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Job opening: Send initial emails to people on eHarmony

Posted by eharmonyblog on 02 October 2010 under Blog posts · Comments (0)

ODesk logoHahaha. Check out this job posting:

Job Description

I want someone to send initial questions to my eharmony matches. I already have the questions picked out, this is basically a point and click exercise.

“eHarmony — Creating jobs worldwide.”

 

Review: Breaking up (with eHarmony) is hard to do

Posted by eharmonyblog on 18 September 2010 under Reviews · Comments (0)

(Republished in entirety with permission from Anthony Tracy, dated September 15, 2010. Thanks, Anthony!

Breaking up is hard to do

First, I feel a need to explain how I got into this situation. It feels taboo to even talk about the fact that I doled out $150 for an online dating site: eHarmony. Why does it feel taboo? It is extremely popular and has become more socially acceptable as the industry has developed. This is especially true with eHarmony, which markets itself as a credible provider of the love you are looking for. The kind of love you are looking for is true love, the kind of thing you stick with for the rest of your life; a soul mate. Now, maybe I feel like it is taboo because my immediate reaction upon discovering that a friend signed up for a similar site was to judge. I mocked the idea. Another friend and I would joke about it on walks around the lake. Granted, he is happy with his new girlfriend, it is exactly what he was looking for. I figured anybody who would do that is somebody who has delusional ideas about love and some kind of social deficiency.

Meanwhile, my love life was failing, and I was mocking the idea while silently considering trying it myself. So on a whim, though whether it was on a whim is completely irrelevant, I decided to buy the best deal for my needs. They sell you longer term packages for a lower price pre month, and short-term packages for extremely high rates per month. I chose to buy three months at $50 per month.

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True Tales of False Romance (comic)

Posted by eharmonyblog on 07 September 2010 under Blog posts · Comments (0)

comic

by Tom the Dancing Bug this week. Tom the Dancing Bug won the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards for Best Cartoon.

 

Jazzed.com will make ridiculous cash if…

Posted by eharmonyblog on 03 September 2010 under Feature requests § Opinion · Comments (3)

…they put a button, no, three buttons, on EH proper:

Sorry we’re unable to send you matches based on your answers to our relationship questionnaire, so instead we’ve transferred your profile to our other site Jazzed!

So you wish to cancel? And you don’t care that 1 out of 4 marriages are unhappy? Try our other service Jazzed.com for free.

We are unable to find matches for you at this time. Our system constantly looks for matches for you. If you want to search for profiles on your own, may we recommend our other service Jazzed.

Sure win!

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Surely, refusing to erase our financial information is illegal

Posted by eharmonyblog on 22 August 2010 under Reviews · Comments (0)

From Finn:

Below is their response to me regarding a request to remove my debit card information on a suspended account.

Dear Finn:

Thank you for your inquiry regarding the removal of your personal information from eHarmony. I regret to hear of your concern regarding the storage of your credit card and personal information. Please be assured your information is completely secure and will not be shared with any outside parties. [This is false. eHarmony sends and shares our CC info to a payment processor. Guess what: Last week a payment processor was hacked.]

Please know that eHarmony follows all applicable laws and regulations involving the storage and use of personal data, including payment information. [That's for a judge to decide, not yours. I know for sure this is illegal in Canada.] Also, before an account is established, eHarmony requires that each user read and consent to our Terms and Conditions of Service, which includes granting eHarmony an irrevocable license to any information and content that you provide to eHarmony. By agreeing to our Terms and Conditions, you have authorized us to retain your information in our records. For your convenience, a link to our Terms and Conditions is provided below.

http://www.eharmony.com/about/terms

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Get a free 90-day eHarmony subscription via eHarmony Brazil (First look review)

Posted by eharmonyblog on 21 August 2010 under Reviews · Comments (5)

Our South American reader Fernando Ardenghi has posted an early review of the site during this pre-launch. He corrected us: they do offer 3 months to initial registrants to seed their database.

get a free 90 day subscription

As before in Australia and the United Kingdom site versions, registrants can give a Brazil address first then migrate later to their original country. It has been two years since they opened a country site.

Registrants cannot buy subscriptions yet, so Brazil pricing is still unknown at this point.

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