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I was told that Elite had a membership that included ""artists, musicians, and performers"". I was told that if they did not have anyone with all the characteristics that I was looking for, they would search OUTSIDE their members. I was assured they had ""quality, professional"" members, which was why i paid $5000!
Devan said, ""We will do all the research for you. By the time you meet a match, they will have ALL of the qualifications you are looking for, the ONLY thing missing will be chemistry"". She said that the matchmaker would work closely with me by calling me frequently to discuss various matches.
I have had NO matches that ""have all the qualifications I am looking for"". Additionally, I have not met any men from outside of the membership. Most of the matches I have been sent, have not been ""professional"", they have been more ""blue collar"". Many of the matches have been misrepresented by Elite. For example, I was sent a potential match who ""had his own business building zen gardens"", he was actually a gardener for the public park systems! I was sent a potential match who worked as a ""holistic therapist"", he turned out to be a massage therapist! I was VERY specific about the type of person I wanted to meet. I was told over and over that it would be quite easy for me to meet that man through Elite. Neither Jen or Devan or anyone from their office have ever ""worked closely"" with me. I often don't hear anything for weeks, unless I email THEM. They are expanding into many other cities, I would be very wary before handing over my money. The better bus. bur. has over 24 complaints against them.
******It is now 2010... I am the woman who originally wrote the complaint, and I have not changed my mind, despite Elite's attempt to ""match"" me. I posted a lot of complaints on the internet, in fact, I must have posted enough complaints, that a year after my letter to them, they finally decided to contact me. In 2008 I met with the new manager of the office in Beverly Hills, Kristina. She suggested that I give them another chance. She said that when I joined the business was expanding rapidly and that had caused some problems, but things were better. She assured me that she personally would take care of me. She ""suggested"" that I not post more complaints on the internet and that they would give me a lifetime free membership.... I figured I had nothing to lose. In fact, I told Kristina that if I was satisfied with the service and matches, I could actually bring them some new business since I have quite a few single friends. (you would think that would make them WANT to find a good match for me).
In the past 2 years, I have met about 1 match every 3-4 months. I did date one man for about 6 weeks, but the rest of the matches were not appropriate for me. I am not suggesting that I am a typical woman, nor did I want to meet a ""typical"" kind of guy. That was my reason for using Elite. When I was told that they would ""go outside of their membership"" to find someone just right for ME! I was sold.
Kristina did send me a nice thank-you note for meeting with her, but then I never heard from her again. I was turned over to my previous matchmaker, Jen. Jen is very nice, and I'm sure she is doing her job as well as she can, but the reality is, they simply can't, don't or won't search outside the data base for someone right for me.
In conclusion, I still believe this is a scam, I would never recommend Elite to anyone.
Pros: NONE!
Cons: expensive, they misrepresented their service, their members, and never responded to complaints.
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