Comments on: Chemistry.com is live

By: Linda Volden

Linda Volden — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:48:46 +0000

Chemistry.com is a website that steals info from the computer. I was staying at a friend’s house and used her computer to just see the listings on Match.com and it redirected me to Chemistry.com. Before I could look at the “free” listings, I had to put my email info along with answering a lot of questions but got sick of it about 50 percent of the way through so quit the whole thing. I did not enter any of her information yet she is getting viral emails from the website and they have taken money out of her account claiming she is a member. This is harassment and theft of identity. The toll free number is not monitored except M-F and I don’t intend on emailing them since I fear they will take info from my computer as well. BEWARE OF USING THIS SERVICE OR MATCH.COM.

By: Barbara Richardson

Barbara Richardson — Sun, 29 May 2011 04:32:36 +0000

This is the second time i have taken a ‘meager’ one month subscription. It seemed that something was just not right the first time. I took several months
in between subscriptions and again things just kept appearing to me that the site
was not legitiimate. I felt like the only other people on the other end of my emails
to this or that gentleman came back with a comment having been devised by someone in the Chemistry. Com office and not a real “good and possible friend” that I was looking forward to hearing from In other words, I think the site is rigged, fradulent and a class action suit should be started. Tell me what you think and how you woulod like to be apart of a class action suit. My brother won the McDonalds case 18 years ago with the hot coffee little old lady. I bet he could have fun with this one workhng from his retirement ranch. He is bored anyway. Let me know guys and dolls..

By: Barbara Richardson

Barbara Richardson — Sun, 29 May 2011 04:14:04 +0000

By: Teddy

Teddy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:29:38 +0000

Now you too can start your own scam of a dating site just like the pros!
The computers will do most of the work for you! All you got to do is
occasionally check to make sure that people are uploading clean photos and profile text. The computer will randomly select matches based on
profile preferences and send out emails to make other members think a real person is actually interested! You’ll be supplied with a database of sample profiles and real photos of male, female and even some androgenous models ranging in looks from supermodel to butt-ugly to accommodate a full range of members (suckers). Of course contact with real profiles is supported as well.

Combine the most effective techniques from the pros!
Display subscription forms in their face so they cannot get around
them (chemistry) and make unsubscribing or account canceling
impossible through the website (yahoo, at least in the past).
Even make customers think that the computers are sure to find a match
based on numerous personality dynamics (disorders) because that’s what the Doctor ordered (eharmony)!

You’re in control!
If you don’t want specific members sullying up your web pages because they are too fat, short, old, ugly or otherwise undesirable, just delete their account or deny their application (eharmony) and tell them you’re having technical difficulties. You can keep your members match results plentiful by not being upfront about (hiding) last activity timestamps in profiles and you can include inactive members from years past in search results! (Please watch obituaries and proceed with caution).

Keep the cash a-flowin’!!
Of course, keep desirable (paying) members coming back with computer generated emails when any real matches lose interest. Sure, your members may leave eventually but not until after they’ve forked over a weeks paycheck for a multi-month subscription and there are plenty of suckers to go-round for that because it’s a continuous cycle of out with the old, in with the new my friends!

Awww, are they trying to call in for support? Put them on hold for 10 minutes then hang up, everyone knows that! For a little extra, you can subscribe to a dead-end looping answering machine service or outsource calls to frustrating non-English speaking operators.

Best of all, who is going to audit dating site practices? The government is interested in the Bernie Madoffs and not the Dr. Warrens of the economy! You can do this for years to come!

Why spend $30 or more month on a dating website when you can have your own website for less? Act now!

(This is not a real opinion or advertisement but a parody of an advertisement to offer some semi-factual levity for readers.)

By: Peter Fahrni

Peter Fahrni — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:26:08 +0000

Unfortunately, I had a negative experience as well. First of all, there is no recourse. If something needs to be addressed you get a â€œdue to circumstances beyond our control, we cannot respond to this callâ€ when calling customer service.

My points of annoyance:

Iâ€™m a white guy. What is the point of matching me with a person who only considers black partners?
There are not enough matches available. Many of the profiles have no photo (are those for real, or just to fluff the statistics?
I got disconnected while signing up. Think you can continue where you left off? No, starting all over again, creating 2 profiles in the process, which creates one big mess, because I cannot log in.

By: Dinand Vanvelzen

Dinand Vanvelzen — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:43:41 +0000

I got an account for a year (the $150 deal) and after about 5 days my account was disabled with the message that “There is a problem with your account. Please email Executiveteam@match.com for more information.”. I e-mailed the address stated but did not get a response. I have made it clear to them that if they do not solve the problem but simply think they can take my money and then screw me over they are mistaken. I had my lawyer check the user agreement and I’m going to sue if they don’t come up with a solution!!!
I refuse to be stolen from.

By: John

John — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:24:33 +0000

Chemistry.com is obviously a scam. I’ve been a subscriber for only about 3 weeks now and that fact is painfully obvious. Nearly everyone who is on Match.com is on Chemistry, and it makes me think they just mirror the user profiles to try to make it look bigger than it is.

On top of that, Chemistry has less features than Match.com, and they charge a hefty bit more for it. Now, theoretically I wouldn’t complain, since the matches they pair me with SEEM to be better suited, but it’s a complete snow-job. I’m convinced that half the user-base of the site are bots or fake profiles.

Much like Match.com I have made numerous attempts to contact people through the site, and havn’t even gotten a “no thanks”. At least that would tell me there were real people on the other end.

I don’t know why they play this whole fake profile game. It only makes their service crappier by adding to the noise floor. Who wants to pay to be on a site where the only people you get any feedback from are obviously fake? I just had another “person” wink at me on Match who supposedly lived in Arkansas and now magically lives in Minnesota. Different usernames, same pics. Both accounts were removed one after another. I wouldn’t be surprised if another wink popped up again in a couple days from this same “person” in another state.

It makes me not even want to go to the trouble of writing emails to members for fear of wasting 15 minutes writing to someone who may not even be a real person.

I’ll be surprised if this company is around for another year if this is how they think they’ll make money. It’s so bogus it isn’t funny. A bona-fide scam. Stick to the free sites. At least you know most of the people on there aren’t fake.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:57:45 +0000

Chemistry.com sucks. I had it for a month. It takes forever to get matches in the first place, then forever to contact them because you go through a myriad of bologna questions and steps. Then I went to cancel. I tried e-mailing and calling, but they closed their offices early on the day my account was to renew. As a result I got screwed out of an additional FIFTY DOLLARS!!! They gave me the run around again and again on their customer “service”. Finally I got an e-mail address to ask for a refund, but haven’t heard anything. My advice is to stay away from this second rate garbage site of deception.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:40:11 +0000

UGGGHHH!!! These problems have been going on this long!!! It’s been five days since I subscribed and they still have not posted my pictures. There are some women whom I’d like to contact, but I’m stuck in this limbo. They are obviously waiting for the complete profile, so they’ve probably stuck me in archives. I could be there a very long time until I’m somehow noticed again or am deleted. I also have mailed several times with no response.

I was suspicious enough to sign up for only one month. My sympathies to those who are trying to keep from being bilked out of more. I thank you all and the owner of this page for the information on phone number and other items.

I summarize the problems this way: This is an interface where ALL the potential matches come at or near the start. If you’re profile is not totally up with photos, and fine tuned, then you may also be lost as soon as you began. I have met one woman. We have immediately gone offline.

I am cc’ing this to executiveteam@match.com.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:52:47 +0000

I found that the way to get a refund from chemistry.com is to call your credit card company first. Find out what you have to do in order to contest the charge. One of the things you will probably have to do is to first give chemistry.com the opportunity to resolve the issue.

Now it’s time to call chemistry.com. Cancel your subscription. Demand a refund. Inform them of your conversation with the credit card company, and tell them that you are prepared to contest the charge. That last statement seems to be the one that gets their attention. Document your call.

Follow up with your credit card company. It took a week for my refund to be credited back.

Of course, if you’ve already paid your credit card bill, you’re out of luck.