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goldengirl7676 is offline goldengirl7676 Post #1  August 3,2009, 7:28am
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I know this subject is nothing new here on the eH boards, but I just feel like grumping a little about the quality of matches (or lack of) that I've received lately. Today's matches included a fellow who barely had anything written on his profile, no photo and his name was listed as "unknown." Unknown? This is what eH is sending me for all that money I paid?

Then I get another one who says some really odd things, overuses exclamation points in his profile and says he enjoys arts from the Italian Reminiscence (not Renaissance, of course). I think that one was one of those foreign scam-artist profiles everyone is always talking about.

And last but not least, I get another one in which the guy liberally peppers his entire profile with LOLs and several times uses "there" when he means to say "their." He also lists his occupation as "professional male in ***** industry."

I don't mean to be such a whiner, but is it too much to ask for eH to send some matches who have a complete profile, who can spell properly and who are just regular guys? Seems the only ones I get anymore are the scam artists, the incomplete profiles and the odd ducks ( and I don't mean odd in a good way).
 
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Considering the number of posts like this that have come up over the past week or so, I'm beginning to wonder if EH is having technical issues with it's database and whether they are actually aware of it or not......
 
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jayjay is offline jayjay Post #3  August 3,2009, 11:41am
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...things seem to have gotten quiet around here.

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You get matches???
 
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I get a lot of junk also. Mostly no pics / short profiles / etc..

I think it has to do with the free weekends they do and people see the advertisements on TV. Personally when it hits the weekend I wont be on eH, I am out at the pool etc.

As for the people who are bad at filling out thier profiles (I would be one of them).

I iz bad at spellin / punctuatin.... That would be my Kentucky Edumication showing.

I close anyone without a picture and who doesnt take the time to fill out the profile. The way I see it is if they will not put in the effort to post a picture or attempt to fill out the profile then they are not worth my time, that is just my opinion of course.

Good luck with your search,

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jayjay wrote :
You get matches???
Ha ha, jayjay. Yes, I get matches. Mostly of the incomplete or just plain odd variety. Quite a few with the shirtless-in-the-bathroom-mirror or pose-in-front-of-the-car/motorcycle photos.
 
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goldengirl7676 wrote :
I know this subject is nothing new here on the eH boards, but I just feel like grumping a little about the quality of matches (or lack of) that I've received lately. Today's matches included a fellow who barely had anything written on his profile, no photo and his name was listed as "unknown." Unknown? This is what eH is sending me for all that money I paid?

Then I get another one who says some really odd things, overuses exclamation points in his profile and says he enjoys arts from the Italian Reminiscence (not Renaissance, of course). I think that one was one of those foreign scam-artist profiles everyone is always talking about.

And last but not least, I get another one in which the guy liberally peppers his entire profile with LOLs and several times uses "there" when he means to say "their." He also lists his occupation as "professional male in ***** industry."

I don't mean to be such a whiner, but is it too much to ask for eH to send some matches who have a complete profile, who can spell properly and who are just regular guys? Seems the only ones I get anymore are the scam artists, the incomplete profiles and the odd ducks ( and I don't mean odd in a good way).
My matches today:

Number one--no name, no pic, and for occupation he listed "a job". All one word answers on his profile. Things he can't live without: air, water, food, shelter, clothes. One may say he's merely a man of few needs and fewer words, but I LIKE intellectual conversation. I'd put the man into shock after one evening with me and swear him off dating forever.

Number two--no pic, 5 questions answered

Number three--a pic that looked older than I am , and 3 questions answered.

Number 4--a decent profile, but a flexible match, and I do mean flexible. Like contortionist flexible. I didn't see a single thing on his profile that we had in common. Everything was about surfing, and if you like that, he'd be a great match, but I live near Lake Erie. It gives us small waves and lots of snow when the wind comes out of the north in the winter.

I understand your frustration, and I too wonder if something's messed up with their matching, as DancingFool stated. My matches used to be much better...now, not so much. I still have some hope.
 
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goldengirl7676 wrote :
I know this subject is nothing new here on the eH boards, but I just feel like grumping a little about the quality of matches (or lack of) that I've received lately. Today's matches included a fellow who barely had anything written on his profile, no photo and his name was listed as "unknown." Unknown? This is what eH is sending me for all that money I paid?

Then I get another one who says some really odd things, overuses exclamation points in his profile and says he enjoys arts from the Italian Reminiscence (not Renaissance, of course). I think that one was one of those foreign scam-artist profiles everyone is always talking about.

And last but not least, I get another one in which the guy liberally peppers his entire profile with LOLs and several times uses "there" when he means to say "their." He also lists his occupation as "professional male in ***** industry."

I don't mean to be such a whiner, but is it too much to ask for eH to send some matches who have a complete profile, who can spell properly and who are just regular guys? Seems the only ones I get anymore are the scam artists, the incomplete profiles and the odd ducks ( and I don't mean odd in a good way).
I think you and I may be getting matches from the same sad pool. But who doesn't love the Italian Reminiscence? I got a match last week who was "a plummer" and owned his own "plumming" business. He also "injoyed writing and ebay". I'm willing to forgive some spelling mistakes, but I'd like my matches to be able to spell THEIR JOB TITLE. Call me picky.
 
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goldengirl7676 wrote :
Then I get another one who says some really odd things, overuses exclamation points in his profile and says he enjoys arts from the Italian Reminiscence (not Renaissance, of course). I think that one was one of those foreign scam-artist profiles everyone is always talking about.

And last but not least, I get another one in which the guy liberally peppers his entire profile with LOLs and several times uses "there" when he means to say "their." He also lists his occupation as "professional male in ***** industry."
LOL!!!! U need to stop looking at there porflize and get wit a true Reminiscence Man like me!!!!111!!1eleven!!!11!

OK, that was really hard to write.

Have no fears, I've seen plenty of profiles from women here that make me question the education system. My favorite so far has been the woman that I think worked as a waitress, but she listed her occupation as "watres."
 
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I gotta add to this rant. I'm new on eH and one thing that bugs me since I've joined is guys who very early on (first or second email) feel we could get to know each other sooo much better if we communicated through our personal email addresses instead of through eH. This is a real turn off for me. I feel that what they are really looking for is a way to circumvent whatever screening tools that available on this site and send inappropriate emails to my account. Am I being overly suspicious here?

And jayjay: with a sense of humour like yours, how come no one has snatched you up yet is a mystery to me!
 
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Julie09 wrote :
I gotta add to this rant. I'm new on eH and one thing that bugs me since I've joined is guys who very early on (first or second email) feel we could get to know each other sooo much better if we communicated through our personal email addresses instead of through eH. This is a real turn off for me. I feel that what they are really looking for is a way to circumvent whatever screening tools that available on this site and send inappropriate emails to my account. Am I being overly suspicious here?

And jayjay: with a sense of humour like yours, how come no one has snatched you up yet is a mystery to me!
Welcome, Julie! One thing you might do is just create an email address to use with your matches (e.g., on Yahoo or Gmail). That way, if they become a problem you can just delete your email account without it having any impact on your "real" email account...

That being said, at least you have the "problem" of matches wanting to communicate with you...lol!
 
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