|
Title: Wait'll He Tries Out True Post by: dystopia on June 10, 2009, 01:05:49 PM DOT-COM HAS 'DATE' IN COURT http://www.nypost.com/seven/06102009/news/regionalnews/dot_com_has_date_in_court_173449.htm Quote ... A Brooklyn man sued Match.com yesterday for inflicting "humiliation and disappointment" on lonely hearts "who feel rejected when their e-mails get no reply." Sean McGinn alleges the popular matchmaking Web site dangles phony date bait by posting profiles of people who no longer subscribe to its $39.99-a-month service. As a result, lovelorn singles have been "defrauded" out of millions of dollars and countless hours spent sending heartfelt missives in vain, the 37-year-old TV producer says. Most members of Match.com -- which claims 86 million searches a month in the United States -- are actually unavailable because they "are canceled subscribers or never subscribed at all," according to his suit filed in Manhattan federal court. ... (more...) |