Woman Blows $7K on Matchmaking Service, Only Match was Toothless, Unemployed Man...

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by ZenOps
By that analogy though, maybe she was willing to pay $7,000 to try caviar for the first time - only to realize caviar wasn't what she wanted. Or a year long gym membership that was used twice.

Well no.

In a simple, straight and fair transaction, sure. She paid for caviar and got caviar. Whether she likes the caviar is up to her own personal preference.

But what if she ordered beluga caviar and got salmon caviar (roe)?

Or, if the seller knew they couldn't get caviar but took the order (and the money) anyways and gave them salmon caviar (which costs a fraction of beluga caviar) and said no refund.

[rx7boi]

Originally posted by btimbit


Sure, but in your expensive restaurant what you thought you were getting is worth what you paid. In this scenario the girl still got ripped off and scammed, but even if she got exactly what she wanted, still paid $7000 for it. That's fucked

And in her case, she thought she was getting a service that is a "premier matchmaking service for upscale and mature singles."

Regardless of sales tactics, even if she shelled out $7k, it's about perceived benefit anyway. People pay $7k to have a couple pornstar escorts fuck them all night long until they're pruny and dehydrated and think it's worth their money.

[J-hop]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
Pretty obvious most of these type things are scams...not too surprising what happened. The amount of control a third party has to make two people like each other is extremely low. If you simply want to meet people and get the same result, it's free.

It's tough for singles though. Even in my 30s I don't know of a single quality girl that spends time at bars regularly so you aren't meeting them there. Tinder is mostly a joke especially if you're a hot female(not referring to the lady in this story!!!). A good looking friend of mine who isn't from Calgary had the worst experiences with tinder dates showing up just trying to get laid.

Paid services are (from what I've heard) much better as you weed out a lot of the skidz as they'd rather go for easy pickings.

So what do you do? Date a bunch of donkeys and hope that statistics will eventually work in your favour?

[heavyD]

Originally posted by J-hop



It's tough for singles though. Even in my 30s I don't know of a single quality girl that spends time at bars regularly so you aren't meeting them there. Tinder is mostly a joke especially if you're a hot female(not referring to the lady in this story!!!). A good looking friend of mine who isn't from Calgary had the worst experiences with tinder dates showing up just trying to get laid.

Paid services are (from what I've heard) much better as you weed out a lot of the skidz as they'd rather go for easy pickings.

So what do you do? Date a bunch of donkeys and hope that statistics will eventually work in your favour?

Isn't Tinder really all about instant gratification?

[ZenOps]

I don't think it was false advertising. What does "premiere" mean, what does "super" mean?

"Super happy fun time match making service" would mean something completely different to me, but not necessarily a bad thing.

"Upscale" meaning small fries to jumbo fries?

[ercchry]

Originally posted by J-hop



It's tough for singles though. Even in my 30s I don't know of a single quality girl that spends time at bars regularly so you aren't meeting them there. Tinder is mostly a joke especially if you're a hot female(not referring to the lady in this story!!!). A good looking friend of mine who isn't from Calgary had the worst experiences with tinder dates showing up just trying to get laid.

Paid services are (from what I've heard) much better as you weed out a lot of the skidz as they'd rather go for easy pickings.

So what do you do? Date a bunch of donkeys and hope that statistics will eventually work in your favour?

Need friends... then you have a party, and friends bring friends... then you meet new friends... then

Don't have friends? Join activities or sports teams.. same thing, it's been how people have been finding dates since the dawn of society

Problem is, if you're 54 and still single you have fundamental issues that you need to address first, everyone knows at least a few people that are not complete deadbeats, maybe even mildly attractive but just know they will be forever alone cause even if they manage to get a first date... or even a month's worth of dates with someone they just don't accept that there might be flaws and it's not their ideal partner so they end it and repeat the cycle all over again

Solution? Pre-relationship counselling? More cats? I dunno

[max_boost]

Originally posted by ercchry


Need friends... then you have a party, and friends bring friends... then you meet new friends... then

Don't have friends? Join activities or sports teams.. same thing, it's been how people have been finding dates since the dawn of society

agree to this lol when single and looking you really have to get out there and have a good time. people are attracted to those who like to have fun haha and then after you find someone, give it a 6-12 months and you can go back to being boring

[thetransporter]

imagine how the man feels...

[cancer man]

Plastic Utensils..first date or meeting wonder where they went?
I dated got married have kids only place i can think of was McDonalds for
Hot cakes or a KFC picnic with paper plates.
But then again this is Edmonton.

[J-hop]

Originally posted by ercchry


Need friends... then you have a party, and friends bring friends... then you meet new friends... then

Don't have friends? Join activities or sports teams.. same thing, it's been how people have been finding dates since the dawn of society

Problem is, if you're 54 and still single you have fundamental issues that you need to address first, everyone knows at least a few people that are not complete deadbeats, maybe even mildly attractive but just know they will be forever alone cause even if they manage to get a first date... or even a month's worth of dates with someone they just don't accept that there might be flaws and it's not their ideal partner so they end it and repeat the cycle all over again

Solution? Pre-relationship counselling? More cats? I dunno

Or do the whole work incest thing

I notice that is becoming (or continuing to be) a big thing.

I think that would be horrible. Talking about the same company stuff all day. Going through the same layoffs and be worrying about losing both incomes at the same time. Having to get rid of your work wife. Just a horrible situation haha

[sputnik]

What ever happened to just getting an eHarmony account?

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by ercchry


Need friends... then you have a party, and friends bring friends... then you meet new friends... then

Don't have friends? Join activities or sports teams.. same thing, it's been how people have been finding dates since the dawn of society

I'd love to see beyond run a singles speed date night. I'd go for the lulz.

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by mr2mike


I'd love to see beyond run a singles speed date night. I'd go for the lulz.

Because there are soooo many women on this site. It'd be like the old Chinook meets.

[ExtraSlow]

I thought we were all gay?

[J-hop]

Originally posted by sexualbanana


Because there are soooo many women on this site. It'd be like the old Chinook meets.

I've never been to one but I'm picturing a car girl showing up and swarms of vultures decending.

[ercchry]

Originally posted by J-hop


I've never been to one but I'm picturing a car girl showing up and swarms of vultures decending.

Yeah right! They're all afraid of girls

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by J-hop



It's tough for singles though. Even in my 30s I don't know of a single quality girl that spends time at bars regularly so you aren't meeting them there. Tinder is mostly a joke especially if you're a hot female(not referring to the lady in this story!!!). A good looking friend of mine who isn't from Calgary had the worst experiences with tinder dates showing up just trying to get laid.

Paid services are (from what I've heard) much better as you weed out a lot of the skidz as they'd rather go for easy pickings.

So what do you do? Date a bunch of donkeys and hope that statistics will eventually work in your favour?

Sorry I wasn't very clear, I agree with you completely - I was talking about the super elite dating services like this, with a $7K price tag.

Online dating in general I think is great and I've used it on & off for the last 7-8 years or so with great success. The free or reasonably priced services I think are more than enough for most people. If one of those services asked me to pay $7K for better matches (or in this case what appears to be a single date), I would automatically assume it was a scam.

Also who in their right mind pays $7K to a service like this without first seeing an amazing track record, talking to previous customers, etc. A good chunk of the responsibility is still her's for being a dumbass unless this amazing reputable company all of a sudden decided to screw over their first customer on that day.

I always had luck with the (normally priced) paid services as well because even a small cost weeds out the people who just sign up for the hell of it. The free sites/apps have a higher percentage of people just looking for hookups but there is a mixture of serious/not serious people across all the platforms.