Academic Singles Experiences & Opinions New Zealand

Nothing. It's a total crap. Fraudulent business.

These website offer is completely misleading and against fair trading act. Their quote was 6 month, 14.39 NZD (22% discount included) . The first impression is that you choose 6 month premium membership you have to pay 86.34 in total I clicked on this option and they asked for card information. I entered my card information and then another page opened from my bank asking me to authorize the payment of 345.36NZD by entering the 4 digit code they have just texted me. That was the first time I saw the total amount and of course I didn't want to pay such money for this premium membership and I decided to cancel the payment. But, before I even open that message from my bank the money was gone. It has never happened before with any other website. I explained to my Bank the issue and they advised It's a fraudulent transaction when their website bypassed the final code I needed to enter, before the money can be transferred to them. That is not right. It's simply misleading and stealing money. After that , immadiatly, I received an email from Academic singles website that the payment was done and on my profile page I needed to activate my premium membership by entering further details to continue activity as a premium member. I do not want to pay such a high amount for this service I have not activated my premium account and I am not willing to. I contacted them to refund my money and close my account completely and they refused. It's very frustrating. If I have activated my premium membership and used it , yes , they could refuse to refund my money, but I didn't. Be aware of this website. Making money at cost of misleading customers and get hold of it , when the decieved customer has never used the service is not align with fair trading act and it is not ethical either. The advertisement was misleading. I did not activate my premium account and I only asked to cancel the whole thing which they refused to do so. I want my money back and I am not interested in such dishonest attitude. I hope my review helps other people to not fall into their trap.

It's a fraudulent business. Total crap. I am very frustrated.

These website offer is completely misleading and against fair trading act. Their quote was 6 month, 14.39 NZD (22% discount included) . The first impression is that you choose 6 month premium membership you have to pay 86.34 in total I clicked on this option and they asked for card information. I entered my card information and then another page opened from my bank asking me to authorize the payment of 345.36NZD by entering the 4 digit code they have just texted me. That was the first time I saw the total amount and of course I didn't want to pay such money for this premium membership and I decided to cancel the payment. But, before I even open that message from my bank the money was gone. It has never happened before with any other website. I explained to my Bank the issue and they advised It's a fraudulent transaction when their website bypassed the final code I needed to enter, before the money can be transferred to them. That is not right. It's simply misleading and stealing money. After that , immadiatly, I received an email from Academic singles website that the payment was done and on my profile page I needed to activate my premium membership by entering further details to continue activity as a premium member. I do not want to pay such a high amount for this service I have not activated my premium account and I am not willing to. I contacted them to refund my money and close my account completely and they refused. It's very frustrating. If I have activated my premium membership and used it , yes , they could refuse to refund my money, but I didn't. Be aware of this website. Making money at cost of misleading customers and get hold of it , when the decieved customer has never used the service is not align with fair trading act and it is not ethical either. The advertisement was misleading. I did not activate my premium account and I only asked to cancel the whole thing which they refused to do so. I want my money back and I am not interested in such dishonest attitude. I hope my review helps other people to not fall into their trap.

Very Little. I suppose the matching parameters have some variety but it really gives you nothing.

Too many obviously fake profiles, a lot of users don't upload photos and there's no sense of anyone being 'academic' at all.

The site is relatively easy to use

You get spammed with partner recommendations that are a poor match. They use fake messages to entice you to join. Some of the profiles are fake. There is no warning to members when they have interacted with a potentially dangerous profile. It's very difficult to unsubscribe - you have to email them and then send them a scanned copy of your details and if you don't do this at least 2 weeks before your subscription is due to expire then they automatically charge you for another subscription period. Even more frustrating is that the website does not give you this information or tell you when your subscription is due to expire. Overall really bad customer care and a very deceptive business

Hardly any men in my area so I decided I did not want to renew my subscription. I had clicked the box for one month only but it seems they can just grab 12 months worth out of my account. I signed up for a month to trial it. The trial was not successful. there are hardly any men matching my criteria in my area. So now I guess I will have a huge battle to get my money back.

Its a scam at best. The profiles seem to be fakes. The photos definitely fake. No date specifying when to renew or cancel. Extremely inconvenient to cancel membership as the fax number they provide is fake! Becoming a member is a waste of time and money; also vexing to be duped online.