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It's just lunch?
| Sat, 01-28-2006 - 12:25pm |
The name of the dating service is called “it’s just lunch” (dating for busy professionals); has anyone here tried it? Curious.....
I am not sure how much they charge do you? You can check their website for information on the service. I wonder if you know what they look like before meeting them?
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Here's a consumer report i just found - wow, 1000 to 1500 dollars and the complaints! I'll stick with OLD and fix ups through friends!!! :-)
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/dating_services/just_lunch_women.html
Thanks for posting that link, peanut. Services like this one and Great Expectations get so many complaints and are so expensive that I'm amazed they're still in business. Granted, OLD is far from perfect but I'd rather take my chances this way.
When I lived in Boston, I joined a service called Lunch Dates (this was pre-OLD). It was a lot cheaper than It's Just Lunch ($300 for 12 dates) but the results were the same. The person who interviewed me was not the one setting me up on dates and the only thing my dates and I had in common was age. I was so relieved when my membership expired and when they tried to get me to re-up, I told them truthfully that I could get the same results for a lot less money from the personals.
A friend of mine here in the Raleigh-Durham area did It's Just Lunch. She paid a "discounted" $1000 and met 15 different men. Of these fifteen, there were two or three she was interested in. One was an alcoholic that used her as a booty call every 1-2 months(her mistake, and she admits it), and I think two said they wanted to see her again, then ghosted.
The rest either were not even general ballpark, and with some there was a
mutual agreement it just wasn't happening.
I think that once they get your money, they match you up with whoever. I agree, you can get the same or better results with OLD or just sitting in a bar at happy hour. It's disgusting how these services prey on lonely single people, promising them "quality" dates.