Roommates.com

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!

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.

Don't waste your money. Go through Facebook, Craigslist, or literally anywhere else.

This site throws fees at you every step of the way. They charge to verify your account. They charge to read profile information. They charge to view full size pictures of the roommates and the apartments. They charge to read roommates profile bio's. They charge to send and read messages between roommates. All that for a measly number of matches to begin with.

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.

It's a waste of time. There are few individuals on it, that's assuming they are real profiles. You can't message anyone to find out because you need to pay for all contact with anyone. It's not free. It's not useful. Use Facebook, Craigslist for roommates. Both free both more chances of finding someone.
This is the 2nd time I tried using this site. I have never received a message. I get 10 a day or more on Facebook.

I moved in and found a camera in my room, video recorders everywhere in the house, and found out he wanted me to pay his mortgage and taxes

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.

Don't go there. There are a bunch of scammers. They use deception to real you in. Its not worth your money. Stay away from the add below if you go to rent. Avoid the following which goes by Annie in Tacoma, WA. It's not a legitamate listing and they just collect information about you. Then they give a questionaire before a meeting and never show up to meet with you. Avoid Annie at all costs in Tacoma, WA. She will advise you to speak with Sonja Hastings. Just look up Sonja Hastings on FB. Also the address below is 3110 N. 24th Street. They claim its a 7 bedroomroom house, but when you Google it, it only shows 3-6 bedrooms.

I posted my ad on the site and received maybe 4 matches. Two didn't work out and one responded that their prescription had run out that day and they couldn't respond back. Another was a complete scam who said she lived out of the state going to school yet wanted her " lawyer" to draw up papers for me but they was unable to show it of course. Then a couple new matches appeared and there was nothing about them written and no response when I tried to reach out to them. It came across as fake matches to keep me on the site.

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.

This is the second time I have tried Roommates.com. It's cheap, 10 bucks a month but it's still a waste of 10 dollars. I have found people use it as a dating site(I'm a women, if I'm looking for a date I'll go on Match)
The people I have approached that have a listing start giving me all kinds of excuses(I can't show the room for two months, I'm renting it as Airbnb right now, etc) If you don't have a room, get off the site!
I feel like people are on there for giggles just to see how much they might get...
Waste of time!

I get emails, open them immediately. Click on my new match, "Jess C., or Philip C.", and the "Profile not found" message. I opened the email 2 seconds after receiving it, and the profile is already gone. This happens about 9 out of 10 "matches", or "messages" I get. Less than 10 seconds, and the profiles are gone(empty links'). It took me longer to actually delete my profile, than it did to respond to these emails. These emails behave exactly like a phishing email. They get you to click on a link, an empty link, but nonetheless. Very suspicious behavior for a website(or the best security ever). The ridiculous names used in some of these profiles are obviously written by people who lack in English comprehension. Your search area is for a certain radius, and you get matches from 30 miles outside of it. The only interaction I had, was with a lady 50 miles away, who wanted 2X as much as I was looking to pay, but not one person from my area. My sister did find a place using it but, I don't feel it is a trustworthy site. Enter at your own risk.

Total waste of money. There are not enough people on there to really find anyone. You have to pay to communicate, which is fine, but there has to be people to communicate with. I contacted them after less than two weeks and was told no refunds. Apparently this is a common experience. Found my roommate from craigslist, lol.

Absolute waste of time, literally any other site would be better. Payed $20 only to find out nobody reads your messages and 99% are scammers.

Chloe Cruickshank and Emily Fleur Butler are completely untrustworthy. I was their roommate/landlord for three years, was understanding when they were frequently late on rent and didn't pay bills for months, and when they first moved in allowed them to pay less than a month for their deposit. At the end of their tenancy they stopped paying rent and bills entirely a month before they were scheduled to move out. They said their deposit would cover the rent. I was understanding again, because I trusted them, and they promised they would pay the outstanding bills.

Then, they stayed longer than their scheduled move out date, thereby owing the remaining rent missing from their deposit as well as an extra week's rent. Again, they promised repeatedly to pay the difference before they moved out.

Lo and behold, move out date arrives and they leave while I'm out, without paying me. They have been ghosting me ever since, in spite of texts, emails and calls begging them to pay me the nearly £1000 they owe me.

Not to mention, they left their room completely disgusting, the walls were covered with mold, the floor was littered with dirt, dust, trash, dirty socks and press-on nails. I honestly don't know how they were comfortable living like that, it was truly gross.

I'm a student without a lot of money myself, and have been left high and dry by two women whom I trusted. Don't make my mistake! They will lie if they want to get out of paying, and they are just plain gross.

Please, avoid Emily Fleur Butler and Chloe Cruickshank.

I've been wondering why people never message me back and end up in-active on the site. And then when someone sends ME a message, I finally find out why.

Why is it necessary to pay a fee in order to read people's messages? How is anyone supposed to find a roommate if you have to pay to see each other's messages? Please consider fixing your website.

The % of people who use this site to find housing is tough to gauge. I have an active listing for a room to rent, but less than %30 even bother to write a story. Of those that do, the story is so lame like "i have my own transportation", it makes me want to cry and orlaugh and write poetry. Make it a pay to use platform for everybody and your ratings will take off. As for allegations of false listings, clearly there are some, but my feeling is that the source of these is outside predators. My experience has been so poorthough that i do not plan to renew my subscription.

This was a good site a few years back so I tried it again. Went through the motions of paying for a month since that is how I found my last roommate. Within 5 min. Of signing up I got a scammer "couldn't meet me, wanted to send a contract in email, totally bogus address etc. etc" Everything the negative comments say in here are absolutely true. It gives me recommendations Miles outside of my radius, Most guys who want a room want a single female "18-45" with a room, Most guys who have a room for rent want a single female "18-45" to move in, Most females who have a room for rent want a single female to move in (at least this is understandable). So, yeah, if your a single female "18-45" I guess this is the site for you. I've messaged dozens of people and have had ONE respond, "Thank you HIllary" even though it didn't work out. I have my matches wide open, and there is ONE guy, good ol' Jim, who doesn't care who moves in but as of now hasn't responded to my message. You would have better luck on Craigs list, don't waste you money... Unless of course, your a single female "18-45"

Never ever use service of roommates.com webpage!
I would never recommend any person to sign up for roommates.com
The webpage is only for scammers, they refuse to meet up and show the place, they try to send video of the place via email. And ask for deposit to save the place for you without even showing it.

Posted a room for rent. Got a message from a potential tenant within 5 minutes. Couldn't read the message within signing up for VIP access. Once I signed up for " 3 day trial", I was granted access to read the message. " Potential tenant" said they were interested in more pictures... but since they were not a paid member, they would not be able to read my reply, so I should reply to their Gmail address. They also provided a phone number for texting. I responded to their Gmail address and they replied back saying they were currently out of town but would like more pictures so they would be able to see if they like the place and could then send a cashier's check, blah blah blah. I get the exact same scam all the time on craigslist, but thought a paid subscription site would mean some scammer filters. Seriously? Glad I didn't buy a month or a year. Boo.

I signed up for this service but I have been unable to connect with one single potential roommate in over 2 months. I am not sure if people can not see my post or my emails unless they pay

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…

A few days after signing up for a free account I received a 'perfect' match to my criteria. I then paid for a three day subscription (fortunately only 3 day) and after messaging the 'perfect' match, that profile disappeared.

I believe roommates created a fake profile so I'd pay to message the person.