Roommates.com

I have messaged almost everyone looking in my area and no response and also it's been three months. This is my last month that I'll be using this service. Only one person responded to me and said she'll get back to me and never did. I have better chances on Craigslist

I have a Premium account with Roommates.com. Why are all messages going unread? I've never had this happen in the past. It's like no matter how many potential roommates I reach out to, this is happening. Frustrating..

Roommates.com has been giving me successful results for over four years. I've learned to use this tool effectively; thus, I always find outstanding roommates on this website: financially responsible, respectful, discreet, clean & organized.
I get the VIP membership for the most effective results.

If you're looking for a roommate, Roommates.com has twice found me a great roommate. Their matching technology is spot on. As long as you enter your information correctly and fully, you will get accurate matches. You can also message with potential roommates to discuss things before actually meeting in person. You can weed out anyone who you might think is not a good match. If I ever need a roommate in the future, this will be my first stop.

Despite the negative reviews, I signed up for this site, thinking my luck would be better. Nope. Scammers paradise. I'd get a "perfect match" notification, only to find the profile gone by the time I clicked on the message. Don't bother with this site. I never thought I would say this, but Craigslist is a dream compared to this site. Their "pay to play" model is just plain dumb considering all the scammers on the site.

Roommates.com: No need to post your canned response about the site being a bulletin board in which people post for roommates, etc. We get it. Site still sucks.

I had several people respond to my profile with one prospective roommate that was perfect. The person asked to see the room then no more of my messages were read and I don't receive anymore messages. I know they were unread because under my message it said unread. I believe they don't want to actually put roommates together, they just want you to keep paying for the service. Beware!

Diana has rooms for rent bur, I would NEVER EVER recommend her! She keeps your deposits at the end of your lease! She will make up excuses just to not pay it back. She lives off her rent money! She's very controlling, will get up in your business and go through your room. She has rules on how to share the bathrooms and kitchen. It's common sense! If you choose to use her, don't say you weren't warned.

Every message I received from Roommates.com was a scam. Not one was a real person with a real room to rent. Of 12 people who messaged me in the 48 hours I was on the platform, all 12 immediately went inactive. Of those 12, a total of 11 had their messages banned for violations, and the one who wasn't banned went inactive immediately. Not one person who I messaged even read my message, so those seem to be bot accounts with no rooms to rent. Do not join, do not spend money, do not use this site.

Used the service for two days, only received messages from spammer/scammers. When I immediately ceased use of the app and asked for a refund, they said that my reading of messages from one said spammer constituted use of the premium service, as it wouldn't have been possible without paying.

Indeed, being spammed on your terribly moderated service would not have been possible without spending $20.

This site is pretty nicely laid out. And seems to be effective at finding roommates. BUT this site is a professional scam. I made a listing looking for a roommate at our house. I received multiple messages and with curiosity I paid for a 3 day membership to read and reply. So it seems that the responders now need to pay to read my messages if they don't put their contact info. That a scummy tactic. If one side paid, why don't allow other end to read and reply no matter what.

BE WARNED! This site was built to function as as professional SCAM.

I'm sure they will post some copy and paste response on here…

I found a roommate from this site within a couple of weeks. I signed up for 30 day access. I really liked that the cost was reasonable and that I only needed to pay for a short period of time. I dislike sites that keep billing my credit card month after month. Also, the email feature protected my privacy. I feel the platform allows people to connect and share their requirements and photos with ease. I will use it again in the future if I need it again.

I've been using this service for about a month now and have unfortunately spent around 30 dollars on it. I have used it in the past before the great change of 2020 and it used to be good. Now it is nothing but scammers. Seriously, the first person to contact me 5 minutes after I joined was a scammer. The next three people after that was a scam. Next, I reached out to 8 people who, half of them read my message, but none of them ever responded. I found one person who, as soon as we were supposed to meet to view the room, texted me to let me know the room had been rented. The next two people who contacted me were scammers. I had another person contact me who seemed legit but they were in the wrong area and now I am writing this review because the last person who just contacted me had the literary skills of a Nigerian prince, supposedly from "NJ" and conveniently not available to meet me in my own state. You will also constantly get notifications of these scammers who are "perfect matches", only to have their profiles up for a few hours before they are removed as they troll the website which gets annoying. You might find some one on here but I strongly recommend not paying for this broken service seeing how the website is absolutely useless unless you do pay.

I came on site jabber to do the review for roomster.com - because it absolutely sucked with 1 fake lead and tries to auto-renew your membership, while roommates.com actually gave me real leads and got me a room.

So after reviewing roomster.com with 1/5, I decided to take a look here, and surprise, 1/5 also!

From my view roommates.com worked, so it deserves at least a 3/5.
Since the sites needs to make money, it's totally understandable to charge people for its service. Now, if only it allowed FREE members to read messages sent by PAID members, I'd give it a 5/5. I'd imagine it will drastically improve chances of a good match, and not as many messages sent with no reply.

I wrote a very detailed and comprehensive description of my place, myself and what I'm looking for. But I could not paste it into the Field on the site without it appearing as one large paragraph with no spaces.
There is no attempt made to match what you are looking for with prospective Roommates.
I got daily "matches" from people I would not consider. (too young, too old, not a match, not even same city)
All messages back and forth are treated like texts. Press "Enter" and message gets sent. Incredibly difficult to communicate.
All this after spending the $15 to read profiles.
Complete waste of Money and time.
Unless website for finding prospective roommates.
I found great people on Craigslist for free.

I am glad I read the reviews first. I will pass, it sounds like Roommates.com is using deceptive advertising to lure in customers. Not good because customers are unhappy and feel mislead. Free is Free, period. Put your charges up front vs hiding them behind a dark face. Be Honest. I almost signed up, something told me read the reviews first. I too thought it was totally free as there was nothing in the wording that indicated their would be a charge later. Deceptive Advertising. Roommates pre-worded explanation is just a well written script but that's all, it does not truly feel sorry for misleading the customers or does it address each of your reviews.

I just wanted to make a simple compliment. I'm not sure of the exact date, but about 13 years ago I found a roommate through Roommates.com and we are still rooming together through two apartments and one house. It was so easy and fast that I recommend this site to anyone looking to share whether they own a home, rent an apartment or just need a room to crash. So thank you Roommates.com for helping me find mine and still being here for the people who need you, both young and old.