Don't use match.com for online dating. They mislead and lie.

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I tried match.com a couple of years ago but there are only about 5000 people in my area so only about 3 or 4 listings at any one time. All the women I've ever seen listed said they were regligous which I have no interest in.

I currently have a listing at findsomeone.co.nz to see if I can find a lady down in New Zealand but nothing interesting so far. I realize that I have very little to offer, but there is always the possibility that what I do have to offer is exactly what someone else is looking for

I'm sure a lot of these websites bank on the embarrassment factor too. There's still stigma attached to dating services in a lot of circles, and a sadly a lot of people would rather write off $50 than have to appear desperate and gullible even to complete strangers. Even when one person does take some kind of action there are probably 10 who don't which means they're making a killing.

So thanks KenM ...though I wasn't planning to try my hand at online dating anytime soon. But they don't count on people going public like you have.

For some weird reason, I decided to try my first online dating skit at Eharmony. It was the trial offer, and I thought "gee, there are 11 people here... and with its comprehensive matchmaking program it must mean that I have a lot in common with them!" Well, the problem is when I looked at their pictures I either didnt find them attractive, and the ones I did put up a "Holding off for now, but may be interested later" responce which I think is just a canned way of saying "Im not interested". So I say screw that, and I asked to get off before my trial even ended. This gave me a lot of grief with my credit card company because they thought someone had haxxored my account. I had to call them up 3 times to verify that it was me who had placed that order, and they ahd to go through teh list of everything that I had bought (including eharmony) 3 times.

Anyways, there's something I really hate about the world of online dating. It seems that too many people carry too many expectations over things that dont really matter anymore ("i.e. you're too young, too short, etc...) I try to keep my expectations reasonable, and I dont take too many physical attributes as being that important. Im still new, and i still have a lot to learn, but I think I will still give online dating a try because every woman I've met in real life has shown a mild disinterest in me, at best. At least here, I can explain myself fully w/o being blow off.

hey everyone, I found a site that some of you may be interested in. It's call http://www.OKcupid.com.It's free and it seems to have a large userbase. Apparently, they use a sophisticated alogrithim to match people for dating, friendship, and enemyship (??? lol couldn't think of a better word ). The testing system that they use for the algorithm has a large pool of questions which seems to be heavily influenced by user feedback. Give it a shot since it's free. To be honest, I just signed up to see how the matching algorithm works (they also have a ton of those crazy personality tests too).

Well I talk to Match.com customer service again today and they said they will issue me a refund. I should get it in 7-10 business days.

Because the problems with dating agencies are that more men subscribe then woman make it harder to get an e-mail response. The way to fix this is to send loads of emails to loads of woman don’t worry too much if you think they are not a match. You will not know this until you go out on a date with her.

There are two kinds of woman you need to know at this stage, the type who prefers Eest-Enders and the type who prefer Star-Track. If they also prefer to read the Sun newspaper over the Independent, then they are simply to Chav for you and probably would not have any interest in you at all.