Here’s a revealing review from a client of mine and pretty much sums up what I hear from everyone:
I signed up for a three month membership through e-Harmony. I was sent initially several matches. Surprisingly of the ones i was slightly interested in none responded to requests for communication. Of the few that i did make initial contact with it was terribly obvious during our first date that we had no chemistry and our personalities were oil and water!
Here comes the good part. I let my subscription expire…I didn’t cancel it. I still get matches in my email even though my account is not active! Which of course makes me think..hmmm….of all the supposed matches they sent me I wonder just how many did not have an active account????
I made a very nasty phone call to e-Harmony who coughed up a free three month extension. I have gotten total squat for matches. Again the same scenario…no communication, matches that are totally out of line. I am sure that when these three months expire then I will suddenly get a few matches worth looking at in the hopes that I will renew my membership.
I plan to call and ask “What percentage of your members report a successful long term relationship after being matched by your system?” and “What percentage of us report that your service is garbage and a waste of our money”??? I would also like to know if the commercial engagements and marriages are actors or actual matches through e-Harmony?
Regardless…it is sad and unfortunate that e-Harmony is commercializing on the fact of life that we all need and want someone special to love and cherish.
Save your time/money, avoid e-Harmony and stick with top dating sites like Match and Perfect Match.
Hi, I've been a matchmaker for many years and have experience with just about every dating site out there. I have thoroughly reviewed and rated the best
First they match me with a coworkers exhusband, then they match me with my exhusband(which scared me away from the website-his profile of course was full of misconceptions)so I thought I would redo my personality profile(which they don’t want to do)then I was matched with my girlfriend’s exboyfriend. I have given up on them and basically all internet dating sites. Don’t don’t where to meet a nice man now! lol
I am a single good looking female living in the city. I have a good job and am a fun person. I thought I would try E- Harmony as a side thing. I joined in January and received many, many matches. I went on about three dates all of these men turned out to be very very weird and were not compatible whatsoever. I signed up for a three month membership which they automatically renewed without my knowledge for another month. When I resigned they immediately began to send me new matches that requested communication. Since I still had a month left I went in to the site, curiously none of these members ever continued communication. WARNING - E - Harmony is a big scam, communications are not put through and people are manipulating communications between members. This site should be reported and exposed for what it is A BIG SCAM. If you are reading this and thinking about joining please do not, it is a waste of time and money.
I signed up with eharmony because of name recognition and the fact that there are more female than male members. (Perhaps a source of some of the problems mentioned here?)
I feel the personality profile is marketing. At first, I received maybe 6 matches a day but that is now maybe 2 per day. Unfortunately, the new matches are admitted by eharmony to be “out of parameter” matches — meaning vastly different ages.
I have met about 5 people in a month. Not too bad but some live far away. No “hits” so far in terms of chemistry.
Dating was a lot easier when I was younger (I’m divorced). By the second date, we were usually “in sync” and I had great relationships. Of course, these are basically blind dates and age may play a role.
Until, I join a different site I can’t really review this one. (I have heard some bad things about match.com from eharmony.com members). I do think there are too many women in a lower age bracket (vs. the number of men) so they are sending me these non-starter matches.
The women I’ve met are wrong for me but seemingly high-quality — albeit demanding and perhaps looking for perfection. So I’m playing the numbers game right now. And have a date through a third party — unfortunately, this one is also basically blind.
I think I’m going to drop on-line dating and go on the prowl — although I know how hard this can be, too.