Reviews of Match.com

Signed up 2 days ago and initially was pleasantly surprised to get 8 winks in 2 days but still waited to see how it went. Then today I got a wink from what I thought was a great gal from what I read in her profile but couldn't email her until I signed up, so that's what I did. I signed up for 3 months for $50.
I emailed the gal a very nice email and while I waited for a response I thought I would take a look at the other ladies that had sent me a wink but guess what? All 8 profiles were no longer active?? From 2 days ago! What a coincidence.
I'm starting to think that the winks were sent to me just to get me to sign up and it worked! I feel taken.
It's to no surprise that I haven't received an email from the gal that I wrote to either. I guess she's fake also.
Called paypal to request a stop payment because the payment still had not come out of my account but they said the payment had already been sent to them and would need to take it up with them which is what I was trying to avoid due to all the negative reviews I read AFTER I signed up. Should have done that first.
Tried calling Match but they are closed until Monday. We'll see what happens.

i signed up for a 1 month subscription , and im glad thats all i did, i do a nice profile, i get a lot of winks, they do not respond, they seem to disppear, i really do believe that are fake to get u to sign up, i put in the distance, i get every one out of state and even out of the country. i believe this is a scam, and they do not screen any one,i met some one , his whole profile was a lie. he had been in prison for most of his adult life, he gave me nothing but problems,he was a lier, a thief and was very abusive. u are better off to meet some one in the real world, not a fake one, this site is a 0 not even a 1.

If there were negative stars I would give my experience with Match.com just that. I filled everything out HONESTLY (to include my salary range).....MISTAKE!! In the first 5 days......let me say that again.....5 days, I had 5 scammers. Each one told me he was overseas doing contract work, and that he had his profile removed because he was so intrigued by me that there just can't be another woman for him. Written english was NOT in any english sentence structure I knew of, AND each one often cut & paste the wrong script. Had one guy tell me he was looking for his prince charming. My confirmation they were scammers.....I had a brief moment of stupidity and gave out my phone number. He called and while I only heard his voice briefly.....it did NOT sound like a born & bred guy from Dallas, TX. I IMMEDIATELY had my number changed. I can't trust ANYTHING on that site, and have ordered a new CC so Match.com doesn't get any crazy ideas despite my cancellation.

I went out with a man calling himself Javajunkie_iso. The first date he wanted to go back to his place red flag #1. Red flag #2 he was asking questions about his profile what I liked and didn't like. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and went on a coffee date. Met him at Starbucks had a nice time but red flag #3 stated he was getting more hits on his new updated profile. Red flag #4He also had to see his daughter in Bishop because his ex's car was on the blink. Red flag #5 on the way out the door his "ex" said HI he said bye to me made a lame excuse and went back inside. I was left there at the door feeling like an idiot. I called him on this and he became angry and indignant.
Match.com and a couple of other dating sites are a joke. The men use the sites to keep a steady stream of women.

Watch out for the guy who has "Flyordie"... in his profile. He is a serial dater. Always claims he is going to 'see his son' or see his 'daughter and grandchild' when he has another MatchDate lined up. We had plans but I found out he had 3 ladies lined up on the same day as me. You will hear his life story, MrOHSOSINCERE he is LOOKING for THELASTLOVEOFHISLIFE. No, he isnt, he is going to PLAY you. He claims women 'give him their phone numbers' on the first MATCHMAIL. Full of himself and his Psych 101 approach to life.
BEWARE. Then *POOF* he is gone and you will not hear his voice again.

I had 6 dates over a period of less than a year. The men were nothing like their profiles, therefore lying right from the start. My dates were nightmares. Keep in mind, I'm 59. Here's a few, wanted sex on the first date, wanted to know how much money I had, was I set up good for retirement and it goes down hill from there. I will never waste my time on Match again! Be careful ladies. I've been around the block a few times and caught on to the games these men were playing quite quickly. My profile was honest, isn't that the whole idea?

I bought a 3-month subscription for my son. After the 3 months ended, they automatically billed my credit card for another 3 months (at $63.93). I tried to contact them through their website, but could not get through because I do not have my son's password/username.
I called them today and spoke with a supervisor (Cassandra). The best she could do for me was to refund $26.63 on my credit card, charging me the highest rate for one month. She told me that I should have purchased a "gift card subscription" to avoid automatically being charged again without my permission. This site is a rip-off!!! After reading other complaints, during the 3 months that my son was signed up, he got only 4 matches. He had a lot of trouble with the e-mails also. DON'T BUY INTO THIS!!! Do your research and sign up with a more reliable site who is not out to rip you off.

This is one of many personals sites my dear husband has been kicked off of over the past two years for lying about his marital status and stalking. They didn't catch him, I did, and I have no way of knowing how many other singles sites he's registered on. I met him on yahoo personals 6 years ago and everything in his profile was a lie, including his marital status. for 9 months I dated a married man, he quietly divorced and later married me. I found out two years into the marriage that I had been a part of an adulterous relationship. Not only was his online profile a lie, but he was convicted of abuse of a previous spouse and abused my family as well, all while maintaining a personals ad looking for his next victim. I am sure this site is doing ALMOST everything it can to keep predators like him off their site, but there are other safeguards that can be put into place and ultimately online dating on any site is just not safe. We are still legally married, I have a restraining order against him, I carry a handgun to protect me and my children from him and he still regularly registers on dating sites looking for YOU. They do not check to see if you are married, they don't look to see if you are convicted of violent crime and if you register under another name/email address there is no way to tell if you've been kicked off the site before for violating their terms of service. Go out in the real world and find the love of your life. This way just isn't safe.

I actually like Match. I joined 4 months ago and at the age of 55, I've been on several first dates with professional, interesting, nice men. Here's the thing: Great pictures and writing honestly about who you really are is the first priority. If you're 'adventurous', then give an example from your life that demonstrates that quality. If you want to find an exciting, intelligent, positive man, then you have to be that kind of a person too and it has to come across in your profile. You're not filling out a job application, so show off your best physical attributes in a tasteful way! And if your profile is full of don'ts and won'ts with a laundry list of qualities you won't tolerate, well then, that's exactly what you'll attract into your life. Be positive, yet sincere.

I think 'winks' are fine. If I'm interested, I wink back and sometimes an email lands in my inbox from an interested guy. I like to keep the initial emails light and fun. I'm not a big fan of phone calls either. At some point, you both have to want to meet or it's time to move on. I have found that a cleverly written profile does not always mean that the person is clever or smart or interesting in person. But sometimes they are!

About the scammers and the players; they're easy to spot and easy to ignore. It's the desperate women that reach out to them. And that's what they're looking for. If you have doubts, listen to yourself. Just use common sense!

Finally, just have fun with Match. Don't take it so seriously. It's just one avenue available to you. But it's definitely better than EHarmony or PerfectMatch. Good luck!

I have been on and off of Match for the past year+. I am not encouraged at the number of prospects found, 2 dates in that time and very few contacts. My main reason for writing this is in regards to a man who I met on a different website, I thought we hit it off great and we responded for a month, thru emails and chatting/messaging. Things just started not adding up and decided to do some research, and found out he had posted a profile with a different location, different state for where he went to college, etc. The said part he was pretending to be a US soldier in Iraq, which I found out since has become a huge problem. The dating site where I met him has since removed his profile. I found him on Match the next day and reported him as well and so far have not seen his photo come up, with yet a third location. What bothers me the most is comments like the most recent posted here, to quote:
"About the scammers and the players; they're easy to spot and easy to ignore. It's the desperate women that reach out to them. And that's what they're looking for."
This is just NOT true--they are OFTEN easy to spot and SOMETIMES easy to ignore, but some are VERY SOPHISTICATED and even sound educated. I was sure I could spot one easily and have read lots on internet safety. My suggestion and my standard from now on, 3 forms of id/verification/criminal check or people search and phone calls to show location--this is not out of line. One cannot be too careful and Match has problems just like any other social networking site, ALWAYS beware!