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Reviewed Aug. 21, 2008
I am in Australia match which means U.S. match members will be a charge to contact me.I have sent emails to change me over to U.S. match and can get no results.I am trying to date women in U.S. . Also,they keep telling me to subcribe. somebody needs to check this out to keep this from happen to somebody else.I never subcribe to australia .match
No damage just made a 3 month payment and just lost my moneys i guess
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2008
The following scenario has happened to me TWICE from Match.com. Once in April of 2007, I had a charge on my card from Match.com, but then there was a credit right away so I really did not think anything of it. Now I have 2 charges on another account from Match.com I have NEVER used this service, I have NEVER given them my card numbers. I have filed a complaint on the voice mail of the number on my credit statement, it is next to impossible to get ANYONE on the phone! Apparently they have a very liberal policy on charging cards without authorization.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2008
i had been using match.com uk without any problems until i received a resignation message from their customer services advising that my account had been withdrawn. i had no idea why as had been faily happy with this site so i investigated further and got this message back:
"Dear mia11133, Thank you for taking the time to write us. As previously stated, due to our privacy practices, Match.com cannot disclose the specifics of an account without a subpoena. A validly-issued subpoena is a legally-enforceable document which meets certain requirements under law. The document you have submitted as a subpoena, does not meet those requirements. Until we receive a validly-issued subpoena we will not be able to provide the information you seek. Therefore we will not respond to future submissions of the same document or similar documents not constituting a valid subpoena. For immediate answers to most common questions, please visit our help section Match.com Executive Team, Maurice G....
i find this wholly unacceptable as they had taken my payment without any question whatsoever. their customer services support has been a total shambles.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2008
Several magazine subscriptions were ordered using my credit information without my consent. Match.com, a dating website, gave or sold my information without my consent. My account was debited for several magazine subscriptions that I did not order. I had to call several seperate 800 #'s to cancel, and even then they continues to try to sell me something. The cridts are a very long time in coming, but I was never interested in any of these items. Match.com should not be allowed to do this.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2008
After signing up for Match.com last Saturday, I have not been able to log on once. I've sent three emails with no response. I will be contacting my credit card company to dispute the charge. I would not recommend this site to anyone.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2008
I signed up for match.com and was able to use it for about 4-5 days and all of a sudden a message sayingoops, login failed. I contacted them by email and they stold me to make sure that I had enough space and to go to delete cookies. THey apparently did not understand what they had done. I emailed them 5 or 6 times and I continue to be denied access adn yet they have taken my money. WHEn you contact them by email , they tell you someone will be contacting you within 24 hours. It has been over a week and no one has tried contacting me. THis is a scam.
I am out the amount I paid for 1 month= $34.95. I think
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2008
On July 27,2008 I called the 888 number and subscribed to one month to www.Match.com for $49.95. Well I waited until my check cleared the bank and I still could not e-mail any members. I called the 888 number again and they referred me to the exec. team. I would like to know why I can't e-mail anyone & why can't see who has seen my profile?
I would like to know if I'm going to get an ext. on my sibscription or be reimbersed my money!!
Reviewed July 29, 2008
I subscribed to Match.com for one month. After having no luck with the site, I cancelled my subscription three days before the one month deadline. I received a confirmation email stating that my account subscription would be cancelled and I would not renewed unless I did so. A month later, after searching users, I noticed I could still email potentional interests? I wondered, how could I do so if i already cancelled my account?
To my dismay, I noticed that I my account subscription was renewed and my account re-billed for $34.99. When I emailed Match to complain about the issue I never received a return email. A few days later, I called to express my concerns with Match and spoke to a Supervisor who was unwilling to refund my account for the extra month charge since I was still using the account.
When calling back to re-complain to another supervisor she told me that If you cancel your account but then continue to use it by logging in and simply browsing profiles, then your account will be renewed. Never does it state that on the cancellation page! This is very misleading and I CAUTION anyone to use Match for this very reason!!!
I told the woman to completely reactivate my account and am still stuck with the extra months' charge. Unfortunately, the only way to not get re-charged is to deactivate your account completely. PLEASE BE AWARE and learn from my mistakes.
Reviewed July 22, 2008
I signed up for a 6 month trial. I never received notice that the trial was coming up for renewal, and then found a charge for $101.94 on my credit card. I immediately called them to complain, but they would only refund me $66.95. They claim it's OK to bill without notice and without authorization. In my opinion, they have robbed me.
They have robbed me of my hard earned money. I didn't like the service, didn't want to continue using it, but had no idea of when it expired and so was unable to unsubscribe; I assumed, wrongly, that they would inform me of a renewal and an upcoming charge. I am out $34.99. It may not seem like a lot of money, but I find the principle of what they did scary - that companies can just take our credit card numbers and charge us for services that we may or may not want!? It's outrageous.
Reviewed July 22, 2008
The match [they] sent me was a nice person I was seeing for several months and then told me he was a trans-sexual. This is not a good match for me and was quiet upseting I would like to give Match.com a second chance. I feel it is only fair that my next six months be for free....
Reviewed July 22, 2008
The match [they] sent me was a nice person. I was seeing for several months and then he told me he was a trans-sexual. This is not a good match for me and was quite upsetting. I would like to give Match.com a second chance. I feel it is only fair that my next six months be for free.
Reviewed July 18, 2008
I wrote Match.com the following letter: team Member, just a few lines regarding my Match.com account. I can appreciate your enthusiasm for maximizing my financial remuneration. However, as of July 18th, I have been over-charged $509.15. I canceled this account in Feb 2007. I just looked at my most recent credit card statement and found out that Match.com has been charging me $29.95 monthly since Feb 2007. I have not used the services and have not logged into the account since I canceled in Feb 2007. I am writing to request a full refund of all charges billed to my credit card since Feb 2007. Anything you can do to speed this refund along would be greatly appreciated.
The total billed to my credit card since Feb 2007 is $509.15 They billed me $29.95 monthly sonce Feb 2007. It took me forever to get a phone number to talk to a live person. Their billing practices are deceptive and confusing.
Reviewed July 18, 2008
As of July 18th, I have been over-charged $509.15. I canceled this account in Feb 2007. I just looked at my most recent credit card statement and found out that Match.com has been charging me $29.95 monthly since Feb 2007. I have not used the services and have not logged into the account since I canceled in Feb 2007. I request a full refund of all charges billed to my credit card since Feb 2007. The total billed to my credit card since Feb 2007 is $509.15
They billed me $29.95 monthly sonce Feb 2007. It took me forever to get a phone number to talk to a live person. Their billing practices are deceptive and confusing.
Reviewed July 18, 2008
I enrolled to Match but then really didn't want to do it so I canceled my subscription in the time it says you can on their agreement but I have not received a refund. I have emailed them several times and have not recieved any reply. They don't give you a number to call on the website either. Very poor service. Will never use that site again.
Reviewed July 17, 2008
When I signed up I had 2 authorization on my credit card. Match was unhelpful, so I contacted my bank. They said they could watch the authorizations and start the dispute process if more than one cleared. Only one did clear and that should have been the end of that. However over a month later I find my account suspended. I had to search Google to find a number to contact someone. And even then since my account was blocked they couldn't access it. My only recourse was to email their "Executive Team". Even after speaking to a supervisor I was told that I had to do this all by email.
I did this and it could a few emails to get anything other than a canned response. And my request to be contacted by phone was ignored. My main problem with this is after spending a couple hours on the phone with my bank I find that it was Match.com that refunded my money, over a month later, not my Bank. Obviously somewhere there was a communication breaking over the two authorizations and the watch placed on them. However even for an internet company I should have been able to speak to someone, even if it was on their time not mine. Loss of time to try and figure this out, which is silly since its over a dating site. But if I wanted to use said site and not over pay I had to figure out what happened.
Reviewed July 17, 2008
match.com fraudulent payment from my checking account. never was any kind of contact ever with this site or subsciption agreed upon. withdrawal of funds from checking acct., damages cause checking acct to be overdrafted resulting to more money being taking ($35.00) each time overdraft bank fee.
Reviewed July 17, 2008
Like a lot of other people, I can not get them to drop me. they continue to bill me and I can find NO phone number. If someone has a number for them, please post it so I can pass it onto the Texas Attorney generals office. credit card billing and will not cancel my account.
Reviewed July 10, 2008
My Sons childs support acount was charged 34.99 twice for Match.com. I was told that i could get information about this if I would write a compliant. When I called the number on my bank statement she told me it was under investigation ..My question is will my son acount get the money returned and how can I stop this from happening again.
Well the physical damage is that this is his child support and this is how he gets what he needs like food, clothe and Doctor , meds and whatever else that might come up.
Reviewed July 8, 2008
I am very upset. I was treated very rudely on the phone. I know it is a relatively small amount of money, but I am a single mom and I feel it is unfair to be charged for a service I'm not using (I was only on there for about 20 minutes before I cancelled). I am considering legal action and/or disputing through my credit card company, but I see a lot of complaints on the web about Match.com, so I'm wondering what others might have done in my situation. I am a single mom, and was not aware I would be charged for a subscription, since I cancelled in the same day as using the service. Thank you.
Reviewed July 8, 2008
I have tried to contact Match.com for three weeks. Finally after calling and calling I talked to 3 different individuals who told me the same thing. I haven't been able to get in to match.com for 3 weeks, but it has been taken off my credit card. They keep telling me to e-mail and I can't even get on the website.
Reviewed July 3, 2008
I enrolled in match.com for almost a year. I finally canceled my subscription 1 year ago. The termination agreement states your profile will be removed and not viewable by other members. Ive now found out my profile is still active. I immediately contacted match.com and was told my profile stayed on the site unless I specifically asked them to remove it. I immediately had it removed. Not only does this artifically increase the member numbers, but is misleading to any new subscribers who are sending e-mails to non-existing accounts.
No economic or physical damages, but very embarrassing when a woman (unknown to me) approached me in a social setting and made the comment Oh! I know you, your on match.com My girlfriend (with me at the time) became very upset, and almost ended our relationship because of this comment. I wonder how many other people have been affected by this policy.
Reviewed July 3, 2008
partial emails were sent and I was contacted later by the individuals and totally embarrased by what they received and wanted to know what was going on....an email I sent late at nite was sent at 2-3 in the morning...The counter changes are intermittently and continually wrong ...I have sent 14 + emails and have registered up to a week later and see only 4,2,1,i8,14 and never able to pull up the email...
Also... I am thoroughly disgusted with your sending partial emails 5x's to someone I did want to communicate with. You are extremely slow and should be re-examined.. You cannot keep your counters straight, your email count is way off...I was able last week to see my 14 emails and tonight could not pick more than 4..
YOU ARE SO EVER READY TO MATCH WITHOUT ANY INTIMACY OR DISCRETION....ANYTHING WE DO NEVER REGISTERS CORRECTLY...I lost a date because of you and I have a record of you sending an email (not the entire email) but a partial part 5X's...The guy was confused... To this date you have not corrected my bio and Dr. Phil will be notified...I have collected a lot of evidence...I am without a doubt disgusted with your service. I will be requesting a refund after Dr. Phil (a connection) is notified.
Reviewed June 30, 2008
When I recieved my bank statement I had a charge of $101.94 billed to my bank account. I called Match.com and spoke with a young lady to try and resolve this charge. She could not find a thing useing my name,address or my screen name that I use in her data base (pc). So I asked her if she could refund the charge back to my account and she said no in so many words but told me to contact someone at www.executiveteam.com. I could not get into that website.
Reviewed June 28, 2008
Match.com deceptively runs a website called Olympiasingles.com and does not let you know it is actually Match.com until you sign up. I would never have signed up if I knew it had anything to do with Match.com, which is obviously why it sets up these alternate websites to get you to sign in and boost their membership. I deleted my account immediately after I received their email the next day showing it was Match and not Olympiasingles. it took a LOT to get it to be cancelled. they should be sued. BEWARE! there is no website for Olympiasingles. it is Match.com and they want your money.
they have my personal information and I would never have given it to Match.com.
Reviewed June 24, 2008
i signed up for it and the told me you guts had me blocked so could you please fix the problem i dont wanna cancel it because i would like to try it thank you
Reviewed June 20, 2008
i was online and seen a transaction made for $34.99 with match.com? have no idea what this transaction was. Called the bank and they told me to come down and close my bank account. I have solved all that but i would please like to be rembursed for the $34.99.
Reviewed June 18, 2008
I was billed without my permisson for a renewal of this companies services I was totslly and completely dissatisfied with thier service. I was not given what was offered in the initial information supplied to new customers They even tried to double bill me initially and it is difficult to get ahold of them on the phone.
Reviewed June 18, 2008
My renewal memebership charge appeared on my bank statement today for match.com No notice. I called today (sameday) to state I do not wish to have my membership renewed. MATCH.com HAS A NO REFUND POLICY!!!
Reviewed June 17, 2008
i subscribe to 6 months subscrition, they charge me for another subscription i was supposed to get 2 or 6 months free
want a refund if possible
Reviewed June 13, 2008
They charged DEBIT card for $39.99 . I had sent two emails TERMINATING the SERVICE WHICH were a 3 day trial period which I found there services to be shaddy and sending me emails who might be interested in me accross the country when I NEVER was able to send anyone an email at all!
Reviewed June 3, 2008
My Bank notified me that someone was trying to use my Credit card on Match .com when I tried to reach them I was told to contacted the executiveteam.com my problem is I am trying to find out where this call came from and the person who tried to use my card Thanks to my bank they did not have the code.to do the transaction I will appreciated if you are abel to find out who the person is thru Match .com Thank You
Reviewed May 21, 2008
I recieved a bank statement on an account that i just opened 10 days ago telling me that my account is overdrawn due to an automatic payment taken from match.com website. I have no idea who put my information in or how. I have never been on this website and i surely dont have a profile on there. But i am very upset with this and i want to know who used my information and i want the money returned to my bank account immediately.
Apparently this match.com site is a big joke if they can just charge anyones acct. and im not the first one to make a complaint. I could see if i signed up to join the sight but i didnt. someone else did and used my bank info. I would really appreciate immediate action on this as i can not close the acct until my money is returned.
Reviewed May 20, 2008
I opened up a 6 month subscription w/ match.com in spring of '07. I used it for several months and then just stopped accessing my account. I haven't logged on for 1 year. I just got charged for $101 yesterday. No 'your subscription is about to expire' or 'your account will auto-renew' emails from them at all. I haven't received any correspondence from match since my initial 6 month subscription expired. Now out of the blue I've been charged.
I called thier customer service dept. and got a lady who was very short with me (apparently they must get these types of calls frequently and brace themselves). It was clear that she was just waiting for me to lose my cool so she could get nasty. I did not. If on the SAME DAY as your account is 'auto-renewed' without any advance warning you call in and say you did not authorize, nor intend you use the service you should be refunded!
Reviewed May 20, 2008
I was billed on mu American Express card for an account I never had. I never even heard of this company. Apparently someone got my card number and used it. My Amex card has been cancelled by me so further use is fruitless for them. I would like to know who and where it came from.
I was charged fraudently but American Express is handling it.
Reviewed May 15, 2008
In the beginning of April 2008 I contacted match.com on their website pre-printed forms (as they provide NO phone numbers to contact them) and told them that I want the membership flowers329 cancelled immediately and I do NOT want my credit card charged again. They responded asking for the ID and zip code and e-mail which I promply responded and replied back to them immediately.
When I received my bank account statement, it seems that on April 20, 2008 they made an UNAUTHORIZE charge to my account of $101.94 after I had informed them several weeks earlier that I wanted this account cancelled. When I called on May 15, 2008 to have my account refunded, they refused. I spoke with Amanda L. and Deserie who said they will send it to executiveteam at match.com to review to see if they want to issue me a refund.
I contacted my bank and put in a dispute with them on May 15, 2008 and provided them the consumeraffairs website which lists the NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS! I am looking to have ALL my $101.94 refunded to me in light of the fact that I contacted them WELL BEFORE THEY CHARGED MY ACCOUNT $101.94 WHICH WAS UNAUTHORIZED BY ME!!! BUYER BEWARE OF MATCH.COM!!!
Reviewed May 14, 2008
In my previous complaint statement I forgot to mention that when I complained the first time on Monday 05/12/2008 to Match.com about their having made an unauthorized charge to my debit card, the person I was talking with inactivated my account. They did this without telling me. Prior to calling back a second time, I checked my account status on Match.com. I discovered my account was inactive. So during my second call on 05/12/2008, I stated my account was inactive, why should I be billed for it? The representative replied that because I had complained my account had been inactivated.
However since I was paid through August I could reactivate it any time I would like to. Obviously had I reactivated my account this would have authorized their charging my account. To satisfy my bank, I have closed my Match.com account to get a cancellation number. I should be able to keep a normal nonpaying member profile. However, to satisfy my bank I am being forced to cancel it. In order to prvide my bank with a cacellation number, I tried to do this on-line. Unfortunatley, match.com is now requiring me to reactivate my account before I can cancel it. Interesting, I called Match.com and discovered that in spite of there being a statement on-line that I need to reactivate my account, it was actually cancellation on Monday and again today. I was given both cancellation numbers. They now have a record stating that as of today at 9:58 A.M., a refund was set up to be issued.
Apparently my bank is reversing themselves relative to a reversal of the overdraft fee. I have been told if Match.com reverses the charge, I will be responsible for the overdraft fee. This is because I will have resolved the dispute instead of the bank having done so. During the conversation with the bank it was revealed to me that without a cancellation number from Match.com verifying that I had cancelled my account prior to the date required by the Match.com service agreement, they would probably resolve the dispute in favor of Match.com. Additionally, the bank took out the overdraft fee ahead of the actual overdraft because it was a pending overdraft. Their overdraft fee over-drafted my account. Then the pending Match.com payment, which caused the overdraft, was actually taken out of my account the following day. This resulted in a second overdraft fee.
Not only is there no regulation of Match.com, there is no real regulation of banks. They have changed calling a Debit Card to that of a check card. According to them this allows Debit Card debits to overdraft checking accounts up to 11 or more times. This allows them to charge a minimum of $35 each time; even for a 1 cent overdraft. Then in 5 days if the account has not been brought current, each $35 overdraft fee is again charged $35. This repeats every 5 days. As such this unauthorized charge by Match.com can result in numerous additional $35 charges by the bank. The branch manager told me that these overdraft fees are difficult to get reversed because they are calculated as part of the profit and loss statement for the branch where the account was opened.
From my conversation with the bank it is apparent that banks are agreeing with Match.com's policy of charging member's accounts without any type of real authorization. This is because members have given Match.com their card number. This is possibly why on 05/12/2008 frudulently represented to me that a refund had been put through on my Debit Card account. Now, even if after my second call of today, they are to put through a refund in 72 hours, this will have been enough time to allow the bank to charge two more overdraft fees. Match.com is very possibly helping the banks by creating overdrafts for them. This certainly helps to keep the banks on their side. I have been told that one can try to get over draft fees paid by Match.com by writing to Match,com Billing, PO Box 12305, Dallas, TX 75225.
Reviewed May 14, 2008
Match.com charged my credit/debit card without my permission. I called them at 1-800-. The representative told me that as per their stated service agreement, I had given them permission to automatically renew my account with them. The representative refused to issue a refund. She told me that she could prove to the bank that I had given them permission by sending the bank a copy of Match.com's service agreement. In response to my asking her how I could turn off their automatic renew feature, she told me that there is no way to do this. The only way I could have stopped the auto renew was to have canceled my account prior to the renew date. I hung up the phone on her.
Then I called back to talk with another representative. He told me the same things. I then told him that I would be filling a complaint with the Attorney General's Office. This resulted in his getting a supervisor to "approve" my refund. I was told that it would be refunded within 24 to 72 hours. I filled a complaint with my bank disputing their charge. That was on Monday. Today is Wednesday. I checked my account on-line. The refund has yet to be issued.
I called Match.com and was told that although the refund had not been issued as promised, it was now definitely issued. Again I was told that it will be in my account within the next 24 to 72 hours. I was also told that to file a complaint about any overdraft fee One can write to Match.com Billing PO Box 12305. My guess is that Match.com has no intention of refunding the 71.94 they charged my credit card.
DIRTY SECRET of Match.com and other similar dating services. Match.com has a program for other dating matching services to pay for the right to list umpteen profiles per day. For years this has resulted in numerous fake profiles from foreign scams on Match.com. This allows Match.com to have inflated numbers for members while also allowing the scams from Nigeria, Russia, Germany and possibly other countries the opportunity to send out messages from fake profiles to the Match.com members.
These message contain direct contact information. Of course when members complain about these fake profiles Match.com deletes them. This intentionally gives members the message that Match.com does not tolerate scams or fake profiles, as well any members who send contact information in their first message. What they fail to disclose is that they are actually allowing and promoting this to happen by letting other dating services, whether legitimate or not, to pay for the privilege of creating umpteen profiles per day.
Several times per week Match.com e-mails me a listing with thumbnail photos of members who are a possible match to me. Eighty to ninety percent of them are fake profiles from the scam dating services. This is very obvious as they repeatedly use the same photos. When they create their fake profile they usually copy/paste the same information into all of their profiles. In the past I have told Match.com that they can very easily prevent this by creating filters that will prevent this from happening.
Obviously if they did this it would drastically reduce their revenues from the scam sites. It would also decrease the number of "members", as well as the number of "new members" per week. Match.com is not the only dating site doing this. There are many others. Although the Match.com sister site of Chemistry.com is set up in a way that makes the creations of multiple fake profiles more difficult, from time to time they do show up there.
It is apparent to me that their needs to be more regulation of dating web sites. They should not be allowed to knowingly have fake scam services using their services. There needs to be a way for members to prevent automatic charges, while continuing to have the normal free accounts that other nonpaying members have. As I remember in the past Match.com had a box members could check to stop automatic payments. Then a day or two prior to renew date, they would remove the checks of members who had checked the do not renew button.
To prevent the automatic renewal, a member had to constantly monitor this. YAHOO! Personals also did this to me. I even changed my credit card number to a fake one. YAHOO! managed to figure this out and change it back. I was unknowingly charged by Yahoo! for an extended period of time.
Reviewed May 14, 2008
Im been having trouble signing up for the past two weeks, to retrieve emails sent to me. The phone number given is none existent and the help support have given me another none existant number which is very frustrating. I was offered a 3 day trial at one stage but cant take up that offer. not letting me past step 1. Could you please help.
Reviewed May 12, 2008
Match.Com issued an unauthorized credit charge on my credit card. I canceled the membership and called the customer service line. I called to dispute the charges and they credited back the $59 to my account.
Reviewed May 8, 2008
Match.com continues to show itself as a disreputable company.There is a class action lawsuit against them for not adhering to disclosure laws, charging accounts excessive and unauthorized fees., Many people say they can't find the phone number. They do a pretty goos job of hiding that number as well..
I challenged the unauthorized charge through Discover. Itt was taken off. Match will not give a refund.
Reviewed May 6, 2008
I signed up for 30 days, without much success and was debating whether to rejoin. The day after my subscription expired my account received two emails that I couldn't read unless I resigned. So of course I signed up only to find the two emails were exactly the same, bogus profiles listing contact info at similar gmail accounts. I'm certain this was done to get me to sign back up, would be curious to see if this has happened to others?
Luckily this only cost me $35 for one month(so far!), but it's the principle of taking advantage of us singles.
Reviewed April 25, 2008
I joined a FREE 3 day trial with Match.com a long time ago. I canceled with a confirmation number early the 2nd day as I was not interested.
For months Match.com billed my credit card without my permission. That caused negative activity on an account that has been closed due to divorce.
After finding out about it, I contacted them & received a partial refund in 11/06. After that, Match.com continued to charge my account & I've been battling to get those refunds & all of my info off their records to avoid future problems.
My bank has been working closely in my efforts. Match.com has terrible customer service & they do not read the complaint details. I've also called & asked for the Executive Teams contact number & was told they do not have one.
I have been in constant contact with Match.com by email & I have sent my bank all the correspondence. Match.com is claiming they refunded the remainder on January 17, 2008 electronically.
My bank has been watching my old account closely for anything trying to reach it & nothing has tried to reach it or been denied. All Match.com does is keep sending me their reference numbers for the refunds, but will not acknowledge that I haven't received them.
Reviewed April 24, 2008
company charged my credit cart 34.99. this is an unaurthorized charge and I want it returned.
Reviewed April 24, 2008
So match.com has a 6 month guarantee that if you don't find love, then they'll extend your membership for another 6 months. They had this mechanism to track if you made an earnest effort each month in sending emails to 5 people per month. I fulfilled all the rules. After 6 months, I thought I was automatically extended the additinal 6 months. But no! They charged my credit card: $101.94 So I called them to contest the charge and request for my guaranteed 6 months. The customer service said that they had to forward my complaint to the executive team and that I'll get an email.
Sure enough, I got a impersonal, automated email saying that my account was resigned. I guess they esclate complaints by ignoring you and sending an email that doesn't address any of your complaints. So now, I contested the charge with my credit card company. Seeing all the other complaints, I'm not going to fight the 6 guaranteed months of free membership. I don't want to deal with match.com accidentally charging me again. Instead, I want to add to this long list of complaints about my own experiences and basically warn other consumers... buyer beware. Their guarantee is basically a lie and they do not care about their consumers. Please do not sign up with them.
Signed up with the intention of getting additional 6 months. It's a marketing trick to draw you in, sign up, and charge you for every penny that you have.
Reviewed April 22, 2008
I am writing to make an official complaint against the well known and well renowned dating agency match.com. I am pretty certain they have breached the trading description act, by automatically renewing and charging a subscription which was not at any time clearly indicated when signing up to their services or indicated in writing asking my permission to do so.
Researching online there is a huge amount of consumers being stung by this illegitimate and dishonest procedure. Through complaining with Match.com they send an automatic response stating that they do not give refunds, though a number of consumers have been successful in getting one.
I am writing to you for your advice in this matter. I signed up 6 months ago, used their services for approximately 3 weeks and then hid my profile as I no longer required their services. So I have had an inactive account for 192 Days, why would I want to renew my subscription? And secondly why would I want to take out the longest 6 month subscription. Surely this is breaking the law, as well as breaching the fair trading and consumer practice?
Reviewed April 21, 2008
I subscribed to match.com's dating service, and near the end of my first month I cancelled my account. Unfortunately, they billed me for the proceeding month (I was well within my time constraints in avoiding that fee upon cancellation). This happened a second time... After the second month, I was able to effectively cancel my account, however my profile, text and pictures remained active to the public domain.
I only suffered approximately $60+ in loss, however the fact that match.com didn't remove my profile (including photos, text and personal information) from the public domain put my anonymity at risk. I'm a very private person and need to be in my profession. It's also been an annoyance as I've met a wonderful woman, and I keep recieving winks, and we're both irritated that my match.com profile's still available. I was assured two times by two customer reps that this would be handled.
Match.com? I horrible, ineffectual experience through a dishonest organization who's customer service skills are non-existant. I had to fight until the bitter end to cancel my account and all related info. I still don't know what the ramifications of my public info being displayed and available is, and perhaps won't know. I feel violated and would discourage ANY single male and/or female from participating in this match-making service.
Reviewed April 4, 2008
I was doing a routine audit of my checking account and discovered an unauthorized charge from Match.com for $108. I contacted their customer service department and informed them that this was not an authorized charge and that I did not wish to continue using the service. The agent asked why I didn't like the service, perhaps trying to warrant a valid excuse.
I said I'd wasted enough time and wanted a charge back/credit. He then informed me that they have a no refund policy. Really?.. Well, I didn't OK to auto renew and didn't receive any renewal notices. Not sure how that's even legal.
Since the charge is in a pending status at my bank, I have to wait for it to officially be taken before I can fight it from the bank side. The bank told me I might want to close my account and open a new one too.
Reviewed April 2, 2008
I have been a member for a long time on and off. I signed up for their "pay for six months, get six months free if you don't meet anyone" promotion. Well the six months passed and I did not meet anyone of quality from their site. They ended my subscription and it took days to reach someone to have them honor my free six months.
Over the six free months I have dated a few people from the site, but nothing that materialized. As my free months was expiring, I got an email stating that they feel it was best for their community to terminate my profile. The email reads that I broke their terms, or that someone issued a complaint against me. I haven't even corresponded with anyone in several months let alone inappropriately! They would not disclose the reasons why and said I would need to subpoena their records for the details! I can't even pay and renew my membership!
I have read their terms and have done nothing wrong.
Reviewed April 1, 2008
I have 12 unauthorized charges to my bank account from match.com. They do not have a telephone number that I can find to make this madness stop. I am not a member of this site. How they highjacked my bank account information is beyond me.
Damages of $480.
Reviewed April 1, 2008
I dropped out of match.com 1/1/08 and thought I had deleted all my personal address/bank account information. I received a charge to my bank, a debit without the proper code to go with it.
Match.com gave me the run around for 20 minutes today and would not say they were giving me a credit and would not say they would remove my personal identifiable information including my bank information.
If I don't hear within 3 days from them I'm filing a complaint with the FTC and charges with my bank.
Reviewed March 30, 2008
Match.com makes money by violating people's privacy by listing people who have asked to be taken off the service. It appears that Match.com keeps users listed, and their profiles visible via RIM's Blackberry devices, in an attempt to boost the apparent number of subscribers. My girlfriend of 3 months broke up with me while she was away on vacation because she looked up my profile on her blackberry and saw that it was back up. I tried the same exercise on MY Blackberry's and sure enough, up came MY profile, even though my subscription is inactive and I had checked the box to keep my profile hidden.
As you know, trust is an important concept in any relationship. Many people who have met on match.com check up on partners to see if they have, in fact, stayed off the site since they have met. And I tell you from personal experience. I have relied on match.com, as a customer of theirs, to respect my privacy and allow me to control when my profile is and is not 'active'. They have violated my privacy and cost me a valued friendship by continuing to keep my profile visible to Blackberry users in an attempt to boost the number of apparent users of their system. This is simply outrageous!
My girlfriend of 3 months broke up with me! Through no fault of my own, because of something she saw on match.com via her blackberry that showed my profile as active, even though I had turned the profile off and checked the box marked keep my profile hidden. While the profile is hidden to normal computer users, it is kept turned on for users accessing the site via their Blackberries. This is outrageous. An email to match.com - they do not provide a phone number - has not been responded to.
Reviewed March 5, 2008
On March, 1, 2008, I checked my bank account, and it was over drown by $29.99. My bank inform me that it was from Match.com. I was very surprised because I only used this site one time about two years ago. The bank informed me that Match.com has been taking $29.99 out of my bank account since Dec. 2005. I have a lot of bills coming out of my account every pay and did not find out about this until I was in overdraft in my bank account. I had no idea that they where still taking money out after the trial time. All they have to do is pull my e-mail up see that I have not used match.com for two years or more, and I just wanted to know if there is a chance that I can get my money back.
If I would have known that this money was coming out of my account, I would have stopped it a long time ago. When I called Match.com, I was informed that they were only able to refund that $29.99 for that one time, and I would have to contact www.executiveteam@match.com to make a dispute. This site is what came up. So I really do not know what to do. I lost at least $700.00 and never used that service for that time.
Reviewed March 4, 2008
Deceptive ad practices. Does not deliver any information that I may benefit from. No customer help.
Just out a hundred bucks. By the above complaints, I looks as though a class action suit could be brought.
Reviewed March 3, 2008
Match.com International approved my profile and photo a few days ago. I browsed the site and everything was fine. So today I decided to become a subscribed member and transferred them money for 6 months ($75). A few minutes later I couldn't access my profile and I kept receiving the message, There is a problem with your account. So the money is wired, I can't access my account and I can't cancel my suscription. The match site does not give their telephone number to contact them. And they don't respond to questions in your emails.
Reviewed March 3, 2008
Match.com sends bogus winks and email contacts to members. When I initially signed up, I almost immediately received several winks & emails from incredibly beautiful, much younger women who were hundreds and thousands of miles away from me and obviously fake. On another occasion, after altering my profile and expressing my dissatisfaction with women who post very old pictures of themselves, I again received several bogus winks & emails from members who were thousands of miles away from me. It seems that any time a member gets discouraged or complains about the lack of viable matches or is nearing the end of their membership, match.com tries to keep you interested by sending FAKE contacts. What a horrible and deceitful way of doing business!
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2008
I was taken off of match.com, I was not told why. I e mailed them but they didn't answer. I want my money back.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2008
Visited Site. Did a preliminary search. In that search, I was presented with females who supposedly lived near my zip code. ALL CANDIDATES VIEWED HAD PHOTO'S OF THEMSELVES POSTED! I saw some potential candidates, so I paid match.com my money and joined. Once I was a paid, registered member, I did the exact, same search again. But this time, the MAJORITY of candidates returned had NO PICTURE posted. Matter of fact, when I did the PRELIMINARY SEARCH, I wrote down the screen names of the ladies I was interested in. But once I paid my money, they vanished! Within MINUTES of registering, I emailed customer service, expressed my dissatisfaction and told them to refund my money. They told me they could not do that. Match.com engages in deceptive advertising practices to lure consumers into spending money with them. I want to sue Match.com! My wife died on November 11, 2006, and it has taken me a year and a half to get up the courage to try and find someone to go to dinner with. I am upset and feel like I have had money stolen from me.
Well, I am out the fee to join, and no telling how many others they have scammed. Plus, I will NEVER visit another dating site as long as I live. What potential harm can be measured as far as any happiness I might have found at a REAL matching service? Match.com is full of deception. They are liars and thieves in my book!
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2008
I registered with the site yesterday, and it took all my details. I put my card details in for payment for 1 month! I started to search which it let me do and sent replies to other peoples profiles; then halfway through messaging, it popped up that I had unsubscribed! Now I don't know if it has taken my money, and I can no longer access the site. Where ever I try to click to get help, I get nowhere and cannot afford to be billed for a service I cannot use. Why is this, please?
I am a single parent and want no further payments to be taken by match.com. I am really disappointed in the service and wish I had never joined.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2008
Today I tried to access my account and all I got was it says I have a problem on my account, and I should contact executiveteam@match.com. I just want to log in and to access my account!
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2008
I canceled my subscription, and they are still stealing my money; it has caused me great financial harm. I cannot seem to reach anyone to end it.
They have charged money out of my bank account without consent and caused me financial harm by putting me in the hole; and I get service charges.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2008
Match.com is a dating website. I am a Puerto Rican woman. I went out on a date with another member who is Jewish. I emailed him afterward to let him know that I wasn't interested in seeing him again. In response, he sent me a series of text messages which became progressively more hostile. One of his text messages read: "God I actually thought I met a **** with class. Lavare mi quatro banos." That last sentence was Spanish for: Wash my four bathrooms. He also told me that I should stick to my own kind. I emailed a formal complaint to Match.com customer service as well as the Executive Team, apprising them of this member's racist comments. I expressed concerns about this member being able to remain on the website with the potential to approach other Hispanic women. I told them it wasn't fair to the other Hispanic women who might go out with him, unaware of how he feels about the Hispanic race. I also forwarded this member's text message to Match.com and welcomed them to contact me if they were in need of further information.
As I never received a response from them, I followed up my complaint with two phone calls. The customer service representatives said that they could not disclose the nature of the investigation Match.com made in response to my complaint because of their obligation to protect the privacy of their members. I told them that I wasn't looking for this member's private information. I just wanted to know what they did in response to my complaint. However, the representatives said that they could not give me any further information. I think nothing was done as this member remains on the website. It seems receipt of this individual's membership fees, is more important to Match.com than protecting their members from someone who has been proven to be a racist.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2008
I signed up in December 2005 for three months for $56. A lot of jerks contacted me. I then met someone a week later and we've been together ever since. Yesterday I was going through my checking acct statement and see a $59 charge from match.com I called them up. They said they'd been charging me $59 every three months for the last three years. They said I agreed to auto renew. I did not. Not only did they auto-renew me without my consent but they never sent an email or letter telling me they were charging me. On top of this they raised the price on me. That's a change in contract. That's not legal here in California. I got them to refund three months, then I asked to speak to supervisor. I got another three months, then I asked to speak to her supervisor. They put me on hold forever then said the supervisor didn't want to talk to me. I just made a report with the Better Business Bureau. Match.com wasn't even listed there. Everyone should complain there. Match.com is in Texas but the rest of us are in different states, countries with different laws that Match.com is breaking. Another thing, don't pour your heart and soul on your profile. Jerks use that as a script and they become whatever you say you want in their profile. Soon you will see it's all a lie. Be careful online dating. Theoretically it sounds like a great way to meet someone but only if both parties are honest and ethical.
$59x4x2=$480 lost
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2008
Every time I use my email a pop up of a woman in bed advertising match.com pops up.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2008
We have been blocked from our account and many purchases have been made on our credit card that we did not order. January 14 is when they took $37.88 out of our account. Plus they took out $29.99 out of our account that is now blocked.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2008
I canceled my subscription back in December and requested that all of my details, including bank account information, to be removed. I was billed in January.
BE VERY CAREFUL TO GET CONFIRMATION WHEN YOU CANCEL. Match.com will only cancel your subscription if you call their service help desk, which you can only get from the website. This is the number to call (08704581512); otherwise they will have a continuous authority to debit your bank account until you call! BE WARNED!
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2008
When I signed up, I was offered 6 Months free if I didn't find someone within 6 months. I was just billed for another 6 Months even though I didn't find someone. I ask that I be given the free subscription as promised.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2008
I had put up a profile, they e mailed to say I had mail, and I had to subscribe for one month to pay to read the mail. I DID NOT AGREE TO AUTO-RENEWAL - I NEVER DO. There was no mail; there have been no matches. Every month since then they have charged me $22.50. I have e mailed them every month to complain and have never received a reply. I have placed the amounts in dispute and have now closed my credit card account and cut up my card in order to stop them charging me. My advice is: DO NOT SIGN UP TO MATCH.COM UNLESS YOU WANT TO GIVE AWAY $22.50 A MONTH FOR EVER FOR THEIR DOING NOTHING.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2008
I too am one of the many (perhaps thousands?) that did not accept the auto renewal policy. I did not use my account on the following day and immediately contacted customer service to cancel and obtain a refund. To my knowledge I DID check the do not auto-renew button in "prefs". Either way, they claimed that I had used my account after the expiration, giving them the right to bill me $60.00. I have contacted them for proof of use and then cannot verify the usage that I did send emails, which I DID NOT. NOTE: They admit they use East Coast time. I am on West Coast time. That means my account, according to them, actually canceled at 9:00 PM, my time.
I signed up for 3 months with the intention that that was the only time they would bill me. Now, I looked on my most recent credit card bill and noticed that they renewed me against my wishes. I called them to try to get the charge reversed, and they refused because buried within their terms in conditions, they state that they will auto-renew the account after the end of the first subscription term. They didn't even email me to notify me that my account had been renewed. To make matters worse, their customer service was extremely callous and condescending and refused to answer many of my direct questions, instead answering them with textbook, annoying techniques from their sales manual. In fact, the supervisor I spoke to claimed that they had notified me about the renewal because they had posted a note about it on my account page. She told me it was my responsibility as the customer to read the 'my account' page periodically to see if they had charged me for anything new against my wishes. To me this is utterly unacceptable. They refused to refund my $60, and the rudeness and condescension of the customer service rep and supervisor really upset me.
How can those service reps work there and go home feeling like they do an honest job and a good service for the community?
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2008
I'm losing friendships over this.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2008
I joined match.com and thought it strange that a slew of the same men were still registered. I already knew of one man who was unaware he was still on their website. Another man was not active match but still had his photo and all the information about him - indicating he was available. In our 2 e-mails, he never let me know. Then, he wanted to meet for dinner. Instead, I wanted to talk by phone. The conversation began, and I thought he might be suffering from a slight memory loss. He wanted to know about me (which, I assumed, meant he wanted to learn more about me - WRONG!). He wanted me to send him photos (I thought he meant MORE photos than were on the website). Then he would repeat the same questions, indicating he either had not listened or he had memory loss. I questioned him about this, and that's when I learned he didn't even know he was on match. Then he began to get vulgar. I then sent him an e-mail saying he should cease contact.
This man looked up my town. Knowing I had an interest in art, he saw THE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. (I was listed as doing a basic drawing class), and he was able to access my phone number and address. He tried calling after that one conversation, but I hung up. He still has my exact address, and I am concerned. He must have been drunk when we talked, and he indicated driving from his town to mine--an easy drive. I e-mailed match.com telling of my complaint (showing photos and profiles of men who didn't even know they were still listed: one ended his over 6 mo. ago, and another ended his over a year ago!!) and demanding my 3 mo. money down payment to be refunded.
They were violating their own promises. Not only was this man not active, but match still continues to have his information. Because he was listed, I was able to contact him. I only found out he knew NOTHING about me (nor saw my photo), after this phone conversation. I want my refund and I want match.com to quit having information about people who are not using their service.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2008
I'm unable to access my account with match.com. When I log in, a message pop up saying to contact the executiveteam@match.com. But since I contacted them nothing has been done. Is this some sort of a trick to take my money?
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2007
I have been a Match member for two months. Many matches had the same pictures with the same profile information but different names--leading you to believe that these were all separate individuals, which they weren't. Many matches were able to wink or send you emails, but you were unable to see their profiles. One match individual asked me to help him cash money orders that he was unable to cash abroad, and wanted the money wired to him. (I declined to assist him.) Would receive many winks (5 to 10) in a day, and none of them would ever respond; also sent out many winks and emails, and those members would never respond either. Way too many sent for not one response.
I feel that Match.com is misleading individuals to believe there are interested parties when in fact there are none. I also feel that some women might not have been smart enough to say no to a member asking for help in cashing those money orders and could have been out thousands of dollars. All in all I think Match is selling a product that isn't working the way that it should. People aren't getting what they paid for, and it is fraud.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2007
I became a member for a period of two months. I sent out 138 emails showing interests, and winked 50 plus times to also show interests. I resorted to this, after the people they were sending me for matches, and the percentages of compatablity toward members, wasn't even close to what I was looking for. I was told numerous times, with a 90-85% percent match that we were compatable. After sending out a few emails to these few women, I was told that we were not. After a few replies, from the women, I noticed the following:
They were selling their services on cameras on the internet. Of course for a fee, to view. They were also international women selling themselves. Con-artists at work on a site that is for serious people looking for the one.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2007
I just wanted to echo the numerous complaints others have had regarding their automatically renewed policies. I signed up for 3 months with the intention that that was the only time they would bill me. Now, I looked on my most recent credit card bill and noticed that they renewed me against me wishes. I called them to try to get the charge reversed, and they refused because buried within their terms in conditions, they state that they will auto-renew the account after the end of the first subscription term. They didn't even email me to notify me that my account had been renewed. To make matters worse, their customer service was extremely callous and condescending and refused to answer many of my direct questions, instead answering them with textbook, annoying techniques from their sales manual.
In fact, the supervisor I spoke to claimed that they had notified me about the renewal because they had posted a note about it on my account page. She told me it was my responsibility as the customer to read the 'my account' page periodically to see if they had charged me for anything new against my wishes. To me this is utterly unacceptable. They refused to refund my $60, and the rudeness and condescension of the customer service rep and supervisor really upset me.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2007
They guarantee that if you do not meet someone special in 6 months the next six months are free. They didn't say that there were specific conditions in order to qualify for the guaranteed free six months. They told me I did not qualify because I removed my profile for about a day. I did this because I met someone whom I thought was special. He turned out to be a con artist from Nigeria who asked me for $300, which was not an isolated incidence. These predators contacted me about 8 different times on Match, but I learned from the first one.
They did not ,at that time, tell me I did not qualify for their guarantee any longer due to my profile not being visible for that short time.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2007
I signed up for a 3 month subscription in August, 2007 for roughly $15. In November, before my account was to renew, I cancelled and was taken to a screen that gave me the date my account was to become inactive. I know it was cancelled, because I was unable to log in. The day following (Nov 27), I was charged $59.97 to my bank account. I called once, and was told that I'd be given a courtesy refund despite their policy. The pending transaction posted to my account anyway. I called again and was told AGAIN I'd be refunded, but have yet to see that money back in my account. Here's their customer service number for anyone who's interested: 1-800-926-2824. Make their life hell. I have requested that my bank place a stop on any debits they attempt to collect.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2007
Match.com was the only service that my credit card company blocked me from using online. (I should have taken that as a warning.) I reluctantly used my checking account to join. Twenty-four hours later, I could not access the website and was told that I was terminated and they would not reveal why. I had to get a subpoena to find out! I politely asked for refunds using their email since they mysteriously and suspiciously do not have a phone number to speak to someone. I received another email apologizing and stating that I can access the website. This was not the case. I am frustrated and had to change my checking account because they will automatically take out money, and I was afraid that they would clean out my account. I will NEVER use MATCH.COM AGAIN.
I was out $60.00.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2007
I tried Match.com for about two months. I received quite a few messages from potential dates from people who did not even fit the age profile. The ones that fit the age criteria did not have photos with their profile. At the end I tried to cancel my membership, but the site will not let you--you have to call and talk to customer service. I e-mailed them and was told that I was not going to receive a refund for the remaining months even if I will not be using the service. I cannot believe that they can get away with something like this.
I am paying for a service that is not serving me well. Because I am not getting a refund for the remaining months I cannot go ahead and purchase a different service because I can't afford it. Therefore I will not have the possible opportunity to meet someone else through a different service.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2007
I cannot get logged on to Match.com. I have tried to log on to executiveteam@match.com. They said something is wrong with my account; that is why i was referred to the above email address. Why can't I make contact with this particular department? Does it even exist? How about some initial results.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2007
Somebody by the name of David R. Nichols used my routing number to make an account with match.com. They took $161.00 out of my checking account. I did not make sign up with match.com, and I want my money put back. This has overdrawn my account, and I and don't think I should have to pay for this, either. I want this mess fixed up.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2007
I terminated my paid account in July, received confirmation of that fact, yet was still continually billed over the next several months. When I brought this to their attention, I was promised a full refund and assured once more that the problem had been rectified.
Yet when I checked my bank account today, I discovered that I have just been billed again. I have had $174.95 to date in unauthorized fund transfers.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2007
I keep getting text messages from individuals from Match.com asking me out on dates. I have never registered or dealt with match.com. These text messages come in all hours of the night on my cell phone, with new number since January, 2007. I have called Match.com, and they state the problem can't be fixed because of the members' privacy.
My fiance thinks I am cheating on him because these text messages come. He threatens to leave if the messages don't stop.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2007
I was blocked from Match.com and don't know why I was blocked. Cannot find out.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2007
Auto payments monthly from my bank, continue months after my removal of my profile at their site. I call their billing dept. but it is automated and they do not respond. They continue to send me advertisements of new Matches, but if I go to the site they tell me I must re-join. taken at least 3 months of $19.95 from me after I requested them to stop.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2007
My checking account was charged by you guys and it was not by me. Someone has stolen my identity. I have been in a relationship for almost 11 years. I did not sign up for match.com and would like my money back in my checking account as soon as possible. I have proof that i did not sign up with match.com by means of the drivers license number you have is not mine. I would like a copy sent to me of the application form that this person filled out for police records. I am aware of who is using my identity and that will be taken care of first thing in the morning when i call the police.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2007
I am self-employed and have hit a slow period in my industry with no immediate income expected. The $70.00 charge is a hardship for me at this time.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2007
I have yet to have a resolution as I just started to fight this battle on Friday, Sept. 21, 2007. I had NO idea they were continually charging me. I have contacted them by email, getting an affidavit from y credit card company, can contacted Match's legal counsel. If they won't reimburse me I will be taking them to small claims court. I am also filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2007
Like many others on here, I signed up for a three day trial, after having to enter in my credit card info. I cancelled the same day I signed up for the service and verified on the account page that I was inactive. Unfortunately, I didn't save the email they sent me as I didn't think there would be a problem. Well, I left for vacation and five days later saw a charge from Match.com on my credit card for one months service. I sent them an email and they responded with a message saying that they don't give refunds.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2007
Well, 6 months ago I signed up for the 6 months guarantee on Match.com. I uploaded all of my photos, contacted at least 5 members every month and my profile was always visible. During the first 4 months of my membership I was switching photos and updating my profile and every month I received all of my check marks that I had complied with the program. I noticed at the beginning of month 6 that I had a check for failure to upload a primary photo. I called customer service and spoke with Cathy. She told me that there was no problem and it would not impact my subscription.
I went to log into my Match account to check emails and the site was asking me to resubscribe. I called customer service and spoke to Katrina. She told me that my guarantee was revoked because I changed primary photos. No where does it say that you can't change photos. She told me to contact executiveteam@match.com to file a complaint, but I received no response.
The 6 month guarantee is completely bogus and I would tell anyone that asks that the site is not worth joining.
Reviewed July 17, 2007
I was a member of match.com for 6 months and cancelled my membership 3 months ago. I still receive matches via e-mail from them and winks even after I cancelled my membership. Just last week I found a link on their site that tells them to stop all e-mail messages, which they have not. I am still getting matches and winks which I do not want to receive.
Reviewed June 26, 2007
Make Love Happen Guarantee by Match.com is fraudulent program.
I had given Match.com another chance after unsuccessful, expensive paid membership attempts for at least 4 (four) years or more by signing up to their Make Love Happen Guarantee program.
I was surprised to notice that for MONTH 2, the Progress Track showed a red exclamation mark. The red exclamation mark indicates that you dont their minimum requirements for the Make Love Happen Guarantee program. One of the requirements is you must send an email to a minimum of 5 (five) members that you never emailed previously, every month, for 6 (six) consecutive months.
During Month 2, I vividly remembered seeing the notice Good work! You've contacted 5 members this month. The thing that bothers me the most is that I did not see the red exclamation mark in MONTH 2 until MONTH 4! So somewhere along the line, someone did something to the system to cause that to happen.
I read the Program Rules carefully before joining this program, made a commitment to myself, to ensure that I meet one of the requirements, which is to send a minimum of 5 (five) qualified emails to other Match.com members. The technique that I used to remind myself to do so was by book-marking at least 5 (five) qualified members each month and I did that during Month 2.
I called Match.com and complained. Everyone I spoke to was like a robot, incompetent, and did not care to address my issue at all. You cannot speak with a manager/supervisor. Finally, one of them suggested me to write to executiveteam@match.com. I sent an email to that address 3 (three) times, and I did not get any reply from them.
Reviewed April 9, 2007
I use my check to pay for the subscription and the first payment I did authorize. However 3 months later, $50.97 was withdrawn from my account WITHOUT MY PERMISSION OR MY AUTHORIZATION. I told them I needed a refund. She then put me on hold and said she needed to talk to her manager. My account was credited back shortly there after. I also told her to cancel the account.
Reviewed March 21, 2007
I subscribed to Match.com in March 2006 and did not use the site from September 2006 so it was inactive, then March 2007 an amount of £67.17 plus £1.00 was taken from my debit card illegally. The bank said they could not refund it and I would have to deal with Match.com. which I think the bank should get a refund back from them as I had not agreed to it. I emailed them and only got one reply asking for user names and emails address that the account belonged to. I have had no other correspondence and would like to know if any body has been able to get there money back from Match, or if there is a legal body that would help people get there money back. Please contact me with any information that would help.
Reviewed March 17, 2007
I have not been a member of Match.com for MONTHS. When all of a sudden a charge shows up on my credit card for a THREE MONTH MEMBERSHIP that I had initially paid for in September of 2006. This membership expired in December of 2006, now all of a sudden in March of 2007 I am being charged $50 for a three month membership that I do not want. I am livid. I of course tried to contact them and of course they are closed. I have not been on the site in months, and I cancelled my membership...I am having my bank reverse the charges.
Reviewed March 3, 2007
I applied to Match over a year ago. They told me via email letter that my subscription had been cancelled after several months. Now, I am overdrawn on my credit card account due to Match.com deciding for me to reinstate me with out my permission.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2007
They continue to auto renew my subscription and when I complain, they send me a form letter stating they don't give refunds.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2007
I went for the free trial, and signed up. Then I moved from CA to PA and forgot about them until I noticed a renewal charge on my bank account.
I complained and received a token refund not close to the full amount. When I asked if they needed to tell me before they sent the renewal fee through, I was told that they didn't.
I would have used the service again, but not with those kinds of business shanigans.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2007
I went for the free trial, paid a fee to keep the account. The account was locked out and never was I allowed to access the account, called customer service and they said account is locked, nothing could be done. I nevcer got a refund and couldn't use the account. The other day I got an email stating that I would be charged to renew. This is NOT right.
The damage is to my credit card on a monthly basis a membership fee is assessed and there appears to be nothing I can do about it, calling customer service or emailing th eexecutive comitte doesn't help.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2006
I accepted the free trial and then enrolled in a one time 6-month subscription. Six months later a $77 renewal charged appeared on my credit card from match.com, without any advance notice nor invitation to renew. I do not recall that I ever agreed to THAT.
I could find no customer service contact other than email. I went through their cancellation procedure. An automatic notice said sorry, my subscription was paid for another six months and I could reactivate any time in that period.
I do not want to reactivate. I don't know how to get a refund and stop them from using my credit card again.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2006
They will no allow you to unsubscribe and continue to charge annual payments. They do not respond to complaints. I was charged over $65.00 again this year and cannot stop them from continuing this practice.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2006
Signed up for 3-day trial period and was charged anyway after cancelling before the 3-day period was up. You have to write them in order to get credit.
Do not fall for the "trial period" hoax.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2006
I signed up for one month with Match.com at 29.99. I received the following email from them on 7/26/06: "Rest assured that your account will NOT be automatically renewed. Once your subscription expires on 7/26/2006, you will no longer receive the benefits of a Match.com subscriber. Under no circumstances should your account be charged after your subscription expires".
However the last 2 months, I kept finding charges from Match on my credit card! I emailed them and within 24 hours I got a generic email back stating they are "sorry to see me go, however, there is a no refund policy" and if I want my account cancelled I need to provide certain information.
I wrote back and said that was unacceptable, I wanted my money back and a guarantee my account was cancelled so this would not happen again. Its been over a week and I have heard nothing. They can't even give me the courtesy of a response!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2006
I signed up for a free profile with match.com. Shortly after posting a FREE profile I received an email from an Alleged member interested in learning more about me. In order to respond I had to purchase a membership, I chose the least amount of $30.00 to join. The individual turned out to be a spammer from Nigeria and not an actual member. I emailed match.com asking them if this was indicative of their business practices, NO response. 2 day's later and my email is flooded with spam for ** sites and pharmaceuticals. Ironically, I never received spam prior to joining this site.
I once again emailed them asking to file a complaint and unsubscribe, once again, NO response. This website is a hoax!!!!! Is there no accountability for what amount to nothing more than taking advantage of persons desire to connect with another human being? I am currently trying to cancel my subscription and rectify the issue.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2006
I was accused of being married on match.com by their customer service agents, and they canceled my account. I've never been married. There is no customer service number to call. I'll never use this service again. I paid for a 3 month membership, lasted 2 months before they canceled me automatically with no recourse. The service is a joke
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2006
I called to cancel my subscription to Match.com after realizing they charged my credit card AGAIN.. I don't know who authorized this credit card purchase. They told me at that time that I would be off they're mailing list in August 2006. I noticed they keep sending me stuff from MATCH.com... I sent them an e-mail asking them why they keep sending me e-mails about possible matches for me. They told me they had no record of me cancelling my subscription and gave me a way to do it on line. I tried to do it that way several times, with no success; this is why I personally called. I think this is a way just for them to bypass the deadline date to charge more money to my credit card.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2006
I tried match.com, got nothing so I cancelled my membership. They were taking funds out after I chose not to have it renewed automatically. I cancelled my membership 07/23/06 and on 08/08/06 they took out $119.88 - way more than even the membership I signed up for. I wrote 3 weeks ago - no response. I wrote again - no response.
I lost $119.88 in money I didn't have to lose - it messed up my other payments and ruined my account standings.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2006
I have never been on the MATCH.COM website but they charged my account $29.99 without my knowledge. I don't know where they got my debit card number, but they caused my account to be overdrafted.
I wrote MATCH.COM an email explaining what happened but they just ignored me.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2006
When I signed up, I chose to have my membership NOT be renewed automatically. MAtch.com DID, however, renew it automatically and refused to give me a full refund when I contacted them the day after my membership was supposed to have expired.
Reviewed July 18, 2006
Two men from Match.com ask me for money. Both asked for $3500 and both had a sad story.
I called the FBI and lodged a complaint.
Reviewed May 23, 2006
I had NEVER even heard of this website. I have been happily married for 24+ years.... but someone out there went to Match.com and created an account using MY e-mail address! Unbelievable! So I received an e-mail confirmation of an account having been created, and I went to the website... clicked I Forgot My Password, got the password e-mailed to me.. and then revisited the website and changed the password so the fraud couldn't use the account they created anymore. I then sent an e-mail to Match.com Customer Service telling them some fraud was using MY e-mail address and I wanted the account closed and permanently deleted. I wanted all info at Match.com associated with my e-mail address to be deleted immediately.
I asked them to get back to me ASAP confirming this had been done. Nobody ever responded, so I returned to their website looking for a phone number... there isn't one on their website, so I searched on Google.com and came up with this website (ConsumerAffairs.com). I read through the many, many complaints about this website and amazingly some kind person included the toll free number for Match.com! (1-800-926-28240. I called Match.com and spoke with someone who said the account was being disabled and that the Executive Inquiry Team would look into this matter and respond to me, via e-mail, in 48-72 hours. I was assured that this account was no longer viable - yet was given no clue why someone would use MY e-mail address to create THEIR account. It really doesn't make sense.
Reviewed May 1, 2006
They advertised a three-day free trial but made you actually sign up for one month At $34 something. After this, I assumed they would contact me to see if I wanted to continue for 12 months at a much much lower rate for the full year. They did not and I realized that they were continuing to provide service. I went online and found that I would have to ACTUALLY CANCEL if I wanted to discontinue. They were automatically charging me the highest rate of $34.95. So I cancelled.
I was careful to ensure that they did not continue to charge me again. They had charged me in February, and the beginning of March. Then this is when I cancelled. I found out that they ALSO charged again at the end of March. I went online and made sure that the system was cancelled, just a few days ago in April. I got an e-mail to say that it had been cancelled and I queried this with them, asking for reassurance, but they did not respond.
This morning, I got an e-mail from a potential romantic match (now it is May 1), so I realized that my profile was still on line and that the service had started up again. I cancelled a third time. Then I contacted VISA and they confirmed that I had been charged once in February and twice in March. I told Visa I wanted a refund on the last payment and that they were never ever to honour anything to Match.com again. By rights, I feel I should have two refunds of $34.95 because I only ever authorized one charge and that was for the initial trial.
Reviewed April 21, 2006
At noon on Tuesday, April 18, I decided to give MatchFreeTrial.Com's 'Three Day Free Trial' a try. Toward the end of the log-on process I found I was disliking the site so I decided to cancel immediately. In spite of this, they sent me a 'Registration Confirmation'. I wrote back that I had cancelled without ever logging on, and was more interested in getting a 'Cancellation Confirmation'.
On the 19th I received a message from them that they had had technical problems with the photo I had submitted. I wrote back that I had never submitted a photo, and had cancelled during the sign-on process. On the 21st I checked my account balance and discovered Match.Com had charged me $38.98.
Reviewed April 2, 2006
Match.com continued to sporadically charge my credit card long after I cancelled my account. First let me say, when it comes to reading the fine print I'm about the most anal person in the world. I always compulsively read every single detail, as I did when I signed up for a three month subscription to Match.com. A few days before the end of my three months I followed step-by-step their cancellation process and confirmed it more than once.
A few days ago I noticed $50 charge from Match.com. I had signed up for the service last June and cancelled in early September, and now this is nine months later in March. I called and talked to a sedate, uninterested customer service representative who simply kept repeating to me that Match.com has an autorenewal system that I failed to opt out of. No matter what I said about taking every step indicated on their site to cancel, she would just pause, sigh, and then repeat her mantra. I wanted to pull my hair out.
She told me that I had been charged this amount every three months since June because of this autorenewal system. However, being the obsessive compulsive that I am, I have every single credit card statement dating back to June. Oddly, I was charged in June, which was when I initially signed up and which was authorized. So if this was an autorenewal issue, then I should have been charged again in September. I was not. There is no Match.com charge again until December - unauthorized. Then again this month, March - unauthorized.
If the renewal was automatic, then why wasn't I automatically charged in September? I'll tell you why: because I cancelled and I confirmed and the account was closed. It required some other intervention for this charge to be made again several months later. As a business it must be really nice to have lifelong access to peoples' credit cards and the ability to charge them at will.
When we cancel, our credit card information should be removed from their records. If business dips but some employees still want to upgrade their Beamers, why not squeeze a little extra from those easily-accessible cancelled accounts? What's to stop them? Reading all the other postings on this board, the answer is obviously, nothing. The customer "service" rep refused to give me a refund for the most recent charge even though it was charged less than a week ago. She's going to prorate my latest subscription and allow me to pay for only one month and still have access to the service up until April 18.
I told her I don't want access to the crappy service for any time at all, but she said that's the best she could do. My, how generous. I called my credit card company and had the number changed and a new card reissued so that this parasite, Match.com, can't continue feeding off it. They put up such a good, positive front in all their advertising. How disappointing.
I took a course in Contracts a long time ago and know that there are laws against charging people for goods and services when there is lack of an action on the payee's part authorizing it. Something to the effect of, "absense of an action cannot imply consent." I know it derived from the times when book and music companies would send thier products out unsolicited and enclosed a message saying that if the person did not respond it would be assumed that they wanted the product and they would thereafter be charged for it. I really think similar reform is needed with all this online autorenewal stuff and with these companies maintaining lifelong access to our credit cards.
Reviewed March 24, 2006
MATCH.COM took another months subscription when I cancelled. I read some of the articles on your site, seems as MATCH.COM have hit the UK with the same effect. My credit card was charged for another months service when I cancelled my subscription. I contacted the help desk and was told this was deducted for my convenience, not theirs and as I had used the site (to look for contact numbers to complain) I would be charged.
The call takers were rude and said thay were unable to refund my monies, please enjoy the next 28 days search the site.I kept telling them I did not wnt this service however true to form they kept asking if there was anything else they could do for me (Scream!!!!)
Reviewed March 16, 2006
I signed up for a one-month subscription, elected "do not renew automatically", AND elected un-subscribe after about a week. I checked my account after the end of the month and they had it closed. Two days later I was charged for another month (which caused a $20 overdraft) and sent them an e-mail explaining they had charged my account in error without permission and I wanted a refund. They refused.
I replied 2 more times to their e-mail and they still refuse, although they did say they would mark my account as "DO NOT RENEW" after I threatened to hire an attorney for a class action lawsuit. I have sent an e-mail to the Dr Phil show and plan to contact every public media form I can to get this information out, about their unscrupulous business practices... I also e-mailed my bank to try and recover this money.
Reviewed March 6, 2006
I called to request cancellation of their "auto-renewal" service fee, which I did not authorize. They have an automatic renewal policy that requires you to cancel or otherwise you will be charged. I informed them that this is a deceptive practice and borders on fraud. When told that my credit would take 7-10 days, I told them that that was not acceptable and asked to speak with a manager. Their Customer Service Floor Manager - Erica (don't have a last name as she hung up on me before I could get it), was EXTREMLY RUDE, spoke over me so loudly that I could not get a word in edgewise, threatend not to refund my money and then hung up on me.
Reviewed March 1, 2006
I signed up for a free 3 day trial and forgot to cancel. My Credit Card was charged almost $80.00. I never even used the service except for 1 hour. The Customer Service Rep told me they would give me 20.00 back as a partial refund. What happened to good faith? I explained to her that I never even used the service. I am so furious right now.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2006
Checking my bank account online, I found a charge from Match.com for $34.99. I've never even been to the site, much less purchased a subscription!
I called their 800 number and, after the young lady obtained my name, credit card number, and date of birth, she refused to give me any information about where the account had originated. She told me that she'd "email" their "executive fraud unit" and that I should expect to hear from them in a couple of days. I asked her for a phone number or email address to contact them directly and she told me that she was not permitted to provide it.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2004
I made a mistake entering my name on this game. My name should be **. I put the wrong screen name. In realizing this I could not change it. I was thinking about canceling the account and entering a new account but thought I would get charged for two accounts. So I left as was and now I have no password. My name on the Kiss. Acct. was I now can't remember. Maybe you can look it up. Anyway I would like to keep this first account except I never got a password. Please respond.
Reviewed April 3, 2002
I didn't have any problems with the service, but decided at the end of February to let my membership expire. Near the end of the month, I received the "Your membership will expire in 3 days (then two days, and then 1 day), and a statement urging me to renew. This was a clear and direct statement that unless I took action, my membership would expire and I would no longer have access to the site or be billed for the service. However, when I received my credit card statement at the end of the month, I saw a charge for $24.95 from udate on it for the month of March, an unauthorized charge, since I had allowed my membership to expire.
I contacted udate to complain and ask for my money back. The only contact information given on their web site is an e-mail address. I had to send at least three e-mails over a week-long period before I received any response. When I did receive a response, it was curt and rude. They stated that according to the user agreement, their service automatically re-bills your credit card unless you cancel your membership.
This is an unethical and contradictory practice, since I was clearly told, in no uncertain terms, that my membership was about to expire. Expiration of membership clearly means that you will no longer have access to the service, and that you will not be billed for it. I have sent several more e-mails complaining about this matter, and I always receive the same rude response.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2000
I purchased a membership on a site called udate.com. I was suppose to receive a password that I need to access the site but I did not receive this password. I have made several attempts to contact this site about the situation. But they will not acknowledge me. In fact, several of my emails to them were returned. I was robbed!
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