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
I am sure glad I read some of this before reconsidering eharmony. Has anyone noticed the last characters in the name E-harmony? (Mony, pretty close huh.)
You might want to try match.com. I had good success there a while back. Thanks for the comments.
I thought this was a joke the first week I joined e-harmony. I also am a smart, attractive, funny woman. But they could only match me with men that lived in different states.
I wrote them and asked why. Never got a response. I canceled three days after joining. I still have one month left. But the funny thing? I changed all my information.
I put I was chinese, I was 8 feet tall, and I only wanted men that did not smoke or drink. I was Hindu also. That made no difference they still kept sending me matches that had nothing to do with being an 8 foot, Chinese lady!
Try changing your profile to something horrid. You will get a match! I too think e-harmony should be reported to the better business bureau.
I just signed up a few weeks ago for a 6 month special subscription to eHarmony. I have had a lot of matches sent to me, have had plenty of contact, but NONE are anywhere near what I would ever consider a match.
I met with 2 in person and we had absolutely no chemistry whatsoever. For one thing, I’m 40 & have my matches set to 40-47. They are sending me matches that say they are 44 or so, but in reality these guys are in their late 50’s.
They obviously are not serious about checking people out and this site has a lot of men who put older pictures up and lie about themselves. I’m upset with myself for paying that kind of money and getting suckered in. I hear it’s really hard to stop the recurring charges, so when it’s renewal time 5 mo’s down the road, I’m just going to cancel my credit card.