Great expectations dating reviews

Victims of dating service's high pressure pitch finally get payback, seven years later

Great Expectations has closed. If you were interested in this type of dating service you may want to check out our Matchmaking services category to find other similar sites. Below, we have left our original Great Expectations review for your continued reading. This review received its last major update during the month of March We currently do not recommend this online dating service. For the reasons see this story. Please check out our other dating site reviews for recommendations. With 30 years of matchmaking experience, Great Expectations has a distinct advantage over others in the dating industry. There are more than 50 Great Expectations centers across the United States and more than , members nationwide. Unlike other online dating services, as a member of Great Expectations you will have access to a team of relationship professionals.

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Darcy Musack just wanted to meet a man with whom she could connect. So when an Internet ad caught her eye -- "Meet singles in your area over 50" -- she was inspired to find out more about Great Expectations' dating service in Minnesota. Eleven days later, when she got her first look at the firm's available dating pool, Musack decided she had made a mistake.

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Now, dozens of men and women who were coerced into signing up for a high-priced dating service are getting a pleasant surprise. It all started seven years ago with a FOX6 hidden camera investigation. Elliot Doering is one of the many who shelled out six figures for a dating service membership.

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How 1970s VCR dating paved the way for Tinder and Hinge

Starting in February , lonely people across Los Angeles drove to a windowless, one-room office on the 18th floor of a building in Century City — the first outpost in what would soon become a national dating franchise called Great Expectations. There, in a room crammed with two TVs, a set of chairs for interviewing, and a stack of cassette tapes, they stepped into the future of dating. What makes you angry? What really motivates you?

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