Chemistry.com subscription is over

So my Chemistry.com subscription is over. It was a present for Christmas. Now first don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the present. In fact, it was my choice to decide which site to use it on. Man I wish I had thought about it. Chemistry.com has got to be one of the single most terrible dating websites online. This is why…
The first thing they don’t tell you is that when registering you only get FIVE matches a day. Now that may seem like a lot, but consider this. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REAL CHEMISTRY CONSIDERED!!! 99% of the women that it suggested to me were not only people I wouldn’t date, but women I would never even consider for friendship. I’ve had more luck finding someone I’d have chemistry with on MySpace. So every day I’d sign on to dismiss my “five matches”.

Apparently, I’m not the only one who thought it sucks. After about a week I seemingly exhausted all matches that met my criteria within 100 miles. Granted, I have somewhat strict criteria, but even being strict I didn’t manage to get anything close. So what do I do? I increase the distance I’ll accept a match to 250 miles. Although a steep distance, its way way better than my past relationships (the closest being 750 miles). I mean if you really like the person a couple hour drive to meet them isn’t that huge of a deal. Especially if you’re a Michigander use to living your life in a car.

Now you’d think that “250 miles or less” would mean matches that were at a distance no greater than 250 miles. Apparently, Chemistry.com speaks a different language. After a few days I apparently exhausted all matches within 250 miles. By the time I reached the 2nd week I was getting matches as far away as Georgia and Missouri…both approaching 1000 miles from where I live. Seriously, if I wanted to meet random women online from all over the country I’d go into a chatroom not pay some stupid company money to shove them in my face.

Quite upset about this setup and the fact I had totally exhausted any remotely possible matches in under 2 weeks I wrote Chemistry.com demanding a refund. Do they have any such deal? Of course not. “We got yer money suckers. Try reducing your search criteria radius”… because of course “under 250 miles” means “anywhere that doesn’t require a boat to get to”.

After about 3 weeks the 5 matches a day went down to less than 3 a day. By the time I hit the 1 month mark it wasn’t uncommon to go days without seeing a match. Yes, I paid 16 bucks a month to sit around clicking “Not interested”.

The matching criteria is ridiculous. They use vague interests as a way to match people. They also use arbitrary and generalized personality types to decide who is a match. They ask you quizzes each week that apparently are for show because sometimes every time I visited the same quiz would pop up.

In comparison 1 hour during the free weekend of eharmony I found over 10 women that I would at the very least be interested in getting to know as a friend. People whom I’d read their profile and genuinely be interested in getting to know them. Okay, keep in mind that I’m not dead set on finding my wife online. In fact, I’m pretty sure it won’t be. But at the same time I’m open to the possibility. I don’t expect to put money into a vending machine and my future wife pop out. At the same time, I expect that the people I’m introduced to by a website advertising to give me my soulmate, could at the very least use a system that either a) allows me to look through whose there so I rather than a random computer program can choose or b) one that matches me with people who remotely share my same beliefs, values, and complimenting personalities. Chemistry.com was TERRIBLE beyond all belief. ChristianDatingForFree.com was far more useful and its FREE and CHEAPLY made.

So my suggestion to ANYONE is avoid Chemistry.com like the plague. The customer service sucked. The service itself sucked. Its really a rip off and they know it. They’ve developed a system where they don’t have to provide you with any matches at all and still walk away with your money. And since Match.com is part of the same company I highly recommend voiding them too. Stick with a free site. A Christian chatroom. Or maybe eharmony. There is no Chemistry with Chemistry.com.

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