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
All I can say is that eHarmony is a waste of your time and your good money. They will send you profiles that are not even your match. eHarmony is a joke and should be investigated.
I’d like to add that Chemistry.com is doing the same thing that e-Harmony is doing: making expired member profiles available to current members in order to do two things. First, to entice the expired member to rejoin, and second to provide profiles to the current members. The vast majority of the profiles I was sent, which I contacted, never replied!!! I even sent multiple nudges. Chemistry.com is just another scam as far as I’m concerned.
After about 4 months on eHarmony, I’ve been matched with over 100 men. Of those, one was an incredible match. We have so much in common that it’s scary. Frankly, I was damn surprised to discover this. We are taking things slowly - no commitment.
However, I agree that the system can make you crazy. So many matches who don’t communicate or when they find out what job you have, close the match. Communication seems to take forever. So many don’t communicate at all. I haven’t had the problem with distance. My matches have all been within my requested radius. When I updated my profile I received a whole bunch of new matches. I just wonder how many are real.
I am worried after reading these reviews regarding cancelling the membership. I don’t intend on staying with eHarmony. Thanks to the person who gave advice about deleting all your information and following up on cancelling your membership. I will be doing that.
Good luck to those of you looking for love on the internet. I’m not sure it can be found.