Posted: 4/27/2004 4:14:24 PM EDT
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Anybody use Eharmony, a buddy of mine asked if I knew anything about it, so I told him I'd ask the crew here. I figure if this bunch hasn't seen it or done it, it's not worth seeing or doing. Thanks! Michael |
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My wifes best friend has had a bad time with dating every since high school, so she tried Eharmony and fell in love with the first matchup. They will be celebrating their 2nd wedding anniversary this May. It seems to work. Dr. Neil Clark Warren is a really respected guy in the Christian writers catagory. BASE-RIGGER |
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My room mate tried it. He was told he had 3 matches....all in other states. I'm not impressed. I've been divorced for over 15 yrs now. All I've been looking for is a 30 - 40 yr old cutie that likes shooting, camping, action movies and going out and having fun. All I've been able to find are psycho, bi-polar divorced women usually equipped with un-disciplined brats for kids. All the good ones are taken.  I'll stay divorced thank you. |
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I have tried both Match.com and Eharmony. Match.com allows the user to browse through profiles and see pictures of other users that fit a general search request. The user gets to pick and choose which profiles (and photos) appeal to him or her. However, when you finally want to communicate with your chosen match, that is when you must pay a membership fee. Match.com will then allow you to send e-mails to your choices without revealing your "real" e-mail address. What you do from that point is up to you and your match. EHarmony is different. After you log on, you must set up a profile and then take a psych test. This test allows the EHarmony computer to select a match for you. When (and if) they find a match, they will send both of you e-mails telling you so, along with a very brief outline of the potential match. The match may live nearby, or they may live on the other side of the country. They do NOT give either of you a photo at this time. This is the point at which you must decide whether or not to pay a membership fee. I never got any farther than this, because I didn't want to pay for the right to see a profile that may match me psychologically but has a photo that doesn't appeal to me. After a while, EHarmony will again send you an e-mail telling you that they have discovered another match, and again ask you if you want to buy a membership. I went through this cycle 9 times with them, only getting a thumbnail sketch and never a picture or a e-mail from the candidate. Just more come-ons for membership fees, and the occasional offer of a cut-rate pricing deal. I never paid. I feel that EHarmony has some very sophisticated advertisements and software that are primarily designed to seperate you from the contents of your wallet. I think that EHarmony had all, or almost all, of the 9 matches they offered me on the very first day that I entered my profile. They just held them back and trickled them out, one and two at a time, trying to get me to buy a membership in the blind. I eventually went with Match.com, where I dated 3 different women. I am still dating the latest one, three plus months after meeting with her. At least there you can see what you are getting into first. Steve |
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I bought a membership to Eharmony. They set me up with about 20 "matches" until I lost interest. Most of the "matches" wouldn't respond or would respond once and that was it. They garantee you matches, but they could completely fake that because there is no garantee that you will even talk to let alone met in person a match. Also the site seems like most of the women are looking for husbands, not just someone to date. Match.com on the otherhand I've heard good things about. Just the other day at a table I was waiting on, I overheard that the one guy had met his girlfriend there. Match.com is cheaper AND you get to see pics first. |
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Ironically, I filled out their psych profile on eHarmony 2 days ago. Spent about 45 minutes answering all of their damned questions. Got to the end and was informed that they had zero matches for me. Checked out their psychological evaluation of me though and it seemed right on. I've had better luck with match.com and kiss.com. At least I get matches on those two. Unfortunately, most of them are either BBWs (not interested in the BBWs) or I'll trade one or two e-mails with someone before they disappear off the face of the planet. |
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Didn't have any better or worse luck with eHarmony. Not many matches. I was an early subscriber though and have considered re-upping to see if it has changed. Nerve.com is good because you buy credits, basically it's a dollar a credit. You spend them when you want to contact someone. Thought it was a good idea, but didn't turn out any better. Maybe I'm just a schmoo........ 
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I had some time to kill at work & filled out the eharmony questionaire. It told me I was unmatchable. I guess a computer can't handle a tattooed biker that with a master's degree that likes to cook and shoot. Good thing I'm not depending on the internet to get laid. |
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Yeah I've tried it. Piece of crap site. Just like all dating sites. After taking my time filling out the questionaire and plunking in some cash. I had 10 matches. 3 of which were local. 5 out of state. And 2 in state. Never got anything out of it. Cancelling membership was a bitch. Just like Match.com. Took me tons of phone calls and e-mails, but they kept dinging my account. I finally had to go to the bank and dispute all the charges and have them stop it. Roughly a 4-6month process. Then they had the audacity to ask me why I cancelled. CAUSE YOUR SERVICE DID NOT WORK!!! Dating services for me is like going on my own, I just get ignored. I miss CA women. |
Ditto my experience. The things I don't like about eharmony are: 1) There doesn't seem to be a user friendly feedback function. That is, if they're doing something you don't like with your matches, I don't know how to set them back onto the right track. 2) The "matchmakers" seems to feel that what they think is best for you is just what you will have to accept. I really don't like this attitude on their part. 3) They were very poor at matching me with people whio were geographically available. When you're in your fifties and have a job, house, responsibilities, hobbies, etc. (that is to say a LIFE!) you simply are not going to drive fifty miles to take someone out for dinner, no matter how compatable the two of you are. The "GUD" factor (geographically undesireable) gets bigger the older you get. 4) There isn't any way to specify "vital" criteria. And related to this, and this is the thing that REALLY put me off, was a section of the questionaire in which you were required to choose from a list of about thirty-five SERIOUS character flaws, only TEN that you absolutely would not tolerate in an individual. My final list included approximately THIRTY things I will NOT tolerate and I was allowed to list only TEN! The problem here, in case you think I'm the one who's being unreasonable, is that these character flaws were ALL VERY serious. Listed were things like; drug addiction, infidelity, lying, stealing, deliberate cruelty, refusal to maintain personal hygene, etc. It was impossible to choose only ten things from a list like this. eharmony can go to Hell as far as I'm concerned. 
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I signed up for it but it cost too much damn money so I never joined to meet any of these girls. I've been on match.com for a few years now off and on. I like it the best and it's easy to cancel(in my experience) when I've wanted too. The keyword for match.com is look for teachers because you'll get plenty of 'tang that is unless you are lordtrader |