$2m Awarded to Lonely Heart Who Lost $125,000 to Dating Agency

THE GUARDIAN -- June 1 -- Orly the Matchmaker is a "high-end matchmaking service catering to celebrities, royalties, famous people and all wonderful single men and women out there." Anne Majerik, a 60-year-old widowed social worker saw an ad in an in-flight magazine but the search for romance ended in disillusion and finally court. This week a jury in Los Angeles awarded Ms Majerik $2.1m (£1.1m) in damages. Majerik's lawyer said, "She's developed a niche out there to prey on women who are lonely or divorced." The size of the jury's award is unprecedented. "I hear of high-end matchmaking firms charging tens of thousands of dollars a year," said Mark Brooks, the editor of onlinepersonalswatch.com. "But to pay $100,000-plus, that's just not wise."  Ms Hadida plans to appeal. FULL ARTICLE @ THE GUARDIAN

Mark Brooks: Orly is giving reputable matchmakers a bad name. I can understand $10's of thousands for high-end service, but $100k+. Obscene. Buyer beware. Great Expectations, It's Just Lunch, The Right One/Together Dating, and Table for Six are examples of exemplary, well established, real world services. $2500, ok. $25k, hmm?  $125k, crazy! 

Comments

[Max]

Just goes to show a fool and their money are soon parted.. And lucky to get to gether in the first place..

[Anonymous]

Some of these services don't even give the person what they want. You get the date, but not always the date you want. So, the good part about these services is they guarantee dates, and you have no work to do, but the flip side is, you wouldn't have dated these people in the first place. So, it's up to you, would you rather date and pay or work hard to date.

[Jack]

Why Dating Services Are Often A Waste Of Money

http://thedatingedge.com/thedatingedge/wp/wordpress/2006/06/04/why-dating-services-are-often-a-waste-of-money/

[Ellen]

chemistry.com's bogus 3 date guarantee!

I signed up about 3 months ago when the home page blazed a 3 date guarantee. Well I didn't have 3 dates and now they just say that they have a "no refund policy". How can they get away with that???

This was a terrible service. It was clear that they were just throwing people at me who were in no way compatible. They weren't even in my geographic area at times.

STAY AWAY!!!

[Disgruntled]

I had the same response from Chemistry.com about them angling out of their 3 month gurantee. They even said that the promotion was not listed on my account even though that's the reason I signed up on their home page. I have a fair amount of sucess from other website so I'm guessing it's not my profile. They said it was not money back but 3 extended months, but that they would not even be offering that.

[Saga Verge]

Since several monthgs I can't access www.matchdoctor.com anymore.
Does someone be able to give info why the page stays black ? Do I have to rearrange settings or cookies or ... ???
All help very very appriciated. Thanks