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Elite Personal Search Complaint - Elite Personal Search. SCAM. - Dating Service
Dating Service - Complaint
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- I was pressured by the "loose with the truth" saleswoman into writing her a check. The next day I decided to back out and called to tell her not to cash my check (which was a cashiers check, so I couldn't cancel it myself). She ignored my phone calls for 3 days (just long enough to cash check) and then got back to me saying sorry she had already cashed it. I have pursued a refund since that time without using the service at all. I am still pursuing the refund.
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Posted by LadyScot on 2009-10-04:
Sigh. No comment. The fact that you were 'pressured' into obtaining a cashier's check from your bank says enough.
Posted by zbtaldo on 2009-10-05:
What does it say? I made this post 10 hours ago, so clearly you are an employee trolling the web for reviews.
DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE. If they followed their own protocol and did what they said they were going to do (i.e run background checks, not distribute my personal info, etc) I would have used the service. The fact that they would not return the funds says enough. Why, if they are a reputable service, do they need to keep $6,000 for doing nothing?
DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE. If they followed their own protocol and did what they said they were going to do (i.e run background checks, not distribute my personal info, etc) I would have used the service. The fact that they would not return the funds says enough. Why, if they are a reputable service, do they need to keep $6,000 for doing nothing?
Posted by LadyScot on 2009-10-05:
Why is it that every time someone doesn't agree with a review we have to be working for the company?! NO I WORK FOR WALMART.
Now that we have cleared that up. My point is that you claim you were pressured into 'writing a check'. NO...You went to your bank, had time to request a cashier's check, and gave your money away. The time you spent waiting for the bank teller to process your cashier's check could have been spent thinking about what you were going to do.
Aside from that, you paid for the service. It is no one's fault but yours that you haven't used it.
Now that we have cleared that up. My point is that you claim you were pressured into 'writing a check'. NO...You went to your bank, had time to request a cashier's check, and gave your money away. The time you spent waiting for the bank teller to process your cashier's check could have been spent thinking about what you were going to do.
Aside from that, you paid for the service. It is no one's fault but yours that you haven't used it.
Posted by Sparticus on 2009-10-05:
I think I've been sold on something I really didn't need or want more than a few times in my life. It sucks. Only advice I can add is to give yourself some time to think about it next time, and do some research online. Don't fall for the line when they say the deal/price/discount whatever is only good if you buy it now. 9/10 when you come back the next day, you can still get that same price if you really want it.
Posted by Skye on 2009-10-05:
The fact she pressured you into getting a cashiers check, should of put up red flags.
Buyers remore, and buyer beware.
Good luck.
Buyers remore, and buyer beware.
Good luck.
Posted by LadyScot on 2009-10-05:
Skye, I don't think she was pressured into a cashiers check. She said she was pressured into 'writing a check'. You don't write cashier's checks. So she had time to leave the business, go to the bank, request the check, drive back and hand it over. ALL without once thinking...humm...should I do this.
I am beginning to wonder if maybe the guys she met were not all she expected and wants her money back.
I am beginning to wonder if maybe the guys she met were not all she expected and wants her money back.
Posted by Skye on 2009-10-05:
She says she went and got a cashiers check.
Posted by Skye on 2009-10-05:
Again, I stand by my words, buyers remorse.
Posted by Skye on 2009-10-05:
OP, how much money was involved?
Posted by MissMarple on 2009-10-05:
$6000
Posted by Skye on 2009-10-05:
MM, for $6000, they better have promised her a few husbands, lol.
Posted by Wally86 on 2009-10-05:
Try craigslist its free.
Posted by Skye on 2009-10-05:
http://www.elitepersonalsearch.com/
Posted by zbtaldo on 2009-10-06:
I am still dealing with the company, I will let you know how it turns out.
Posted by LadyScot on 2009-10-06:
Skye, this is what I meant "I was pressured by the "loose with the truth" saleswoman into writing her a check"
The OP says she was pressured into writing a check, then says it was a cashiers check. My point is if she had written a check there, I could almost see the 'pressured' part of the complaint. But the fact that she had time to go to the bank, get the cashier's check, go back and give it to the salesperson tells a different story. This amount of time was plenty to change her mind.
The OP says she was pressured into writing a check, then says it was a cashiers check. My point is if she had written a check there, I could almost see the 'pressured' part of the complaint. But the fact that she had time to go to the bank, get the cashier's check, go back and give it to the salesperson tells a different story. This amount of time was plenty to change her mind.
Posted by PepperElf on 2009-10-06:
that's an excellent point lady s
sometimes you have to be able to tell them "no"
and getting a cashier's check takes a bit more effort than just writing a check out.
but how much "pressure" is really pressure?
hard sell isn't actually illegal
annoying yes, but not illegal
sometimes you have to be able to tell them "no"
and getting a cashier's check takes a bit more effort than just writing a check out.
but how much "pressure" is really pressure?
hard sell isn't actually illegal
annoying yes, but not illegal
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