3 free day trial on match.com

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Registered: 05-25-2003
3 free day trial on match.com
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Thu, 12-29-2005 - 11:10pm

I've been on match.com in the past....but not for a few years. I have done yahoo personals in the past few months, and couldn't get ONE date :O

Can I take advantage of the 3 free day trial on match without paying for the month? (I want to see if I get any bites in 3 days....if not...I don't want to put out the $30 bucks.)

If anyone wants to check out my profile for me and give me some pointers....lovesblueflowers on both match and yahoo.

Many thanks :D

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Registered: 04-14-2003
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 9:43am

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Everyone has a resolution.

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Registered: 09-26-2005
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 11:04am

I saw your profile on Match. I thought it was great! Very positive and you make very clear
what you are looking for, good pictures as well. I wouldn't change a thing.

I would very much ignore post#2, it was extremely mean spirited ! Some people just get
off on puting others down! You are a very beautiful, vibrant woman who has a lot going for her! Don't change a thing ! Don't let the haters get you down either.

All the best in 2006!

The T Girl
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Registered: 11-01-2005
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 11:04am

Yes. You just have to cancel on the third day or they charge you automatically.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Registered: 11-01-2005
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 11:10am

I just looked at your profile as well. Very nice!! I agree - it's positive, you have lots of great photos up, and you show that you are interested in a lot of things. The only thing I might change is to mark the photo where you're smiling big as your primary photo -- you have a really great smile and it will generate interest for sure.

Looks great, and good luck! :)

Also, they were doing a 10-day free trial if you filled out a Discover card app. You might look for that and see if they're still offering that deal. I'm 5 days into my free trial.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Registered: 05-25-2003
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 12:08pm

Thanks for the positive feedback, but after reading a few posts on here about the stuff that match is pulling about emails...I don't think I want to get involved. I had winked at a guy the other day...he winked back....I was thinking I should subscribe to send him an e-mail...but what if he isn't a paying member and CAN'T read my email? That's a waste...forget about it.

Again, thanks for your positive feedback :)

Happy New Year!

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Registered: 11-01-2005
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 2:13pm

Maybe try one of the free sites (plentyoffish, itsjustcoffee or myspace). I also had decent luck with Yahoo - slightly less full of players than Match.

I will definitely not subscribe to Match. After my 10 free days, I'm done with them for good.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Registered: 07-24-2004
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 3:15pm

I haven't yet weighed in on the whole "paying to subscribe" issue that keeps rearing it's ugly head, but I guess now I will.

To me, it seems like if you are serious about meeting people to date, you have to make the commitment to doing what it takes. And that means paying to join.

If you're content to just skate by on free promotions and winks, I think that the returns that you will get will be other folks who are skating by on free promotions and winks -- people who don't want to make the commitment to finding people to date. The ones who are in it for the long haul and not just to get laid are going to ante up.

Not that my way is the best way, but when I decided to do OLD two years ago, I genuinely committed to it -- with my heart and with my pocketbook.

Tracy

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Registered: 10-17-2002
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 3:36pm
I see your point, but for me, I AM wholly committed to it, but I am so tired of Match and the responses that I get that I don't want to keep paying for it if all I am going to get are the 45-year old, fat, bald Mexicans with a high-school education, a job that pays $25K/year, 3 kids and can't write a sentence but yet tell me how stunningly beautiful I am. Blech. Sorry, if they'd read my profile, they'd see that none of that meets my criteria. And I don't want to have to pay to view another email from someone like that. I would probably be willing to pay if I had received some nice emails from guys that seemed like they fit my criteria, but I'd like to know what I'm getting before I pay out their increasingly higher fees.

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Registered: 11-01-2005
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 3:44pm

Oh, I have paid to subscribe - once to Match and once to Yahoo at different times. When you are serious about meeting someone, I totally agree that you should take that step.

However, if you're just testing the waters to see if online dating might be for you, then doing a trial run or trying a free site is worthwhile.

You get what you pay for. I have had decent luck with both Match and Yahoo (better with Yahoo), but only when I was a paying member -- because the lead time on each connection seems to be at least a few weeks until you meet, and you need to keep at it for a little while before you get some worthwhile connections in the first place.

(Apologies to the OP for my last reply, by the way. You mentioned not liking Yahoo, and then I recommended Yahoo. Sorry about that).

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Registered: 08-19-2004
Fri, 12-30-2005 - 4:01pm

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I agree. When I first started thinking about OLD, I bought books about it, talked to people, surfed internet message boards to hear of others' experiences (I'm nothing if not thorough :) and it never occurred to me to join a free site or not to pay on match or yahoo (actually I don't think I knew that was even an option). I was shocked to discover how many people, especially women, are non-paying members on match. I think it was Eric who posted a link to an article that said more than half of match members are non-paying.

But I also empathize with vexer's frustration. That's why I cancelled my match account. Way too much of the same old same old. And you start to think, "wait, I'm paying for this??"

I don't know much about myspace. I'll have to check it out.

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