Jagger341 Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I was considering trying Match.com for online dating. I hear it's pretty good, but I'd like to know what people think of it. It is worth the subscription fees?
alphamale Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 waste of time and waste of money. period. its the opposite of what they show in those slick tv commercials
ConfusedGuy28 Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 You just have to know what you're looking for, and ONLY respond to what you're looking for. For example - if you want something with potential to become a LTR - don't contact the girls that are "just looking for a little bit of fun" but are super hot anyways. Don't continue talking to a girl who adds you on facebook, and you notice she's added 20 other guys in the past couple of days. Don't settle (kind of the beauty of match - you get to see, at least somewhat, what to expect). I think its worth the $60 for 3 months. Don't pay for the extra stuff, which is absolutely pointless (especially the "highlight" thing - makes you look desperate imo). Oh and in your profile - don't talk about "what you're looking for" - just describe yourself, type of person you are, etc. You'll find if they match what you're looking for when you check girls who have viewed you, etc.
NoReallyThatHappened Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I think it works, but I'm a woman. I met my current BF there back in March. What I liked the most about Match is that you could be really specific with the search parameters and the message filter. When I signed up I searched for an online coupon and paid something like $44 for 3 months. IMO it was well worth my $$ but I got a great man out of the deal. Just be prepared to send a LOT of messages. After being on for about 6 weeks I hit close to 180 messages from guys and who knows how many winks. I never looked at those. Just don't send the same generic message to every girl. I had several female friends who were on there at the same time I was and we would compare who emailed us and what they said. SO many guys sent form letters and we ignored them all. Like ConfusedGuy said, write about yourself and not what you are looking for. Women tend to read through profiles before responding and we want to know who you are, not what you want from us.
alexlakeman Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 IT works today... and it worked yesterday..... Of course those who are unsuccesful with it will say "it s)cks".. I say, "IT WORKS" Here in the US my renewal rate is about $20/month??... I'm waiting to renew once they send me a discount or I find one online.. Why wouldn't it work? B/c your profile is no good? Or your pic is not up to snuff? or no one responds to your emails? Well, NOT everyone responds to my emails!!!!!!!!!! LOL... I send out ten emails and will only get 3-4 responses ... it's like a sales job.. US MEN are selling ourselves to the women, and there are another 100M men whoaring themselves on there as well..
Art_Critic Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 I think match works great.. but you only get out of it what you put in it.. You have to put up a good honest profile and you should get honest results.. At times you may get tired of some of the BS that online dating can dish out but just take a break and then go back.. I know people around here get tired of me saying it.. but I'll say it again.. I met my wife on match.. and without match I wouldn't have met my wonderful wife or had the wonderful son that we have today...
GivenUp0083 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Works great for women. Men.....not so much. Women love all the options and ability to be very selective. Men find themselves lowering standards and not having as many options, so they end up messaging or going out with women they wouldn't be a match with anyway. It's pure luck for men. Women can find just about whatever the want very quickly. Ratio is like 3:1 men to women on match.
alexlakeman Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Here, this is my summary of relatoinships (there was 1-2 others in tehre that were NOT met online) that were sourced from online in the last few years at a macro level: The Brazilian - Met on AOL, b4 match was really what it is today. Dated for 2-3 yrs, lived together for 75% of that time.The Perfect match - Met on Match, dated for about a year.The one I cheated on - We met on match, dated for a year +. This was my last "serious" relationship. So, nowadays when I set parameters of what I look for, I sometimes think my wishes are too high and did lower my standards a bit on my last renewal, but then I think back that I have had good long term results more than one time, it's just a matter of time and luck If it's not working for you, go back and revisit your profile... THINK before you respond.. PUT thought into the message. END it with a question; give her something to respond to you on. And seriously, if there's nothing that you see similar on her profile, what the heck are you going to write to her on, "hi, hot body, wanna meet?" LOL??? not.. The ones that I feel DO have less chance are the "less attractive" people or the "heavy" people or "no pics or "shi)tty pics (ie too far away, headshot only)"....
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