My new “friend,” a good looking, happily married lady slightly older than me “approved” my joining their select club of “over 1000 singles in the Jacksonville area alone” was very friendly and made me feel very at ease discussing my love life or lack thereof. The first problem was that I was basically manipulated into driving to Southside in rush hour traffic from Orange Park and had no idea how I even allowed myself to be talked into it. The second problem was membership into this “club” costs $5,000 up front and I was encouraged to put it on my credit card. I was also told the price goes up drastically if I left to think it over. This was my one and only chance to meet the girl of my dreams at a reasonable price. Someone obviously has not researched my finances. Hell, all they had to do was see the piece of shit Nissan Pick Up I drove into their parking lot to determine I don’t have a quick five grand in my wallet. When they asked me if it was the price that bothered me, I replied “More than the price, I’m really not interested in dating a woman who is so fiscally irresponsible that she charged $5,000 to her credit card just to meet a guy like me.” I was then thanked for the visit and asked to leave. My new "friend "didn’t even shake my hand or walk me to the door.
I guess I’ll have to look elsewhere for my soul mate.
a background check
a profile they create through interviews
get togethers with other singles to do stuff like bowling
access to their web site
a video clip of me answering questions about my personal life
and for an extra $285 a photographer to take cheesy Olan Mills type pics of me
I amazed anyone falls for that. If I was that desperate and had an extra 5 K’s laying around . . . never mind.
I hate the “price goes up if you wait to think about it”. That is high pressure sales at its finest. That lakey that met you makes a living from conning fools and was probably pretty pissed to not have separated you from your money.
Heh! Even topless bowling at the Playboy Mansion isn’t worth 5 grand to me.
The other thing I considered was if I put 5 big ones on my card, meet the womens of my dreams who also has $5,000 of fresh CC debt, we get married, and then we combine for $10,000 in CC debt without anything to show for it other than our love for one another. That’s quite a financial strain to put on any relationship, even ones built on the solid foundation of bowling nights, co-ed softball, and uneasy video clips discussing one’s personal life.
C’mon, are you saying a few nights of bowling in a secondhand smoke-infused bowling alley, in the presence of your bride-to-be, isn’t worth $5,000? You definitely have a screw loose. Geez, think about how fun it would be for you two to sneak off in to the nasty bathrooms for a little fun…it’s disgustingly delicious.
**“over 1000 singles in the Jacksonville area alone” **
1,000 x $5,000 = $5 million, in the Jacksonville area alone.
I can’t believe that there are that many well off desperate singles in the Jacksonville area alone. Either that, or I wish I had come up with this scheme.
I’m doubting the women pay as much as the men.
but yeah, quite the racket.
The “it’s just lunch” service does something like this. The idea is that if you’re rich and only want to meet other rich people, you go to something like this and not to match.com, etc.
then there are the people making major duckets in NYC and other major cities, basically acting as private matchmakers.
I suggest that if you have contact information (especially an e-mail address), post it on some personals websites. Also you might gather up the subscription cards from a bunch of select magazines and subscribe her and use her contact information to send off for all kinds of free stuff - like samples of Cialis or Enzyte! Aslo, consider placing an inexpensive add in the personals section of those free urban/city type newspapers/magazines they give away at the health club.
The people at Great Expectations Dating worked some kind of mind control over the phone on me. I still don’t know how I let myself be manipulated into driving there in the first place. I don’t need a dating service. I have no problem meeting womens locally on my own. Jacksonville has plenty of available womens in the late 20’s early 30’s range. I’m just glad whatever mind control technique they used to get me there wasn’t strong enough to make me hand over my credit card.
