The first warning was that on signing up, there was an automatic renewal at the end of the subscription period. Who would renew something that they had never tried? I cancelled the automatic renewal. After the emails of matches dwindled in the second half of the subscription period, I was glad that I had not renewed. However immediately after expiry and for a month I was inundated with emails about matches. This could not have been a coincidence. There were repeated emails requesting me to pay more money to renew to be able to make contact with the matches. This is less of a service and more of a predation on lonely hearts.

I joined eHarmony and used their 6 month service..what a waste of total money. Not enough matches. Paid hundreds of dollars for only one chat and ended up with nothing. I don’t mind the time consuming questions that I have to answer, but not having enough matches and little replies makes things even worse. the truth free sites are just as good. the bottom line they took my money and they don’t care if I find someone or not. it’s all business!!

Like everyone else signing up for a dating site, I was hoping to have a result that was joyous and love-filled. I read the cancellation policy and saw that I could cancel within the first 3 days if it was not for me. Turns out – they meant if I was American and advantageous site I do have this in writing. My preferences are not outlandish as I am open to Any Ethnicity, any height above 159cm and within the same city. I am now being forced to pay a total sum of just under $300 for a service that is not giving me anything in return.

It clearly did not take me long to realize there were no options (all of whom are also on the free dating sites), so within MINUTES of my account activation, I tried to cancel and thus began the runaround

The lack of understanding when speaking to the service representatives appears to be intentionally vacant and unconcerned. The representatives have told me that I need to broaden my preferences and it was eluded to that I need to be more open-minded – I also have this in writing. What is the point of having standards and preferences, if you are going to be asked to remove them?

What started out with optimism and high hopes is fast turning into a nightmare for me, as $300 is a lot of money to throw away these days. It makes me question if this is a sign that I should not be attempting to find love yet. At the end of the day, I am quite disappointed in eHarmony and I would like my money back. That won’t happen, so this is going to be the first post of many, on as many platforms as I can find. If I can prevent one other person from being robbed, then it will have been worth the effort. To all the other single hopefuls out there – I sincerely wish you all love and happiness.

Imagine that – a pay dating site that is acting as a deterrent for me

The site is too expensive and there is such a small pool of people that engage. Within that small group of people that choose to engage (pay the overpriced membership fee), most of them are not serious and are just kind of playing an expensive game. Also, eHarmony does not cater to people in their mid to upper 30s or low 40s. eHarmony permits individuals to lie about their age as well. Stay away from this provider.