Contributed by: Editor on Saturday, June 21 2008 @ 08:22 am
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According to several news sources (ABC15.com and AZ Central) the Arizona Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Great Expectations dating service, alleging they misled their customers.
Great Expectations has said the case has no merit. This service has over 30 years of experience in matchmaking and is one of the few dating services which actually meet their clients face to face at one of their offices. They have more than a couple dozen offices spread across the US.
The suit was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court against Sun West Video, Inc which runs Great Expectations for Singles.
The suit is seeking refunds for consumers and financial penalties against the company.
The Attorney General's office alleged that Great Expectations:
- Misrepresented to consumers the overall number of participating members and members in certain age groups.
- Told consumers that two to three marriages occurred among members every month when it had no credible basis for such statements.
- Misrepresented to consumers that it had conducted a criminal background check on all of its members.
- Used high-pressure sales tactics that included sales representatives urging consumers to contact their credit card companies to get an increased credit limit to pay for a membership.
- Showed potential new members written profiles and photographs of people they said were Great.
These allegations have not been proven in court yet but, we have decided to remove this dating site review from our categories for the time being, just to be safe.