REUTERS — June 9 – Sean McGinn, of Brooklyn sued Match.com for misleading members by posting profiles of prospective dates who are unable to respond to any interest in them because they do not have a paid subscription. McGinn accused Match.com of causing "humiliation and disappointment" for some members who feel rejected when their attempt to contact a prospective date gets no reply. Match.com is still reviewing the complaint, but said "we believe this lawsuit is without merit and we will defend it vigorously." FULL ARTICLE @ REUTERS. Also read in DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL (June 10th), CONSUMER AFFAIRS (June 10th), NY DAILY NEWS, BROOKLYN EAGLE (June 10th), NY MAGAZINE (June 10th), ATTORNEY AT LAW (June 10th), UPI (June 10th), MY STATELINE (June 9th), DFW (June 11th), LAWYERS AND SETTLEMENTS (June 17th), OPPOSING VIEWS (June 17th), KSTP (June 19th)
Mark Brooks: This is a super-important case. We'll watch it closely.
The super-important case was the Jana Claudia Gómez Menéndez Smith.
William Trickett Smith II met Jana via Match.com where she joined for free and he paid to contact her.
William Trickett Smith II married Jana Claudia Gómez Menéndez in March 2007.
The body of the 21-year-old Peruvian woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase that washed up on a beach at Lima in mid-August of 2007, less than six months after she married Smith following an Internet romance. Smith is the only suspect in her death.
Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
The super-important case was the Jana Claudia Gómez Menéndez Smith.
William Trickett Smith II met Jana via Match.com where she joined for free and he paid to contact her.
William Trickett Smith II married Jana Claudia Gómez Menéndez in March 2007.
The body of the 21-year-old Peruvian woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase that washed up on a beach at Lima in mid-August of 2007, less than six months after she married Smith following an Internet romance. Smith is the only suspect in her death.
Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
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I have been claiming that for years and now I see I could have been paid for it??? It’s the biggest selling point for my free dating sites (interracialoasis.com, redneckmeet.com and youpluslove.com). It’s frustrating to not know if your emails are being rejected or never read! I think Match even goes as far as labeling the read if an unpaid user trues to read them. I am aware thought that to reveal a person’s status on a paid site would ruin their business model.
I have been claiming that for years and now I see I could have been paid for it??? It’s the biggest selling point for my free dating sites (interracialoasis.com, redneckmeet.com and youpluslove.com). It’s frustrating to not know if your emails are being rejected or never read! I think Match even goes as far as labeling the read if an unpaid user trues to read them. I am aware thought that to reveal a person’s status on a paid site would ruin their business model.
I think this case comes down to Fraud. I have never paid for a dating site, but if I did I need to know what services I am paying for. If I am paying for the right to contact people and exchange e-mails then that would be great, it would be about actually meeting and talking to people. I would never pay for a dating service, just to send one-way e-mails to non-paying members – that is a fraudulent service, no one in their right mind would pay to send e-mails to disabled profiles. At least when you pay for a matchmaking service, they promise to set you up on dates with a real person, not imaginary people.
I think this case comes down to Fraud. I have never paid for a dating site, but if I did I need to know what services I am paying for. If I am paying for the right to contact people and exchange e-mails then that would be great, it would be about actually meeting and talking to people. I would never pay for a dating service, just to send one-way e-mails to non-paying members – that is a fraudulent service, no one in their right mind would pay to send e-mails to disabled profiles. At least when you pay for a matchmaking service, they promise to set you up on dates with a real person, not imaginary people.