Jessie
Dallas,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, January 29, 2004
Hi! I just wanted to add that I tried Match.com a year ago, and after 3 weeks, I started getting charges from companies (primarily Magazine subscription companies) on my credit card!! I thought I was a victim of an internet hacker using me for ID theft, but I traced these UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES back to when I joined Match.com. They GAVE OUT MY CREDIT CARD INFO TO ALLLLL OF THEIR "3rd Party associates"!!! Luckily, my credit card co. (Bank of America), refunded ALL the funds these companies STOLE from me, cancelled the compromised card, and issued me a new one free of charge, PLUS they took Match.com and the various 3rd party co.'s to court on their own. I filed a complaint with Match.com with the BBB in Dallas as well. Because they refunded me for my 1 month subscription as an apology for the "inconvenience", the BBB filed it as a settled dispute on Match.com's account. Since it's a year later and Match.com is bigger than ever, I guess the corporate lawsuit between them and B of A got as far as my BBB complaint did. BEWARE of Match.com!!! Their privacy and security statements are BOGUS, and they are slow as mud in handling disputes!
Al
Alvin,#3Consumer Suggestion
Tue, January 27, 2004
You paid for service that you DID NOT recieve, so by definition, that is fraud! Your credit card company wants you to be happy, of course, so let them fight for you! Match is not bigger than the credit card company....