EHarmony Free Communication Weekend: The Catch

eHarmony has ‘Free Communication Weekends’ every now and then. Basically non paying members can log into their account and start writing their matches free of charge. Great, right? Wrong. The thing is eHarmony won’t let you view any profile photos. So, yes, you can email to your hearts (?!) content but you can’t see who you are writing to. Fair enough, I suppose: If you’re too cheap to pay for the service why should you get it for free. However, they make such a big deal about the ‘Free Communication Weekend’ that you would figure you could see who you are writing to. This is also eHarmony’s tactic when they give you your free Personality Profile and free viewing of your matches (when you sign up). Yes, this is all true, however you can’t see any photos of your matches. eHarmony makes you pay to see the photos. Let’s be honest here: appearances matter, and appearance is what eHarmony rips out until you pay. Again, I understand that people should pay for a service and not simply leach on, but the issue I have is that eHarmony markets in such a manner that you figure if you can view your matches that you would be able to see the photos as well. Every ‘regular’ database-search type dating site lets you view at least one photo of the person before you slap down your credit card to pay to communicate. I figure that’s the least eHarmony can do. Anyway, apparently it’s a ‘Free Communication Weekend’ in Canada right now. Enjoy writing to all those people you have no idea what they look like.

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