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  • Personalized matchmaking approach
  • Strong recommendation from users
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  • High costs for services
  • Lack of timely communication

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    Customer ServiceStaffRatesHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2024

    My experience with Selective Search has greatly exceeded my expectations. The interview process was remarkably thorough and allowed open and honest communication about my preferences. My personal matchmaker, Eileen, has been integral in connecting me with high-quality individuals who share my interests and are motivated to pursue a relationship. After many disappointing experiences with traditional online dating sites, Selective Search has been a fun, exciting, and successful way to meet a potential partner. I highly recommend this service to anyone hoping to find "the love of their life!"

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2024

    I've been working with Selective Search for over a year now. Nikki and the great team there truly understand my dating goals and have been very professional, supportive, and committed to helping me achieve them. I can only recommend Selective Search highly.

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      Reviewed July 10, 2024

      Maura ** and the entire team at Selective Search have brought so much joy to my life. Maura has assisted me through the matchmaking process with thoughtful introductions, professional compatibility guidance, and most importantly, faith and trust in the Selective Search process. I am confident Maura has my best interests in mind, and she will be the one to introduce me to my forever man. I am so grateful she is sharing this journey with me. Thank you Maura ** and Selective Search!

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      Customer ServiceMaintenance

      Reviewed June 12, 2023

      I spent $40,000 and had not one single date. Afterward, meeting after they told me that they had lots of eligible men, they disclosed that all of the men they get are looking for women much much younger. In the past, that is not been my experience, at least, in more sophisticated cities, but apparently for them it is. I was delayed twice. Once for a broken foot and went for a surgery. So my calendar expired and they extended it for a month and managed to find one person who would have a phone conversation with me.

      I cannot believe that $40,000 is just gone for absolutely nothing. But more significantly, the matchmaker was not invested in me, and did not know anything about me. When I asked her what she knew about me, she listed off the attributes that I was looking for in a match. This is not a custom matchmaking service, this is a take your money And do very little and not disclose that they are looking for women in their 30s only. They are not more Google reviews because that would become public information.

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      Response from Selective Search

      Selective Search is committed to delivering quality service to its members. During your membership we worked with you to carefully establish search criteria, presented many stellar candidates, and most were rejected without much consideration. Nonetheless, we remained dedicated during 7 months of unresponsiveness from you. We extended your services three times, and you acknowledged to us our fulfillment of obligations. We are disappointed by your experience but refute your inaccurate portrayal.

      Sales & Marketing

      Reviewed April 16, 2019

      I remember meeting horrible matches in NYC and finding out the girls were on sugar daddy sites. Big waste of money and felt scammed. Oh well, I now know all these high end matchmakers are playing the same game and duping clients.

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      Response from Selective Search

      Hello John, We take every Client opinion seriously. Due to our commitment to confidentiality, we are unable to respond to your claim in this public forum. We also have not been able to identify you as a Client and do not have any contact information. Please contact our Vice President of Operations, Kathy Smith. Kathy is authorized to address and resolve any issues.

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      After a positive interaction with Selective Search, W. increased their star rating.

      Reviewed April 8, 2019

      Resolution Update 06/06/2019: I feel I was a bit hasty in posting my original criticism of Selective Search. They have shown that they truly care about their clients’ satisfaction and are willing to go the extra mile in order to achieve success. I have been very impressed by their effort and commitment, and I look forward to finding a special woman to share my life with through Selective Search.

      I want to start by saying that Selective Search appears to have built a very polished, profitable business model and they present themselves well. No one forced me to subscribe to their services. However, as a consumer I feel I have a right to express my opinion in the event I feel the service was misrepresented. The individual I worked with was extremely nice and I genuinely believe she did the best she could. However after $25K and 14 months I had six first dates that weren't even close to resulting in a second date. I am in my prime and was willing to fly well beyond my home state to meet these women, but ultimately had much better success from my own efforts for free, during the same time period. The company advertises that 87% of their clients find love as a result of their service, which I find to be an impossible statistic.

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      Staff

      Reviewed Feb. 2, 2018

      Selective Search is a top notch company. All of the matchmakers are very passionate about finding you the love of your life and they are an absolute pleasure to work with. Sara recently introduced me to an amazing man. I can't say enough about Sara... she is a kind, sweet extraordinary girl and a consummate professional. She has a keen sixth sense which enables her to find you a perfect match. The man that I met is remarkable and he is truly one of a kind. I was amazed at how much we had in common and how strong of a connection we had. I definitely would have never met someone of such a high caliber without the help of Sara and I am very grateful to her! I highly recommend using their services as they take the time to truly get to know you and the qualities that you looking for, in a partner, in order to find your soulmate. Let the matchmakers do the work for you and they will find you love! Thank you Selective Search!

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      Reviewed Nov. 4, 2017

      Nicole ** at Selective Search LLC delivers first class customer service. She treats everyone she interacts with - even non members like me - with the utmost respect, attentiveness, and class. I would imagine that members of Selective Search are pampered with the same level of care which, in my book, reflects highly on both the company's integrity and its position as an industry leader.

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      Reviewed April 21, 2017

      I began the process of creating an account with Selective Search. When I got to the part asking about marital status & family, I didn't think twice... until they wanted to know the gender and birth dates of my children. I felt very uncomfortable supplying this information... Wouldn't just "do you have children?" suffice? I then decided to look up reviews of the service before proceeding, and after reading so many negative reviews, I decided not to complete a profile with them.

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      Reviewed May 12, 2015

      I would highly recommend Selective Search to any man or woman who is looking to find someone for a real, committed relationship. I am happy to say I met my husband through this company. I signed up with Selective Search over two years ago as a female in their database. The matchmakers were extremely professional and contacted me for a face-to-face meeting several weeks later, in which they had a discussion with me about my interests, goals, what kind of relationship would work best for me and what types of men I'd be willing to meet. The women I met - **, ** and others - were all very polite and kind and had good intentions.

      Later I was set up on several dates, before I was eventually introduced to the man who would become my husband. My husband is intelligent, handsome, accomplished, successful, kind and very loving. I feel extremely lucky to have met him. I would not have met him without the help of Selective Search b/c he is not the kind of guy who picks up girls at bars, and we worked in very different industries and would not have easily met through mutual friends or online. Yet we are indeed the perfect match.

      To anyone willing to try a match maker, I would highly recommend this company. It's definitely not the same as Internet dating -- this is QUALITY vs. quantity type of dating. And of course they can't work magic -- if someone has a lot of personal issues or undesirable traits, I doubt they can wave a magic wand and make a relationship happen. That said, if you are a normal, healthy, successful, happy, adjusted person, and you've lost interest in the randomness of Internet dating and you don't have the time to chase strangers in bars, well -- this is the right match maker for you. I have no doubt that Selective Search can deliver and help you meet that special person who you've been searching for.

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      Selective Search Company Information

      Company Name:
      Selective Search
      Company Type:
      Private
      Year Founded:
      2000
      Address:
      35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1920
      City:
      Chicago
      State/Province:
      IL
      Postal Code:
      60601
      Country:
      United States
      Website:
      www.selectivesearch.com