Bargain Moose

If you’re looking for your perfect match online, you could maybe try out PerfectMatch.com (see what I did there?). There’s a promotion on right now where you can pay for one month and get the second month for free.

• Click here to register @ Perfectmatch now

Using the above link will activate the Buy 1 get 1 free promo, you should see it on the landing page.

You will have to enter your credit card details to pay for the first month, as it is not a free trial. Just make a note to check your subscription at the end of the second month, if you’re thinking of cancelling at the end of the promotional period.

Being in an 8 year relationship, I’ve actually not had the inclination to use any of the dating sites which seem to be growing and growing, so I cannot really offer any well-informed opinions as to how good PerfectMatch.com is. Any Bargainmoosers used PerfectMatch.com? What do you think of it?

But some of my friends and family are regular users of various online matchmaking websites. A good friend of mine goes on quite a few of what I would call “blind dates” through various sites. She’s not yet found her soulmate though!

Little late on posting this one, but from October 1 – 10 eHarmony is having a free communication event where you can communicate for free with your compatible matches. No credit card necessary.

• To meet your match for free on eHarmony click here

I have seen tons of eHarmony advertisements but don’t know anyone who has used the system. I have met a lot of people over forums, etc but only ever tried one ‘dating site’ and never met any long lasting friends even through there. I met my husband the good old fashioned way, in person. Have any of our Moosers had eHarmony success stories?

*Does not include eHarmony mail

Perfectmatch.com is another online dating site, for singles looking for love! For a limited time, they seem to be offering a free 3 day trial membership.

• Click here for the Perfectmatch.com free trial

After the 3 day period, if you haven’t cancelled your trial, they will start to bill you for using the service, which is $29.95 per month – so if you only want to try out the service, make sure you cancel your account within the 3 days.

I don’t have exact stats as to how many Canadians use this dating service. But as it is a free trial, you could sign up and see what it is like. Admittedly, Alexa states that only 6% of Perfectmatch’s traffic is Canadian, so there may not be thousands of potential love matches for you on there… but you never know.

Now, having been in a pretty solid relationship for the past 8 years, I’ve never had the need for online dating (and I am hoping not to). I’m not a great judge of this type of service… have you used PerfectMatch.com – what do you think?

(Thanks for the image nattu)

This weekend on Chemistry.com, it’s a free communication weekend at their online dating site.

• Click here to find people @ Chemistry.com

Normally you have to pay a subscription fee if you want to view and communicate with your potential matches. But this service will be free for the whole weekend – that’s the 26th to the 28th of March 2010.

I guess this free weekend gives people a good look at the Chemistry.com site, and I am sure many people then decide to continue on and pay for the service.

(BUMP – it’s on again)

Chemistry.com is one of those online dating sites, and it’s part of match.com. This weekend, they are offering free communications for the members, meaning you can contact anyone through their site, and you won’t be charged for it.

• Click here to use Chemistry.com

As far as I am aware, this type of site usually charges you before it allows you to communicate with any possible matches. The free communication weekend lasts until Sunday the 18^th of October 2009.

I tried to join up just to see what it was like, in filling in their questionnaire. Beware, it’s very long, so only sign up if you really are interesting in using their dating service. I gave up when I was 50% of the way through the questionnaire. However, it was an interesting one – most other sites just bombard you with questions, but this questionnaire also had more interesting things, like image based questions. One that stood out was the “which one is a phony smile” image question!

Love is in the air… everywhere I look around… love is in the air… every sight and every sound…

OK, if you had heard me singing that tune, you would probably have poked yourself in the ears with hot knitting needles, to try and stop the pain. But if that’s what you feel like, maybe you’d be interested in checking out the free communication weekend on eharmony.ca.

• Click here to use eharmony.ca dating service

Now normally you have to be a paid eharmony subscriber if you want to get in contact with any of your lovely matches. But this weekend, you can contact them for free! It’s a good chance for you to check out the service for a few days, and see whether you’d actually consider paying for a subscription.

If you’d like a laugh, take a look at this little 80s dating video compilation on youtube.

With such interesting comments as “Hi, my name’s Mike, and if you’re sitting there watching this tape smoking your cigarette, well, hit the fast forward button, cause I don’t smoke and I don’t like people who do smoke.” What an introduction! I do agree with him whole-heartedly, but it maybe isn’t the friendliest way to introduce yourself to possibly lady friends Mike!

“Hi Mom” probably isn’t a good intro either!

12th Feb 2009 - Aahhhh the dating game. One of life’s little tribulations. But with the invention of the interwebtubes… dating is now so much easier! We have the likes of eHarmony Canada to help us to connect to like-minded people, for possible friendship… and more!

Normally eHarmony charge a subscription fee for you to review your matches and possible dates. However, on Valentines weekend (Friday February 13^th – Monday February 16^th 2009 NOW Thursday 26th March to Sunday 29th March 2009), they are waiving this fee and you can use their complete service for nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

This is a pretty good marketing strategy from eHarmony.ca actually. It gets people using it who would not have tried it out, and hopefully will end up with a few extra paid subscribers after the free weekend is over. Hopefully, it will end with a few happy couples too!! So if you’re a man seeking a woman, a woman seeking a man, a man seeking some women, a man seeking a man, a woman seeking a woman, a hermaphrodite seeking an androgyne, a cat seeking a mouse, whatever… you might find your match there!

I’ve heard a few scary stories about people who are quite addicted to these kind of sites. A friend of the family (lets call him Mr X) apparently fell in love with a girl from a nearby city. They met a few times, and were getting on fairly well. The next thing Mr X knows is that the woman’s sister called him to report that she was dead. This came as a bit of a shock! So he toured the cemeteries trying to find her funeral on the day it was reported to be, but alas and alack, he could find no such funeral! When he got home, the recently deceased was still logged into MSN instant messaging… but apparently that was her sister using her account. Hmmmmm. Beliveable. I don’t think so.

Have you seen Burn After Reading? The lady in that is quite into the whole internet dating scene. She hits the jackpot though, when she finds George Clooney is her blind date! Whoo hoo! That’s a blind date I could live with.

Thanks wardomatic.

UPDATE 26th March 2009 – free weekend is back! This time it’s the 26th to 29th of March 2009!