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I have been trying for over 2 weeks to cancel my subscription to Match.com with AOL.. there is no way to contact them. Their contact page only gives you options of cancelling or signing up for AOL and has nothing to do with Match.com

Also, I signed up 1 month ago and clicked on try 5 free days... instead my account was charged the approximately $30.00,,, because I gave up trying to figure out how to reach them, I stuck with it for the 30 days.

What a rip off... If I'm charged for another month, I'm contacting the Better Business Bureau.

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Vicki
Jan 30, 2007 7:14 am EST

I signed up for a one-month subscription, checked do not renew automatically and unsubscribed well before the month was over. At the end of the month I checked and they had taken the access from my account. 2 days later a charge hit my bank account and resulted in a $20 overdraft fee. I e-mailed them that they had charged me in error and they refuse to refund the money.

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Catt
Feb 20, 2007 8:37 am EST

Yes, all these dating services are all full of crap.

Claims you will meet someone and you never do, but still they take your money!

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ZSM
Mar 19, 2007 6:22 pm EDT

Match.com is a horrible company. They sucker you with a "guarantee" and then stick you with a renewal.

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elisa
Jul 22, 2008 11:57 am EDT

I've had a horrible experience with match.com, too. I checked DO NOT AUTO RENEW and yet they renewed me and charged my credit card - never notified me when the subscription was due to renew, and now they will refund only half of the money. They are total robbers.

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Anne
Jul 28, 2008 4:11 pm EDT

Call your credit card company and file a complaint with them and let them know you were dissatisfied with their service and product. Ask them to stop the charges. match.com removed my profile and I cannot access it anymore (who cares) but I did get my money back through American Express. I have been reading more and more about the scam/extremely poor customer service that this site appears to be. I think it's gotten worse over the years. I've met a few nice people this way, BUT I believe they have false profiles on there, and I've had e-mails from people on there and then when I write back there is NOTHING in return. I wonder if anyone as sent their complaints to Dr. Phil since his name is all over their site. I hope his folks are reading about the number of dissatisfied customer that are out there. I've seen thousands of complaints after doing a little investigating.

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William ferguson
Oct 03, 2008 8:31 pm EDT

How do i cancell Match.com

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John
Oct 14, 2008 1:43 pm EDT

To Anyone Planning on Using Match.com, they will automatically keep billing your crdeit card, after it says you only want one month. BE CAREFUL its A SCAM!

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Dave
Nov 08, 2008 12:49 am EST

Having been a subcriber on and off for years, I am now certain that they ignore it if you initially specify a preference not to auto-renew. I don't know what the trick is, but it seems like you can only turn off auto-renew after you've already been through an auto-renew that you didn't catch at the precise time they flipped it back on for you. Something screwy happens, in any event.

And their customer service is simply horrendous. They will send you a form letter back, with a best guess at what they think you wrote them about based on keywords you may have used. I work with customer support software and help desks for a living, and their responses are some of the worst I've ever seen.

It is unfortunate that they are the largest non-free dating site, as you are going to get a wider pool of people here than other sites. But avoid it unless you're desperate. I suppose that brings up another problem---all of us on Match are either sincere but desperate (shy and don't know how to meet people) or brain-dead but "like to have fun" and just think every interaction is part of some game.

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Disappointed Match.com User
Nov 09, 2008 8:12 pm EST

I had a nightmare experience with them just this week. I paid for a six-month membership Friday. Everything worked fine and I was even communicating with someone, then Saturday, just yesterday, they blocked me and referred me to the "executive team." They said they would not tell me why unless sent a subpoena by my attorney. What! I am a regular guy, have never done anything wrong, ever. I found another web page where many users complained of the same thing, and if I had read those complaints before it happened to me, would have though they were crazy. This company is horrible, very poor customer "service" and whatever is going on with blocking people without any explanation, and now presented with a fight to get my money back. Unbelievable

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Frustrated and Angry
Dec 02, 2008 5:12 pm EST

This place reeks with fraud. I have contacted my bank to see what recourse I have because they took money out of my account after I cancelled my subscription. I have not authorized this withdrawal nor any future ones from this company. I am waiting to hear from the bank. If I have to change account numbers to stop these robbers, I will do so.

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Alexa
NB, US
Jan 28, 2009 12:49 am EST

I did the same thing! I tried to join match and then cancel the account. So instead I joined www.imchat.com It's free so who cares about memberships and dues.

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Shyannetla
Owosso, US
Apr 11, 2009 8:46 pm EDT

Any person reading this... File a complaint with your states AG office. I am going to be contacting attorneys in the next few weeks, I believe there is enough of a pool to file a class action suit.

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Frarael30
Boston, US
Aug 21, 2009 4:02 pm EDT

I had a nightmare experience with them just this week. I paid for a six-month membership. very poor customer "service" and whatever is going on with blocking people without any explanation, and now presented with a fight to get my money back. They over charge me. terrible cancellation policy.

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sancocho
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Apr 11, 2010 11:58 am EDT

I completely disagree, you we all have to read our terms of agreement whenever we purchase something online or anywhere, but since its too much we just go on ahead and agree and keep it moving, and then we want to call and say WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING CHARGING ME FOR AN AUTO RENEW, I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS. And then we want to eat up the rep over the phone who is just trying to his or her job. Thousands of people are meeting the love of their life on this site. I mean its the # one dating site for a reason. Make sure you read the terms of agreement, if not just know that for anny subscription you buy there is an auto renew at the end, all you have to do is cancel it and it is really not that har you just have to goto Account on the blue banner and select chang/cancel membership and follow the steps until the end, and I reapeat until the end when it actually says your sub in cancel...

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j;mill
Austin, US
Jun 01, 2011 3:54 am EDT
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there [protected] customer service good luck best option is to cancel your credit card infor..ppl warning dont use your credit card on match they keep it indefinately...

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j;mill
Austin, US
Jun 01, 2011 3:54 am EDT
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[protected] correction on customer service phone number for match...

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BrokenSally
US
Aug 19, 2011 5:00 pm EDT

I am extremely upset. I was a member over a year ago and just noticed that they have been charging me 68.97 every 3 months for at least a year... I just noticed the charge and when I called 800.326.5161 (which was on my statement) they told me they could see i never used the service, they could see it was activated with my card, but that the associated email wasnt even mine. They would only credit me 1 charge. I told them I wanted an address to send a legal certified letter for approval and they agreed to credit 1 more charge. I still plan on calling the attorney generals office, the better business bureau and my bank... $280 is a lot of money especially when they can see i have no profile! as soon as i recieve the credit i am cancelling this card!

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Declanr4255
LONDON, GB
Oct 24, 2012 8:49 pm EDT

Match.com Unauthorised Reniewal Ref : 06495181JK896274S through my paypal account - - -

PLEASE CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW I CAN STOP THE AUTOMATIC UNAUTHORISED RENIEWAL OF NEARLY £30 PER MONTH... DOES IT GO ON FOREVER OR DO I HAVE TO CLOSE MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT

THIS IS A SCAM AND PARAMOUNT TO THEFT -

CAN ANYONE HELP - - - dexpex@hotmail.com

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Don Trapper
US
Aug 30, 2015 9:32 pm EDT

call your credit card company and dispute. Then call your State Attorney General Office and fill out their dispute form. They can't represent you but will if FRAUD IS INVOLVED IN ALL STATES go after Match.com... I had to do that just recently because some SMART( ARSHLOCK )
MANAGER IN TEXAS FOR MATCH TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE A COLD DAY IN HELL BEFORE I GOT MY MONEY BACK. So just to shorten the Story I won my case easily and got my money put back on my Credit Card. Just remember when Fraud is involved CONTACT YOUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. THATS WHAT THEY DO AND THEY DO IT GOOD. One other thing is save all DOCUMENTATION YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT YOUR CASE. AND STAY AWAY FROM ZOOSK ALSO. THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE CROOKS OUT OF CALIFORNIA. WHEN I THREATNED TO TURN THEM IN TO OUR AND THEIR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE, I GOT A CALL WITHIN THE HOUR FROM ONE OF THEIR CROOKS AND WAS REFUNDED MY MONEY. ONE THING ABOUT ZOOSK IS YOU CAN'T CONNECT UNLESS YOU PURCHASE "VIRTUAL GIFTS OF GOLD COINS OR FLOWERS OR BOTH FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. I RAN INTO A LADY THAT LIVES 5 MILES AWAY AND WE RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER, AND SHE TOO WAS GETTING SUSPICIOUS, ONCE WE COMPARED NOTES WE THEN REALIZED WE WERE GETTING RIPPED OFF. BE CAREFUL WITH ALL DATING SITES AS THEIR ALL CROOKED.

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Dottie A Noyes
US
May 17, 2016 7:23 pm EDT

I unsubscribe from this site a number of months ago. Did not keep a record of date. Received a message saying I was unsubscribe, which I did not keep either. I just reconciled my checking acct and see I have been charged for May 2016. Please look into my unsubscribe account and refund my checking account, please email when completed at dottiemail.centurytel.net. Apparently you have been sending notices to fdnoyes000@centurytel.net and he just trashes them

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mommaNY
US
Jul 21, 2016 1:57 pm EDT

My son joined in April for a trial period but cancelled, right after we thought it was done then got a charge on account for $77.97 I called and they said since we do not have a cancellation # which we were not given they gave us back $26.01. I told her I want my full refund since he cancelled before trial period ended and she got very nasty with me and I could hardly understand her to begin with, I was very upset and frustrated... Do not use these people it is a big rip off. Their customer service is terrible...

Sad mom in NY,

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CJ Mitton
US
Jan 05, 2017 9:33 pm EST

Very difficult to cancel. I finally put in a gift card cc # and made sure it had 0 balance. FINALLY cancelled due to insufficient funds in my account! lol

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Connie Lunney
US
Mar 23, 2018 10:30 pm EDT

I tried to join they took my money but when I tried to log in I was told to go to resulation@ support.match.com. I tried again got the same answere. I have no idea where this company is located or their postal code. Just cancel, put the money back on my credit card and I will be happy.

Connie Lunney

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Connie Lunney
US
Mar 23, 2018 10:39 pm EDT

I tried to join and when I filled out everything and couldn’t get on was told to go to resulation@ support.match.com. When that didn’t work I was told to go back to resulation@support.match.com. It still did no good. Just cancel put the money back on my credit card and I’ll be happy and leave them alone.

Connie Lunney

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Connie Lunney
US
Mar 23, 2018 10:45 pm EDT

I tried to log on to the service 2 times both times I was told to go to resulations@support.match.com. It's just not working. Just refund my money back on my credit card since I can't access the service. I'll then be a happy person.

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Connie Lunney
US
Mar 24, 2018 10:38 pm EDT

I can't get on and every time I try I'm told to go to resulations@support.match.com and that is a joke. Please refund my money. You took the money and give nothing. They took my money via credit card and nothing. Just refer you back to resulstions@support.match.com Asking me to do the same thing.

Connie Lunney

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Anna Paula Zarbin
US
Aug 14, 2018 8:10 pm EDT

I had my profile many times and free I changed to the payment the match cancelled my account ok I tried other email again cancelled my account and I don't receive my refund 2 times I called many times terrible customer service and without solution

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Anna Paula Zarbin
US
Aug 15, 2018 7:53 am EDT

Yesterday I did my profile and also the payment ok after my profile blocked today again the same problem I called many times I believe 8 times I said I would like my refund the company said to me impossible my refund terrible customer service doesn't respect the clients

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CastilloPR
US
Aug 15, 2018 3:11 pm EDT

There was a charge made on my card from wmv*match.com for 59.94 on 7/7/2018 and I haven't used that god forsaken site for months and I have and made sure to cancel my subscription when I did so all I really want is a simple refund and it'll be a done deal

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Lyl
AU
Aug 20, 2018 12:21 pm EDT
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I have canceled my subscriptions serval months now and you keep taking monthly payments using my credit card i didn't even get any benefits from this website this needs to stop ASAP effectively immediately otherwise i will take the matter futher and to social media and i should be refuded for the amounts since my cancellation Regards Lyliana Dolfo

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Dannyhar53
GB
Aug 20, 2018 4:03 pm EDT

this was not not to be purchasrd and we have not used refund my £70 my wife has just come out of hospital

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Connie Lunney
US
Aug 20, 2018 4:10 pm EDT

They took my money I tried to go forward and then it pops up that you need to go resulation@support. match.com. You go there and I get the same answere go to resulation@support.match.com. Just cancel my payment and give me my money back. I have no idea where match.com is located or what it's postal code is.

Connie Lunney

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MacBeth Ahrens
US
Aug 20, 2018 4:26 pm EDT

I have emailed, no reply. Can't find a number to call I received a lot of spam

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Hillbilly #1
US
Aug 20, 2018 6:12 pm EDT
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It says my stuff is blocked why

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Linda sutman
CA
Aug 20, 2018 7:13 pm EDT

Just opened my acct and am now locked out?

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Sherrie McLean
AU
Aug 20, 2018 7:17 pm EDT
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I emailed 2 days ago an also in November 2017 to cancel my subscription I was told that my subscription was not renewable automatically you have deducted $171.00 from my account 2 days ago I want a full refund this is not right you can see i Havnt used your site since November 2017. I would like a response.

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One soft spoken mam
US
Aug 27, 2018 7:51 am EDT

Please let me know why, I have paid for the account. I have set this account for a friend doing a job in South Africa and he would like to meet some one and start getting to know her during the time his is there working, it's a temporary job for a few months. Then will. E back in the states.

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Shane Wragge
AU
Sep 01, 2018 4:48 pm EDT
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A monthly direct debit is coming out of my bank

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Ryan Goodwin
GB
Sep 05, 2018 6:59 am EDT
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I can't able to send winks and favourite to the members? Online search? I am not happy with match.com customer service in UK, so hope you could able to fixed my problem on match.com
Please could you able to resolved my issue I am going through on my account?

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Josephferr1974
AU
Sep 05, 2018 3:45 pm EDT
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Joseph Ferrazzola money coming out of my bank account and have no idea... I don't use my credit card online only for Netflix and haven't signed into anything my account is
4434 63xx xxxx 0089 people's choice credit union.. Australia can you sort this out its alot of money and I'm on centrelink payments and can't work..

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