Me again. It's been a few months and SS has done a good job trying to make things right. They gave me a new matchmaker and she has set me up with a couple of women. None of them have worked out but I appreciate SS going the extra mile to make me happy. At the very least, they were what I was looking for so I am optimistic they will find someone that sticks.
Consumer Complaints & Reviews
It's me again. Selective Search has got back to me to attempt to make everything right and make sure I get what I paid for. This is very much appreciated. So I withdraw my above complaint to give SS a chance to make things right. I will post again in a few months to let everyone know on the progress! And then I will render my final opinion on this service and company.
I could go forever on how bad I got ripped off by the Selective Search matchmaking service but I will try to be succinct. I am successful and was in the position to finally have a serious relationship so I contacted Barbie's agency. I thought I would meet women I would want to marry (and vice versa) and would be a huge improvement over Match.com. So I went to Barbie to find the "one." The cost? $20,000 for seven introductions and one year of service.
Now, if I went through this service and did not marry someone from it, I would be disappointed but not irate. I am irate. Why? Well, the pitch is they will search high and low for exactly what you want. Now, I am specific about what I want so if they can actually find it, it would be worth the $20k. But what is reality? Girls see all of SS' advertisements, simply signup online, and then my "personal recruiter" picks out a couple of hotties and hopes it will stick! You know what that is? Match.com with a middleman! At 100x the cost!
For example, my type is "understated smart beauty" and the first date went like this. I picked up a girl with giant fake breasts and a dress about two inches below her **. We got drinks at the Peninsula Hotel and after 40 minutes, she says, "Hey, I have to get up early so let's go." Now, this is wrong on so many levels. There was clearly nothing understated about this woman. She was an idiot (took her six years to graduate from Eastern Illinois). She had zero interest in me or a long-term relationship.
If I am paying $20 grand, or almost $3k per date, I expect her to be told about and have her show genuine interest, let alone the fake breast look, blah, blah. And the list goes on--from an Asian girl who they claimed was "Americanized" that barely spoke English to another girl who said, "Gee, they didn't even screen me! They just spoke to me for 15 minutes and didn't even get to know me." How is she a "marriage minded match" if they speak to her for only 15 minutes?
What did all these girls have in common? Well, they were all attractive. But there is no matching involved. And after I complained every week, they gave me more matches and time but if you aren't screening, then what good will that do? And of course, they eventually asked me for more money to "continue the process" as "you can't predict chemistry." Well, guess what? I can predict I will sue! Barbie and her business are an absolute disgrace. There is nothing I can do now but please please heed my warnings and stick to Match.com or your own mother for setups. Sure wish I did.
