Wrote a complaint to Match.com

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Wrote a complaint to Match.com
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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 2:56pm

Because of the stupid new restrictions that Match put on that you cannot even view an email from someone if you are not a paying member, I wrote a scathing complaint to them saying how horrible I thought this new feature was. I basically told them that I wanted to make sure that the person emailing me was not another 45 year-old bald, fat guy with 3 kids and no education that hadn't bothered to read my profile before shelling out the exhorbitant amount they were expecting people to pay these days. I also mentioned that I had never had much success with their site and that I would think that with all the bad publicity they've had lately that they might want to make their service a little more friendly to people rather than less. Last, I told them that I was on a message board that discussed OLD and that everyone that had already encountered this feature hated it and some those that were current members were considering dropping them all together because of this.

Whee! It was fun - even if it will not do anything, it at least made me feel better. I hid my profile for now and may see about deleting it completely. Ugh.

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 3:02pm

I doubt it'll do any good (I wrote to them complaining of some features in the past and never even got a response), but I'm glad it made you feel better ;-)!

Frankly, I hope Match goes under...they are owned by the same evil company that owns Ticketmaster and I would love to see the marketplace reject their product. But unfortunately they are pretty well-entrenched. I don't anticipate using that site again, however.

Sheri

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 3:15pm
I've never liked match. Out of all the dating sites I've used, I felt they were the worse. I liken match.com to going to one of those expensive gyms where nobody is there to work out they are all just there to look pretty in their thong leotards. Fluff No Substance.


Edited 12/27/2005 3:18 pm ET by sniffle_sally
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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 3:34pm
Oh yeah, I figured it wouldn't really matter and I don't expect I'll hear from them but for the time being, I am done with them - they are not getting any more of my money! Unfortunately, there are enough paying people out there that will keep them afloat.

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 3:57pm
I'm sorry guys.

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 4:09pm

I'm sure they expect people will have negative reactions, and they've probably estimated the number of customers they'll lose versus the additional revenue they'll get from people having to sign up to read the email.

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 4:21pm
You gotta do what works for you so no problem! I've personally never had much luck with them and now with the added hassle of being a non-paying member, I am staging a one-person boycott! Them not getting my money won't cause them to go out of business and your lone membership won't make much difference either! Oh well.

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 4:23pm

Sometimes you just gotta take a stand.

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 6:24pm

I had no idea they were affiliated with TicketMaster. GRR - even more reason to bail on them.

I wrote a nasty e-mail as well about the new e-mail restrictions. I doubt it will do any good, either, but maybe they will at least know why people have dropped their subscriptions.

I agree - I hope they go under.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Tue, 12-27-2005 - 11:18pm
I'm with you vexer. I just cancelled my subscription to match two days ago. Man...if I had been lured to join only to find any one of my current stream of geezers at the other end of that email, I'd be taking hostages by now. LOL!
I'm taking a break for awhile then I'll probably try Yahoo.
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Wed, 12-28-2005 - 9:20am

LOL!! I quit match last week and am just picturing my regular stream of geezers adrift in a cold cruel world...