apushatayid-
Shadchanim- yes, professional shadchanim- no. Even after I stopped taking any name from any professional shadchan I had still too many suggestions coming from friends and neighbors to check them all out.
If guys needed them they wouldn’t have to stoop to these pathetic practices.
After we got married my wife told me that she had no interest in a number of the guys that she went out with, but the shadchan threatened her that if she didn’t go out with him she will never call back.