Forget calling it "FCW" or "FCE", it's "EHSD"


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Atticus7 is offline Atticus7 Post #1  January 28,2011, 7:53pm
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May as well call these teaser things what they are. To say they are "Free Communication Weekends" or "Free Communication Events" is marketing technique to make it sound as if they are doing people a favor. In reality, they are an "eHarmony Subscription Drive", especially since it was restricted to guided communication.

As for me, my matching is now turned off and will stay that way throughout February. Afterward, unless a profile/photo really screams out "contact me!", I don't think I'll be initiating any communication. There will be too many profiles piled up over the month. Keep that in mind (that is, there may be other people who think like me) after the subscription drive when you wonder why you get no communication from people.
 
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I hope this doesn't turn this into a debate about the last-login feature. Because that doesn't help anyone during an FCE or EHSD.


eH should just let their paying subscribers know if the member is here on trial. Then maybe there wouldn't be a need for a month long EHSD..

I would love to know if eH can tell how many members are turning-off matching during an FCE...I know I do..
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I think the "free" events are a disservice to paid members. You get a box filled with ppl who took the time to fill out a profile, then realized they can't see photos and can't truly communicate with people, and so they ditch their accounts and go back to pof.com
 
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February might be a good month to take the opportunity to try out a one-month subscription to another service that may interest you. I realize that due to the recent economic downturn that may not be an option for some, but for those who can, it could be a better choice than sitting through the increasing lameness of eH. Bluer skies might be there, if you take the other fork in the road...
 
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I got a notice for the free "communication" event with a promotion code for 3 months @ $14.95 a month. The last time I signed up, they'd sent me a promotion for 3 months for $15 total. That may tempt me, but the "deals" they've been sending do not.

I won't be participating in the free event, either - no pictures and no OC just doesn't make it worth it. One or the other with GC would be more appealing.
 
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Atticus, turning off your matching isn't going to do anything for you. When you turn it back on, all the freeloaders will still be in your queue and you'll still get matched up with them later.
 
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tweet37 wrote :
Atticus, turning off your matching isn't going to do anything for you. When you turn it back on, all the freeloaders will still be in your queue and you'll still get matched up with them later.
I agree, for the most part. What turning off the matching during the subscription drive does for me is stop the onslaught of "new match" enails during February. I get just a tiny bit of peace during the drive. Afterward (and this is where you are on target), there is still an even larger pile of dead profiles that they feed, But they won't be able to contact me, and I won't contact them. In sum, the value of each match that eHarmony sends is steadily decreased with each subscription drive. eHarmony's revenue goes up (or so they hope), the value I receive goes down. I'm aware of this. And that's why I won't resubscribe when my sentence is up.
 
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Hooray...a whole month where I can look forward to getting stuck at the essay questions with all the free people.

Maybe it's time to put in a disclaimer in my profile that says something like "I'm a paying member. Please don't contact me unless you are too."

Can one of the hosts advise us for sure if mentioning your paying status is or is not a violation of the TOS?
 
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MicMan wrote :
Can one of the hosts advise us for sure if mentioning your paying status is or is not a violation of the TOS?
Some things are better left un-asked. Now eH will stick that one in the new TOS that's been coming since November.
 
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tweet37 wrote :
Atticus, turning off your matching isn't going to do anything for you. When you turn it back on, all the freeloaders will still be in your queue and you'll still get matched up with them later.
Agreed. Except for one BIG difference!!!

During regular (non-fake-free-events), the unpaid members are stuck at Stage 1.
There is no interaction, and thus no real interest and no real time investment on my side, beyond a quick glance at their Profile to determine whether I am at all interested or not.
Sure, there is always that "Wow, she is HOT, I hope she responds", but without a response from her, I really just don't care...

But here, with the fake-free-event times, we are led down a path to answering questions, investing real time, and gaining some real interest in these Matches.
This makes me mad, because not only is eHarmony taking my money for my subscription, (which is fine), but they are also forcing us to try to make them even MORE money by trying to con non-paying members into paying, because of our responses.

Now us paid members have to think, "Do I have what it takes to convince a non-paying member to break out that credit card? Can I write such eloquent answers to her questions, where she will be happy to fork over the cash just to chat with me???
 
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