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Co6aka is offline Co6aka Post #1  November 4,2010, 4:09pm
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Assume you are an unpaid member (either you've never paid for a subscription, or yours has lapsed) but you still review your matches frequently. Also assume there are no more Free-whatever events on eH:

One day you receive a very "attractive" match, but of course you can't see his/her photo. But if you could see their photo and also found it attractive...

Q1: Would you pay for or renew your subscription and contact the match?

Q2: If the match had already contacted you, would you pay for or renew your subscription and reply?
 
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I will not pay for a dating site on the basis of one match - only for my satisfaction the pattern of ongoing activity is adequate for the cost.

In the event I was in communication at the expiration of a subscription, I would make sure to send my e-mail before turning off my profile (or renew in time if I wished to continue the service.)

I am content to communicate without seeing photos.

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I agree with eHarmony not allowing free users to see photos. Some customers favor the additional privacy of eHarmony, and restricting photos helps this.
 
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Co6aka wrote :
Assume you are an unpaid member (either you've never paid for a subscription, or yours has lapsed) but you still review your matches frequently. Also assume there are no more Free-whatever events on eH:

One day you receive a very "attractive" match, but of course you can't see his/her photo. But if you could see their photo and also found it attractive...

Q1: Would you pay for or renew your subscription and contact the match?

Q2: If the match had already contacted you, would you pay for or renew your subscription and reply?

No and yes.
 
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Yes. For two reasons.

1) During free communication periods I want to know the person knows what I look like.

2) When I wasn't a member I would have liked to have known what the members who sent me questions looked like before joining up.
 
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Yes. You can read about a persons interests and personality all you want, but if physical attraction isn't there its just not going to work. People would be more likely to pay for the site if they see they've got a very attractive person they've been matched with. The site isn't about meeting people you simply get along with personality wise, it's about meeting a person you can be in a long term relationship with or possibly marry, and being physically and sexually attracted to the other person is one of the biggest keys to that. I really don't see any cons to letting everyone see photos.
 
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SteveManchesterEngland wrote :
this is a very old thread.
Yes, and it got very little activity the first time around. The subject is still pertinent so maybe it will get a little more action this time around.
 
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All other sites allow you to see photos even when you are a non-paying member. eHarmony is the only site that I know of that does not allow non-paying members to see photos.
 
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I think unpaid members should be allowed to see photos. I think the number of abandoned profiles would drop.
 
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Co6aka wrote :
Assume you are an unpaid member (either you've never paid for a subscription, or yours has lapsed) but you still review your matches frequently. Also assume there are no more Free-whatever events on eH:

One day you receive a very "attractive" match, but of course you can't see his/her photo. But if you could see their photo and also found it attractive...

Q1: Would you pay for or renew your subscription and contact the match?

Q2: If the match had already contacted you, would you pay for or renew your subscription and reply?

Something like this was actually available on another site (chemestry?) a couple of years ago, and I used it. She found me, and tried to contact. I could see her picture. I thought she was attractive and the site offered a limited subscription, a few bucks for a week or something like that...just long enough to get a few messages through and get her number. We dated a couple of times and talked alot, and it didn't work out, but I thought it was worth it to try.

I think eH should allow you to see your matches on FCW. Physical attraction is part of the deal, whether anyone wants to admit it or not.

Didn't eH used to let you see you matches unpaid a few years ago? I seem to remember something like that.
 
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I think unpaid members shouldn't exist. Go to OKC or POF if you don't want to pay.

It's not fair to the paying members to have to deal with getting matched with people who'll never be able to respond.

Or at least eH should have a match preference option so you will only be matched with other paying members.
 
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