Complaint Review: Sterling Introductions Matchmaker

Is Sterling Introductions Matchmaking Service A Fraud?

                                http://www.sterlingintroductions.com/

I became a client of Sterling Introductions matchmaking service, Atlanta based matchmaking service run by Ulrike Eitel (aka. Uli Wills), in December 2009. I hired her to find a husband for me. She told me it would not be a problem or take long since I was attractive and intelligent.

1. I was
   
   immediately matched up with a man from Amsterdam who I suspect is Ulis friend
   
   and not an actual Sterling Introductions matchmaking member.
2. After
   
   December there were no more matches. In March I emailed Uli about how slow
   
   the process was taking, she told me that the men she had in mind for me
   
   met other women outside the service, then put their memberships on hold. This
   
   was suspicious since when I signed up she told several matches were
   
   available. I told her I had doubts she could find me a match. I was
   
   ignored for two months: no emails, phone calls, monthly newsletters
   
   stopped. This is not the service expected on the level that the $5,000 fee
   
   I paid should warrant.
3. I
   
   called the first week of May and Uli blamed the bad customer service of
   
   Sterling Introductions on mistakenly not keeping in contact with me and
   
   being very busy for two months. Being busy is a sorry and unprofessional
   
   excuse when you are charging $5,000 for an upscale matchmaking service. I
   
   might as well be on a regular dating site, as least they have better customer
   
   service. I told Uli I wanted a partial refund. She said she doesnt give
   
   refunds and when I said I would report her to the Better Business Bureau
   
   and other relevant organizations, she told me to go ahead.
4. After
   
   this, I did some investigating and found out she was the VP of Finance for Merit Transportation , a company
   
   located in Omaha, Nebraska that is accused of  insurance
   
   fraud. Channel 6 News did some stories about
   
   employees having premiums taken out of their checks for health insurance
   
   that was non-existent. The employees couldnt get reimbursed for
   
   exorbitant medical bills since the insurance was privately funded and Merit
   
   Transportation filed bankruptcy. Some have filed lawsuits. Please see the
   
   links below and Google search the company name and her name for more
   
   information.  

This information made me think that Ulrike Eitel (Uli Wills) and Sterling Introductions could be running a scam on me. It is highly suspect when a person who was VP of Finance for a business accused of insurance fraud and now runs a business where large amounts of money are paid.  I would suggest not using Sterling Introductions.   

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