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Complaint Review: Charming Brides - Internet
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Charming Brides Olga Bulyga Deceptive business practices Kharkov, Ukraine and Poltava, Ukraine Ukraine
This agency began in the early 2000s, as time progressed, they began to move out of Kharkov and into other cities like Donestsk, Sumi, Poltava, Simfereopol and more cities and small towns throughout Ukraine. Olga Bulyga is the owner and her Western recruiter and "enforcer" is Allan Smith.
Mr. Smith is only in this business because of the money he makes. He married someone at least 18 years younger. He's from New Zealand, but she rarely travels there with him since she stays back in Ukraine running their portion of Charming Brides.
I know of two affiliate offices that closed (Donetsk and Sumi) because they forced and even threatened clients that went there first instead of the Kharkov office. They want to funnel the male clients into Kharkov first. Olga has her employees charge clients for EVERYTHING...there is NOTHING free here..NOTHING! She is very rude, condensending and read almost every email that clients send to the office managers or personal assistants. I knew 3 employees that quit because of Olga's ugly behavior.
She and Alan Smith are only interested in making money and even if it's just one visit, they will ride you for every dime they can get. Once a woman registers, they do a brief questionnaire and NOT every woman there is interested in getting married. Just like many of the men go there seeking "tourist sex" They don't advertise it, but if you stick around long enough, you can get sex.
One at least 5 different occasions, translators were caught writing responses on the women's behalf adding sweet enticing words to keeping the business going. The Donestsk office was one of their busiest, but the owner/manager there left and eventuallyin utter disgust. They pushed her to get more clients because the home office in Kharkov gets a percentage of each client. Eventually, that money is paid by the client/customer.
I would say not to go to Kharkov and if you do go to one of their outlying offices arrange your own transportation. Pratice up on Russian and learn some basic commands or words. DO NOT give it to the pressures of spending all of this money to buy simple gifts because all of their merchandise is marked up at least 100% and sold in Euros. Olga then converts those into USD and makes on hell of a profit.
Allan Smith is a player and he knows Russian and has local guys he pays to enforce incase you don't want to pay up. Get to know who he is and if you see him around, get out of that area. Do no carry large amounts of money and leave your passport elsewhere. Prepare to have an escape route if you need to get back to Borispol. This is the worse case scenario, but don't be afraid of this "matey"
IF you go, pick 2 or 3 women and then arrange to communicate with them directly. Again, Olga Bulyga is NOT out for your best interest. She runs a business and is only intersted in making money. Several reports have been filed with the US, UK, GE, and FR embassy. They are aware of her practices...be smart about this and do your research
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Filing a complaint
#2Author of original report
Fri, October 09, 2015
In October 2009, 2 complaints were filed directly with your office. Three of your staff members quit, Anna, Kate and Julie. However, you gave some new staff members with similar names, but they never release their last names Olga. You've been seen on social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter using a different last name, making requests for friends to join your FB page. Mr. Smith continues to promote your business in Australia and New Zealand. The only original employee you have is Irina and she manages your office. You have recently lost your affiliate in Poltava. Until, your lying and misleading customers, the truth is surfacing about you and Mr. Smith's deceptive business practices. Your rebuttal failed to answer any of the claims made against you. Mike in Flagstaff, Arizona
CharmingBrides
Kharkov,Vermont,
Ukraine
Thank you for your opinion
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, May 05, 2015
Thank you very for your reply. Unfortunately, I am not able to identify you by your nick name only. Would you be so kind to indicate your name and surname in Charming Brides site so I will be able to find out your profile and to make internal investigation.
If you do not want to expose private information here,You are free to contact us on [email protected]
Looking forward to hear from you soon.
Olga
Charming Brides owner.
Deceived
San Diego,California,
Foreign Booty call
#4Author of original report
Mon, October 20, 2014
Obviously the individual posting this poor and sad rebuttal felt it necessary to attack and claim this was a foreign sex call. It's obvious an intent to smear this posting that also supports the additional postings by others throughout the U.S. Just because a person goes to another country does not necessarily mean it's for sex. That can be had here, this is about misleading customers and telling others that may be interested to watch out for their misleading and deceiving business practices. I doubt you could ever understand when you scrape from the bottom of the barrel in your desperate search for that "booty call" as you called it
Melissa
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,
Memo to Henchman
#5Consumer Comment
Mon, October 20, 2014
Maybe you would have better luck in the romance market if you would stop trying to "buy" women from the Ukraine. Most of the men who go looking for mail order brides (or want some foreigh booty call) are such losers that American women don't want them!
