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1. Laurie wrote:

   Just wasted 4 days trying to logon to Eharmony’s free weekend. Their server completely blocked me out! Today’s Tuesday and they still have me blocked out ! I tried their free weekend at Christmas and then one other time. Fisrt experience was great, second not so great so the third try was going to be the deal breaker. They sure did breaK the deal, I am going to join one of their competitors.
   Good Bye Eharmony, I hope you rot.

   Posted 01 Jun 2010 at 6:18 am ¶
2. ScottK wrote:

   No offense Laurie,
   But I suspect EHarmony won’t shed a tear to find out that you are going away.
   You obviously float FCW to FCW without any intention of ever buying a subscription.
   You are a leecher, and honestly, as a paid member, I am glad you are going away.
   And no, I don’t buy for a moment you will join one of their competitors… That would require that you pay up, which you obviously aren’t willing to do.
   You will just end up whining on their respective boards about how they never have any free weekends.

   Posted 01 Jun 2010 at 4:37 pm ¶
3. Elizabeth R wrote:

   Laurie believes she’s giving eHarmony a favor by participating, er, volunteering, in the free weekends.

   I feel so bad for her, for the 4 days she wasted, which she could have spent out enjoying.

   Posted 01 Jun 2010 at 5:56 pm ¶
4. Laurie wrote:

   To Elizabeth : don’t feel sorry for me, I had a very busy weekend – it’s called work and it was my weekend to wrk. So nothing lost even if nothing gained.

   To the creature called Scott: I joined Match .com and For that I can Thank Eharmony. I belonged to Eharmony about 4 years ago they didn’t help then and they sure don’t help now.

   Posted 01 Jun 2010 at 6:21 pm ¶
5. Laurie wrote:

   For the benefit of all you creitins who think eharmany is so wonderful. I was a member 4 years ago and quit when they couldn’t find any matches within a 250 mi radius of the large metro area in which I live. I had just about decided to rejoin but this weekend was just another example of their old tricks.

   I decided to join Match.com so I can say thank you to Eharmony for that decision.

   As to the comment I wasted 4 days when I could have been out having fun. In some professions,such as a the medical, you are required to work holidays . This was my weekend to work and Memorial Day weekend is one of our busiest.

   Posted 01 Jun 2010 at 6:35 pm ¶
6. ScottK wrote:

   No where in my post did I say EHarmony was wonderful.
   It has its faults, just like all online dating web sites.

   However, it definitely moved up a notch in my book, now that 1 more non-paying leecher has left the site.

   You will have to come back and let us know how your wonderful Match.com subscription goes.

   Posted 01 Jun 2010 at 8:55 pm ¶
7. Anonymous wrote:

   I think you should offer a free weekend every month. I myself cann’t afford to join.

   Posted 09 Jul 2010 at 6:13 pm ¶
8. Gary wrote:

   Anonymous, I say the same thing to my town’s Lexus dealership, and Gucci, YSL and Prada stores but they all ignore me. Jerks.

   Posted 09 Jul 2010 at 9:46 pm ¶
9. Sabrina wrote:

   I wonder if its worth it sometimes i have done the free communication, but i dont know if its worth the money, not that its that much, i guess i just would be bummed if it didnt work but i really get sick of meeting the guys i meet where i work and go to school, but i dont like bars and i dont have much time to go out?

   Posted 21 Jul 2010 at 10:48 pm ¶
10. Bix wrote:

    I understand the not being able to subscribe, as well as the subscription. So here’s something constructive instead: the FCW is now, in case Laurie, Sabrina and Anon have missed it and in case, ScottK, Gary and Elizabeth are in-between subscriptions!

    Posted 23 Jul 2010 at 11:57 am ¶
11. ScottK wrote:

    Bix,
    Ah, but the problem is, it is NOT a FCW!

    It is a “Free GUIDED Communication Weekend”.

    EHarmony will NOT permit unpaid users from sending emails until they pay up.

    Unpaid members will ONLY be allowed to go from Stages 1 through 3. The OC (Open Communication) Stage will be blocked.

    Thus, if you don’t cheat and put your real email address in one of your Stage 1 or Stage 3 answers, you will NOT be able to give your email out to your Match, without paying.

    1) Thus, this “FGCW” is basically worthless to the freebie user that has no intention of paying.

    2) And also thus, this “FGCW” is more than worthless to the paying users, who will end up investing time, money and energy into answering Stage 1 through 3 questions, only to have each and every one of their freebie Matches get stuck at Stage 3, because they won’t pay. (See 1)

    Posted 23 Jul 2010 at 7:43 pm ¶
12. Funny wrote:

    You all are Fun-ny!!

    Posted 28 Sep 2010 at 5:28 pm ¶
13. DanielinMO wrote:

    Now now, everyone. Just remember that we should be grateful for all these FCW freeloaders. Without them, we wouldn’t waste so much time clicking through profiles of people we can’t communicate with.

    Posted 29 Sep 2010 at 11:15 am ¶
14. mike N. wrote:

    We have had a 4 day ‘free’ eharmony weekend where nothing is free. It is a hard slog filling in question after question.
    Then ‘Wow’ You get a wink from a lady so you spend a lot more time creating what you hope will be an interesting email and then low and behold they want MONEY before you can send it. FREE??? do they know what it means???
    My personal feeling is this site is a complete waste of time.

    Posted 03 Jan 2011 at 5:23 am ¶
15. shellzbellz911 wrote:

    I for one felt completely duped by eHarmony’s FCW. I actually thought that if I registered in time that I would be allowed to try out the site before purchasing a subscription. When I saw the advertisement on TV earlier that day I was running out the door. By the time I rememebered it was 11pm on 1/2. So I spent a lot of time entering in thoughtful answers to my profile until 4am the next day. To my surprise when I checked my email again, they only allowed Free communication until midnight 1/2!! Talk about a waste of time!!! I was bullsh@#t! Although but the sounds of it it wouldn’t have mattered since they wouldn’t even allow me to respond to others anyway! For as much money as the want for their dating site, they should allow you try it out first for at least a week. Trying it out includes being able to communicate back and forth which obviously eHarmony doesn’t agree with. What a scam, they reel you in with a 4 hour profile registration, and then poof, want your credit card and subscription! I understand it’s a business and they want paying customers but that FCW needs a lot of alterations in order to get some new blood in the dating pool!

    Posted 04 Jan 2011 at 11:26 am ¶
16. Aaron M. wrote:

    So here is the deal, I stumbled across this page while looking for… surprise, when the next FCW would be. No I do not pay for a subscription. The reason for this is that I am going to start renting a house, I go to school, and I have a 1 year old I have to support. Paying over a hundred dollars to this site is just not possible for me. I would like to find someone out there though. I don’t have to time to go to bars and to places where I might meet someone, so I decided I would try the online thing. So I have to ask you all, please don’t look down on the people who can’t pay for the service. I know that if I ran into someone I would like to communicate more with then I would set aside a little bit of money and subscribe on a month to month basis.

    Posted 13 Jan 2011 at 1:53 pm ¶
17. Rusty wrote:

    I too have been checking out the net for a place to meet like minded people. and have found these three are the best. eharmony, Match.com and chemistry.com. and let’s be honest all of them only take you so far and then it’s show me the money. yes match.com let’s you see the people, But it’s nice to see that eharmony still at the top of the pack. yes you pay more but they do a good job of pointing out #1 who you are, & #2 making as safe an enviroment as they can for all involved. As for me I’m not looking for a date, or someone to call my girlfriend. I am looking for a wife, Life partner, soul -mate. so I’m glad eharmoney is out there. and yes money is tight, for a lot of us. but I can cut back on something else. for for me this is life altering , for a lot of people. just because your having issues with a FCW think about everyone else out there. again thanks for having a site like this. if they can’t commit to at least trying and then paying up. it’s one less, lady I konw for certian is not for me. and Ladies at least with eharmoney you really do know up front what they will do and what they won’t do until you pay.

    Posted 21 Apr 2011 at 7:00 pm ¶
18. Pomodo wrote:

    Duped….that is the feeling I’m left with. I don’t for a minute begrudge Eharmony for charging for their services. It’s just that which makes me assume they’re a great site, and that’s why when I saw them advertising a FCW I thought…I’m gonna look into this. I’d done so years ago when I was only seperated and had gone through the entire questionaire only to be told I had to be seperated. THAT was deceptive and misleading at the I thought at the time but I shrugged it off. THIS time….after completing the entire questionaire once again assuming I would be entitled to a weekend of free communication ….once again I was deceived and misled by this company. They over promise and under deliver and THAT I can only assume is a major mistake in their marketing strategy. Word of mouth is a very powerful means of advertising. A friend of mine told met his match on eharmony and I’d been thinking about revisiting the site again when I saw the advertisement for the free weekend. It makes me wonder if when you’ve paid your money, the deception continues and you end up not getting full value for your money….they certainly started off on the wrong foot with me and have lost my confidence. I’ll look else where before I shell out $325.

    Posted 23 May 2011 at 10:19 am ¶
19. Rusty wrote:

    I do understand how you feel, I have signed up for three months. and am paying 44.95. I have also gone some ohter sites, Match .com is a real tease they show you the persons picture but ypu can’t answer there emails unless your a paying member. my bigest gripe with eharmoney is the don;t screan for body type. I do not like overweight women and half my matchwes are + – 75 to 150 pounds over weight. small thing but it hurts. when your rejected by someone you read about and when they swee you close your match. So even though I feel eharmoney is still the bestsite to relley learn about yourself as well as the matches they send your way. they would be so much better if they would worry less about personality and a littel more whata one trhe out side. like I said have not met anyone yet but am learning a lot . all my best to all of you out there.

    Posted 25 May 2011 at 6:44 am ¶
20. Sasha wrote:

    I agree with you Rusty on body type being screened! I am not shallow…but I do not want an overweight man! I would like to be matched with someone that is in-shape.

    Posted 10 Nov 2011 at 9:14 pm ¶

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