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E Harmony Copycat "Chemistry" =Just As Bad
I was interested to see how Match.com's new site, Chemistry, would compare to EHarmony, which I think is terrible.
After filling out a very long form, I began to receive matches. They were unbelieveably bad in every way.
First, I would estimate about 70% of the profiles do not contain a photo...they expect you to go through a long process before you see the person. I tried this twice--it takes forever with all the back and forth--and when I finally saw the photos... forget it! Neither was even close to someone I'd date and I never would have wasted all that time had I seen the pictures first.
Second, the matching search criteria won't let you specify what you're looking for in terms of profession, income, living status etc so many of the matches were completely inappropriate for me. My favorite? The guy in his 50s who was unemployed and still living with his mom.
Third, the process of "guided" communication is a joke...just a lot of stupid questions that mean nothing, and a very long and drawn out process. It's just a delaying technique to give the illusion that some magical "system" is at work.
They only let you see a few matches a day, rather than letting you do your own searching, so they can really drag it out and make it look like they have a lot of members. On Match.com, in 1 minute you can browse through dozens of profiles; on Chemistry, you can only see 35 a week!
Fourth, they say they match by the 4 personality types but they sent me matches that were nothing close to my type. No matter what the combination was,however,they always said we'd be a good match. It's clear they were sending me all the men who were within the age and mileage limitations I set. The matching part a complete lie.
Fifth, I received very few inquiries from guys who were interested in me...until...after I canceled my membership. Then, in the few days remaining, suddenly there were several men wanting to start a communication with me. Wow what a coincidence! I responded back and they all went through the next couple of steps, but very slowly. We were just about to go to the direct email step when, oh dear! My subscription ran out. I would have had to pay for another month to be able to send/recieve email.
I assume Match.com is using their usual end of contract technique and is sending bogus inquiries from fake clients.
Overall, this is a total ripoff. They charge over $40 a month to send you profiles of people you'd skip on Match.com any day. |
