Match.com question

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Registered: 11-01-2003
Match.com question
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Thu, 11-16-2006 - 11:22am

Well, I tried to post this last night but it did not seem to post.

Is anyone out there a true paying member of match.com? I am asking because I am curious about their 6 month "free" if you dont find love ...
Also, how do you handle if you are paying member and you see someone you'd like to contact but they are not a paying member??

thanks
Bettina

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Registered: 04-09-2008
Thu, 11-16-2006 - 3:18pm
If you are interested in someone who is not a paying member, they'll only see your winks. They can't read email you send them until they pay to join or do the 3 day trial. Sometimes those guys will give a hint in their profile of how to reach them. I think that's SO cheap though. I'm not going on a wild goose chase for signs and wonders in order to contact some cheap guy. lol...If he is ready to do OLD, then he will pay to join and contact ppl in the proper way. That's how I see it.
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Registered: 11-16-2006
Thu, 11-16-2006 - 11:40pm

Match sucks, they charge too much! If you have to communicate with at least x number of people to qualify for the "free trial", that's a hassle. You cannot gurantee you can always find someone you are interested in at that month.

The average cost of online dating has come down in the last two years cz there are free service out there to compete with them. Charging > $20 montly fee is a rip off. I don't think it's about being cheap.

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Registered: 11-10-2006
Wed, 11-22-2006 - 1:08am
I am not a fan of Match. I find it is just too easy for people to flake out. As far as their free six months...trust me, if you have been on a site for a certain amount of time and haven't found anyone interesting...you will want to take a break from it.