So an update on my progress with the match.com guarantee. My theory that, during the course of 6 months, someone is bound to have at least one love interest that makes them skimp on their end of the guarantee, has held up (your end is keeping an active profile, having a photo on your profile, and contacting at least 5 members a month). I did date one woman with whom things went so well that, after seeing her for several weeks, we became “official” and I deactivated my profile, thus forfeiting my chance at getting another 6 months free. When things ended up not working out a week later, as you can imagine, I was frustrated with that decision – but hey, it wouldn’t have been right to have my profile active, right?

I assumed it was all a done deal, and I just went along my way, not planning on trying to get an extension, and not planning on renewing my subscription; but just trying some other dating avenues for awhile. Then one day, I noticed on my credit card statement that Match.com had charged another $102 to my credit card for another 6 months. Apparently, I had forgotten to go cancel my account, and thus it automatically charged me again.

I certainly wasn’t interested in paying for another 6 months of Match.com, so I called them to tell them I wanted that money back. Not only did they give me my money back, but, upon noticing that I had come so close to meeting the requirements of the guarantee, and without my even asking, they granted me another 6 months free.

Of course what good is a service that isn’t any good anyway? Indeed. As much as I feel like I’ve given up on this particular avenue for finding “the one.” I doubt I’ll be able to resist spending hours scanning through profiles; and maybe even going on a few dates.

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