There are literally no people on the site who are active; at least in the US or who aren't a scam. After aspiring two mail order brides and a scammer who asked for $3k within 4 days of speaking to me I tried to cancel and get a refund for 5 months (felt that was fair as I used the service for 15 days). They refused to refund anything "because I used the site". No service guarantees, no customer service. Was hung up on twice by their "service" reps. Ended up disputing the charge with my credit card company and when i went to the BBB to file a complaint low and behold their accreditation was revoked.

I was auto renewed when I didn't want the service. I asked for a pro rated refund thinking it was a fair compromise. They refused.

When you sign up but don't pay, they will bait you in with lots of emails and attention, most of it seemed bogus.

I had used and discontinued my account from a year ago, I asked it to be deleted and I still received emails from women, so they did not delete my account as requested. I'm a private person and don't appreciate that.

I wouldn't use them again in the future, seems like a scam and they got me for $75.

I sighed up for this site because I thought I could meet a women on here. I also joined because my mom found her significant other on here. I sighed up and filled out my profile. Added a profile picture. Payed for the site. I choose the cheapest membership there was. I started messaging women and the that peaked my interest. None of them responded. I read there profiles and say that many of them were not looking for a guy like me. Most of them wanted a guy that was much taller than them and from the same ethnicity as them. So I did not meet most of the my matches criterias. None of the women I messaged responded back. Some of them I gave my phone number to in the message in case they could not respond to any messages. I never received a phone call or text message from them. So this site get zero stars if I could give zero stars. Also the memberships here are too expensive.

I agree with some reviewers: If you can't make it on Match or Mingle2day you are not gonna make it on any other site. There are 1000s of dating sites and trust me: Those two are the only sites which worked for me. Sure, I have used dating apps, but that is just to spend some time if you are bored.

IMO: Go out guys, meet girls offline! It works just great! And if you still want to do online dating: Go for those (few) established sites!

When you sign up for this site it gives you the option of 3,6 or 12 months. If you dig around some you can find that there is a one month option. Good, you want to test the waters and try it out before committing to the longer term subscriptions. But, they bury in their "term and service" an auto billing clause, that they seem to think is as ironclad as the fabled "Massey Prenup" because when you call and ask for a refund they tell you to basically go fly a kite. This auto renew clause is obviously part of their business model and any company which relies on this type of behavior is shady at best. Stay away from this company. You will get ripped off.

It is the second time in two years that I tried this dating site.
In my case it is always the same. You set up your search criteria and they send you everything else. I wasn't looking for a smoker. They sent me profiles from smoker. I was looking for a slender or athletic or thin woman. They offered the opposite. I was looking for a woman not older than 47. They offered profiles of women above 50.
I have contact them three times. All they say is I should change my setup. But there was no mistake in the setup. Than they said they have not enough match for me and that's why they looking for the nearest possibility? This site is not worth it to get angry. Just stay away from it. Take care

I get loads of messages from beautiful women who turn out to be from other countries trying to scam money out of you. Women get much the same from Nigerians etc.
Not one woman I met looked like their profile, many lie about there age and that they have kids. Since the guy who raped those women he found on match.com, any dispute is dealt with by siding with the woman and we have all come across weird, neurotic women who can take insult where non is given (like being with my ex again).
Match did get warned for their unethical practices when it came to cancelling. I have had money taken out of my account which should not have been and I am one of thousands.
Every review site gives them appalling reviews so why do we continue to go on it. STAY AWAY!

So, I challenge you to give this site a try, and see if you can find one woman who is NOT lying about her weight and/or age and/or kids (in that order), then find a guy who is NOT lying about his hairline, and/or his weight, and/or income (in that order). Seems like most people are lying about their martial status anyway, but why lie about anything - ever? Do you think the other person will not notice that you are far heavier, and/or not nearly as young as your photos? Then what happens when you start dating and find out they lied about their age by five to ten years. Five is easier to get away with, but I have been trounced by both, and they both ended the same way - with me running screaming. My advice: If you meet someone on a date, and they clearly misrepresented themselves, just excuse yourself immediately and RUN. People, what you don't see in the photos is the part that will shock you the most. Oh, one final word of advice - pick the ugliest photo of them - that is who will invariably show up on the date. Think I am kidding? I am not. Good luck to those of you who are wasting time and money on this abomination of the decline of our moral civilization... oh, wait. That's been dead for years. Haha, sorry - welcome to match.com
P.S. Owned and operated by Ticketmaster...

I signed up for the buy 6 months get 6 months free deal, wish I didn't sign up at all, I must have liked and messaged 70 people and only got one brief response. Got a couple of winks but then when I messaged them I got no response. Most of the profiles are people who aren't paying memebers and can't message you this is apparent because the site offers you the ability to "let" them message you for 3 dollars a person. I don't know what I was thinking!

I have been a match.com member for the last 6 months, but received very little interest in my profile... until I cancelled! Now, all of the sudden I am receiving emails almost every single day. My profile shouldn't even be available since I am no longer a member but match has sent me at least one-sometimes more-email for the last 17 out of 20 days. Bogus, rip off company.

OK so here it is... I have been on many sites and there are pluses and minuses. I started at Match and went back as many do... However, here are the major drawbacks as I see them.

1) The women are spoiled on there. Meaning there are so many guys on the site that the women get buried in requests and they become so picky that they are mainly looking for reasons to NOT meet you instead of reasons why you might be worthwhile. I had one woman admit that to me.

2) Many of the women are unrealistic. Many women seem to think because of all the attention they get that they are more amazing then they are and probably pick the wrong guys to actually meet (smooth players) and then get disenfranchised and become impossible to connect with.

3) Many of the women lie... I have heard the men do too. I put the truth on my profile... about my age and my photos were very accurate but I can tell you the 70% of the women I met did not look nearly as good as their photos. A huge number lie about their age as well and I hear the men do too.

I get the lying about your age thing because it eliminates you out of a search group and everyone wants the youngest best looking person they can find but it is very unproductive and wastes a lot of time.

4) Also after a year I kept seeing the same women in my search parameters and I have either met them or they blew me off by then. LOL

5) One more thing, there is a way you can hide your profile where only women you contact can see your profile... There is an extra charge for this but it is well worth it, otherwise you get constant emails from women outside anything you are interested in... if you just want attention it is fine but it also wastes a lot of time.

Notes:

Put on your bullet proof emotional vest and don't take anything too personal. It is the coldest hard core situation... at first I felt bad not answering emails and felt badly when mine were ignored... DON'T! It is a DOG EAT DOG world on Match.com

Match needs to put some sort of verification processes in place regarding appearance and background.

All in all I think there are too many guys chasing too few women on the site.