elove interview....

elove interview....

I was told by the telephone representative that the interview would be about and hour and a half. It was actually four and a half hours with a lot of personal questions about my finances. The interviewer was very nice, but did not address my questions about the cost until 4 hours later. When I politely told the lady that I would have to think about making a purchase of minimum $5,000 to meet 8 men, she used all the personal questions from the interview to tell me that the reason why I'm still single at age 40....as if she has known me her entire life. She continued to point out that finding a mate was not my priority, because if it was I would invest the money. I told her that I NEVER make a purchase of that expense without taking at least 24 hrs to think it over, and would not want a mate who would do so. She insisted that I could afford the expense and it was me not really wanting a relationship. On the way out the door she told me "I'll see you next year". (ie I will still be single). Judge for yourself if you think that is rude....or even cruel. I can not comment on if the expensive service works, as I did not go that far...my gut instincts SCREAMED red flags at the end. As we all have learned time and time again, trust your gut.

Pros
They listen to what you want and encourage you not to settle.

Cons
Offensive interviewer who used your weaknesses or disfortunes in life as a weapon to get you to PAY the money.

Sounds familiar, except I wrote the check. So far two meetings and a lot of men who never called. They're crooks.

Leanne's & Jennie's experiences are probably typical, although I would characterize the problem differently.

Leanne focused on the intrusive rudeness of her interviewer (or "closer"), as though she was a bad egg, but the real problem, I think, is the structure of the eLove business model: eLove is simply an old-fashioned hard-sell boiler-room sales operation, which (cleverly lowering inventory costs to zero), sells its clients to each other.

Almost all of eLove's emphasis is on sales and extracting cash from clients, with only perfunctory matchmaking, sufficient to satisfy legal requirements. (See my review of eLove on this site, about a half-dozen reviews back). As word of their exploitative operation spreads, I expect eLove will simply change its name and carry on. It's a "buyer beware" situation.

I'm sorry that Jennie was victimized. She might take some comfort in knowing that eLove's pitch was designed by experts and time-tested to exploit client's trust and decency, as well as their needs, and is very difficult to resist.

Yes, I was gullable. I had recently lost my second husband in less than seven years. I suppose I wanted to relive some sort of magic. My matchmaker called again last week with a new match, but when I returned the call she said he was no longer available. Guess the good ones go fast--If they ever existed. I have learned a lesson. Jennie