Has anyone tried Match.com
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I was on and off it for about 2 years. POF ownes it, and a few others. I did not make any dates from it. It's more of a data grab for them. They don't care if you meet anyone as long as they can sell your personal info
Back in the day when I was on POF [6 years ago?] I tried a few of the other non tinder sites. Fewer users and all the decent ones for the most part were on POF so meh.
I know someone who wifed up on match. Similar decent looks, STEM phds, both nerdly. Worked well for him, still together.
I know someone who wifed up on match. Similar decent looks, STEM phds, both nerdly. Worked well for him, still together.
In my opinion, Match does not do a good enough job of removing spam/fraudulent profiles. I reported someone and a few days later, they were still on the site. I emailed Match to ask why and I was directed to their privacy policy. Then I directed them to my membership cancellation and told them what they could do better. I had proven to them that the user was not in the location they claimed to be, was in a location known for breeding scammers and had asked for money using one of the many common sob stories.
When someone claims to be in Toronto, yet is visiting a sick mom in Ghana and needs help with airfare to get home, you'd have to be an idiot to fall for that! It's a shame there is so much fraud online. I've probably offended a couple of honest women by insisting on a 5 minute video call before meeting, but unless the meeting point is a 10 minute drive or less from my place, or I was going there anyway, I will not bother.
I tell them the video call is for their comfort as well as mine and to ensure we are both comfortable meeting, conversation flows smoothly and nobody is misrepresenting themselves.
When someone claims to be in Toronto, yet is visiting a sick mom in Ghana and needs help with airfare to get home, you'd have to be an idiot to fall for that! It's a shame there is so much fraud online. I've probably offended a couple of honest women by insisting on a 5 minute video call before meeting, but unless the meeting point is a 10 minute drive or less from my place, or I was going there anyway, I will not bother.
I tell them the video call is for their comfort as well as mine and to ensure we are both comfortable meeting, conversation flows smoothly and nobody is misrepresenting themselves.
Not being recent, my experience may not be relevant to today’s scene, but when I was dating on-line about 15 years ago the riches were plentiful, and easily harvested.
If you are a presentable single guy, clean, have a good job, can manage a polite conversation and are reasonably patient you can and will meet many attractive and sexually available women.
But long-term, as someone hinted above, it can be more expensive that simply paying for it… they will want to formalize things, move in, etc.
If you are a presentable single guy, clean, have a good job, can manage a polite conversation and are reasonably patient you can and will meet many attractive and sexually available women.
But long-term, as someone hinted above, it can be more expensive that simply paying for it… they will want to formalize things, move in, etc.
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