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Los Angeles-based eharmony launched in the United States in 2000 with its patented Compatibility Matching System® which allows eharmony members to be matched with compatible persons with whom they are likely to enjoy a long-term relationship.

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2016

    I signed up for Eharmony and I am very dissatisfied. First of all, they hook you into a subscription period that can't be canceled until you have completed all three payments. This is pretty expensive, around $250. I assumed that once online, I would find matches and write to them or communicate with them. Turns out if you want to do THAT, it costs extra! Why would you want to find a match that you can't communicate with? This is a huge rip-off and I plan to let everyone I know to stay away from this company.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2016

    When I get to my profile and try to use the tabs at the top of the page like matches, email, etc. the setting tab does not work, it keeps looping me back to the log in screen. Customer Service says it is my problem not theirs.

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    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2016

    CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER: (844) 544-3176. I noticed a previous poster experienced the same trouble as I did in finding a contact number for Customer Service - thank goodness my bank had it. I invested in a 1-year subscription in January 2015, briefly dated 2 matches, and pulled my profile after 4 months when the quality and distance of my matches fell short of my expectations. SURPRISE! I noticed today that my bank account was short almost $180 for the renewal of my subscription. Since the website and mobile apps are cumbersome (even AFTER the lengthy enrollment/acceptance process) I thought I had done all I could to avoid this MONTHS ago. I got quite a few "No's" from Customer Service before I was offered the option to plead my case to the Customer Care group - via email, as it was explained to me that they do not speak to clients by phone.

    I wrote a compelling novel to this group tonight, but after reading only one page on the experiences of other posters, I'm left feeling disheartened. Thinking about the other services I subscribe to, such as satellite radio providers and skin-care solutions, I receive advance notice prior to subscription renewals. Not here! Plus, they only offer a 3-day grace period after a subscription renews and an account is debited to cancel the subscription and get money back. I tend to look at my bank account once or twice a month when I pay bills - so it would have been sheer luck if I had caught it within such a small window. The business practices and customer service of this faith-based company seem to be inconsistent with the Christian values it was built on.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsOnline & App

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    I am under a one year contract. While they do provide matches, unfortunately, the website has too many technical issues. Even basic functionality like messaging does not work right. Tool tips do not work. I have to switch between three different browsers to use different functionality. I called them to cancel my account and prorate and refund because of all the technical issues with the site and they simply told that I am under one year contract, so they will not. I cannot talk to their billing department, I can only email them, and they will take 7 to 10 business days to respond. Bottom line--the website does not work. Even simple functionalities are not implemented correctly. Crashes all the time and says 'opps, we are sorry, please refresh.' I should not be held to a contract when their website cannot function.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    I joined eHarmony briefly. I am a professional with a Masters in Economics and they felt that a security guard who couldn't spell "security", who lived 4000 km away from me, was the best match. I could find better matches by randomly picking any woman off of the street. What a waste of my time.

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    Installation & SetupContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    I contacted Customer Service one month prior to my renewal. I requested that they NOT bill me or renew my account. I tried to cancel my account and followed the instructions, however the links would not work and instead directed me elsewhere. The day after my PayPal account was charged, I contacted PayPal in order to dispute the charge, to no avail. They have some sort of contract with eHarmony in order to prevent PayPal customers from having the ability to dispute the charge. They took $253 of my money in advance of their service and refuse to close my account! Even now when I try closing it, I get a message that I have renewed for another 6 month! This is theft! Can I file a complaint with the CA Attorney General, write a letter to their CEO? Is there a class action lawsuit we can file? How can they do this to people?? This is criminal! Can you help me get my money back?

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    eHarmony does Not deal in good faith. So I first would like to say if you paid with your Credit Card then DISPUTE IT with them because you get nowhere with eHarmony. Once you sign up for a subscription 'LOOK OUT' because a good possibility you will be paying double. I signed up for a year and checked the box saying I do not want an automatic renewal and now they have automatically recharged my credit card for another year. I called 844-544-3176. They do not let you talk to the billing department. I had to email the billing department and explain why I feel I should get my money back and they in return told me I could not get my money back because I am in a contract with them. I wrote another email and told them how disappointed I was. We were getting nowhere. I have called my Credit Card company and they are disputing it for me. You all should do the same. I wish everyone could do a class action lawsuit. Good Luck to you all.

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2016

    I am disappointed with this site. The commercial is very promising, but if you are looking for connections close to you, it will not give you any updates/matches. But once you 'expand' your distance/geography, it will keep giving them to you. The whole email/messages thing is another thing; it is so confusing. It makes all other online dating sites look like a 5-year old can handle it. I have already cancelled my subscription only after 4 weeks - and I still have 5 months to go. Try other sites or just do it the old fashioned way... meeting new people.

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2016

    I requested to cancel my subscription due to meeting someone through a friend. I was told "We wish you the best." And they want to charge me $111 month until January 2017. Are they kidding? I want out now as of yesterday! How do I make them stop charging me? This is wrong!!

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    Contract & TermsSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2016

    Actually, it is hard to believe that this business is allowed to be open still. Once you sign up - you are screwed. You cannot change your mind, you cannot remove your profile, and forget about any refunds. All they will tell you, it was in the contract and it is your fault you did not read it. I signed up for 6 months but changed my mind (realized what a scam they are) two weeks later. Nope, they will not close my account or remove my profile, and not going to give me my money back... I thought this type of practice is called scam, but I guess not.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2016

    I opened an account less than one week ago. This morning I got an email saying my email address associated with the account has changed. I did not change it. I contacted eHarmony and later received an email saying my account was closed because it was compromised. No mention of "oh, by the way, here's your money back." I didn't hack the account. I didn't give out my password. They closed the account on their own accord and now I have to jump through hoops to get my money back. If I call, my email address does not exist so it makes it impossible to deal with the problem.

    So I'm here warning everyone that just because they charge the most doesn't mean they are any better than any other dating site. I have no problem with them closing my account, but the second sentence in the email should have stated "we are offering you a refund." Now I'm told I have to respond to an email which will show up within 48 hours and someone will contact me within 10 days... 10 DAYS?! Are you kidding me? That's your wonderful customer service? You lose...

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2016

    I have been a member of eHarmony for a few months now and the site is a waste of time and money. You cannot talk to anyone in Customer service. You cannot even find an email address to send questions to. They gladly charge your credit card. No problems doing that. But they make sure you cannot contact them. I will NEVER recommend the site to anyone.

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2016

    Please listen to this review. eHarmony is so sneaky and they will find a way to scam you out of money one way or another. I thought I was being very careful when I signed up because I had read the reviews of how they scammed people, but they still got me. I signed up for a 6-month subscription and apparently when you sign up, they also enroll you in automatic renewal. Like who would ever want that anyway?

    I thought my subscription was over but then with no notice from them at all, I got a bill for $140 from my bank, and when I called eHarmony about the issue, they were completely unprofessional and made me feel stupid because they say it's clearly stated in the contract when it definitely is not. If you decide to sign up for this horrible site with no matches, make sure when you do, you go into your settings ASAP and unsubscribe from automatic renewal, and call them to make sure that you won't get billed for a second term. I am now out $140 and forced to be on this horrible site for another 6 months. Please don't make the same mistake I did! Sign up for Match, it's a lot better!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2016

    I have been a customer of eHarmony in the past and recently single, wanted to give it a try once again. Within a week on the site, it became clear that the site had very few options available to me and I requested to cancel the service. I was fine with making 1/3 of the payments on a six month contract for my one week of service but wanted to cancel the subsequent payments. Sadly, it is impossible to cancel online, you have to call. The FAQ/help page directs account holders to a select a menu option to "cancel" in your billing profile but that menu option doesn't actually exist. I called, was told I was within the window to submit a request to cancel before my next billing, and provided instructions on how to cancel. I did exactly what I was instructed and received a rejection of my request.

    I regret rejoining eHarmony given that the options available to me have been so unsatisfactory. I'm sad that the inappropriateness of matches available to me on their site only became clear within a week of rejoining and that I am now stuck paying for a bad service for 6 entire months. While I am very clear that trusting eHarmony to be a reputable and quality service was my mistake, "Buyer beware" is not an appropriate motto for a company with integrity.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2016

    A waste of money. Please don't join. I had matches of 3 people in my local city so I updated to all of the U.K. and ended up with 40, a disgrace of a company and should not be allowed to take people's money. Also make sure you describe on apple or they will take another payment.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2016

    I am going to add my review to the ones below, because upon reading them, I am assured that my experience with eHarmony was not just an anomaly. I live in a community with approximately 900,000 people, and in 3 months, I received exactly 5 "matches" that met my requirements (which were few: a Christian professional man who lives within 100 miles of me). The rest were from all over the country, and at some point, I stopped getting matches altogether. According to the activity tab, maybe 8 men even viewed my profile in 3 months. Only one person requested to message me, and he lived in Israel. I think 2 or 3 sent ice breakers (which I think are just a waste of time completely... When you are in your 50s, I'm pretty sure you can craft a message without the aid of a multiple choice quiz to break the ice. eHarmony makes it seem like such a risk to skip the first two communication steps and request to message someone directly.)

    I had to Google to find a way to contact customer service, and I sent them 2 e-mails asking if some sort of visibility button was inadvertently checked, but I never got a response. Maybe if I had this experience on other sites, I would be down on the whole online dating experience as a whole. But I have been on Match, POF, OKCupid and Christian Mingle, and I get hundreds of views and quite a few messages. I have actually met a lot of nice men through all of those sites. But a friend suggested eHarmony because you can really zero in on what you are looking for, and after dating for about 5 years, I finally know what that is. So unfortunately, my conclusion is that eHarmony has grown out of its effectiveness and not kept up with the technology or its competitors. Too bad, because I always did see it as the "premium" matchmaking site that I would try when I really got serious about finding someone.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2016

    I have had an account (non-paying) for many years. Every single time they have a so-called free communication weekend I am locked out of my account with a STUPID message saying my browser has timed out! As soon as their free time is over it works perfectly fine. This site is the biggest fraudulent advertisers there is today!!! Stay away!!!

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    Price

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2016

    There is hardly anyone on this site because once you sign up, you'll NEVER sign up again! And they randomly charge your account to get the money from you. They charged me on Jan. 2 AND Jan. 12. Now my one-year subscription is paid until NOVEMBER 2016... So they arbitrarily charged 3 payments to get ALL of the moment for a 1-year subscription. BAD BUSINESS & SHAME ON YOU!

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2016

    Be very careful when signing up for the free account! What all the marketing says is that their site is now "Free to Communicate". But you need to upgrade to view your matches pictures and see who looked at your profile. Okay, sounds great, right? Wrong! First you send a "smile", then a pre-structured "5 quick questions", then a list of 20 "make or breaks", then 3 "dig deep" or long answer questions. Then congratulations!!! You can now send unstructured emails to each other!

    But wait! What's this? In order for me to respond to anything, I have to commit to $250?! What happened to "free to communicate"? I got onto their "Customer Service Chat room and the only thing they said over and over again was, "Sign up today! You'll love it! Don't you want to see your matches picture? Which plan do you want?" No, I don't want to give you my money... I want to send one lousy email! Be very careful when setting up your "free" profile... They string along both sides before cutting all communication.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2016

    I have been signed off for eHarmony last year for the trial period. I had only a few matches that is not what I would ever go for. When I started communicated with one male look like a genuine guy, I have received email from eHarmony that the person account has been deleted. I was in shock. Soon after a few days, it happened again. eHarmony full of scammers and not a genuine people. The match that eHarmony trying to give is just unbelievable. It's not worth it to even try. If someone wants to get in touch with me my email is **. I am looking for my soulmate male.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2016

    The scams they use to continue to charge you money after unsubscribing are not only unethical, but akin to a CD or Magazine subscription scam. They are used to dealing with irate customers trying to close their subscriptions and have everything scripted out as such - even threatening to end the call for being "unprofessional". If you find a match on their site and sign up for 6 months, you will be billed continually until you reach the end of the term at $60/month!

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2016

    This is the 3rd time in 10 years I have joined eH and it will be my last. The website is horrible. There are less member benefits, and membership/site options are add-ons which include additional charges. It is nearly impossible to contact customer service; try looking for a customer service contact phone number. I had to "chat" with a rep in Australia in order to receive USA contact information. Horrible. Try canceling the automatic renewal - impossible. I will never join this site again; eHarmony = e RIP OFF.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2016

    I am a 24-year old female, and signed up for eHarmony in Toronto, Ontario. I frequently get matches from small towns outside of the city, cities nearby, and even from the United States. There are simply not enough people signed up for the website to actually be able to use their "algorithm" seeing as I also get frequently matched with people outside of my religious preferences, and very far from my level of education. 60% of the men don't have photos. Of those, to be quite honest, 80% of the men on the site are either overweight, too embarrassed of themselves to even show photos that depict what they look like, or are downright ugly. I went on a date with a doctor who was 10+ years older than his photos, and was literally rocking back and forth in his chair with nervousness. I hate to say this, but Tinder has better options.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2016

    I am a part-time professional theatre actress. It is what I went to university for. I have worked in Toronto, Vancouver and elsewhere. I have tried four times to post photos from my acting skits - ones that are only a few years old. I don't want to post recent photos because simply put - I get enough idiots trying to chat me up when out with friends...

    I am trying to weed out the losers via this site [not that their matches are worth any money - thank god, I am merely taking advantage of a free weekend cause this site is NOT worth money]. These photos keep getting "denied". These are professionally done photos. When I email the "support" from eHarmony they give me some bogus garbage response. I say that because they have "business owners" who are definitely too young to own a car themselves yet alone a business, "doctors" who can't use proper grammar, and don't get me started on some of the profiles which are so basic you'd think a monkey did write them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015

    I just paid for an renewal for 6 months (my credit card had been replaced due to a hack). EHarmony contacted me (email) with the urgency to provide a current cc. I now have a technical problem with my account with the way my pictures show online (out of whack and stretched). THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE. Their website states shortened phone support due to the holidays but there is no info on how to contact them on their website. I tried a search on the website and it comes up empty. A google search came up with telephone numbers that are wrong or not in service. No email, chat or phone support. Apparently they just want to take your money and not be bothered. Customers... if anyone has a number please post it. I am now looking at 6 months of this tech problem.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015

    So, I accidentally signed up for a full year of eHarmony, when I thought I was just purchasing a month. So... strike one against them for being sneaky like that. I always read over things, but somehow I still missed that I was getting charged a full year. I was under the impression that I was buying ONE month and that it would subscribe me for a full year at the end if I didn't cancel.

    I get several new matches every day. Probably 10 or so. Of these matches, MAYBE 2 of them are actually from anywhere close to me, and MAYBE 1 of those two is in the age range I'd requested. Almost all of them are "Great matches who just happen to be outside your settings". Well, when my distance range is 60 miles (which is honestly already farther than I'd prefer it to be), sending me matches that are five or six hours away is just ridiculous.

    In the time I've been on, which has only been maybe 2 weeks, I've run across ONE person who interested me, in that we had things in common, he was the right age, and I found him attractive... and he lived two states away. So, I passed. Even the ones in my area that I find are either in their early 20's or mid to late 40's. I'm 32.

    So, I'm just gonna suck it up and not be too pissed off about the large charge on my credit card because from everyone else's reviews, it sounds like trying to get out of it would be more trouble than it's worth. The sucky part is that I am BROKE at this time of year (thank God I used the credit card and not my debit card!) and won't be able to pay the whole balance off at the end of the month like I usually do.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015

    I suspect that back in the late 90's when Neil Warren first conceived eHarmony and did the work to make it happen, it was an honest attempt at a good idea. And that good idea still occasionally accidentally matches some folks up despite the fact it has devolved into a greedy and dishonest giant machine that is much more interested in its own interests and profitability than any actual human beings. Dr. Warren lost control of the company around 2002 when the havoc began and, in 2012, bought much of it back in an attempt to regain control of the monster and perhaps expand its scope; but, it's almost 2016 and the creature still thrives. It's overly expensive to begin with and then dishonest billing practices and lack of customer service tends to double or triple that cost.

    In addition, in order to give a steady stream of matches, they use ghosting extensively. Ghosting is the practice of keeping online profiles active long after the user has left the site. It is particularly malicious in that favorable profiles are kept preferentially so there is an abundance of beautiful and vibrant matches to choose from though, mysteriously, they never respond to inquiries. There are still occasional good reviews but are mostly anecdotal and related to the accidental occasional successes. The vast majority of reviews are aptly abysmal from the users' end though paid reviews are often glowing. I'm suspicious. Save yourself some headaches and avoid eHarmony. I had to put a fraud alert on my credit card in order to quit getting charged by them after multiple attempts to cancel my membership. There are lots of better choices out there.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2015

    I am writing this review in the hope that others will not have to go through what I did. My assigned matchmaker never did find me any compatible matches and I was a member for a lot longer than my trial period of three months. The only man she did find for me was overweight and bald to boot! Not exactly my idea of an attractive man (or most any woman's I bet). The last straw for me was when I sent my matchmaker some photos that I had made with a professional photographer and she sent them back to me postage due! I ended up having to pay $11.50 for round trip postage. She never told me that I would have to pay to have the photos returned. Pretty tacky behavior, huh? I think so too.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015

    I don't believe that eHarmony's founder really has a clue about how to match anyone other than the simple-minded and unattractive folk. I've been a PAID member of eH for a long time and all I get are ugly and underqualified matches (I'm a man seeking women). However, at least before I had some sort of control about the matches I'd contact. With a recent change by eHarmony (geared to keep the customers in the dark and not complaining) I can't even figure out which matches are just JUNK MATCHES of people who just created an account for curiosity after seeing one of eHarmony's RECRUITMENT FREE COMMUNICATION WEEKEND EVENTS. These are people that just log in that weekend while it's free and never again. Thus, they generate JUNK PROFILES that eHarmony can then use to KEEP YOU "BUSY" and not complaining (that you don't get any matches) under the pretense that they are sending you "matches."

    EHarmony used to put the DATE OF LAST ACTIVITY on each profile, just like almost all other decent dating sites so that you can gauge whether to waste your time contacting someone. However, since us customers had figured it out that once we saw matches that had last logged in at least 1 or 3 months ago, were just JUNK MATCHES, they REMOVED THE DATE OF LAST ACTIVITY. First, they did it in the mobile app and they would say that if you wanted to see that date you needed to go to the website (as if we had the time). Still some of us did. Then, once they figured out that was not ending the issue, they REMOVED THE LAST ACTIVITY DATE from everywhere. This is NOT THE TREATMENT you give your WELL-PAYING CUSTOMERS!!!

    I finally had enough and cancelled my membership today. This now allows them to send you JUNK MATCHES/PROFILES of people who have are NOT ONLY NON-PAYING MEMBERS, BUT THEY ARE NOT ACTIVE. Thus, they PRETEND like they are providing a service, but in reality they ARE SCAMMING THEIR CUSTOMERS. We don't pay their ridiculous membership fees ($36/month or $251/yr) so that to get matches for which we have no hope of reaching. Please provide the SERVICE EXPECTED and match us with PAID MATCHES, and show us if they are interested in finding a match by showing us the date of last activity. We are busy and don't need to waste our time and money!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015

    On Dec. 14th created account. Charged credit card, unable to cancel. Now, Dec. 22, been trying for several days. Discovered unable to cancel in settings if on payment plan and charging credit card for full amount, it has not been 10 days. I have to cancel credit card. Complained to eHarmony about sending me out of state matches and accessing my Facebook without permission, only contact was to be via email. I can understand first payment for 3 months, however, I can not understand payments for a whole year when trying to cancel in a timely manner. This is something the Attorney General and ConsumerAffairs should look into as credit card fraud.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015

    I paid for a 6 month subscription to eHarmony and had the worst experience in every way with this company. First of all, for a "premium" dating site, they don't require members to post any pictures or even fill out their profiles. So if you are trying to browse your matches, 90% of the time you'll be looking at blank profiles. When I asked their customer service about that, they said that I should just trust that their algorithm said that these people were compatible with me based on our initial survey answers, and message them to ask for a picture and more information. No thanks - I'm not going to initiate contact with people who are unwilling to show their faces and basic introductory info. Despite me supposedly needing to just have blind faith in their matching system, most of the matches they sent me were outside the age and location perimeters that I had set. I set those a certain way for a reason.

    Yet, they pretty much just ignored it. I'm 36 - I have no interest in dating 22 year olds, or 65 year olds, or of trying to date someone that lives 3 hours away when I don't own a car. So I tried to make the best of things, messaging with the VERY few people on there that did seem like they might be a good fit. Out of probably the 6-7 that I chatted with over the 6 months, only one of them panned out into an actual date. He was nice enough, but there wasn't any chemistry - no harm, no foul. But I was paying $33/month, and weeks would go by before new matches would show up, and like I mentioned before 90% of them did not have a picture or a profile. So I knew this was a waste of time and money, and contacted them to make sure my subscription did not automatically renew. I sent them a message about 2 months before it expired, asking them to mark my account as not renewing.

    They said that I was not allowed to cancel until my subscription was up. I said that I would pay for the rest of the 6 months that I had initially signed up for, I just wanted to make sure my subscription would not renew. They said there was nothing they could do about it until my subscription expired, and to write back then. That didn't make much sense to me, since it was auto-renew, which meant that I HAD to let them know ahead of time, or else it would charge me automatically. But I marked my calendar to contact them 2 weeks before the end of the subscription period to cancel. I also asked them to please disable my profile in the meantime, as I wasn't getting any new suitable matches, and I didn't feel like being browsed by a bunch of guys who weren't willing to fill out their own profiles. They said that they couldn't disable my profile until my subscription expired.

    I saw people's profiles on there are the time that had the pictured faded out with a message that said "This person moved on". How did THEY get their profiles disabled, but now I can't? I was really angry at this point. So fast forward to 2 weeks before my subscription expires, I contact them to make sure my account is cancelled. They once again tell me that they cannot cancel my account before the subscription expires, and cannot take my profile down. I would need to contact them closer to the expiration date. Now I'm really pissed. A week later, I contact them again with the same request, and now I'm told that my subscription automatically renewed, so they cannot cancel me for 6 more months. LOSE IT! Luckily I had set up payments through PayPal, and so went through PayPal customer service to have the payments cut off.

    They were really good about it, and immediately no more money would be sent to eHarmony. I contacted eHarmony back to say that I had stopped payment on their subscriptions, and that I wanted my profile taken down and my account cancelled. They sent back a snarky email basically saying it was all my fault that the subscription had renewed because I hadn't contacted them in time to cancel. (WHAT?!?) They also said that if I wanted to stay with the service that I really needed to start contacting any profiles they matched me with, regardless of whether there was a picture or any info on the profile. It was all very rude and insane. Your takeaway from all this is DON'T USE EHARMONY! I live in a major city with a population of 3.5 million - it really shouldn't be THAT difficult to have a decent number of matches with real people who post pictures and offer info on their profiles in my area. It certainly wasn't worth $33/month.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2015

    No problem with their system of connecting people male and female. But to end the contract with eH is much more problematic. Their website does says just click on this button and all is well but following their instructions this button does NOT exist. I found the only way of exiting an ongoing renewal contract with this website is to cancel the credit or account I linked it to. I'd class eH as not quite a scam but very close. If they allowed for easy exit then fine. As it is I class it as yet another dating scam website.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015

    I left this service about 3 years ago and requested they remove my picture and ad which they never responded to and never did. They are still using it and sending it to paid subscribers. Wonder how many other phony profiles are on their service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2015

    eHarmony has an unethical auto-renewal program aimed to scam it's customers. eHarmony does not notify you when your renewal is pending to allow you the opportunity to opt out. Once they start the process, they don't allow you to cancel. (No grace period.) They essentially force you to pay for services that you haven't received yet... Nor want. They state their renewal policy is to provide uninterrupted service to their customers. BEWARE. They are just out to take your money and the customer service after the fact is non existent!

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2015

    I cancelled service with them months before the renewal. You can only do it online on their site, so there is no paper trail to prove that you've cancelled. I have lost hundreds of dollars and actually have to cancel my credit card (affecting other accounts) just to get out of constant renewals. On another note - what others have written is true. For the first few days it lives up to its marketing claims of "matching" you...but after that it falls apart and responses come back that there aren't enough people to connect you to and start sending you random profiles from all over the U.S. My criteria was 50 miles around Nashville, TN... not a tiny pool of singles. Buyer beware on all counts.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2015

    Unable to communicate with them in any way by phone, no response to connect with them on line. 6 hours late to try to cancel automatic renewal (for 6 months). Mastercard eventually gave me a phone number which worked as they were very familiar with customers complaining about this company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2015

    I signed up for eHarmony for three months on November 3rd. Since that time, I have received 127 matches, all outside of my search requirements and not one legitimate person has contacted me and the few I contacted have not responded. Really, how can this be? The only people who have contacted me are scammers. Since I paid the three months upfront in full, I cancelled my membership so when it expires in February, it will not auto renew. Since cancelling, I have a banner across the top of my page asking me to please renew my membership. It is annoying and in a place that you can easily click in error. One click and you have renewed. In addition to the banner, mix in with my matches and looking very much look the "what if" feature, I am getting boxes asking me to renew.

    I contacted them and asked them to please remove the banner and the boxes. They refused hoping I will make a mistake and they will take more money. It is not going to happen. Make no mistake, this is a form of bullying and why they think I would renew after this treatment and lack of matches, is beyond reason. I cancelled because I don't believe the matches that I am being sent are active members. Really, 127 active members and no one except a few scammers have said "Boo", there is no way. Someone told me about POF and I signed up for free and have received countless messages. Not all in my search requirement but at least the people are real. No wonder eHarmony is charging so little, I paid $15.00 for three months, no one is registering. They are not what they once was.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2015

    So I am a returning customer. I used eHarmony last year and would get 5-10 matches a day. They weren't the greatest matches, but at least I was getting them. I signed up recently for a year. I live in Florida and that was the range I used to be matched. First day I got matches that were everywhere else, but Florida. For the next few days no matches at all. I emailed eharmony that there must be a problem because I was just using the site a year prior and was getting matches everyday and all from Florida.

    Now mind you my preferences were the same so nothing changed on my end and I am pretty open to meeting a variety of women. They said to alter some preferences as the computers were deeming my preferences as contradictory and flawing the matches. What? These were the same preferences as before. So I alter again and again no matches. I know the site has been having some problems, but from what I read it seems to have been going on for months now with no resolution. Clearly something has changed or the computers are not working correctly. Whatever it is eharmony won't admit to it and isn't fixing it. I just want the site to work correctly, but until it does I suggest no one sign up as it is a waste of money and very disappointing. How many complaints do you need before just admitting there must be an issue. I do not recommend this dating site currently and will not suggest it to anyone.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2015

    I signed up for eHarmony.com and was not satisfied with the service. I logged into the site and went through all of the steps to cancel my service (months before it expired). At the end I got a confirmation of my cancellation. To my surprise, they continue charging me when the original membership would have renewed! I sent them an email explaining that I had cancelled my service, and they said they had no record of it. They refused to refund me my money. Beware of them! They will keep taking money from your credit card even after you cancel.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015

    I paid the first month's dues to open an account with this rip off site. The card I used was compromised (not by EH) so I called their customer service 844-544-3176 and gave them another card to use for billing the last two monthly fees. Instead, they closed my account without notice and refused to reopen it. All of my information was deleted by EH. I had matches that were waiting for me to respond.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015

    Planned to purchase a one-year gift for our daughter. Aware of automatic rebilling issues, I asked that eHarmony turn off this feature. After many questions, the sales rep told me she could not turn off the automatic rebilling - either when placing the order OR after the account was set up. She said that when our daughter logged in and set up the account, she would have to give her own credit card number. That would replace my card and keep me from being rebilled next year. I asked for way for me to turn off rebilling for my own credit card directly with eHarmony - Not Possible.

    I asked why my daughter needed to provide a credit card number since the subscription would be prepaid in full. Rep said they needed billing information to have a way to "find the account". I asked why name/address/phone/e-mail would not suffice for finding the account. Based on complaints from subscribers about billing, the eHarmony process for credit cards suggests a billing dispute one year from now is highly probable. Tried to find contact info on website for customers. Nothing. Did not place order. Suggest great caution for anyone thinking to give this as a gift!

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015

    Today after 3 weeks on eHarmony I called to cancel membership. No hope of getting back any of the $200 yearly membership I paid. Thinking I was going to be in the best hands... far from that. I was matched with men far far away from my area, who were not willing to start a long distance relationship. For those who were... well they turned out to be: 2 psychos and 1 scam. I guess I was not as secure as I thought. I am very disappointed for the time, energy and dedication to this. I guess "the happy ever after " is not to be found on eHarmony. Please read reviews before committing to anything.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2015

    I was matched with Rick **, claiming to be residing in Fairview, OR. We progressed to a very close relationship by email. When things didn't seem right, I went to public records on the internet, which proved he was a total fraud. His picture is still on EHARMONY, but it shows he's unavailable.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2015

    For the past 2 weeks, it's hit or miss whether I will be able to view my matches when I login. Most of the time, I get an error message "Well this is embarrassing. We're sorry but a technical issue has caused our system to stop responding." Ok if this happened for a day, it's not a big deal. But to go 2 weeks of seeing this message 90% of the time is really unacceptable. There is no phone number to call, and they don't respond to the feedback request form. eHarmony owes a refund to its members. There are many other similar complaints on Consumer Affairs. Please help!

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015

    I signed up for the one month trial with renewal unless I cancel. Well, they charged my card before their posted time line so I was hooked in on their "3 month subscription" before I could cancel! So I don't use the site, just tried it out of curiosity. Now I've paid $73 two times and have to pay it one more time before I can officially cancel and stop their auto renewal??? It's an absolute SCAM and I don't understand how they can operate like this. Their whole company stinks, the matches were all seemingly fake or have been a member for many years which is a red flag. Just stay away from eHarmony. Period.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015

    What an absolute nightmare eHarmony is! I also have been trying to get my money back. All I get is scammers. I catch the scammers for them and they take days and days to take them off. While I was communicating with them they turned around and sent me another scammer right off the bat! They're all the same with the same stories. There is no protection with their supposed filtering system. We are sitting ducks for scammers! I also demanded my money back and just didn't get any response at all! I get the same matches over and over again. And then the few that I do get are so obviously scammers. You can tell at a simple glance. One really needs to question eHarmony since I can tell by one glance they certainly should be able to recognize this. They've been doing it a lot longer than me!

    At this point I would say I have received for my 200 and some odd dollars 99% scammers .07% undesirables and I suppose there's a .000003% somewhere but they're certainly not on their site!! eHarmony has made me another victim of a scam. They scammed me out of my money and continue to expose me to scammers. Even though I raised my age they were still exposed me to younger men that are just waiting to pick the ripen fruit. I believe that the federal government needs to step in since this is an ongoing problem with scammers and the sites are only there to take your money. Like others that have written reviews I went through the long process of filling out my application being truthful and honest and really seeking A real relationship only to be bombarded with scammers. But also like to point out that my experience has been nine out of 10 on eHarmony have been scammers.

    The almighty Dollar that's all that eHarmony cares about! Ladies if you're my age do yourself a favor. Don't give your money to eHarmony. It's the same as giving your money to one of the many many scammers. They're in the same category! Now for their customer service relations. They should be ashamed of their selves. They do not screen these people! I can take one look and copy and paste a photo into Google search 30 names come up with that picture and when I told him that they told me to perfect them more information!! I found this photo on a scammer site! As well as sending them copies of the emails that were known scammer emails that were written right on the Internet warning people if you get these emails they're a scam.

    Even when I provide all of that information it takes days and days to remove the profile thereby allowing the scammers to possibly contact 20 or 30 more unsuspecting women. eHarmony is enabling the scammers all while taking our money and put it in their pockets and telling us to be careful. Was also mention another review but how we get the generic customer service letter telling US to follow their guidelines. What an absolute joke!! When they don't even follow it! It's not like they get so many new accounts everyday since that can't be. I just get the same profiles over and over and over again for my money. They're old profiles and like someone mentioned in another review I am well educated, well-traveled, do not look bad for my age and there's no reason that I should be getting absolutely no responses from "potential" matches.

    Actually, I never EVER hear back from any of them. Really not a ONE!!! Since they won't give me back my money and unfortunately I pay for years subscription I'm gonna have to spend that time. Not that I don't have better things to do with my time, finding scammers to help other women not go through what I'm going through. Since eHarmony could care less again all they want is your money! Please don't waste your money or your heart and remember eHarmony takes your sincerity and does nothing but expose it to scammer after scammer!

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015

    Me and 20 of my friends signed and this is the worst dating site ever... You can't even send a message to anyone unless they allow you... OKC... POF are free and a million times better... Don't pay for this scam company... It is a scam.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2015

    6 years ago, I met my Vietnamese Girlfriend on eHarmony, GREAT! We had 6 great years but she died from Cancer and I signed back up on eHarmony hoping to get lucky again. I kind of like the structured communication it kind of carries it, but this time, mostly I get a message that say "it is feeling glitchy." It does not seem to work. There is no one to contact like others have said. I sent the feedback a few times which sometime does not seem to go through, and there is no response.

    Beyond that, it matched me with my dead girlfriend who has not been on the site in 6 years and is now dead so why do they have her on the site? Probably because her picture is cute and it makes them seem like they have options they do not have. I know she did not even renew 6 years ago so this all says some very negative concerning things about this site. I am still hoping they will realize and fix it and I will get lucky again and find a wonderful relationship, like I found here before.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2015

    I decided to try eHarmony, so I signed up to be billed $71 for 6 months. I was immediately charged $151, just for three months, with automatic renewal every three months for the same price. I looked all over their website for a contact number, which I couldn't find. I finally found one through Google, which doesn't work anymore. I will NEVER use their site again. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to call my bank to dispute the charge. So inconvenient.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2015

    I turned the incognito mode on and when I checked my credit I was charged $25 even though nothing was mentioned about any payments. They will not allow you to cancel your credit card even though I paid them in full. They are scammers and **.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2015

    I specifically signed up with the assistance of their customer service representative for ONLY 1 month with no auto billing. I was very adamant about this as I wanted to be sure I liked the service and format before I bought more months and sure enough they auto billed. After calling get a credit, they gave me SCAM line that they cannot refund my money. I am so sick of these disgusting bottom feeders ripping people off. BEWARE!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015

    I've been on eHarmony for almost 3 months and hardly have anyone looking at my profile. I am attractive, have lots of education and great qualities, so this should not be an issue. I suspect there are "members" on there that aren't members. I've contacted a whole bunch of men. You would think that they would at least look at my profile to find out who contacted them, but they don't. Once in a while someone does. This makes me think there's a bunch of fakes on eHarmony.

    Also, eHarmony doles out matches (about 8 a day), to keep you paying longer. After being on here for almost 3 months, they send me matches who've been on eHarmony forever. Obviously I should have been put in touch with them right away. And, frustratingly enough, the men who DO contact me are frauds of some kind and are pretty quickly removed from eHarmony. I have had more of this type contact me than legitimate members! My conclusion -- eHarmony is in it just for the money. They are structured to keep you on there as long as they can and make as much money from you as possible. Not only disappointed, but totally disgusted by eHarmony. Ugh!

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2015

    I subscribed to eHarmony and they offered a reasonable monthly price. However, their enrollment REQUIRED that you enrolled into their "automatic subscription renewal". That is, unless you specifically cancelled, you would be continually re-enrolled. Furthermore, eHarmony makes it difficult to un-enroll in several devious ways: 1) They require you to call them (not email) to unenroll. 2) They require that you unenroll within a narrow 3-day window, otherwise, you're stuck with another bill. 3) They jack the monthly rate up to $99.80. 4) They provide no email notices of re-enrollment, no reminders. Thus, in toto, they are scamming their members. Furthermore, 5) While you are required not just to email them to unenroll, you must take a 2nd step by calling them. So stating -- for the record via email -- of your desire is not good enough.

    Here's what happened to me: On Oct 18, 2015, I emailed them requesting unenrollment. On Oct 18, "Customer Care" responded by an email stating (and this is a quote): "The issue you contacted us about is easiest to discuss over the phone. We encourage you to call us at 844-544-3175. We are available between 5am-9pm PT."

    So they present yet another hoop to jump through. I called Customer Care, but after being on hold for +20 minutes and then being shunted around to different people, I gave up. On 20 Oct 2015, they billed me for yet another $99.80. On 18 November 2015, I called Customer Care (oxymoron) to complain and get this charged removed. After talking to two people, neither would do anything. All I got from them was this email asking whether or not I followed their [restrictive] cancellation policy.

    Their business strategy is clearly designed to make it very easy to enroll in their service and very difficult to disengage. Here's what's wrong: 1) They provided no means of enrolling with the option of no "automatic re-enrollment" (a rip off tactic). 2) They provide no email reminders that you're getting billed (again, hiding their transactions). 3) They require cancellation within a narrow (3 day) time window (again, discouraging unenrollment). 4) They up the rate to $100/month, again, without any notice. 5) When confronted, they send you a boilerplate email saying that this is all within their legalese. This sort of business should be illegal. It is a scam. Please beware.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2015

    I subscribed for three month membership on November 15, 2015 and my membership was approved shortly thereafter. But I cannot access my profile or see any other members. I sent an email letter to eHarmony on November 16, 2016. And as of yet this issue is still occurring and no one from eHarmony has ever contacted me. Thank you for your time and cooperation in this urgent matter.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2015

    I signed up because I heard it was an ok site. It was the worst dating site in the world. I would get matches each day and they would always be the same exact people and they would tell me they were new when they weren't. I was never really interested in any of them and when I was they were always either not using the site anymore (meaning they found someone) or they hadn't been active in over a month, or they were not paying for the site therefore could not send or receive messages!

    I tried to cancel and had a hard time doing so because ther was nowhere to do so nor was there any contact information for the company. No number or email. When I finally got in touch with someone they tried to say that I couldn't cancel because it was past my 3 day grace period which was bull. The ads they show on TV are lies all lies! People say that people who pay for dating sites are more serious but that's not true at all. There are some of the same people on the free that are on the paid as well. Also don't waste your money on them because you will be out over $100 bucks!

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015

    I hovered over a Restart button to see what if there was a drop down to view more information. This automatically charged me for renewal. I do not want to renew or restart my account. I was simply looking for what that button was all about. There is no way to stop the charging other than the 3-day cancellation notice IN WRITING via USPS that will take at least 5 days for it to get there. There is no telephone contact information, email information, a help desk to speak with. I read other reviews on here saying the matches are not real, I can attest to that. Of the 5 profiles offered me, 3 said they were hacked. The other two disappeared as soon as I sent out the Icebreakers. No one ever responded to any of my attempts.

    This is a complete and utter joke in the dating site arena. Last month I was charged for a "see if he read your email" $9.99 that I did not want either. Again was checking to see what the button was about. Then POOF charged my account! This is totally unethical in charging! I have sent the cancellation notice by mail. I can only pray it gets there in time...

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015

    Just as others have stated, I was in the middle of getting to know interesting people and can no longer access any communication due to technical problems. There does not appear any way to contact someone at eHarmony to receive assistance. I have sent a message through the feedback option, but I too was given the message that they may not respond due to high volume. I want my time and money back!

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2015

    Signed up for eHarmony. Paid a huge amount of money for 3 months. My site has never worked correctly. No phone number or email provided to address technical issues. I am stuck with having paid them over one hundred dollars and yet my site won't even function properly. Very very unhappy. Would like my funds back. Do not sign up with them!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015

    You sure wouldn't expect that nice senior man shown in all of the eHarmony commercials would be a spokesman for such a seemingly well known company that actually scams the public. But I too found this to be true! Last year a lady friend of mine who is a 73 year old widow asked me to help her find a male friend for companion purposes. She is a homeowner and not wealthy but not poor either. Moving forward it was me who suggested eHarmony after viewing all the commercials that seemed so reliable as a site that could possibly help my friend locate a new friend.

    "Mary" (not her real name), does not own a credit card so I used my debit card and I began the process on my home laptop in signing her up. She was then to come over once a week or so to view new "matches" that eHarmony had suggested. Mary only lives several blocks from me so this arrangement was not a problem. Soon after that her profile started to get "hits" or what eHarmony calls..."matches". Unfortunately, the matches they sent to her were not even from WI where we live. So we waited. Each week these matches continued to be living in Chicago, or somewhere in MN or MI. Maybe one or two lived in WI but not in our area. Why would another 70 something year old person (age she was seeking), want to drive hundreds of miles to meet a prospective date??? It just wouldn't happen.

    So after 3 months we began the process of cancelling eHarmony knowing this would never work. So I called the company. The representative said they needed to talk with Mary in order to cancel. So soon after I went to her house and we made the phone call once again to cancel. Even though Mary talked with them personally and was assured she would be reimbursed and her account would be cancelled eHarmony continued to debit my card and this is when I filed a fraud request with my bank. My bank immediately took action and credited my account back for 2 of the 3 months and I returned the money to Mary.

    It has been several months and although I was issued a replacement card with a new number eHarmony continues to attempt or should I say sneak another $33 charge to my account. Because of the fraud alert the payment still hits my account but is immediately returned! Someone needs to step in and sue eHarmony and stop their illegal and bogus practices!!! Who knows how many people have lost their money to this terrible company?!

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2015

    I had some good experiences and actually met some very, very good people. As it happens, I remain friends with a few but the goal of a long term relationship has remained elusive. While that might say as much about me as the site, I don't think so. Here's why. Regardless of filters, the site requests and you select. I would receive prospects that fell far beyond my specified criteria. But most maddening of all, while on several instances things had been progressing well through their somewhat laborious communication stages, poof. All of the exchanges simply vanished. After investing some serious time and effort, it's more than frustrating. It makes the entire site pointless. You pay (a lot), you compose your profile, you finally get into some meaningful exchanges, and then due to what? Technical glitches? It is all for naught.

    And as other reviewers have mentioned, you have no recourse because they don't have an online help desk and they don't have a phone numbers. Just a tiny little hard to find "feedback" tab which, once you do feedback, advises you chances are slim. You will get a reply due to heavy volume. Really? I tried the feedback three times letting them know what happened. No reply. Ever. Don't know if there are better sites out there but can definitively say this one undercuts the very purpose it claims to serve. Shame on them.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2015

    I thought I signed up for a free trial and was charged almost $200 for 3 months. I thought I'd give it a try. For three months I had 5 matches with all of the same result. Go through all of the questions, start conversation through eHarmony, only to be told all five times that the account had been deleted by eHarmony because of security reasons. After reading some of the reviews, I'm going to make sure I change my account number. Be careful. Most of these people appeared to have trouble with the English language. Can you say hacked?

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2015

    A couple of years ago, I joined eHarmony, and had great experience as their questionnaire/filter system was incredible. I was matched up with great guys of whom 2 I had dated. I ended my membership for reasons unrelated to them. Then early October, 2015, I decided to rejoin them, BUT this time around, not only are their filter system non-existent, but 1 out of every match was fraudulent.

    During a three week period, I was matched up with 4 scammers including one that they admitted to as being fraudulent. After the first two fraudulent guys, I contacted them about it and they said "use our online security guidance techniques". I told them that regardless of whether I'm using these supposed guides, the purpose of online dating with eHarmony was their past filters which they are not using anymore. Also, the initial contact with the "matches" could divulge enough for hacking or identity thief.

    I told them that I'd give it another 2 weeks, and if I'm matched up with anymore false guys, I'm cancelling and demanding a full refunds (as I paid 6 months in advance). After, this complaint, I was matched up with 3 more scammers including one who said he was from "New York City, IL". So, I made another complaint and demanded a refund. They denied my refund stating that isn't their policy and again told me to use their online security guidelines. I told them that this is unacceptable and obviously the safety of their customers mean nothing. They said I could continue to use the site through the end of my subscription. I said why would I want to use a site that is laying back and allowing these scammers, and reminded them of the guy from "New York City, IL. Stay away from eHarmony!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2015

    Signed up for eHarmony. Paid a huge amount of money for 3 months. My site has never worked correctly. No phone number or email provided to address technical issues. I am stuck with having paid them over one hundred dollars and yet my site won't even function properly. Very very unhappy. Would like my funds back. Do not sign up with them!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2015

    I joined eHarmony several months ago thinking that it was a serious matching company. I found it to be pretty expensive but they were having a special sale where you have to stay with them for several months to get that special price. I signed an agreement thinking that they would comply with the services they offered. I took the time to fill out my profile, load pictures, and personal preferences. eHarmony started to send me matches that were quite off from what I had specified such as much older in age, remote locations, no education, no physical fitness whatsoever. I tried to get in touch with someone but wasn't able to.

    I e-mailed them and the response I received was: "not everything is about physical appearance", which I found to be pretty unprofessional since that hadn't been my sole complaint. I made some adjustments to my settings but my matches continued to be very far from what I had specified so I stopped signing in to view my matches. I kept receiving email notifications with matches that were even farther from my specifications, they even matched me with women. I am a heterosexual female looking for a male partner.

    I wrote a letter to eHarmony requesting the cancellation of my account and a refund of at least two months since they had not complied with their part of the contract. Their response was that I have to continue to pay $40 until 4/24/16. My account settings have been locked as well so I cannot erase my profile. I don't want an active account with them anymore. I will take responsibility for providing my personal information to an untrustworthy company, however, I think it is unfair that they continue to receive my hard-earned money after the aggravations they have put me through. I need eHarmony to stop charging me and to let me close my account.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015

    Whatever eHarmony says about a 3 day free trial or weekend is a total scam. They will input all your information, credit card info, etc. only to find out that you do not meet their criteria. They will make it seem like you have the freedom to cancel, but most of the customer service numbers are fake and will only try to sell you something. If you finally do reach a person, there is no guarantee that the person will follow through with the cancellation. YOU MUST GET A CANCELLATION E-MAIL JUST TO SHOW TO THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY WITHIN THE TRIAL PERIOD. Without it, you are BOUND TO EHARMONY for the full payment.

    Then they have an automatic renewal service that you must log into to cancel. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR E-MAIL OR NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO IT, YOU ARE SCREWED. eHarmony does not care and WILL NOT CARE if you can't access your profile either to look at matches or to cancel your subscription. I have fought with them many times about switching e-mails. They keep sending e-mails to my old account that I no longer have access to.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015

    I have been with eHarmony now for weeks and I have received only one message from a man who smokes and that was not what I requested to meet. Then send a bunch of matches to you and say they are out of your requested profile. Well hell yeah half are 350 plus km away. It makes me wonder if they are even real members or just made up. One message in like 8 weeks. And I am a pretty good catch! Will not renew or recommend this site to anyone. Beware and don't waste your money.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2015

    I have been on eHarmony for weeks now and have had maybe 6 so called matches! I never hear from them. I am not renewing.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2015

    Joined eHarmony a few days ago and noticed a MAJOR red flag instantly. There's no indication of how recently your "matches" have been on the site. I've seen other sites that would prioritize and show who was currently online, who had been on in the last day and who had not been on in 24+ hours, etc. This feature is VITAL because it allows you to prioritize who you spend your time contacting. None of us have time to find out through trial and error which accounts are active.

    I spoke to a representative of theirs on the phone and they said this was to protect member's privacy. Bull. Every dating site (including eHarmony) has a block feature that's quick and easy to use. What it protects is the fact that the site is full of ghosts. Eharmony does in fact tell you when your message has been read. When a woman reads your message and no response - hey, that's life - you move on. When the overwhelming majority of messages are never even read? That's a site full of ghost profiles that are being kept up to deceive customers. Was stunned that some lower budget smaller sites have a frequency feature but that one of the giants of the industry did not.

    Also noticed immediately that too many of my "matches" were very out of shape - when I specifically rated physical fitness as being extremely important. Not being a donkey on this issue - the ex let herself go, refused to change and I vowed never to suffer through that again. I work out frequently and expect the same from a potential partner. This site spends a fortune advertising how their site "matches compatible people together". If that's the case, I shouldn't be having to block multiple obese women's profiles per day.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2015

    I decide to try eHarmony. I had tried it a few years ago and didn't like it. So my intent going in was to get a short month trial with no renewal. I don't have screen shots so I don't know what legal mumbo jumbo I agreed to, but I really thought later I had gone in to cancel my account. I only used it a few times and wanted it caverns. I was just told the last time I used it was Sept and I'm betting that's when I lost tried to cancel it. I'm being billed $29.999 so I have both called and emailed customer service multiple times to see about a refund as I have not used it since that day. I was told by a supervisor on the phone that there is no one I can't talk to about this, about a special team that icky answers emails and will have a resolution in 7 to 10 days and that will be a final answer. I am outraged. I want to talk to someone now about getting all my money back.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2015

    Beware of the hidden automatically renewing subscription!! I had to find out the hard way. I signed up over the phone. When you sign up for the 3 month special (79$ when I did) which is what they promote, they mention you can automatically renew if you want, but not that you have to go into settings and choose not to. The selection of men on here is PITIFUL! I'd do better at a bar.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015

    After spending hours completing surveys and other questionnaires you are immediately prompted to subscribe to get any use out of the site. You are only able to contact possible "matches" with pre-chosen questions/answers. After you go through the back and forth random questions you are now able to send actual messages to your match... only if you pay upwards of $300. Unable to subscribe for only 1 month at a time or even having free trials makes the site really unwieldy and not worth $300 to send someone a "Hello".

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2015

    Eharmony recently removed the ability to see when a user was last online and therefore you cannot tell if the user is active or not. A lot of the matches sent to me were of people who probably signed up for free communication weekend and never paid for a subscription therefore are "dead" accounts. The UI is super, super buggy. I met a number of people on here and ended up meeting a great guy and we get along very well, but honestly having a sea of inactive profiles is such a waste.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2015

    Last May, I signed up for what I believed was a one month membership. When my June bank statement arrived I noticed a 2nd charge, so, I called to inquire only to learn that I had inadvertently signed up for 6 months. While I felt the right thing to do for eHarmony was to cancel my membership, they declined so, I instead sucked it up and rode it out. In addition I sent several emails letting them know I had no intention of signing on again. Yesterday I learned I am enrolled for another 6 months! No, this can't be happening. I again called and was told I can not cancel until next April. Clearly, I don't have the technical savvy to maneuver your site and cancel or unenroll or turn of renewal, even though I believed I had! Not only is this all maddening, it's highly unethical as I now believe that this is a scam which eHarmony understands full well to take advantage of people such as myself. I also, suspect that with some research much will be revealed.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2015

    It was not a good experience. Many users gave false information to gain a more favorable match. When requesting more detailed information, you are required to continue through the process set up by the site.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2015

    All recommended matches were entirely inappropriate. Very few had completed any post education training. Many were dishonest. Few had more than two interests in common. Most posted photos that were taken at least 10 years previous.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015

    I cancelled the service by disabling the auto-renew in June of 2015. They state they never received this information. I was charged for 1/3 of next year on 8-31, again on 10-1... I contacted them on 8-31 when I noticed on my account, got told they could do nothing until the entire amount had been paid. Also have been told by CS that I cannot get a refund. On 10-2 I did get 1 refund for the fees that shouldn't have been charged. I think that this is a scam, and deceptive practices. If you do join be ready to lose money after you think you have cancelled.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2015

    After many hours of questionnaires I was matched with someone who you'd have to say was my complete opposite. I had no faith that the questionnaires were used at all. Then I was plagued with advertising to lure me back onto the site to talk to Tom, Dick or Harry who did not exist.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015

    Too many of the matches do not have pictures (I specifically delineated pictures only) and the matches are ridiculous. I live in the largest city in the state and most of the "matches" live in small rural towns almost (to more than) an hour away! I am a college graduate and most of the men on this site are in manufacturing or construction. I spent over an hour (initially) answering questions and yet most matches have little information. This is a total waste of time and money, yet I am locked in for a year. I thought I would be getting matches that had commonalities with me.

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    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2015

    They got me to "join" under false pretenses that I would have a week trial offer. I got sucked in, had to fill out all the questions, then when I wanted to try my "free trial" it was not to be found! I then wanted to delete my profile since I wasn't buying into this rip-off but couldn't just delete myself. I had to email them SEVERAL (not 1-3x), until I finally wrote them I wanted off for real or I'd get the BBB to have them take my profile off -- it got taken off. Buyers & dates BEWARE. Once you sign up, your profile will remain long after you want it to. Never again!

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2015

    Was not happy with any results and tried unsuccessfully to cancel my membership. Finally changed my debit card online to a cancelled card with a current expiration date and all billing stopped. I hope this helps the person who is frustrated with cancelling.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2015

    Lots of questions to get the same dishonest people just looking for sex. Not sure matching the right chemistry works and it's a pain to work around the rules for contact.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2015

    I joined eHarmony and paid for 1 year. About a month before I thought the service would end. I went on to end my subscription. My profile was blank. I went on a few days later thinking it was an app glitch, still blank so I assumed that my account was canceled or had run out. A few weeks later I get a charge for $89 on my credit card account. I called eHarmony the day it came through to dispute and tell them that it was already canceled. The lady argued and yelled at me and then hung up on me. When I called back, the next guy said I had to wait for the full year payment to go through, 3 charges of $89 each, before I could cancel even though they were the ones who deleted my profile.

    I filed a dispute with my card company and suddenly my profile reappears, complete. It's annoying enough that they did this but the matches are terrible and nothing like what I want or said I wanted. They would continually tell me to widen my criteria to find more matches - if I widen my criteria I'm not getting what I want. However, I would widen my criteria anyway and still not 1 viable match. This is robbery. With all of the complaints, I am amazed that they are still in business.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2015

    Match.com is overall good with updates and events detailed, profiles and pictures. eHarmony is more focused on payments, with random profiles - local and international.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015

    I was on eHarmony for a couple of months where I met my wife. We just celebrated our 6th anniversary last weekend. I would recommend eHarmony to anyone. It is very easy to use and the matches are obviously very good.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015

    This site is so unsatisfactory -- 90% of matches received, do not have photo. I am getting about 1 match every couple of days. I called the company before signing up asking if they were affiliated to a religion. They lied - said no. However, they are a Christian site. The matches I am receiving are so uninteresting, conservative, boring. On Match - I am receiving more contacts than I can handle, every day, and have had very good success, and many quality matches. Do not use this site. Do not consider them. I paid for 5 months, called and asked for my last month to be cancelled. They refused... said there was nothing they could do. Also, I have had to reset my password daily. Their site does not work with Apple's new operating system. Do not consider this site. It is a waste of money and aggravating.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015

    EHarmony is the WORST dating site I've visited. Moving through the site.... There is no moving through the site! You can only move through the site if you ask someone a bunch of questions. If they ask you questions you cannot view their profile - you only have the option of viewing a picture that is the size of a pea. And forget about looking for yourself and just sending a quick hi to see if they are interested. AND all this for a small fortune which you are tied to. They will not allow you to cancel. AND they won't let you in unless you commit to at least 3 months. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2015

    Tried free trial to do personality test and see who was matched. The weekend "free" trial gave me a few matches but would not allow me to actually have a one on one. I went to cancel before my credit card was going to be charged. They did severe "high pressure" sales to keep me signed up saying I was unhappy and started for a reason. *Reason was a joke to see what all the stupid commercials were about and why they were overly religious and discuss allowed same sex interest. My sister is a gay and I filled it out as her.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2015

    This site is terrible. Hard to navigate. No way to fully describe what you are looking for! Stupid questions! Over a thousand! Who cares who has a better beard, who does the dishes, movies? Really! What about who we are attracted to? Height, weight, body type, eye color, hair? They give you hundreds of matches that you would never date to begin with! When you want to look for someone within 60 miles you get results from over 1000 miles away! Stupid! The commercials are a pack of lies and the website is BS! I would never recommend this to anyone!

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    Serious Consumer Alert for eHarmony. A "match" tracked me down at my place of employment even though I had not given him my details. I immediately requested of eHarmony that they cancel my subscription, since their salesperson had told me at time of purchase, that I could cancel anytime. Yet they refused, stating that the contract does not allow for cancellation.

    After more than a year of countless requests, they started saying "we will cancel your subscription as soon as you request it." No matter how often I request it, they keep repeating that sentence, while they continue to charge my credit card and distribute my profile. My credit card expired. They continued charging. I cancelled my credit card. They continued charging. I cancelled the automatic renewal. They continued charging. I changed my profile information to read the above situation, rather than my personal details. They continued charging. The credit card company is helpless, because of eHarmony's smallprint. Share this. Distribute it. Pass the word. Consumers need to know.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    I've tried several online dating sites with varying degrees of luck but had heard that eHarmony was more serious, so I decided to give it a shot. I found a deal online for $145 for three months, so I decided to give it a shot. What a joke!! They don't listen to your requirements for a match. I'm 41, attractive, educated, and fit and looking to date men 34-47. They were matching me with men in their late 50's and early 60's!! I only want to date those who live in my general vicinity, but all of my matches were in surrounding states.

    The coup de gras was when I got new matches and two people's photos came up as duplicates with different names, ages, and locations! One set was in Las Vegas (where I live) and the other set was in Colorado. What?! That is proof that they create their own profiles and use the same pictures. Additionally, I've always gotten a fairly good response rate on other dating websites. I would say about 85-95%. However, on eHarmony, my response rate is closer to 5%. This makes absolutely no sense. I'm the same person with similar profiles on different sites. The only explanation is that the people I have contacted don't exist.

    So, to sum it all up, don't waste a penny on this sham. I'm going to be livid if they try to charge my account for it again. I'm going to take preemptive measures and call tomorrow to make sure it doesn't happen. I'm also going to call my bank and make sure they know to decline any future charges from the company. Then I guess I will go back to Tinder, where it's free. At least the guys are real!

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015

    I cancelled my account and auto-renew on the day my account expired and they still auto-renewed my account. The call center cannot do anything regarding this issue and corporate refuses to cancel my account and will still charge me for the next 6 months despite the fact that they have record of me turning off auto-renew and canceling my account on the day it expired.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2015

    I have several complaints. One, it is a different outfit from ten years ago in many ways. They are all about having you widen your parameters for a "match" until you can't get a match. It's in their site text and in any phone call you might make to them in this regard. After you find their customer service phone number. Obviously they are avoiding talking to us and avoiding issues. After a long conversation with a phone representative in which I was continually pushed to widen every possible requirement I was finally told in about 2 seconds how to resolve my issue. Back in the day they continually defended the concept of holding out for that one special unique person. Now they would give us 10,000 special unique someone(s).

    Oh, and I have a billing problem too. They have that cancellation page, right? Wrong. You are treated to page after page of "continue" or "cancel". Am I continuing with the cancellation progress or continuing with my subscription? Am I cancelling my subscription or continuing with the cancellation? I guess I have another month of people with whom I have little important in common. The woman on the phone virtuously informed me that I am now cancelled. This is a corporation with a weasel culture. Tell your friends with money that they can go there but to stick to their guns with their match requirements. Expect little.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2015

    Do not, do not, do not sign up with eHarmony or upgrade with POF unless you enjoy having money stolen out of your bank account. Their business practices are outrageous. I wish I had read reviews before considering using their sites. Both use trickery to upgrade your account for a longer period than you intended the moment you click to pay. You won't notice it until your bills start coming in. Eharmony increased my 3 month subscription to 1 year without me noticing it and POF increased my 2 month upgrade to 6 months.

    Luckily, I caught the POF trickery immediately and cancelled before any payment could go through. They threaten you with never being able to have an account with them again if you stop, cancel or delete an account. Oh, boo hoo. So many complaints out there regarding eHarmony stealing money beyond the subscription length and not being able to stop auto renewal. Seriously, how do they stay in business and why haven't there been any investigations into the business practices of online dating services? Please beware. I wish I had known.

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2015

    I joined the website in a hope to find someone especial. However, out of 500 matches I reach out only few were actually active. In addition, there are a lot of scammers. Therefore, I started to search the image of my matches to find out if they are real or not. In fact, the result of my last search is what pushed me to write this review and give up on this website forever and cancel my subscription. I was matched with a member who turned out that she moved away from my city to a new city few years ago. That means they matched me with a member who didn't open their profile for at least a year or so. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME WITH THOSE **.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2015

    Approximately 10 years ago, I found EHarmony's website and thought I would try it out. I spent several days, for a total time of over an hour, just going through their complicated and obnoxious questionnaire and all that garbage. At the end, when I had finally completed that mess, it asked for my credit card information. I chose not to give it as I did not want to pay for matchmaking services. Immediately, I got a response that they could not match me with anyone because no one in their database matched what I was looking for! I tried several more times, even during their "FREE" weekends, only to get the exact same message instantly when I logged in. I never tried again and forgot about them.

    Now, 10 years later, I tried to log in just to see what would happen, and that same message popped up as soon as I logged in. I tried to contact customer service about updating my profile, because people do change, and there is no way to do it! When you create an account, it stays that way FOREVER! I emailed them, and got a generic robotic response about how they try to match people who fit together, but I never got a straight answer. They're a fraud and should be completely done away with!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2015

    Told they can't find a match for me, without telling me why. I think they should have to tell you why they are rejected. I spent an hour answering all their questions.

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    Updated review: Oct. 12, 2015

    Within two days after my account was removed, eHarmony restored my account. Very happy they did restore it.

    Original Review: Sept. 29, 2015

    I attempted to register with eharmony.com two days in a row and in both cases, my account got deleted yet I never violated any agreements. So I emailed them, got no replies even though I informed them I told them I am going to use a competitor.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    I would say it is not worth the money and I am extremely disappointed with this eHarmony! This site constantly has multiple technical computer glitches that are eventually addressed, but reappear within days. Furthermore, I am not sure what dimensions they are using to match their customers because my geographic and educational requests were ignored. I could not remove men from my email and multiple matches I received were not available. Do yourself a favor and find another site, it is not worth the money or the headache.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2015

    I was brought in as a trial and was presented with what felt like a short term trial - that turned out to be a bid to commit you to pay first. If anyone would like to start a class action suit against this company, please contact me. Big companies need to be put in their place, and the only way we can do this, is to take action. It's the only way we can make them change their practices.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    2 dates in 6 months, inappropriate matches - kept sending me much shorter and older men. Most profiles were poorly completed and probably inactive. I had only a handful of views and very only; contacts. I am 5 ft 9" blonde, attractive professional, 40's with masters degree. I would strongly recommend not bothering and trying alternatives (not sure what as my first serious foray into dating). Dreadful site and total waste of hard earned cash!

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    I joined this dating site, completed all the required questionnaires, there were only approximately 10 "matches." I called and emailed 3 days later to cancel my subscription due to the lack of matches. They have continued to withdraw $40.95 from my account every month.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    I joined this site back in July 2015. How I regret that, and now of course they've got my money also, like everyone else whose had a bad experience. Mine today was my profile got hacked. They'd changed my email on me.... Where was eHarmony on this??? Why aren't they checking with the user if they requested a change of email?? Especially one so similar. The hacker used my paid account to contact a lot, and I mean a lot of men. All the requests were to go to eHmail.

    I barely got into my account to see all of this. Contacted a couple of the men, tried leaving one for the man I had contact with, God knows if he saw and why my profile is now GONE!

    I wrote a few nasty emails to their support, one getting back to me with an explanation of what may have happened. Offering me a 10 month free extension plus one other month. Why the hell would it be free??? You just got 200.00 out of me! Also, it was suggested I use another email, ok... I did that. Then they would sign me up for those "extras". Laughable...... I managed to get my photo up... The others were gone from my profile. Sent back an email to them with my new email... went back to sign in later on... HAH... guess what.... I can't get in that account now either. Well, they won't get any money from me now either. Cancelled the card after my account being taken over. Hmmm there's a thought, perhaps now they can't get more money.... They've cut me off???

    Even with the matches they'd sent.... within 1 month's times... I had 6 scammers contact me. Each one I reported. Now I'm screwed out of money, meeting a nice man, won't get it back like everyone else. And can't even login. I wished I'd seen all these reviews also, would have never come on. Shame too, as the man I was writing, if he wrote my email down, that's the only way I may hear from him now. This was a poor, expensive use of people who really would like to find someone special to fulfill their life. Gee..... does the owner we all see on TV know all about this. Probably doesn't care, like he says he does.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2015

    I subscribed to eHarmony for 6 months. I attempted in the beginning to unsubscribe my subscription so I would not be charged for a renewal subscription. After I could not unsubscribe, I learned that I had to wait until all installment payments have been paid. So I waited, and then went through their website and unsubscribed. I had to answer a bunch of questions on why I was ending my subscription. At that point I assumed I would not be charged. Then 3 months later my account was being debited again, for another 6 month subscription. I contacted eHarmony and explained to them I attempted to close the account and the process I went through. I also went on to tell them I had not been on their website for about 3 months since I attempted to close the account.

    Their response to me was, "Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm that a cancellation attempt was made prior to the expiration of your original subscription. While our members may request closure of their accounts at any time, if there is an outstanding balance owed, eHarmony is under no obligation grant the request. As a result, we are unable to cancel your subscription at this time. Your account has 2 payments remaining, and is currently open and and active and is set to expire on 02/23/2016. I have also confirmed that the auto-renewal feature on your account has been disabled."

    They go on to say they will not consider another review of this request. So the question I have is, if they were to disable my account with 2 remaining payments on the renewal, but they won't let you do this on the original subscription, what is their end game? I feel like eHarmony is running a renewal scam. They don't give you anything in writing indicating your subscription has been canceled. So you have to take their word for it that things were done correctly.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2015

    They will happily continue to charge your CC after your membership expires, simply through their annoying auto-renew process. It's not easy to find, but you can turn auto-renew off. But once you do this annoying orange box will continue to appear at the top of every page, for every time you visit the site, that says "please continue your membership" or whatever. Then when your membership expires they charge your CC anyway. Then customer service kindly tells you that you should have turned auto-renew off, and they won't give you your money back. It's worse than talking to the wall. I want to punch them through the phone. ***THIEVES***.

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2015

    Be very careful about their automatic renew. Signed up for 3 months... and it renewed a year later for the same 3 months. Not on the 4th month but a year later. Now I am still in the process of cancelling. It has been over 2 weeks, and I am getting nowhere. I have not used the account nor do I want to. Their customer service is terrible, and have been hung up on many times. Do not bother with the trouble of this site... not to mention answering 500 questions specifying your likes/dislikes, only to end up with matches that clearly aren't for you and are waaaay out of your range of distance... psssh!

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2015

    I joined and after a week of no matches and zero communication, attempted to cancel my membership by web. There is no way to do this so I called. I spoke with a rep that said that she would give me an additional 10 days to use eHarmony free. After the 10 days, my membership fee would be refunded automatically and I needed not to contact anyone further. 10 days later I was charged over $150+ and when I called back I was advised eHarmony does not refund and I agreed to stay which meant I agreed to pay and the KICKER was they do not record their conversations so have NO record of my conversation with rep "Monica" and do not believe she would tell me I'd be refunded since that was incorrect. I eventually went to the BBB. Same result. Save your money! The site and customer service are HORRIBLE!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2015

    eHarmony doesn't allow you to cancel the auto-pay early. It requires that all users wait until the 3rd installment be paid for until you are allowed. The problem is that when trying to cancel (after the 3rd installment payment has been sent), eHarmony makes it impossible to find the cancel link. There is no customer support and if there is, they make it very difficult to find. Now they charged me for a 6 month installment and I still cannot find the cancel button. I searched their site for a link so I can email them directly but apparently, that too is difficult to find. I do not know what to do or how to stop them from taking money out of my account. Their service is the worst one out of ALL the dating sites. There is no possible way that they are rated #1. No way in hell.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2015

    I'm from Illinois, they ask for too much money. EHARMONY doesn't let you meet people for interracial dating. I like to date men outside my race, none of them wanted to meet. The free sites are better. I hate seeing the ads on television, it's a lie and btw I don't see any interracial couples like black women and a non-black man on the television ads. Don't waste your time on eHarmony.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2015

    I became a member in September 2015. I know that the subscription should've expired by now. Within a week of becoming a member my matches were people totally not suited to me. When someone who sent me a contact email his profile was exactly what I was looking for. However it was guaranteed a fake profile and someone who wanted me to contact him privately at his email and suggested me to use a link to access his photo. I didn't ever click on it. After 4 months of persevering with this scam dating site, I cancelled my subscription but because I took an annual subscription I still had to leave my profile up there until it expires. I continued to get annoying emails from eHarmony to check matches and reconsider my subscription.

    I deleted almost everything on my profile that would represent someone looking and instead tried to expose the site for its most uselessness to assisting someone to find a life partner. They do not do one thing promised. Their rigorous personality questions to match you to your exact match seemed to be a means through which they produced the exact opposite results working at your level of neediness for a partner. I continued to delete their emails.

    Since the start of August I've been getting emails first to renew my subscription and as soon as it was September I received an email stating that the friction of 280 was not successful and my subscription is at risk. So despite the fact that I've made it clear through cancelling my subscription, setting up an angry frustrated profile about them, they illegally tried to deduct money from my account under pretext that I want to continue with this nightmare. I sent them an email at support @eHarmony.com staying just that and to not try to deduct money from me and to stop contacting me.

    I was of course totally ignored and they continued to send me match emails or emails about someone sending me questions and I continued to delete them. It was the last straw today when I received another email about them being unable to deduct the next year subscription from my account. Knowing that I fully hated this site, cancelled my subscription not even half way into becoming a member, deleted anything that made sense on my profile and trying to expose them as the biggest scam preying on our neediness.

    I have come to the point that I feel this company should be investigated, sued and charged with attempted theft. Or whatever the legal terms are. This site arrogantly and unashamedly is about exploiting the vulnerability of their members and making it impossible to leave them. Please get my name off their site and stop it from emailing me and even more importantly stop it from attempting to deduct money from my account for the next year when it was clearly cancelled. Thank you.

    Sorry, I refuse to go back on the site to find my order number... Should you need it later. I will. They even control who views your profile by only sending you matches. They don't let you search. To view my profile: I'm Sandra, Maths teacher 55, Southbank. You can contact me for my log in details to read my profile and I can collect all correspondence with them should you need it.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2015

    The 1st month I was contacted by 9 individuals. 2 were very brief and simply just not a good match. 7 sent me long emails professing their desire to form immediate relationships for life. Telling me I'm the sexiest most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Oh puleezzz ....I'm average and proud of it. Within a day of receiving this "he wants to go for it" and "Skip to email notice" from EH... EH sent me an email that the security team removed the profile. Scammer is the only thing comes to mind. When I contacted EH all I was told was: "We've matched over a million people....blah blah blah." We can't refund your money even though 80% of the people contacting you are scammer preying on women.. RUN!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2015

    I joined this site several months ago. Completed an enormous amount of information. Very, very poor response rate. Questions were inappropriate. I cannot remove men from my page that I have never contacted. Two men took my phone number, one set up a meeting then no longer was on the site and did not follow through. The other called at inappropriate times of the day. Website options are so limiting. I feel taken advantage of and I'm so sorry I submitted so much information about myself. Please be warned by this review.

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    After a positive interaction with eHarmony, Chris increased their star rating on Oct. 16, 2015.

    Updated review: Oct. 16, 2015

    So Eharmony did finally get back to me AFTER I had message them from the site itself as their emails didn't go anywhere. They did cancel my monthly payments and since I had paid for two months already the extended my subscription another month. Still not impressed with the site and am looking forward to getting off of it. Until then I will keep trying but will be removing my info and getting my profile deleted as opposed to just sitting there not being used. Still have to say beware when using this site.

    Original Review: Sept. 11, 2015

    I unfortunately signed up to eHarmony and agree with others that it is expensive. I did find an online "coupon" that gave me a code to reduce the monthly payments which I had to check with them to see if they would even honor it. They eventually did. After a couple of months I received an email from them stating that I or someone had tried to change my email address from a Yahoo to a Yahoo address upon which they requested I create a new account under a different email address. I was to respond to their email giving me this request using my new email address. The address they have is "Customer_Care@eharmony.com" which DOESN'T work as I keep getting mail delivery errors.

    I have tried sending them messages from different addresses and everyone comes back deliverable. I have even gone onto their website and used their online contact message system to try and get an answer from someone. That was two days ago and I am still waiting to hear back as my account is useless without being upgraded and am now paying monthly for nothing. All I can say is BEWARE!

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    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2015

    I signed up online for an account. The offer stated $16.95 per month for 6 months. I entered my credit card information and when I hit submit it changed the amount to 12 months and charged my account $202.40. There was no way to change this on the site.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015

    I tried Match, OkCupid, PlentyofFish and eHarmony. EHarmony had the dubious distinction of being the most expensive of them all and absolutely worthless. It picks a couple of matches for you based on their "algorithm". Once you go through these few matches, that's it. You are done. You've wasted $100 on subscription. It will not let you browse members or search. You have to wait days/weeks for new people to join who match their "algorithm". The interface itself is clunky and outdated and you can't send a message to someone, until you sent dozens of "ice-breakers" which are fairly pointless. Overall I would give this site zero stars. I am surprised that anyone in their right mind would use it. :)

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2015

    I received numerous matches, most all of which were incomplete and inactive profiles, and there were also some fake profiles that were obviously set up by Match. When I would try to click on an "attractive" profile, nothing would happen. I got a few of those and tried to write to eHarmony support but that is apparently a black hole. No customer support numbers or emails visible on the website. After 3 months of wasted money and time, there was absolutely no communication. I will add that I am an attractive woman who receives a ton of emails on other sites. A few years ago this site was actually quite good but it is different in the way they match and it is the worst site out there.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2015

    Around a year ago, eHarmony auto-renewed my membership against my knowledge and wishes. When I caught the mistake a few weeks later on my credit card statement, I called the company to stop service and to reimburse my payment. I believed this had been done, so I no longer had contact with the company. Around two weeks ago, I received an email stating that my subscription had expired. I hadn't used the company's services in all that time and had no contact with anyone!

    When I again called the company, they told me to send an email to their customer care department. The reply I received a few days ago said that since I didn't cancel within their three-day window, they will not reimburse my entire year's subscription. I never used the service this year, but I still did not receive my money.

    I have never dealt with a company of any kind whose policies are like this. I'm sorry, but if you're checking into this to consider joining, I'd say don't. No way! There are much better companies out there who have integrity and who care about their clients. Good luck!

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2015

    NIGHTMARE! Thought if I were a paying customer I would get better matches. Not so! Some so far away I never even heard of where they lived. The pictures, horrendous. Obvious that people lie about their age, really an auto mechanic with a doctorate??? And then all the free people who were just on for the ride. One guy had the guts to call me, sounded dead as a doorknob. Told me he didn't want to drive 30 minutes out of his range. Wished me luck! After one month of this nonsense I wanted out. Of course, I was DENIED my money back! Now I'm out 150.00 for garbage and fraud.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2015

    I wish I had read all the reviews before wasting my money. This site is the worst site I have come across. I paid for a year. Only been on the site for a short period. When you fill out distance, age, religion, etc it restricts your matches very strictly. Because I have distance set at 100 miles or less I have received very few matches, none at all in past two weeks. It always said working hard to find matches for you. (NOT!) I can change distance a little further away and receive matches from far off. (Makes no sense.)

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2015

    After being on eHarmony for six-months under a contract, I decided it wasn't for me. I tried to disable the account before the auto-renew date only to find that it hadn't occurred. I asked that they disable the account and made it known I wasn't intending to use the account. They just referred to the T&C's and said they are not obliged to refund customers under that. The trouble is that they don't make it easy to find how to disable this auto-renew function. Very dishonorable. Would not recommend to anyone looking at online dating.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2015

    WHAT DO eHARMONY AND A BMW HAVE IN COMMON? ANSWER: Buncha Money Wasted! (my apologies to BMW who actually does make a decent car). So it's another day...and another email congratulating me: "You have 5 NEW matches!" Woohoo! Will the fun never end? Actually, yes, it did the moment I signed on with eHarmony and paid my $240 for a 1-year subscription! Now you're probably thinking, "These complaints can't all be true. I know several people who found 'love' on eHarmony." Yes, I know a couple of those too, but that was 8 years ago. My, how times have changed. Just check out the history of this company. You'll soon realize that it's rapidly losing market share and doing whatever it takes to survive, even if it means putting aside Christian-based values because the wolf is at the door and there are debts to pay.

    These days it's none other than Neil Clark Warren himself taking to the tube to convince a pouting blonde (and you!) that finding a soulmate takes time: What do you want? Fast or FOREVER? Thus far, I have to agree with ALL other complainants on this site: With eHarmony it will take FOREVER...and I mean JUST TO FIND A REAL, LIVING, ACTIVE MEMBER who is not a scammer or who threw in the towel eons ago. Truth is, it's more likely you'll NEVER meet that special someone on eHarmony. And you'd have been better off putting the money you spent on the lotto or horses.

    Still not convinced? Then how about this? A few hours after paying up I received my first Smile and Match. Instead of a human profile photo, this match had a professional stock photo of an African lion lying in the bush. His name was Forrest. He lived in The Woodlands, TX (get it???), 5'7" tall and age 77. Inside the profile were a few lines of sketchy bio info. Since I'm not especially cut out for septuagenarian lions, I called eHarmony's illusive Customer Care, said I wasn't pleased, and asked for a refund, cutting it off well within their 3-day Cancellation Period. Of course, they said stuff like: "It takes time. Adjust your settings so you reach more matches. Do this, do that, blah, blah and blah." They offered a few more trial days, but after a mere handful of peeks at my profile and no Smiles, I called again to request a refund. Once again I received the "Give it time" runaround.

    Meanwhile, in the process of exploring some match profiles, I once again took a peek at Forrest where I discovered another photo (a 60ish man playing with 5 white puppies) had mysteriously appeared. A later click on the profile and it suddenly vanished in a cloud of digital smoke, leaving behind the message: "Forrest has left the building." (Believe me, no one is clever enough to make this up!)

    A week later after expanding my settings further and going on a campaign to test eHarmony's claims, I received an intriguing match. Tim stated that he lived in Albuquerque, NM, was 5'11" tall and age 68. Upon opening Tim's profile I discovered, to my complete shock, the same photo of the man with the white puppies! I'll let you connect the dots here. But I will tell you that I have a 30-year background in advertising and marketing and I know when I see an inside job. I live in one of the five largest cities in America. There's absolutely no logical reason why eHarmony should be producing such low response if it's truly doing what it says it is.

    I am an attractive, professional, Christian woman who was very happy until I got talked into signing up. The worst part is that I was foolish to not follow my intuition and get out before I was legally outside their cancellation period. Be advised that I'm being relatively brief here and focusing on just one incident. So if you're trying to decide whether or not you should tread in eHarmony territory, I would heed Dante: "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. Keep far, far away!"

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2015

    I became inactive over a year ago on purpose as it seemed like a waste of time. For some reason they have been taking 8.95 out of my account every month after the one year expiration ended. I am on auto pay on that account so I wasn't paying attention to the charge. When I did notice it, I was upset. I went back to my inactive site, and tried to stop the auto pay that they had me on but couldn't figure out how to do it. I asked them if they could stop taking my email in from their internal email system expecting them to stop. Well, they didn't. Then I had Discover give me different credit card numbers and a different card. I was just looking at the spend analyzer on Discover and I noticed this little 8.95$ charge. Needless to say, somehow they came across the new numbers and are taking money from my account still.

    This time I've asked Discover if they can block it. This is my second time with them taking money out of my account and not being able to get it stopped. The first time, they didn't come across the new numbers and it stopped. I don't know what they did this time. I am a businessman. My company has 22 5 stars, nothing less, and very busy. I have to question the integrity of Eharmony because this is now my second time with a similar situation. I'd personally like to make money off of people that don't want to give me their money, but I can't do business that way. In my business, my goal is to satisfy the customer first, and then I get paid... I'm not satisfied. I'm upset. I finally saw a page I missed. The card expired in May of 2014. They hit it again August 2, 2015. How'd they do that?

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2015

    I am a beautiful woman inside and out, who desired to meet a nice guy. I joined eHarmony because of all the commercials. I've been on it for 1 year, all the men look like pedophiles. It is a joke and possibly a scam because every customer service number automatically disconnects. I'm so disappointed at their claim to provide accurate matches. This is a joke, a complete waste of money and time.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2015

    I've used eHarmony a few times over the years, and despite the negative reviews here I'd have to say it's probably it isn't as bad some people have experienced. I've had two long-term relationships come from connections made on eHarmony. While the relationships ended, the reasons had nothing to do with using the site. Yes, eHarmony rations your matches at a rate of about 5-10 per day, and there's no guarantee that the matches you get are active users (especially problematic with the removal of seeing when a user's last activity was). However, eHarmony pays off for those who are patient and who believe in the process. Over time, I've had better and more dates from eHarmony than from any other online dating site.

    If you want someone for now/tonight/short-term, eHarmony will disappoint and you should probably just use Tinder or go to a bar. But if you are looking beyond this, eHarmony will give you a slow stream of okay (and occasionally great) matches. Regarding cost: If you compare eHarmony to matchmakers like It's Just Lunch, it's a steal. The cost-per-date goes way down. eHarmony often has promotions to bring the cost even lower, especially for returning users (my most recent offer was $5.95 per month!). That said, personal experience has revealed that many users of eHarmony also have profiles on the free sites like OkCupid or POF.

    Knowing this, I would be disinclined to choose eHarmony and rely on strong profile-screening skills to find the same people. Overall, I'd still recommend eHarmony. It feels less scammer-infested than other sites, and seems to work in some way like it's advertised (at least for me). I'd also give props to eHarmony's customer service. They were responsive and courteous.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2015

    Very disappointing experience. After about week and half on eHarmony I started dating my old flame. I had signed up for 6 month installment plan. I contacted eHarmony to stop service and was told only after paying for 6 month installment. I understood I got a discount and asked that they prorate my 10 day time at their full monthly rate and stop my account. They insisted I have to pay for 6 months before my account can get stopped. Horrible customer service. It took almost 2 weeks for them to get me a reply back via email.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2015

    eHarmony is horrible. The matches I have been getting don't have a picture attached to them and they are older than my age range after I changed my restrictions. I was very excited about the site because I have heard so many good stories. My Aunt & Uncle along with a couple friends found love. I did not want to spend this much money ($175 for three months) but because I heard it worked I did. I am very disappointed with the site and I don't even want to look at the emails they send. They have to approve the photos you upload and I can't believe the photos they allow. Half the matches I'm getting don't even have a picture and I was not aware that a picture is not a requirement. I was told some people are shy and won't add a picture. How can you be on a dating site without a picture?

    Most of the matches that have pictures I don't have anything in common so I'm not sure how we were matched. I'm sorry I told my friends about the site because now it is a joke with them asking what crazy matches did you get matched with today. I was told it takes time but I don't have time for this non-sense. I was hoping I would find better quality people because they had to pay for the site but that was not the case. I understand they can't restrict the site as I was told on the phone it's not just pretty people that sign up and you don't match by the picture. I was hoping they would give me my money back but that is only within 3 days of signing up. I gave the site a chance. I will never recommend them to anyone.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2015

    Eharmony is a bunch of crap. First of all how can a machine pick who you might like and you the client have no choice of picking your matches. Second of all, you can't email directly until you waste your time answering stupid questions. All of my matches picked by the machine were a bunch of ugly dudes. Lastly trying to cancel the auto renew and you can't & to cancel your subscription. You have to call the 1800 number so they can try to convince you to keep paying mad money on a ** service. Eharmony is very expensive for a 6 months subscription. You pay $166. And if you are unhappy with your first month you still have to pay the whole amount.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2015

    Having tried as a paid subscriber a few different times over the past 10 years I have found eHarmony to be very useless. This recent time I got many matches and I reached out to many and got "0" "Zero" responses. For all the science behind their matches it seems to me they miss out on some critical components. People are attracted first to others as much by sight as any other aspect. To say it's all psychological is idiotic. In talking with customer service this morning and being very clear about my complaint the Spanish speaking customer service representative did not get my point which I restated three different times.

    I asked twice to speak to a supervisor and her response was there wasn't one available. I agree with other commenters when they point out the young child shilling eHarmony is very creepy. What's even more disheartening is Mr. Warren's assertion that so many people have been married as a result of eHarmony. I guess some people are just beyond eHarmony's science.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2015

    I went through the incredibly long process to the point where I was asked how many times I was married. As soon as I answered that as it was more than once, they could no longer help me! They didn't know why anyone could be married more than once so why are you going to discriminate?!?

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2015

    I signed up for the service based on the ads, and only afterwards read all of the negative reviews online -- on this site and others. I know that's the ** backwards way to do it, but anyway... Having read the negative reviews -- many of them so vehement -- I got spooked, thought I was getting scammed, and immediately called the Customer Service line (844-544-3178) to cancel within the 3-day trial period and get a full refund. Long story short: the customer service rep was courteous, offered an extended trial period, and when I said I still wanted to cancel, she immediately refunded my money. The refund was acknowledged by Paypal literally within 1 minute. The customer service rep asked only one time whether I really wanted to cancel, and when I said I did, she didn't persist.

    As far as customer service experiences go, this was top notch. I was tempted to try the extended trial period, but was afraid I would forget to call back and cancel. At least as far as my experience goes, eHarmony did not try to scam me. Maybe the dating service isn't very good (guess I'll never know), but they seem like an honest company as far as my interaction went.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2015

    I joined eHarmony.com in March. I have reported 8 scammers and finally gave up because the only people that contacted me were scammers. There were several people who I was talking with that had their accounts hijacked by scammers. The security of their servers must be lax and their review process is flawed. I had one scammer contact me from 4 different accounts all with the same pictures. He had hijacked all 4 accounts and changed their profiles with the same exact wording and pictures. Perhaps they should install algorithms to compare the profiles and pictures before allowing drastic updates. The matches that I was given were way off compared to the matches from other matching websites. Thanks for letting me let others know of my bad experiences.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2015

    This is the third (and probably) last time I'll use eHarmony. First time was for three months, a couple got to email but nothing. Second time was for a year (at the bottom-basement price of $6.95/mo.) and had 20 get to email but only three first-and-only dates. This time was another three month with 4 getting to email and one phone number; left three messages and a text and no callback, so whatever.

    This go-around I spoke to a rep via the chat feature and I noticed that the "last logon date" wasn't on the member profile. The rep told me that once I've subscribed, I'll get to see photos (knew that, been a subscriber before) and the last logon feature. Well, the rep lied... there's no last logon date and a post to eH's Facebook page got the reply "Well, the rep was mistaken." So the only real indicator that you've come across an active member/subscriber is if they've viewed your profile and/or responding to the communication process. I had three of my four get to email, but they never replied to my email (or close me out), so I'm under the impression they joined during on of their inane "free communication events".

    You also can't quit unless you're within the three-day window and can't even remove your profile or close your account until the end of your subscription term. Lame. A couple days before the end of my term, I turned off my matching, took down all my photos, and eliminated as much of the written material on my profile as possible (there's a few "lists" that you can't remove info for whatever reason). The next day, I have FIVE ladies view my profile.

    I find it an INCREDIBLE coincidence that I have FIVE profile views from ladies I sent communication to one or two months prior! Oh, there was the one that was a couple weeks old. Since I only had a couple profile views every other week, I just thought it was amazing that all these women are viewing a profile with NO PHOTOS and the text "As of 8/20/15 I am no longer a subscriber so call or write to customer care and tell them to quit giving you inactive profiles as matches." From my experience, 80-90% of "matches" are no longer active members (I kept records during my one-year stint, but didn't even bother this time).

    If people had a complaint about eH and posted on their page, I'd suggest to them to contact their credit card or bank and have them issue a chargeback if they really don't use the service anymore, as eH does not make it very easy to disable the auto renewal feature (you opt-in by accepting their member agreement) or close your account; you must be all paid up if you were on an installment plan to turn off the auto renewal and you subscription has to END before you can remove your profile. eH generally replies to emails or Facebook posts with generic boilerplate emails and referred you to the 800-number or "match concerns". They finally got tired of all my feedback to other irritated members, so they blocked me from posting on their Facebook page (I think what did it was an "Office Space" themed meme that said "Yah, if you could quit matching me with inactive members, that'd be great.") and got me perma-banned.

    If you do use the service (such as it is), use a gift/rechargeable card only with sufficient funds to cover the subscription fee. Also, don't join right away; you'll get emails or see specials when you log in to the site (or check out their FB page). Don't expect much, but you might get lucky (like winning the lottery). Money spent on eH should mean about as much to you as a night out on the town (sans the hangover, but still a headache).

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2015

    I saw an advertisement for EHarmony subscription fee, advertised as $39/month and I joined online. Immediately afterward, I noticed that my account had been debited over $239!!! I immediately emailed them and told them that I could not afford to have an entire $239 taken out of my account at one time. They responded by email and told me to call the 844-544-3178 number, which I did. I spoke with an EH Representative who told me that I qualify for a full refund and told me to email their Trust & Safety Dept. I asked if there was any way that specific Dept could be reached by phone and was told, "no," only by email. I sent them an email a week ago and have not heard anything. I called the 844-544-3178 number back today (8/20/15) and was told that I would have to wait (again).

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2015

    I joined eHarmony for a 24-month period. They never stuck to my geographic requirements which were not onerous and even included a large metro area it has been. Thus, the vast majority of matches I received were outside reasonable travel (more than 100 miles). From the start approximately one in ten matches turned out to be a scammer - pretty pictures (sometimes not matching), wanting to leave the site immediately and constantly asking for information leading to passwords, etc. It got easy to ID them... but still was an investment on my part. After the first six months there has been a constant decrease in matches to this point at which I do not receive any. In short, these folks are happy to take your money for a designated period of service and do not deliver.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2015

    Pure scam. I joined, paid subscription fees. A week later I got an email out the blue saying they were closing my account. They wouldn't say why only that it 'normally' was down to an issue with lying over personal details, which I haven't. They also stated they would be more than likely keeping my subscription fee and gave me a link to FAQ on their homepage. No proper recourse, no actual explanation which I would have been able to reply to properly; just an unceremonious email stating they were keeping my money and deleting my account.

    Not only am I upset, given it was a big step for me to enter internet dating after being single for a long time following an awful split, they are keeping my money and basically calling me a liar. Absolutely furious. I cannot believe they treat their customers like this. At worse it's a scam, at best its an arrogant, uncaring company who likes to be in control and not allow any proper recourse. I had to search for ages to try and find an email address to contact them on. Stay well clear of them!

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2015

    These guys are amazing. I used the service for 2 weeks before I was told I was not eligible for it, because I am separated. That's okay. I understand. The problem was that they would not refund my money and gave me a long run around. Every response I got was "you're not eligible..." It was clear that they blamed me for the mistake on their end. I had to go to Paypal to end auto payments. At the time of this review, eHarmony has still not granted me a refund for a service that they will not let me use. I will never use them again, and I strongly recommend others look elsewhere as well.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    I've had good luck with several popular dating sites. eHarmony is NOT one of them. It was a complete waste of time and money. In 6 months, they only matched me with 1 or 2 people within my preferences. Most were way out of my age range and more than 50 miles away! eHarmony draws loads of people in with "Free Communication Weekends" but most these people never become members. Yet you still get matched with them even though they have two sentence profiles, no photos and never joined! The worst is the scammers. The site is full of people who aren't who they say they are. I had to cancel my membership just to keep from getting constantly hit on by scammers. Of course eHarmony is the biggest scammer of all. They won't give refunds so I learned an expensive lesson. Steer clear!

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    Be aware that if you find someone within a month you will still have to pay for the year if you selected that options. They use deceptive practices to take your money. I wanted to cancel and was told too bad I still have a year to pay for the useless site before I can cancel.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    The reason I say they are scam is that I signed up and I actually read the agreement but one thing is not true. They tell you - you have 3 days which is **... I never was able to cancel and they even tell you how to cancel. I followed the steps and I never had that option given to me. I've tried on my phone, laptop & desktop, no access and nowhere in settings. Then after searching & digging again I found an email for cancellation, I sent my case in that I have found someone but not from their site. So I didn't need the services. I barely got on the site and was always the same people. They were to get back to me via phone within 24-48 hours per the auto-reply.

    This has been 2 months now. No contact from eHarmony at all. Oh you can't delete your credit card so I put in a fraud alert on my credit card. I did get an email about my non-payments. I'm not paying them period $18.93 a month. Haven't for the past 3 months which included this month. So I have stopped paying them. So don't get on this website.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015

    The matches I have received are over an hour away. How could I possibly have a meaningful relationship with that kind of distance. They must not have a very large database I'm thinking. Have had very little to no response or feed back from the matches I have received that are local to me - are these real people?? I have been subscribed for just over a month and I so wish I wouldn't have spent the money. It was not cheap either. So dissatisfied.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2015

    My auto renew was turned off yet they still billed me for another 6 months. Totally unethical and very unprofessional - then try finding a phone number or an email address to contact at eHarmony - all hidden on their website. Unresolved at this time.

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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2015

    I feel like I got a bad deal on a used car... 3 matches in the whole time, I could of stood on the street corner and sold pencils with better success. Don't do it.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2015

    I cancelled my subscription to eHarmony awhile ago, but continued to get matches sent to my email. One day I clicked on the email and started looking at some of the matches they had for me. They had what I thought was a special for $17.95 for a month, turns out I signed up for 2 years and somewhere in small print there I have still not found, if you want to cancel you need to do so in 3 days. After my account had been compromised 2 times I called them and asked to have my account canceled immediately.

    I was informed I had to fulfill my contract before I could cancel. Within the next couple of days my account was compromised 2 more times. I called again with the same complaint. They told me I should read their safety procedures. Eharmony had several of the same men with the same picture using different names. I asked for matches to be with 120 mile, they were matching me with people across the country. This is the very WORST dating site and their customer service, if possible, is even worse than that. I finally contacted my bank to have any further auto-debits not honored.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2015

    I registered for eHarmony 3 months ago and it has been the most awful experience with dating site I ever experienced. There are 3 main reasons why I would recommend people to stay away from this site. Believe me - You won't find "The ONE" there. Firstly, it doesn't matter what radius you are searching within, there will be a few matches that you will be receiving and the likelihood is 99% that they will disappear from the site the same or the following day. This leads to a huge scam problem going on on the site. Don't trust anyone on it!

    In addition, there are many matches that don't even have a picture - ridiculous! The most frustrating part is that when I called eHarmony today to cancel my subscription, they refused to. They also have auto-renewal as the default in the settings. Be cautious of that, if you don't cancel your auto-renewal, eHarmony will be charging you without any notice. I am going to try match.com, hopefully, will have a better experience there!

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2015

    I had subscribed to a 1 year plan and it indicated a monthly payment, to my surprise they took the entire amount. I did not like website, bogus matches and it was a terrible experience. I quickly stopped using it. I never agreed to renew it, they claim I agreed but they have a fine print and I kept getting message that it was about to expire that I needed to renew. I never did. To my surprise they started taking monthly payment out of my account; 2 payments so far. I was so angry of their deceitful business practice. I went and saw over 900 claims on BBB. What a terrible way to do business. I spoke to a representative and got 1 month back, but I asked her to request the 2nd one as well. She sent me an email with one refund and a claim for the 2nd one. But when I asked her to send me an email in writing that I cancelled she gave me such a hard time. I told her my bank requested it and soon after, very upset, she sent it. NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THEM.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2015

    Does anyone else think it's a little odd that E-harmony.com doesn't have a customer service phone line? That's because they'd be employing half the continent just to handle the volume of their complaints department. In 2014, I first attempted to cancel my account with this company. They were sending me awful matches. It took me MONTHS just to get them to FINALLY STOP BILLING ME. They told me I had to finish out my subscription which would end 01/05/15. On that day I made what I thought was my final payment of $67.90. I lived in blissful ignorance. Entirely under the impression that my account was cancelled as they promised it would be. THEN...

    On 05/09/15 they began charging my account again, $33.95. I sent them a nasty letter after telling them to stop and my account had been cancelled months ago. THEN AGAIN on 06/09/15 they billed me another $33.95. I sent another letter and I wasn't very nice. AGAIN on 07/05/15 they billed me yet another $33.95. I sent a letter with distinct clarity demanding they cancel my account and refund me $101.85. THEN AGAIN on 08/05/15 I was billed another $33.95. As that was only 2 days ago, who knows if I will be charged again in September? I'm guessing YES!

    I sent them another letter telling them I was filing a report with the Better Business Bureau and that is exactly what I did. I also filed a complaint with my bank and demanded they issue a charge back to E-harmony.com for the full amount of which they have ROBBED me thus far. Yes, this should be considered ROBBERY! E-harmony is the worst company I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Please spread my story and all others so that this company's real practices are widely known to the general public. WE HAVE TO WARN OTHERS! I will be warning every single person I can. Just by myself I hope to reach thousands of people and ask them to spread the word as well. Hopefully this company will wake up and realize there are already thousands of people who hate them. Not exactly the best method of staying in business.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2015

    I signed up for eHarmony for what I thought was six months and it turns out they were trying to charge me around $270 for a two-year subscription!!! I pay them $90 to start and much to my shock within a month another $90 was charged. I tried to call customer service but received a call center in India. They said they would send an email which they did to their US office. The US office said I'm out of luck and it's too bad. So I called and my card is lost so they couldn't charge me the final $90. I look forward to taking them to court. Do not use this dating service.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015

    eHarmony has you answer hundreds of questions, likes and dislikes of a person you'd like to meet. I don't understand why I even wasted my time. They continually send me men that are serious smokers. I've never smoked. Men that are simply not my type in any shape or form. They refuse to credit my daughter's credit card even though they know their dating service is a scam!!! It is impossible to meet anyone, and if you do want to, that person has already cancelled his membership.

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    Price

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    This is the worst dating site I've EVER joined. The fact that they charge so much, only makes it worse. I've had better luck on free sites, but figured I would try eHarmony in hopes to find better quality people. After being on for 3 weeks, I tried to cancel. They denied me and said I had 3 days to cancel after joining. It takes longer than 3 days JUST to fill out the profile questionnaire!? After 3 weeks I stopped logging in and they still refuse to refund me.

    I've contacted the Better Business Bureau, hoping they could help, but eHarmony REFUSES to refund me even for only 2 months since I was logging in for the first 3 weeks. Fine! Keep that month, but what about the other 2 payments!? I have never experienced a company that is so anti-customer service and anti-customer satisfaction! I cannot wait until this company eventually flops because of their horrible ethics and moral standing as a business. STAY AWAY! Match.com is 1,000% better. eHarmony doesn't care one bit about their members! All they care about is getting payment and keeping your money for a service that you will not end up using! DO NOT JOIN!!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingOnline & App

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    On 1/24/15 shortly after I separated from my husband I signed up for eharmoney.com. I was not and still am not legally divorced. I asked on 2/8/15 to be cancelled and refunded and they refused and charged me for a full year when I said I would not use it. I now have reported them to the BBB. They use false advertising. The matches I kept getting were miles and miles away and had nothing in common with me. It's a boring site that barely worked on my phone. They keep saying they have a 3 day cancellation policy, but there is also a policy where you must be legally divorced and I am not and still they will not cancel and refund. They can even keep the 1st installment! Terrible match site and terrible customer service. Do not use.

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015

    I tried to cancel my subscription with eHarmony this morning because the matches I was getting were bogus and undelightful and WAY out of my state range. When I called to cancel they said they couldn't do it because they had to get all the subscription money upfront to cancel my subscription. They tell people they want stories of how they met and when people do and they want to be removed and close their account, that is impossible to. That seems unfair to the so called new couples "if any". eHarmony isn't concerned about matching people they are concerned about getting the money. This is a big rip-off site. Please let everyone know that they are out to get your money not help people out. That old man on TV is pocketing his retirement.

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    eHarmony Company Information

    Company Name:
    eharmony
    Company Type:
    Private
    Year Founded:
    1997
    City:
    Los Angeles
    State/Province:
    CA
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.eharmony.com