Man Sues Match.com For “Defrauding” Lonely Singles Out Of Millions
Posted by: Carrie Wasterlain
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11:30AM, Thursday June 11th 2009
Before you get excited about having met your future hubby on Match.com, watch out—he might not exist. Sean McGinn, “witty and scruffy” Match.com user, had to find this one out the hard way. He had been sending carefully tailored e-mails out to hundreds of seemingly perfect women, only to find out that they were no more than vacant internet space. So, now he’s suing the website for “humiliation and disappointment.” He insists that Match.com “cease and desist its deceptive practices,” because they are “willfully causing emotional harm to the consumer and social harm to society at large.” I’m not sure what’s more embarrassing—the fact that McGinn was sending messages to nobody, or that he is suing Match.com for $5 million because of it. But even if he doesn’t win the lawsuit, the Brooklynite has something to smile about; he’s finally met someone special on the website he claims he was “defrauded” by. How ironic. [NYMag, NYPost]
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CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on June 11 2009 @ 12:02 pm: [report]
‘bout time someone did this. I can’t stand those pretentious d-bags on their commercials.
MoonBabye
wrote on June 11 2009 @ 12:11 pm: [report]
^Agreed. And their prices are ridiculous!
cattgirl813
wrote on June 11 2009 @ 12:12 pm: [report]
I’m not surprised. I was on that site for almost a year and got next to no responses. I recently let my membership go and decided to just meet potential dates the old fashioned way. Here’s hoping this makes them straighten up and be more honest in their practices, but I’m not holding my breath for that to happen.
DancerNinja
wrote on June 11 2009 @ 12:50 pm: [report]
Both eHarmony and Match charge an outrageous amount, I think. I’m I’m convinced that the “matching” that occurs on eHarmony has more to do with “He’s male, she’s female, ages check, distance check…. MATCH!!”
juliePS
wrote on June 15 2009 @ 04:48 am: [report]
and this is why, I admit it, I love OKCupid, hehe. Go free dating sites!