First started in 1991 in Chicago, It's Just Lunch has grown to include locations across the globe. You will find It's Just Lunch locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Caribbean and Australia. They serve over 100 cities all over the world. This matchmaking service takes the offline or traditional bricks-and-mortar approach for matching people, offering physical office locations you can visit. In over 18 years, It's Just Lunch has set up more than 2 million first dates, with many of them resulting in second dates. Each month for their 30,000 members, It's Just Lunch arranges, on average, 50,000 dates. Plus, every week they are informed of couples that met through It’s Just Lunch getting married.
This matchmaking service is designed for the busy working professional who wants to date but doesn't have the time to invest in going to parties or bars in order to find someone special. Once you join this service, you are given a confidential interview over the phone or at one of the It's Just Lunch offices. The information used in the interview helps determine your best match from those available. Staff members will find out what has and has not worked for you in past relationships. Personality and physical requirements are also taken into consideration.
Dates are arranged by It's Just Lunch to suit each person’s schedule. First dates usually occur over lunch. However, if lunch dates don’t work for your schedule, a drink after work can be arranged. At the end of the date, you may choose to exchange contact information or make plans to get together again. After the date, you are asked to call It's Just Lunch to give them feedback. This information will help them fine-tune your next date with a potential match. Depending on your location, It's Just Lunch will guarantee between 12 and 14 dates.
Using San Diego as an example, the city has two It's Just Lunch locations which are very successful. The staff at these locations coordinate meetings for over 1,000 single clients, with most clients being in their 30s and 40s. From these dates, 70 percent of them result in a second date.
Positive Features
- You let the It's Just Lunch staff do all of the work for you. You simply need to give a confidential interview and supply a schedule of times when you are available, and then show up at the restaurant to enjoy the date.
- To maintain confidentiality, photos, last names and other contact information are never given out to potential matches
Negative Features
- Not for singles in rural areas – the service is only available in cities that have an It’s Just Lunch location
- Expensive – higher cost than online dating sites
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| Matchmaking Service: | ItsJustLunch.com |
| Members: | 50,000 |
| Cost per Month: | From $84 / month or $1,000 / year |
| Membership Types: | Paid |
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| How it Works |
- There are five easy steps:
- You schedule a discreet, confidential interview with an It's Just Lunch matchmaking representative
- The interview takes place. IJL staff will be determining what you are looking for in a potential partner. They will also be asking you what has worked for you in the past
- IJL matchmakers hand-select appropriate matches for you based upon your motivations, desires, goals and the matchmakers insight
- Once a match has been made a representative will get in contact with you to discuss your match (only first names are given). They then will discuss your schedule to find out when a good time is for you to go on a date. Once IJL discusses this with your match you will be contacted again with the details of the date (when and where).
- You go on the date. Following each date you are asked to contact IJL and give feedback. This information is then used to fine tune your next match (if needed).
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- Cities available as of August 2010. New locations added frequently.
- United States (Over 100 Cities)
- Alabama - Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa
- Arizona - Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tuscon
- California – Bakersfield, Fresno, Hanford, Century City, South Bay, The Valley, Madera, Merced, Modesto, Orange County, Riverside/San Bernadino, Sacramento, San Diego (downtown and North County), San Francisco, San Francisco East Bay, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Silicon Valley, Stockton, Temecula, Ventura, Visalia
- Colorado – Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins
- Connecticut – Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, New London, Stamford
- Deleware - Wilmington
- Florida - Boca Raton, Cape Coral, Daytona, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Melbourne, Miami, Naples, Ocala, Orlando, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, Sebastian, Tampa, West Palm Beach
- Georgia – Athens, Atlanta, Atlanta Suburbs, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Savannah
- Idaho - Boise
- Illinois – Chicago, Chicago Suburbs
- Kansas - Wichita
- Kentucky – Lexington, Louisville
- Louisiana – Baton Rouge, Gulf Port, Kenner, Lafayette, Metairie, New Orleans
- Maine – Augusta, Biddeford, Portland
- Maryland – Baltimore, Gaithersburg
- Massachusetts – Boston, Springfield, Worcester
- Michigan - Ann Arbor, Battlecreek, Detroit Metro, Flint, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Saginaw, Toledo
- Minnesota - Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Cloud, St. Paul
- Missouri - Kansas City, St. Louis
- Nebraska – Lincoln, Omaha
- Nevada - Las Vegas, Reno
- New Hampshire - Manchester
- New Jersey – Atlantic City, Ft. Lee, Marlton, Morristown
- New Mexico – Albuquerque, Santa Fe
- New York - Albany, Buffalo, Kingston, Long Island, New York City, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica
- North Carolina – Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, Raleigh-Durham, Wilmington, Winston-Salem
- Ohio – Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Massillon, Youngstown
- Oklahoma - Oklahoma City, Tusla
- Orgeon - Portland
- Pennsylvania – Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Suburbs, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre
- Rhode Island - Providence
- South Carolina – Anderson, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Hilton Head Island, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg
- Tennessee – Chattanooga, Clarkesville, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville
- Texas – Abilene, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Tyler, Wichita Falls
- Utah – Logan, Ogden, Provo, Salt Lake City
- Virginia - Charlottesville, Lynchburg, McLean, Norfolk-Hampton Roads, Richmond, Springfield
- Washington - Bellevue, Seattle
- Washington DC - Washington DC
- Wisconsin - Green Bay/Appleton, Madison, Milwaukee, Wausau
- Canada
- Alberta – Calgary, Edmonton
- British Columbia – The Okanagan, Vancouver, Whistler, and Fraser Valley, Victoria
- Ontario - Toronto
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory – Canberra
- New South Wales – Byron Bay, Sydney
- Queensland – Brisbane, Gold Coast
- Victoria - Melbourne
- Asia
- Singapore – Singapore
- Thailand - Bangkok
- Europe
- Ireland - Dublin, Cork, Galway, Belfast
- Caribbean
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- A typical member in the United States will pay $1,000 or more
- You are guaranteed a certain number of dates (this depends on your contract and price)
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- Straight
- Gay
- Lesbian
- Bisexual
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- It’s Just lunch has been featured on many TV news shows, including ABC and Fox News. It has also been written about in a number of newspapers and magazines
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I see my last comment has disappeared off this site so just to make sure people are aware....one simple word is you consider 'It's Just Lunch' just say NO.
Total rip-off. SCAM. And quite frankly the biggest mistake I have ever made. They are scam artists and full of sheeeeeeeeeeeet.
Move on. Sign up for eHarmony. eHarmony will give you a great deal of $9.95 per month!
Better than $3,600 for 6 dates that aren't even available or married or just too old.
I signed up with the company because I was told that I would have 4 dates within 4 months and that I would be working with one representative that would help me with the entire process. In addition, I was promised a date with a certain person, which is what attracted me to their business. This date never existed. It was a total lie. I did indeed meet with one date, but it was not the person I was promised. Apparently, he was "lost" in the system the day after I signed up. Did he even exist? The first date was okay, but immediately after that, I was totally ignored by the company. I was then switched to 6 different representatives within 2 months that kept blowing me off week after week. Then, I was scheduled for a second date (almost 2 months later). This date was confirmed. However, the date never showed up at all and I left a very important business meeting to meet with this potential date. It's Just Lunch never informed me that it was not going to happen. Immediately after this happened, I emailed 3 different people at the company and not one person emailed me back. I called and no one would take my calls from the New York office. In fact, they were purposely ignoring my phone calls. I had my assistant call from her cell phone immediately after I was told my contact was unavailable. Surprisingly, in a matter of half a second, she was free to talk. I was totally blown off (once again) and there was no apology.
This company just wants clients to sign up, take their money and after one initial date they blow you off. I even offered to take a half a refund from them (for only going on one date and for all the headaches and stress that I went through for 3 months), but unfortunately, it went upon deaf ears. This company doesn't even have the decency to refund their unsatisfied customers, even if it is only half. I am absolutely disgusted with their customer service, deceptive business practices and outright disrespect for people. When calling my credit card company, the representative told me that she has had many complaints about this company and that they should be sued and out of business. Save your money and your time. They do not have any inventory and will take your money and run!
I moved to Minnesota and tried IJL Minneapolis. This office said they were different because they were not a franchise. Not only were they much more expensive, they lied and insisted they had hundreds of gorgeous women lined up ready to date. They lied about being gorgeous and hundreds waiting in the wings for dates. I live outside the cities and asked if this would make things more difficult- they assured me it wouldn't matter. After they got my credit card and after I complained about the attractiveness of the women, they came clean and said that my residence outside the cities was a problem. They took my money and ran. All they want is money. And honestly, the dates I did have were overweight.
This business model is a brilliant scam It preys upon peoples hopes and dreams of love and happiness. Think about how much more you can do with the money they're asking you to pay. Think of what they're peddling and the odds. They're hucksters. They only want your money. Invest your money pursuing women you're attracted to instead of wasting time and money on people who will use you like a pawn to fulfill a "date quota." You're just a number with dollar signs to IJL.
Steve
My first date was a little awkward. The woman was a psychologist for children, and she briefly talked about what she did, but she had to be confidential. I respect the confidentiality, but at the same time…withholding a lot of information on a first date isn’t super impressive, so initiate a conversation about something else instead of telling me multiple times that you can’t tell me things. This woman was also a very active Presbyterian. I am, and told the IJL people that I was an atheist. I don’t hate Christians, but I would prefer to date otherwise as I’ve had bad luck in the past, as it is often incompatible, or “unequally yoked,” for a Christian to date someone like myself. Anyway, she came and went and has since been deleted from my phone.
So, my job in Tulsa didn’t work out. They sent me to Grand Canyon, AZ. Not a bad place, but the nearest IJL areas were Phoenix, Scottsdale, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque. Prior to leaving Tulsa, I told them I’d be moving here. A nice woman at HQ told me I may be able to get a refund. After moving here, I got a call from another woman who wasn’t sure if that would work, and asked me if I was ready to start dating in Phoenix. When I explained to her that was more than three hours away, she offered Vegas or ABQ as options. Great….
So I called back the woman in Florida who said a refund MAY be an option. With just a few short emails from her, and a 6 week period, I finally got one. After reading bad review after bad review of IJL, I at least felt they were an honest, respectable business for allowing me a refund when I lived so far from their points of service. Now, here is the best part.
I’ve also used online dating sites for some time. I’d had begun to talk to a non-Christian woman in St. Louis a few weeks prior to receiving the refund check. It was only emails and text messages initially. We did that for a week and then it seemed to die off. I got the refund check, deposited it in the ATM, and hadn’t even left the banks parking lot when I got a text from this girl who I thought I’d never hear from again. That text led to a phone call that afternoon, to many more, and a three day long first date in STL. We are not married, not engaged, I’m not even sure if it is a “relationship” yet, but I sent her and her kids Christmas gifts and we are making plans to meet again. I didn’t leave Oklahoma by choice, Missouri is my home state, and I do want to get back home. This may turn out to be a disaster, maybe bliss, but likely something in between. I just thought I’d share the story. IJL may not be the best service, but they were respectful enough to issue me a refund when I respectfully requested one due to moving a long way from any of there service points. That deserves a thumbs-up, or at least none down. I also wanted to share the irony of only seconds after depositing the refund check, I got a text from a woman I’m very attracted to and have plans to see again. How funny is that? Wish me luck!
Sincerely,
It's Just Lunch
I asked all of my dates about their experiences - they had the same complaints! Save your money and do not use this service!
Happy and Single, Probably Forever, But $2200 less spent on frivolity...
CO Sue :-D
The site is discouraging because they do not try to find matches who meet the criteria that you painstakingly discussed with them.
They are discouraging and frustrating because you are never dealing with the same dating director. As a result, you have to re-explain and discuss your history with IJL.
This is a costly investment for what it offers consumers. I pay the same amount of money for 5 dates that a man may pay for 10 dates. Their pricing is inconsistent, unfair and based on no obvious reason as to why there is a difference in how many dates you will receive.
The company is deceptive in its advertising as it leads you to believe that you actually have dates in the area you have designated as your desired dating area. Not so. Even if IJL knows there is no one and never will be anyone available in your area, they don't tell you, but take your money anyway - knowing you will never find a viable match. It is interesting that even the people who work for them will tell you, " We have never had anyone from that area."
I am a distance from my chosen "site, " so I am expected to drive over 200 miles to any date. The date, however, is never expected to drive towards me. This is unfair and clearly indicates their lack of concern for the consumer. A shared drive for both parties would, at least, indicate that the two people were willing to drive to meet one another. Not telling a date, upfront, cancels the likelihood of any match ever working for me due to sheer distance. Very few people want long-distance relationships, so both individuals lose one of their "quota" dates.
In 5 months with IJL, I have had 5 different dating directors. This might be an indication that even the employees are questioning the legitimacy of this organization.
My hope is that this message protects your head and your heart from unnecessary pain and costly investment. There is no indication that this organization will ever fulfill its advertised promise. Beware of this "scam" and meet someone the old-fashioned way - "online."
Dodgy and unprofessional behaviour. Dates were quite pathetic and not according to your requested preference - you get the idea they are matching you simply to fulfill the number of dates committed - not with your preferences in mind. No local consultants in Australia - appear to be running the office out of the US - good luck if you plan to ask them for a refund as they don't seem to be liable for their activities in Australia - no recourse for you if you are disappointed, which you probably will be. I gave up on wasting my time after a few dates and wrote my money off. They are quite arrogant - the sales people call themselves "Directors" - ha! talk about self-inflated egos - they are sales reps for Heaven's sake! You're a smart person and work hard for your money - take it somewhere else where the dating agency will provide you with professional and reliable service and be accountable for their actions - but please don't be so desperate as to allow these shoddy characters to prey on your vulnerability.
I paid $2000 (which, from the reviews I've read, seems high compared to everyone else... lucky me). I then went on 7 dates with unattractive women mostly devoid of personality. I frequently raised my concerns to IJL, telling them they were not matching me with women I found attractive, and they continually assured me they'd find me a better match on my next match. Eventually I resorted to asking for a refund for the remainder of my contract, which the company refused. I just stopped answering their calls after that. If you're fine dating ugly, boring people, you'll get a lot out of IJL. If not, take that $2000 and go buy yourself some nice clothes and a new haircut and go do some activities where you can meet people more to your liking -- you'll be far more satisfied, I guarantee.
I joined IJL Singapore coz they conviced me IJL is different from other dating service, so they charged me expensive $ 2000 for 12 times. But after I joined, what they promised is all bull*censored*. NOT professional. not what they told me about in the interview,over priced for the service they promise. but never deliver
They are liar, talk all the good thing before you join, but after take your money, they won't care about you. They just arranged you to meet someone that's not match you at all. It's just lunch Singapore is really really terrible.
I had a good experience and felt like I had to defend them in someway. YES it is expensive but to me it was worth it because they do the work and I travel alot and do not have time to sift through profiles. YES you might not click with every date. But I meet some really great, successful guys that I probably not might with without the service. I remain in touch with a quite a few of them
This service is not worth the money. I did not like my "matches" -- they were just setting me up with people to get the requisite number of dates. They frequently fail to follow up, if you complain about something they may become verbally abusive. You cannot get any sort of refund..... Save your money. Do something else with it. DO NOT USE IJL.
I tried out Ann Arbor-Detroit, MI IJL in Nov 2009. Overall a generally negative experience.
My first contact was great - a rep named Dawn had a conversation with me for over an hour to tell me about the service. I was very impressed by her. She said she met her husband through IJL. She assuaged most of the most significant complaints about IJL..that sometimes women will need a date and they'll send me, but that they're still focusing on matching for my best interest. She quoted $500 for 6 months, which was more reasonable than several other markets I've heard of. She listened attentively to what I was looking for and came up with several ideas of good matches.
That was the end of the good experiences. It's entirely unclear what happened on their end from that point on; I want to believe Dawn is a good person and held up her end of the bargain. I was told that weeks later, the Ann-Arbor Detroit IJL branch went out of business, Dawn was promoted to another position, and the operation was taken over by another branch in Indiana. Wow, what a cluster.
I definitely experienced the common complaint of calling and getting no answer or callbacks. Emails with no replies. In an effort of trying to remain objective, this could have been because the branch had gone out of business. Finally one day in December, they set me up with a date. We met an Italian restaurant. This girl was beautiful. Tall, thin, long red hair.
She was a little older than me (I'm in my 20's, she was 30). As soon as we started talking, I got the impression that I was in no way what she was expecting. I either looked different, or too young, or the wrong race, but it was a little bit of a struggle to finish the night. It's pretty unusual that I meet someone who doesn't want to meet me again, but that was pretty much how the night ended.
A week or so later, I had a face-to-face with a new employee with IJL. This woman had no idea what she was doing. She was just hired, and definitely lacked the finesse that Dawn possessed. She was nice enough, but did not possess the experience nor competence of anyone that exceeded your mother or sister.
That was the last I heard from IJL. It's been 4 months since I gave them $500, and I was set up on 1 date. There were 2 other possibilities (also older than me), but they both cancelled before we met.
I did, however, sign up for Match.com 6 weeks ago. I've met SEVEN fantastic women, ALL of whom I've gone on second dates with. The point there is that I liked them, and they liked me. It certainly helped that they actually could see photos & descriptions of me before we met, and that we could e-mail back and forth beforehand. Seven first dates, over a dozen total dates, and I'm out maybe 30 bucks in subscription fees. I was able to pre-select dates that were actually younger than me, and that met some of my other criteria that I couldn't do with IJL.
The biggest advantage of IJL is anonymity; I did bump into a co-worker on Match.com within 2 weeks. In no way can IJL's database of matches compare to the size of Match.com, nor can their one-date-per-month (at best) frequency compare to the all-you-can-eat approach at Match.com.
I paid $1200 with the promise of 14 dates in one year. I only had 6 dates and the guys were NOT a good match. They kept matching me with guys more than 10 years older or didn't have any similar interests. They would guilt you and almost force you to go on the date even though the match they came up with was way off from the requirements you gave them when you signed up for the service. After my 6 dates over about a six month period I did not hear from them for a year and a half. When they did call they claimed to have 2 great dates for me but I had to pay another $1800 for another year of service. I told them that they had not held up their end of the original service agreement and that I still had 8 dates coming before I had to pay for additional service. The girl said that she would check into it. All that happened was about a week later I had a voicemail left on my phone reminding me to send in my $1800 check for another year of service. Then again today, about 4 years after the original service agreement, I received a phone call saying that they had another great date for me. However in order to get the date I had to pay for another year of service. I again told them that they still have not fulfilled their original agreement and I still am owed 8 free dates. Again they claim they are going to check into it. I'm sure they are just going to call back hoping that I am dumb enough to send them more money for services they do not perform. If you don't have time to find your own dates please look for a professional matchmaker with a better reputation... and not the online dating sites either. Just for Lunch may have been ok when it started and was featured years ago on Oprah but now it is just a money soaking scam.
First, I called IJL to try to resolve the matter. The same person who originally tried to sell me on their services, now said that since I had given her my credit card infromation, she assumed I wanted to sign up even though I did not sign their agreement. She also refused to give me the contact information for any manager for me to deal with to resolve the matter. I have contacted my credit card company to dispute the charges.
I would recomend everyone to stay as far away from this service as possible.
I disagree! I'm a 46 year old professional woman and I had several great dates! The girls in Milwaukee are very helpful, friendly, and want you to succeed! Not every date I went on was great and some I was wondering why they picked him for me but in the end, the guy I wasn't impressed about after hearing what he was like over the phone I ended up dating for over a year! It didn't work out in the end because he moved to CA, and I couldn't because of my kids, but we keep in touch and I've signed up for another year with It's Just Lunch! We both agree it's a wise investment! Just keep an open mind!
I guess, you pay for the ease of it. It's certainly more expensive than Match.com, but it also involves less work and, at least in my case, the screening interview weeded out people that I clearly wouldn't be interested in.
If the cost isn't prohibitive, it's worth trying out. If you want to find someone, you have to be out there looking!
Did you use this service here in South Florida?
and they leave a stupid message.
I have learned to check my facts with the date and often times the info they give me about the date are grossly wrong or exaggerated. (guy was 52 but I was told he was early 40s, guy does NOT run in marathans...barely exercises, a business owner? hahaha yea right!) The men were also told little stories about me that weren't true and I am not into misleading people.
They will try to get you to renew your contact before it's over and promise more "personal attention." I was once again promised certain men with traits I was looking for but when I didn't renew the contract, the men suddenly didn't exist anymore.
One guy that I went on a date with was told that there were more women than men in the database. I was told that there were more men that women. The database incidently is not on a computer. That would be too easy for lawsuits to track so everything is paper driven/files.
They are a business and are VERY good and selling you their lines.
I am not bitter or angry. My contract is done thank goodness. I do wish that I had made better use of my money. I wanted to let others out there know that perhaps the $2000 can be better spent on other dating sites.
M
From It’s Just Lunch
Was kind, caring about me as a client, took to heart what I had to say & went right to work for me!
Truly she could see the kind of woman I wanted & Desired and that’s The Best woman!
She heard what I wanted out of Life during the Interview, she took time with me as, I poured into her Who I was searching for Listened & She takes her Job Serious as well!
To Fulfill My Soul mate Dream!
Erika takes here job serious & I have the utmost Respect for her & the Staff was very Nice Also!
Tony Ilacqua
I joined IJL because I wanted someone to do some of the work for me. This ended up being more work than doing it yourself through things like match or eharmony. When I had my one date through IJL, my date told me his experience was the same and when he finally had his in-person meeting with IJL the person he met with spent more time asking him to hire her at his company than getting his feedback.
If you are looking to receive good customer service and return phone calls, keep looking IJL won't meet your expectations.
It's Just Lunch is a scam; the company uses tacky sales techniques and promises to find someone nice for you. I was doubtful but decided to give it a try. I joined in NY and paid $1,000. I was set up with two terrible dates. My second date did not have a job, was on a verge of depression and spent half an hour badmouthing the company and telling me that he had many scheduled dates with women who failed to show up to meet him.
I was very specific about my matches, but the two dates I received did not match my requirements at all. I phoned the company several times and they never had a match for me. There is more to the story, but to make it short....I finally called my credit card company requesting my money back. After reviewing my complaint, I received a full refund. A few days later, I received a phone call from a Director of It's Just Lunch claiming that the company will fight the refund. My credit card reviewed the complaint again, but did not give the money back to the company. I am happy that I was able to get a full refund. Please do not join this company. Dating on your own is difficult, but It's Just Lunch is a terrible company that takes your money knowing that they have no appropriate matches for their clients.
You were probably matched with someone clueless otherwise he would have been onto you pretty quick. Either that or you were just desperate.
I have two complaints. One is not knowing how big my dating pool is. I have a certain age range that I'm willing to date, but I also don't want kids. When you take the whole paid IJL pool and kick out those who don't qualify on just those two criteria...what does that leave me? They assure me the pool is plenty big.
That's where my second complaint comes in. I think they set me up with every single one of the men left in the pool. When the call you get so little information. He age, his height, his eye color, his occupation, a couple of hobbies (which shockingly match something that you checked as being interested in). It's really hard to know anything about the guys with such little information. In fact, some dates have been so bad that he and I have actually compared notes about our experiences and it sounds like the men have the same frustrastion as the ladies do...
I've lost track of how many dates I went on. Thought I made one actual connection, but he never called, which is his loss. But all of the others have been duds. No attraction. The guys are often nervous as hell and have little to talk about outside of what they do for a living. They also ask very little about me, my job or interests. I'm getting tired of doing all the work...but the more I learn about them in that one hour the more I know its not going to work. (Seriously guys, even if you have a bad relationship with your family...don't bad mouth your mother on a first date.)
IJL never called me after my dates to get my feedback like they said they would. I always had to make the call.
I agree with someone else's post that I wish IJL would do more via email instead of phone. Especially when setting up or confirming dates.
I don't mind meeting someone for drinks afterwork, I know lunch can be hard. But I don't like the "drinks" at 7 pm at a fancy restaurant where you often get seated at a table instead of in the bar. That becomes dinner...which will take two hours when the wait staff knows you're on a date, but can't read that you're miserable and ready to go. Lunch is much easier to keep to one hour.
2. WAY over priced for the service they promise. but never deliver
3. RUDE, RUDE, RUDE (Liz/Beth)
4. They lie
5. No e-mail correspondence. I live by my blackberry, why cant we coordinate a date via e-mail? I do it all the time with work and my friends! "thats not the way they do things"
Do I need to go on?
Try together, table for 2 or the other outfits - stay away from Its Just Lunch - they are out to lunch
1. Nothing personal about the service. Dates are completely random. They do not choose someone for you according to your likes/dislikes at all.
2. Two guys were complete wackos.
3. Way overpriced! $1200 and they gave me four dates, calling from Florida and read off a resume from some old interview.
4. Refused a refund.
5. GO ONLINE MUCH BETTER AND CHEAPER!