Complaint Review: Orlando Singles

Hi there,

I have read your report and have expierenced the same exact thing from Orlando Singles. They have scammed tons of people out of thousands of dollars. I would like to join together and bring down this company.

Please feel free to contact me at annietlc@comcast.net.

Thank you,

Ann

Hi Margie,

My name is Ann and I am also a victim of Orlando Singles Scam! I also have tons of proof and have expeirienced very similiar issues that you have had with the company.

A Class Action Lawsuit needs to be taken. There are hundreds of victims and we need to bring down this company together.

Please feel free to contact me at annietlc@comcast.net. So that we can further discuss this in detail. It is time that justice is served to all victims of Orlando Singles Scam.

Thank you,

Ann

I wholeheartedly support your post and want you to know I had a similar experience when I first moved to

Orlando in 2013.

During the initial interview, they asked me many questions about what I was looking for in a man and why

I thought I was not in a relationship. They used high pressure tactics to get me to an emotional place and

gave their sales pitch at a most vulnerable time. They promised things they ended up ultimately not

delivering and offered safety by claiming to screen their members backgrounds and credit. After the fact

I discovered that in reality, they do not check criminal backgrounds, but do check credit scores only to

see how much money they can maximally charge, which was right below my credit limit. They then

pressured me to sign up that very day and sign a confidentiality contract stating that I would not share

how much I paid since they do not provide such a "great deal" to all of their members. I have never

used dating services before to know enough about them and what they should cost, so I agreed.

A

member is not granted access to their online database until he/she writes a profile and takes a

photo/video shoot that then has to be loaded on their website. They conveniently scheduled my

photo/video shoot a week after I signed the contract- longer than the three days a person has to

legally cancel a contract. During those three days, they led me to believe I was receiving VIP treatment

by calling me and suggesting members (whom I could not see online just yet), after which I never heard

from them until my photo shoot. I therefore had no experience with the services I was paying for prior

to the three day window so that I could know if it was or was not what I wanted.

When I finally browsed their database, I found none of the profiles which they mentioned to me, but only profiles of members

no woman would even remotely consider dating, many of whom were "unavailable" at that! Realizing I

had paid an absurd amount of money for merely access to an online database containing low class

members of society, invites to events which are poorly attended, far away, and cost additional money,

no personal matching service, no other contact besides mass emails, I tried to resolve the problem via

email and multiple phone calls.  I requested a cancellation of my contract with a refund. The sales

representatives essentially laughed in my face and refused, only offering me more "deals" to try to

appease me. Knowing that no amount of benefits would make me a happy member further shows that

they are not in the business for their members, but only to make money. I tried countless times to

schedule an in-person meeting, but remarkably they were never available.

To date, I have filed complaints with the BBB, FTC, Attorney General in both FL and TX, FL Division

of Consumer Affairs, News13, wrote a letter to Joe Merigi (company CEO), met with a local attorney,

and contacted the FBI. None of these has resulted in resolution. If you have ANY luck, I would love

to be a part of bringing this company down. Even if I don't get my money back, bringing justice to

all those who they have hurt and preventing them from hurting others would be worth it. 

Furthermore, I did some research and found that there have been thousands of identical stories

reported online and multiple lawsuits against this company throughout the United States where

branches of this company exist. Please see below and attached pages. Perhaps you can use this

to support your story with the police.

http://www.complaintsboard.com/bycompany/great-expectations-a1051.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/dating_services/great_expectations.html

http://www.realscam.com/f8/great-expectations-dating-scam-89/

http://www.bbb.org/kansas-city/business-reviews/dating-service/great-expectations-in-overland-park-ks-91020026/

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2005/02/14/daily37.html?page=all

http://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/business-reviews/dating-service/great-expectations-in-roslyn-ny-70674/

http://articles.philly.com/2006-08-26/news/25397350_1_clients-great-expectations-success-rate

 https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/TGAnnounces500kSettlementWithScottsdaleDatingServiceConsentJudgment.pdf

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/State-tells-Great-Expectations-to-get-real-in-897596.php

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/State-tells-Great-Expectations-to-get-real-in-897596.php

http://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=74804

http://www.doj.state.wi.us/sites/default/files/2013-news/consent-judgment-gemil-jrment-jrm-20131119.pdf

http://legalnewsline.com/news/245648-wisconsin-ag-reaches-500000-settlement-with-dating-service provider

http://www.law360.com/articles/291094/insurer-can-dump-dating-site-in-scam-suit-wis-court

GOOD LUCK! Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help!