PinkLilies is offline PinkLilies Post #1  May 20,2010, 8:29pm
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I just saw a commercial tonight saying that a Free Communication Event would be starting tomorrow and lasting for 10 days! I'm a paying member, but this may actually give me enough time to get to open communication with a non-paying member.
 
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PinkLilies wrote :
I just saw a commercial tonight saying that a Free Communication Event would be starting tomorrow and lasting for 10 days! I'm a paying member, but this may actually give me enough time to get to open communication with a non-paying member.
I haven't seen anything yet, but thanks for the heads up. So what does this mean I am supposed to do again? Re-communicate? Sit by my computer and hope? haha.

I don't really understand the big deal of these things yet. Haven't been on here that long.
 
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PinkLilies wrote :
I just saw a commercial tonight saying that a Free Communication Event would be starting tomorrow and lasting for 10 days! I'm a paying member, but this may actually give me enough time to get to open communication with a non-paying member.
I have not seen any commercials yet so thanks for the heads up.

As for getting to Open Communication on a FCW if both you and your match are paying attention to the communication process you can get through Guided Communication in an hour, BTDT. You can certainly get through to Open Communication within a day unless one of you just takes for ever to respond.
 
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I haven't seen anything yet, but thanks for the heads up. So what does this mean I am supposed to do again? Re-communicate? Sit by my computer and hope? haha.

I don't really understand the big deal of these things yet. Haven't been on here that long.
Well my procedure for a FCW is to send a Nudge to every match that I have that I can do that with the night before the FCW begins. Then after the FCW is over any matches that still have not communicated with me will get closed (at the moment for me that is all of them, hopefully a few of my matches are active and just not paying members).
 
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Hi Everyone.

We are having a Free Guided-Communication Event for our eHarmony.CA members. So if you are an eHarmony.com member, you wouldn't have seen any announcements.

Starting today, May 21, through Sunday, May 30, Canadian members have 10 days to exchange Get to know each other questions, share Must Haves and Can't Stands, and ask their own questions in the Learn more about each other stage. If a member would like to continue communicating with matches past the Guided-Communication stage and enter into eHarmony Mail, it will be necessary to purchase a subscription.

Our hope is that by giving members 10 days, they'll have the time to enjoy the communication process as they build a rapport with matches of interest, and that this experience will inspire them to want to continue getting to know their matches through eHarmony Mail.

If members partcipating in this Event have any further questions or need assistance, Customer Care agents are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Just click on the Help link at the bottom of your profile page.

No word yet on the next U.S. Event, but we'll keep you posted.

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Renee, thank you for clarifying that it is Canadian members and not US. I was wondering because I haven't seen anything anywhere about a FCW.

Another question. What if we are in the US and are matched with a Canadian member? Does it extend to those matched with them?
 
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Wow, glad I am not a EH .CA member.

You let them go through Stages 1-3, but NOT send any emails back and forth if they make it through those Stages???

That is actually a horrible idea, no offense...

I sincerely doubt that it will bring more members in, but instead annoy BOTH the paid and unpaid member...

If I am a paid member:
No WAY (!!!!) would I want to go through Stages 1 through 3, and end up stuck at that Stage forever with that match because the other side isn't willing to ante up.
Seriously, not only would I be unhappy about it, I do believe I would actually become quite mad at EHarmony for this.
It is fine to tease the unpaid member to entice them to sign up.
However, it is NOT fine to tease the paid members like that.

If I am an unpaid member:
No WAY (!!!!) would I ante up the money for subscription after finding out that "Free Guided Communication" only means I am stuck at Stage 3 and can't really do anything.

Seriously, I just don't understand the logic at all.

Of course, what people are going to do, is just include their email in their 3rd Stage answers, even if it violates EH rules.
 
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eH_Advice_Host_Renee wrote :
Hi Everyone.

We are having a Free Guided-Communication Event for our eHarmony.CA members. So if you are an eHarmony.com member, you wouldn't have seen any announcements.
So am I right to assume that we in the U.S. are not getting a FCW this month?
 
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AndieIsMe: Glad to clarify. For eHarmony.com members, it is business as usual. That is to say, you will only be able to read communications from and communicate with eHarmony.CA members if both of you are subscribers.

ScottK: We do let members know upfront what this Free Guided-Communication Events entails so members can decide whether they'd like to partcipate in the event or not.

I sincerely hope that you're wrong about members violating the Terms and Conditions of Service by providing contact information before the eHarmony Mail stage because such violations can result in our closing a member's account.

Our hope is that members will not feel stuck when they successfully get through the Guided-Communication stages with some of their matches but, instead, be inspired by the connections they've made so that they will choose to purchase a subscription and continue getting to know matches of interest.

But your feedback regarding our first Free Guided-Communication Event is appreciated, and I will certainly pass it along.

Gtaylor72: No word yet about an FCE for our eHarmony.com members over the Memorial Day weekend. But I wouldn't discount the possibility! As soon as we hear something, we will let you know. And, as usual, members will receive announcements a few days prior to the launch date.

All the best,

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I really don't understand this at all either. I have 100 matches that I have sent First Questions to, some as far back as 3 months ago. One is responding. Therefore 99 of them are either not interested in me enough to close me out or not willing to pay their money. If they were not willing to pay their money before a Free Communications non-Event then why would eHarmony think that they would be willing to communicate up to stage 3 and then get stopped until they paid their money. That is just crazy thinking.

There would certainly be NO incentive for a paying member to waste their time communicating with anyone during an event as described for the poor Canadian people.
 
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