eLove

ELOVE is a SCAM!!!!!

I too felt pressured to buy into this matchmaking service. They gave me all kinds of false information to get me to buy. For example, I was told they were in desperate need of females in my age range because they had so many guys. I had one date right off the bat and had to wait several months for the second date. I signed up in 2011 and have only had 6/12 dates since that time. (currently Sept. 2013) Every date has been the complete opposite of me even though they are supposed to match me with people who have things in common with me. I haven't had a "normal" date yet. The last guy didn't even bother to return my phone calls to meet up. I can't even remember when my last date was. I just want to pay off this nightmare and forget it ever happened!!!!

Pros
None!!!

Cons
All of it, but especially the cost.

ELove Scam Scam Scam

I signed up for Elove and am still paying dearly for it. It was a pressure sale and in the end the guys that I went out with were nuts!! Had one that had a 3 x 5 card with him on the date and wrote down - in front of me - everything we did! Had another that smoked, smelled and was just not "right", then there was the person who had pregnant daughters and proceeded to tell me how bad his life was.

I reported each and everyone each time - and those aren't even the highlights!! They said they never got any bad reviews on these people - like hell!

After 7 dates we were done. No more allowed after that. In one year that's all I got. Now a 2nd year later I'm still paying a bill. The contract is air tight. I'll be glad when it's paid off.

Do Not ever bother with this crap!!

I ended up on a free sight and met a wonderful man. Actually on the free sight - yes I dated a few nuts - but mild and as least free.
Maybe I should start my own sight "Freaks.com" Press one for a little nuts, 2 for medium nuts, and 3 if you want Crazies. I would do better than Elove.

Don't waste your money.

Pros
None that I can even think of.

Cons
Bad Dates
Excuses about everything
Can't see who will even date - no pics.
Sent me real old guys with no energy - Hey I'm very active!
Way too expensive

this is a con!

Took my daughter for thousands of dollars. Five dates in two years, non of whom she had anything in common. Can't get refund or out of contract. They should be sued!

Match

Elove is match.com. It was exactly the same men on there. Who are they fooling.....

disappointed

I still have some good life left in me but they seem to be taking a little too much of it. Having invested some 2000 bucks and meeting women with some serious attitudes and or just not compatible in any way, i feel as though they do not know me at all. My life and livelihood are somewhat different and I do need to meet a woman capable of dealing with this lifestyle but instead they push women that clearly have no compatibility with me at all.
In addition, all the women they introduced me to live a considerable distance away, as if san jose does not have any single women available despite a population of well over a million. I simply cannot maintain a relationship some 50 miles away.
So i give up on them and would ask that anyone reading this try another more efficient and helpful dating service.
sincerely
dave flowers

Pros
nice people but somewhat inattentive and lacking focus and follow-up.

Cons
I am a tattoo artist who travels a lot. I have no desire to meet women with young children, women who cannot or will not travel and women who have sedentary lifestyles and do not enjoy exercise or the outdoors.
In addition, I will not travel great distances to meet someone. Fifty miles is just too far. Its a big town here and i am somewhat dismayed that Elove is unable to find someone a little closer to home.
On another note, my most recent date was with a woman who had never left the state of california, yet she claimed to love traveling... to where? The same girl also claimed to love bike riding but mentioned to me she had not ridden a bicycle since "she was 12 years old". Its the little things that did it to me.

no difference from an other dating scam but the cost!!

I am discusted that I spent mone on a service that promises something so different then the online sites and delivers nothing better!!!
if ou are considering dont do it mone should be spent on something much more worth while..okcupid,baddoo,meet moi and skout all free sites offer same and cost nothing!!!

Cons
waste of mone and time

Awful

Bullying :Im sorry they get two people to evaluate you at the same time for matchign you with a mate and force you to sign up before you leave their office.
Packages: I did the economic package for 5 fix ups and I'm still paying on it - still have two dates in the package- with no word from E-LOVE. I signed up in 2009.
Fix-Ups: Awful - they match you with losers and they use a poor computer generated system to do the matching.

Cons
Expensive
Poor Matching

Old and Ugly

I have been with Elove for a few months now and I hate it. I had my first date with a gentleman who acted retarded (really I thought he was), then I had a gentleman that was fat and smelled of smoke, next came the grandpa type. I keep getting gentlemen that are old, way over weight not trimmed and toned like I get told over and over and who are not active at all. I'm 52 and have boundless energy. I'm asking for the guys to be younger and at least fit. None of them have been. The price is steep and the matchmakers don't care at all. They try to convince you that you are all wrong. If I would have researched this better no way would I ever have signed on for such a mess. Do not waste your time and your money!! Go to the free sites - they are no worse than this.

Pros
I can't think of anything nice to say.

Cons
Lies deceit and steal your money. You get very little for what you pay for and you do pay dearly.

HOW COME THEY RE STILL IN BUSINESS

After reading all this i feel like there is nothing i can add.
i had a 25 yo unexperienced young lady who desperately tried for two hours to plaiy it caring friend, shrink "happily married with one of thre great men she is about to introduce me to" (of course she was not wearing any ring)
....all that with the pretiest smile was so funny
2 hrs later, she finally aggrees to let me know what the fees are.......and of course u have 10 mns to make up ur mind and when u try to explain politely there s noway in the world u re going to make such a decision without sleeping on it , oh yes our sweethy pie turned sour...lol
"u re 34, , u ll come back here 10 years later after u ve wasted ur time and i can promise u it s gong to be harder and .....because by then unlike now u probably won t be able to start a family at least the traditional way........." EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pros
NOTHING RUUUNN AS FAST AS U CAN

Cons
NOT EVEN WORTH THE TIME SPENT THERE!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe I did this either!!!! Part 2

***please read this - on page 10, dated November 7, 2011 a former employee put their review of this service. They said it may be a scam - please read it before joining elove****

I can't believe I did this either!!!!

Please read all the negative reviews and take everything you read seriously. I would never, never recommend this service to anyone. Every negative review is accurate. I wish I would have read the reviews on this - I never would have spent the money. Someone referred to Satan in a review - right on target. I was insulted by the first match, felt uncertain about my safety with the second match and the third match called back leaving a ridiculous message that he would call again and guess what - he did not call back. I thought I was a smart, educated, intuitive woman who avoided this kind of scam but I let them catch me.
Do yourself a favor - don't spend the money! I have not used match or eharmony but it has got to be less expensive and more self-respecting than this horrible service. My representative keeps telling me it takes 2 to 8 weeks for a referral. I paid $5,000 for this garbage??? Do they not understand we have paid for a service - If I treated people this way I would be unemployed!!!! The interview took forever. The representative who did the interview was less than what I would call professional. Don't fall for this - dating is hard enough. Don't pay to be tortured.

Pros
None!!

Cons
The initial interviewer is an emotional predator
The charge is ridiculous
The staff is rude
It is a complete rip off

Disgusted

I received a phone call after filling out the form online. I decided to come in for the interview. I met with a young lady in there Baltimore office I think she said she was the manager. She looked un kept and reeked of ciggerettes. These people pray on your emotions. They sound so scripted and she used everything I said to her against me. They told me on the phone the initial interview was free but at the end they try and force you to put the money on your credit card. I'm so glad I read these comments. I would never sign up.

Pros
Nothing

Cons
Staff looks dirty

STAY AWAY FROM ELOVE!

I was so so specific in the horribly long interview what I was looking for. They failed me in the most fundemantal ways with the first couple of introductions. So I decided to personnally speak with the matchmaker to clarify what I'm looking for, and yet they keep setting me up with guys that don't meet my standards. And all the guys have been with the service for many years. Supposedly because they are "picky" so haven't been matched yet. It's really because they are complete losers that no one would want. I asked 3 matches ago to only be matched with newer members, that still hasn't happenned. These people are frauds and stay away from them! I'm going to report them to BBB and Attorney General and sue them!

Pros
Nothing at all

Cons
They are frauds!

Elove is a scam

The sales team is skilled to solicit the new business, but the match-making operation fail to deliever.

Don't believe what they promised at the sales office, for minimum $5 K, you are better off with Eharmony. I am dating someone who I met from Eharmony, but not dates after 5 months with Elove.

Pros
none

Cons
wasting time and money for nothing

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Elove is scam. The cost is $7995 for 36 introductions, $6995 for 24 introductions and $4995 for 12 introductions. If you don't sign up the same day as your visit and decide to sign up the next day it will cost an extra $1000

Pros
None

Cons
Lie to you

Harassment Tactics Are Illegal

I had to lodge an official Annoyance Complaint with my local police department as well as my landline carrier to get these people to stop calling me. If they call me again the police will show up at their office, end of discussion. I mean it. Do not try me again.
It was me who was so irate at "Brittany" - the one whose voice I recognized and the one who hangs up - that I spoke her supervisor, "Rachel" on May 24, 2012. I was told I would not be called again. I am memorializing this conversation for the police department and for my records and for the rest of you innocent readers. Do not tangle with these privacy-invading low-lifes. Telephone hrassment is illegal and if they call me again they will have to explain their harrassment tactics to the police! I told them over two months ago to quit calling me and take my number out of their system, and oops, they didn't bother to bother. eLove can go to Hell. By the way, I was told their "service" comes at the cost of $10,000.

Pros
The only pro would be if they went out of business!

Cons
Brittany

Worthless

Elove is just another name for seniorpeoplemeet. The site name is just changed. It is totally a waste of time.

Scam....read your contract be signing

Important to read back of contract before signing up.
E-Love can "match" you someone of any age,sex, weight, health, height, health, sex, race, financial status.
I am not making this up.
Read the contract.
You are much better off with "It's Just Lunch" or Match.com

Pros
None

Cons
They take your money and render no service.
Kind of like a charitalbe donation, except you can't deduct it. LOL

TOTALLY AWFUL

This is the biggest scam ever. Don't waste your hard earned money. They give you a good hard sell, telling you they do background checks and they have the best people out there to match you with. Not only has that ever happened, it never will. The last referral they wanted to match me with, I was told that "He is separated, but his wife is dying, so it should be a good match". Seriously?

I wasted my money, don't waste yours. Run as fast as you can in the oppostie direction.

Pros
None

Cons
Everything they tell you is a lie. They have nothing. All they want is your money.

Really?

Bunch of scammers!

Pros
None.

Cons
No stars whatsoever!!! Negative negative stars!!! I went on this site just to see for fun what it was all about, started to fill out the information, thought better of it and did not continue filling it out (I just wanted to see once I filled it out information about them) and then I have received multitudes of phone calls from them, many of them hang ups when i answered which is odd. Aren't they trying to sell me something??? When I asked out of curiosity how much the service was, (I know what it entails, depending on the program you choose how many matches you are set up with in total, meaning the more you pay the more you are set up). This thing right away sounded very shady. When I asked how much is the program again, the answer was, we can't reveal that over the phone. We have to interview you to see if you are right for our program. Please gullible ones, do not buy that line, that is an intimidation tactic "Me ,not right for this, oh my G_d...!!! Of course I am right" Please do not buy into this literally! When I said no, it is I who is interviewing you to see if you are right for me, not the other way around and if you do not give me even a ballpark of a price, there is no need to continue this conversation. The Rep. said, we can't possibly reveal that. Management will not allow me to do so. She continued that "you may be the competition like "It's Just Lunch" and want to know our strategy, so that you can do the smae thing. I said are you kidding, I am in a totally different business, nt the dating business. Take me off your list and do not bother calling em again. Public, pleae go on their site elove.com and read the mostly negative reviews. Try a Dating and Relationship Coach instead, more for your money and better possibilities of you learning how to meet the right type of person for yourself. Money well spent to have a coach. "Children do not try this at home"!!!

Waste of money

What a waste of $3,000, I have been matched 5 times, and not a single match that matches what I had specified in the interview. I was assured this is a quality service and have not seen a strand of quality in any of the women I have been matched with. I tried this because I got tired of the online dating crap, but this is even worse than it. This is a scam to release you of your money and they don't care about the quality of the matches because it is not their money wasted. I don't know one person that will not take something serious that they had to take money out of savings to pay for. I called to see why I have not heard from them in weeks and was til I'm in "rotation", like we are in an automated system. "Put down he Cheetos and actually read what I have told you I am looking for and paid for while taking a chance on this scam".

Pros
Great sales tactics and marketing skills.

Cons
False sense of money well spent, and a lot of it.
Being in a "rotation" and not taken serious.
Waste of time and money
The only requirement it takes to be a matchmaker is sales experience (look for yourself on the website) Hhhmmmm, sounds like a bunch of people eating Cheetos and not having to do much but match random people up.

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.

The Customer service reps are BS

After recently talking to their rude and pushy custome service reps and reading some of the unbiased reviews of eLove, I think I will chance it on my own. They wouldn't even tell me how much their memberships are over the phone which caused me to become suspicious.

Pros
None

Cons
Alot of hype. I told them I wasn't interested and they didn't want to take "NO" for an answer. Their customer service reps are pushy and obnoxious.

Do Not Waiste Your Money with eLove!

eLove membership is the worst way to spend your hard earned money. It is no better, in fact, it is worse than online dating sites such as eHarmony, Match.com and you pay 100 times more for the same individuals you can selectively come across the internet sites if you have the time and patience. You have hundreds of individuals to choose from and there is no limit on the number of individuals you can get in contact with. eLove has definite limits depending on which package you choose, however, it is around $400 for each referral!

This is how the membership is structured:

- $1,595 for a one-hour interview in person with a consultant, a so-called background check, personality assessment and paperwork processing which by the way is NON-REFUNDABLE!

The least expensive membership entitles you to 8 referrals at $425 each. You don't get a picture of your referral and the description is very sketchy and general. You will have no clue as to who you will be meeting.

You can do better on Match and other respectable online sites and will have a much broader choice of people . The caliber of people on eLove is just as diverse as online dating sites. eLove's business model is simply to pretend that there is strong scrutiny of members' background and personal service when in reality, neither exists.

I urge you to save or spend your money somewhere else. DO NOT give your money to this shady organization.

Pros
NONE

Cons
- Very expensive for what they offer -- $5000 is the cheapest membership package for 8 referrals (whether they are good matches or not!)
- No picture (eventhough they take a picture of you at the interview)
- Cost of eLove mebership does not warrant better caliber of people referred to you
- Matchmakers work offsite in a call center and have no idea who their clients are
- Very rude telemarketers/matchmakers
- No one at eLove will give you their last name or phone number so you feel as if you are dealing with a very shady organization

More Sales than Matchmaking

I have no idea how they got my name & number, but one evening I was cold-called by a charming girl named Taylor, who made an appointment for me to see Maria in Walnut Creek the following day. There, I filled out what seemed to me (I've got an advanced degree in psychology) a superficial personality & preference test, and answered questions significantly aimed at determining my financial means. Maria's pitch, though she testily denied it, was classic hard-sell, and when it was clear that my answer to which of the 3 plans ($4K, $5K & $8K) I preferred was going to remain "none", she offered me a complementary membership, asking only that I pay a $100 background check fee. Fine.

A few days later, Christina, "my matchmaker", called. I could hear other "matchmakers" in the background: it was a "boiler room". She verified that I had a complementary membership, and asked if I had paid for the background check. Why would she be calling to offer me a match unless she had the results of my clean check in hand? She admitted never having met the woman she had matched me with (and I knew she'd never met me), so all my matchmaker knew about either of us was from a summary she got from the "closer" (Maria, in my case, who she probably also had never met). This is not "personal matchmaking" in any meaningful sense. I pressed her for a copy of the background check, and actually got it by email the next day ? it was a screen capture from publicdata.com, a free sex offender and criminal background checking website.

I got the impression that, in my age range, it's mostly women who are paying the big fees, while men are in effect the commodities sold, and that by accepting an eLove match (which, given their methodology and motivations would likely be a waste of time), I would merely be helping them extract money from these women, which I do not plan to do.

Pros
Even a random meeting could possibly work out.

Cons
Dishonest, though no doubt legal.