Worst dating site I have ever paid for

Worst dating site I have ever paid for

*Initial emphasis*

This review is specifically and exclusively concerned with using Match.com in Japan to try and date people in Japan.

This review does not apply to other countries because I do not know what it is like to date in those countries.

Bottom line:
Utterly pitiful marketing fail.
As of May 2013 there are only 322 female users based in Japan period.
I was clearly mistaken in thinking that Match was popular here.

Oh wait, maybe it is, but only the Japanese counterpart site and the money I just paid does not apply to that site.

The English language/international version of Match is a very bad value for money if you are in Japan and male.

Sure, just maybe I could get incredibly lucky and find a good match here but I doubt it.

322 users total?
How many of them have actually logged on in the last week or so?
How many are within 10 years either side of my age?
How many of them have a photo?
How many of them actually live within 100 miles of me?

Oh well, I've paid my money, gotta be in it to win it, hmm, lets start off by just trudging through and sending winks to any of those 322 who wouldn't be a complete waste of my time (and theirs).

NOPE!

After I sent about 25 winks they blocked my ability to wink

FUCK YOU MATCH!
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE MY MONEY THEN LET ME SEND AS MANY WINKS AS I DAMN WELL WANT TO!

I can only assume that if I get into e-mail ping pong with any girls the site will quickly shut me down for sending too many mails...

Oh wait, I doubt that will be a problem because I guarantee that the girls who aren't paid members won't even be able to read my mails let alone reply to them.

Incidentally, I have been using dating sites for about 10 years now, and the reason it has taken me so very long to get around to Match is because they run everything on lock down.

You are totally paralyzed until you pay.

Pros
Once you have wasted your money on this any other dating site purchase you make will be a step in the right direction.

So utterly shit that I probably won't be wasting nearly as many hours on this site as I would have done if it had been half-decent.

Cons
Prioritizes paralyzing it's users over helping them find each other and connect.

Can't even wink to your heart's content.

Mutual match and reverse match systems don't even work - my criteria are very broad and neither produced any matches.

Essentially no female users in Japan (322 listed users = about 3 valid users).

The paid membership for the main Match site does not permit access to the Japanese version of the site.

DO NOT JOIN THIS SITE IF YOU ARE BASED IN JAPAN