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I signed up for match.com in may 2010. after a month i decided to bite the bullet and signed up for a 6 month membership. you can get another six months free if you keep your profile visible at all times. I met someone in early June and chose to hide my profile while we dated. ( i knew id lose the extra six months). well the relationship barely lasted a month. so i put my self out there again. after using it since July 2010 i realized there are gobs of fake profiles appearing (Nigerian Russian) scammers after a while i can spot them very quickly.. i report them and a few days later they disappear. im sure if match was serious about getting rid of these people they would set it up so that your credit card has to match your profile or you will not be allowed on the site.. that would solve that problem pretty quick. however i realized match is probably making tons of money off these spammers. also like someone else commented its not fair that you dont know who is or isn't a paid member. if you check the other persons last active date it will say the following: online now.. active within an hour, active within 24 hours active within 3 days, the longest it will show a person being inactive is over 3 weeks. the site doesn't remove your profile from the site ever, you can hide it or delete most of the info but your information is always there. i did a search for women 33-53 within 30 miles.. almost 1/3 of the database results were from profiles that were active over 3 weeks ago.. on my daily 5 matches i get at least 2 of these each day. come on match who buys a month membership then doesn't log in for 3 weeks? ive also seen games played with peoples status.. i messaged one woman on a friday night. her status said active within 1 hour.. i check her status the next morning and it says active within 3 days? checked it the next day and it said active over 3 weeks ago? huh? ive done the six month membership 3 times in 3 years.. each time when my profile has expired it will show 3-5 new messages and 4 or 5 or more winks.. then when you ante up and pay the people who messaged you their profiles disappear when you view them. i sense a total scam with this site. also be careful if you do sign up match will automatically renew your membership whether you want it to or not.. you have to go through the menu and cancel your membership then you can use it till your cancel date without it being renewed. i read the terms of service it quite clearly states that but Ive heard of a lot of people getting screwed. my recommendation is this.. get out in the real world and meet people. go find some hobbies or go to the gym and work out. you have a greater chance of meeting a quality person in the real world than on match. everyone on match is only looking at specifications rather than real life chemistry. Ive also found with any dating site there is what i call the better deal syndrome. you need to realize every woman your talking to has at least 4-10 other guys she is talking to.. these women will not mention that until they make a decision. i dont know how many times Ive met someone in person and then found out they have already met someone else and are trying to find something better. I say enough.. these sites will not get one penny of my money again.
 In summary, I would not recommend Match.com to a friend.
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