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.
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Was an Eharmony member for about 9-12 months. I did not purchase a full year at once. Instead I added on 1 month here, 3 months there.
I always found it interesting that as I neared my “expiration” date either interesting matches suddenly appeared to begin communication OR if I was already communicating with a match but not yet in open communication (meaning Eharmony was still the “gate keeper” of our communication) replies from my match that seemed to take a long time to reach me suddenly would appear RIGHT BEFORE my expiration date.
What a racket they got going by “controlling” the communications between matches!
If you’re a member… observe the timing of communication activity and the nearing of your expiration date.
After a 3 month membership, and 40-50 matches with only 3 or 4 photos, I cancelled. They then kept sending me matches trying to get me to rejoin with the slogan, “communicate and see photos”. I was not going to fall for that again and filed a complaint on them with the California BBB. Their advertising is false and misleading. You can only see photos if posted and then only if the person allows it. So, Eharmony has no control over this as they would have you to believe. The eharmony experience is like ” a blind man going on a date in a cave, at midgnight”
I have been on eHarmony for several months. I signed up for a year and I will phone one month ahead and notify them & the bank that I will NOT sign up again. I was beginning to think I had 3 heads. I agree with all of the above. If someone doesn’t close out a match or the fail to communicate or just ignore you, they lead you on to a certain point and BANG they close out the match with some stupid excuse like you have a dog and I am highly alerigic. or our families are too different, some crazy excuse when they do not even know me. Most of the fat, bald old men want a Barbie doll or a nurse or a purse. They have no idea what they are missing. I am starting to think that I love and I mean Love being alone.