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I contacted The Allied Network, and I was told in no uncertain terms that I wasn't a proper candidate for them. Reason was that I worked in the skilled trades and women weren't interested in men that worked the trades. I would be too difficult to match. This left a very sour taste in my mouth.
A few weeks later I was called in to what eventually turned out to be an extremely high pressure sales meeting. The consultant that previously rejected me suddenly had a large number of women on file that wanted to meet me. My questions were not properly answered. I was beginning to feel that I marked because I supposedly had a high income (from the trades) and was desperate to meet women. Consultant remarked that I worked in an environment where "I worked with a bunch of guys, who knew a bunch of guys, who knew a bunch of guys " several times during the sales pitch, and that without signing up, I would never meet anyone.
I finally had enough and did not bother signing up. Good thing I didn't.
A few months earlier, I experienced the same treatment from Lifemates.
Filed for Bankruptcy
I'm sending this note to several people...:
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As you may know, Allied Network filed for bankruptcy. (See their web site.)
Would you be willing to be contacted by a reporter and tell your story of how you were ripped off?
You are not the only one. One woman paid $10, 000 to Allied just before Allied filed for bankruptcy. I'm sure there are many others.
It's possible that Allied's owners may open up business under another name after a few months. They need to be exposed.
matchmaking
Yes, my thoughts are the same. I have information if anyone who has been taken wants to know.
Please contact me at periolink@gmail.com.
Take them to Small Claims Court
I have an active claim against Allied Network in Small Claims Court. At the pre -trial date they agreed to a full reund, but not to cover my expenses. Thus, I am taking them to trial in Aug. Another women have received full refunds. Take them to Small Claims court. It will establish a very long list of precidents. Contact me regarding the proce...
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I signed up with this service after being promised that they would set me up with someone who met my requirements ie. post-graduate, no kids. I also assumed that they would be doing criminal checks as well as they said they screen.
First match - had a criminal record that I managed to inadvertently pry out of him. He also had a daughter. I complained to the Allied and mentioned his criminal record - they kept him but set him up with someone else.
They really don't care - some of the women are rude and brush you off completely. We pay a lot of money for this service and it is definitely a scam. Save your money.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Scam Artists
This company seems to be a classic scam!!! Unfortunately I was prey and fell into it. Their fee is astronomical, their contract is full of loopholes for them to get out of providing the service that I was promised in glowing terms from the saleswoman...then the reality hit like a ton of bricks when I started to start the process and try to get the service I...
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I got several flyers from Allied and decided to have a try. I called them first and asked about the price, the lady on the phone told me it is about $500 to $1000, I booked an appointment on Monday (July 21), and they reminded me several times about bringing the credit card, they said they won’t write down the card number, it was only for identification purpose. The door was closed, I had to ring the bell and told them my name and my appointment time, and then I was able to get in. I filled form about myself and the match I was wishing. A consultant named Susan came in and said they have lots of great guys like lawyers, doctors, financial advisors in their file and showed me the price list, it was from $8500 to $9000 and I was shocked, I said I will think about it, and was ready to walk out of the door, she stopped me and asked what price I can accept, I said I was told it was $500 to $1000, and then she said she will give me $1000 for 3 referrals, I hesitated and said I will think about it and Susan showed inpatient and said “I just need your credit card”, I finally gave her my credit card, and signed the membership paper.
After I walked out of the door, I regretted and called them next day to cancel the service. I was told I can only get $500 back, they said they had to prepare some paper work for the refund, and it will take one week.
Could somebody tell me is there a way that I can get my $1000 back?
I really couldn’t understand why I gave her my credit card that time, my intention was to go to Allied and get a picture of the company first.
I went thru a similar process but forget the organizations name, and this was back in 1995 or so. Their office was located near Yonge and York Mills I believe, near a subway stop in a small mall. Talked with a young lady, was given a form to fill, spent about an hour there etc. Then she laid on the costs, $1, 000+ at the time and this is 10 years ago. When I didn't want to pay or continue, the girl was very rude, telling me to go back to the bars and want ads etc. I was furious at how I was treated when I didn't want to comply, and told the rep that if wasn't a girl, I would have bopped her in the nose (not very adult of me but that's how angry they made me feel with lying first then treating me like dirt)!
Sorry to hear some of you lost money and nice the hear these warnings but like most of you, I find it hard to meet another due to work, scheduling and the like and have seen these new adds, and just today got an annonymous letter in the mailbox at home, spewing the same BS about finding love etc but not saying how much that love will cost!
Be well and be careful out there,
Peter
HA, here's the best one!
I have a child from a previous relationship...they didn't tell the woman they introduced me to that I had a child!
Sketchy all around, they got me for $8000. I am happily married now, what a waste.
If a class action suit is started let me know!
durhamboy@hotmail.com
They got me too. I signed up after Susan told me she had several men in mind for me who fit my criteria "perfectly". I have been on two dates. One outside my race which was not my preference but they pressured me that I wasn't being "open" enough. Would have thought for $9, 500 I could have preferences. The first guy never called me until two weeks later, cancelled out on meeting me twice, opting to go to a strip club with co-workers. They he blew me off completely. These are the wonderful men who are costing me $1, 000 each to meet?
I have since asked for a refund. They don't return my calls or emails. They are long past the six weeks they are allowed in between matches. They don't have anyone who fits my criteria, and they ignore it anyway trying to push people on you who they can't match. they attempt to downplay the fact that they can't give you what you want and then try to make it seem like deficiency of yours. If only I had read the article in McLeans and found these comments before being stupid enough to give that lying manipulator my money. Now it's going to be have to be a lawsuit to get my money back becasue they like to threaten everyone with their lawyers.
If anyone is interested in getting together to discuss this matter further please contact me at lisa_rdh@rogers.com.
The Allied network came recommended to me. I was told the fee was "a few hundred dollars". Susan showed up late from lunch. They left a stack of books with wedding photos etc. including photos of someone I know socially (never knew they met this way; a little embarrassing.) After extensive questioning, the fee table was presented - starting at $12, 500. We finally settled on a lot less "because I was late from lunch".
Their suggestions, after 4 weeks...
Fellow #1 lives in Orangeville. I live in Toronto. I don't have a car. He rejected me.
Fellow #2 has been "separated, but for 2 years." We all know what "separated" means in this business.
Fellow#3 was a real estate investor. Anyone who owns a house is a real estate investor, but there aren't too many Brad Lambs out there.
Fellow#4 was a surgeon who likes skiing. Yay! Except that he monopolized 85 % of the conversation and only did the double diamond hills at Tremblant and Whistler, and I could too if I took lessons.
Can someone tell me why a surgeon is skiing high-risk hills?
Now they don't return my calls.
And I thought something was wrong with me.
This company as a dating service is one of the worst out there. I have heard so many complaints against them. And I went in personally and found them to be horrible.
The CBC did an expose on them that was aired several times, but the company threatened a lawsuit & the piece was removed. The CBC! The nations most respected newsnetwork. This place is VERY shady.
I went in to see, & the saleswoman Susan is an expert at pressure sales & lies. They will try to charge you thousands of dollars. What they claim to what they actually produce, is miles away
They don't produce what they promise at all! Beware!
Find love somewhere else
Hello
I would like to sincerely warn all prosepective clients of this truly horrid organization, to stay as far away as possible.
They are expert salespeople, operating an organization that is extreme in its lack of ethics toward the individuals who pay for their services.
The only thing that they truly care about, is sealing the deal, having you sign a contract, and forking over literally thousands of dollars. Thousands of dollars, up to $9000.00 for a few dates.
The staff are untrained young people, working out of a basement, who never ever meet you (the clients). They are certainly no experts in finding you a love connection, and they largely don't care, and are just biding time to get you through the contract and off of their list - completing their contractual obligation to you with the least work and effort possible.
It is a horrid organization, and horrid system that does not do what it claims.
They are certainly not a respected organization, and the lawsuits and complaints to the Better Business Bureau are staggering. But new people, uninformed, keep signing up...so the money keeps pouring in, and they remain in business, doing the bare minimum to get people dates...often dates that do not anywhere near resemble what one has requested for a potential match.
Do yourself a favour, stay far away from this organization, and warn others about it. You CAN find love for yourself, but there are free sites out there, and to tell you the truth EHarmony sounds alot better and more authentic than this money scamming set up.
Also, you never know when you'll meet your love! It could be at a bus stop or grocery store!
Best wishes, and stay away from The Allied Network Scam
Soulless criminals!
SCAMMERS - who prey on lonely, single people - the worse kind of criminals. I'm a single, upwardly mobile, business executive. I spend a lot of time traveling and thus its hard to meet people. I was getting bored with the bar scene and saw a TV ad from 'Ontario's oldest and best dating agency - The Allied Network'. So I thought I would check it out.
I called the number listed and was put on the line with a very smooth talking Ms. Luci Parker, a 'consultant', who insisted I come in to meet with her. When I attended a meeting at a downtown office, Ms. Parker repeatedly assured me, that the type of partner that I was seeking, - namely, a 30-35 year old, attractive, intelligent and educated woman, was highly available in the hundreds of ready and willing female Allied members. Ms. Parker also guaranteed that I would have absolutely no-problem meeting the woman of my dreams based on these attributes. She told me that I was 'an ideal candidate and a great catch' and assured me that this type of introduction would happen within weeks.
Based on representations and promises made to me by Ms. Parker as to the type, availability and age of female members who would be introduced to me, I joined the Allied Network in August 2004. As it turns out all of the representations and promises made to me were false.
After being forced to pay an expensive membership fee ($5,300.00), I was turned over to the matching department (a completely different group), who told me the exact opposite, that I was told old to meet someone like the members Ms. Parker had promised and that they would try to find someone of their choosing that would be more suitable. I was shocked and outraged.
Ms. Parker committed a Fraudulent Misrepresentation, in knowingly and wantonly lying to me about the type, age and availability of female members that you were going to introduce to me in an effort to induce to join their membership and immediately pay a huge fee. Their own Matching Dept confirmed this in October 2004, when one of the employees told me that she could not think of any members (out of the alleged hundreds) who would want to meet me based on the specifics that Ms. Parker had promised. To this date, almost 4 years later, not one of the promised introductions has occurred.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
We sued. They lost
Did the company change names? I tried to open their site and it takes me to "Lifemates". I am also another woman who fall for the charms and promises of Allied network reps. I paid $2500 and just got one introduction to a wonderful gentleman who became one of my closest friends. However, I never got introduced to the other "9" dates I was supposed to have. Is there any way to get the money back from this "disrespectful" business?
Totally agree with you. However, once they are out of business, do we have a chance to get our money back? And how do we do that?
Hi I am all for it, we should get our money back, this is a criminal act, pure stealing from Allied ! This is so disgusting ! We should all meet somewhere and exchange our contact information ! Please let's keep in touch ! we are worth it and deserve better !
Hi there,
I just called allied network today (26 July 2010) and they said that their office is closed effectively since 23rd July 2010, thus they have decided to close shop. In one thing that is a good thing, they can stop preying at people. At the other thing, how can we get our money back? Any suggestion on collectively going after this company to get our money back?
Did you already collect your money?
I am thinking that I will file Allied Network. They are so rude and lies, lies and lies.
Even they haven't returned my refund money after they received my cancellation of membership.
Did you ask the court for fully refund?
I myself worked as a matcher in the dreaded basement several years ago. I left because i could not take it any longer and wanted to work for someone who actually cared and was truthful and honest with their clients. While I was there I took pride in my job and did it to the best i could. Contrary to what some other people would say about us, we would tell the potential clients that it would take awhile between introductions because we did need the time to sort through the enormous number of clients to find them what they were looking for. Yes sometimes we did not succeed but after lengthy chats with them we would try again till we got it right. I myself was pretty proud with the number of successful introductions i myself made. Please don't categorize all of us as the scammer who are not in it for yourself.
With that being said i do totally agree that they accepted people who we could not match just because they needed to fill the quota, and the price tags were staggering and unfair. As a person who worked there i would say the owner is not in it for you and only the money, actually i know that is the truth as there were several meetings about it. So with that said, if you are a client with some introductions left please be patient, as there may be some matchers with a soul trying to make you happy. If not I would say please try and find love else where .
I used to work for the Allied Network. First of all, I'm willing to bet "Nancy A." is a fictional character created by one of the devil's minions because the vocabulary used in that comment was the same sort of tripe we were trained to say in the matching department.
If you've found your way to this site because you're trying to do your research before you decide whether or not to go to the "consultation", I'm so glad you're being smart about this decision, and I hope I can convince you to hang on to that credit card of yours that they claim is required to identify you.
Firstly, let's start with the website. It is very cleverly worded so that it misleads you, but isn't technically untruthful. A very common misconception among the members, I found, was the background checks. There are no background checks. The only thing that matters is that you have a credit card with credit on it. If you can't afford the service and you're a beautiful, young, petite woman with little to no standards that's when you get offered the "dollar special". These people pay next to nothing so that they can be put into the system, but not be actively searched for. Instead, they are used to be set up with men who we can't find a match for, particularily ones who want pretty young things. But since most people who walk through the Allied Network's door have money and standards, these "dollar specials" are few and far between and, as I'm sure you can understand, do not stay active members with the company for too long.
So now onto the consultation. Susan, the sales consultant and the devil's closest minion, is the only face you will speak with. For this reason, I'm not sure how she sleeps at night. She's the only one who has actually looked into the eyes of members. Making a whopping 25% commission, she will promise you the world (verbally so nothing can be proven in court) then takes thousands and thousands of dollars from them. Don't let Susan mislead you. She does not have a hand in the matching. She never overlooks the matches, even if she says she does. If she has promised a new member that all of his or her matches will be overlooked by her, there is a note at the top of their profile saying so, so when we call members about introductions we say, "Susan and I came up with a match for you."
Now onto the matchers. While the devil sits in her ivory tower and Susan is sucking blood on the main floor, the matchers are the busy little rats in the basement trying to deal with matching, complaints and convincing members to accept introductions. We were all asked to decide on fake last names in case any of the notes we took ended up as evidence in court. Some matchers even change their first names. They are offered bonuses for getting a certain amount of complete introductions per week. Since so many who take the job are only there for the money, some matchers will not take care of the members and mislead them into accepting introductions to make bonus. I was part of a generation of matchers (none of which still work there) who were outraged and disgusted by the whole operation, but still needed to put food on their table. We tried to make lemonade, to gather as much information about each member we were dealing with as possible. We had lengthy conversations with them; we took great care when deciding on possible matches; we were honest with the things they might not like about the person we had in mind for them. Every once in a while we would get success stories, and it was deeply satisfying. But the more time we took on those members, the less we could spend on others. There were too many members to make happy, and so many people got ignored. There were thousands of members and only 14 matchers at most. The workload was too much, our work area was a squalor, we were getting yelled at and threatened at least 4 times daily by disgruntled members and we couldn't shake the fact that we really were working for the devil. So we all left one by one.
To anyone who has found this site because they are members already and feel cheated and deceived, I am so deeply sorry. Please help others like you and spread the word about the souless creators of this company. They're taking new members daily, and making tens of thousands of dollars weekly. There are so many disgruntled people out there, and if you join together, something can be done. It's about time that the devil and Susan stop having a happy Chanukkah at the expense of people who only looked onto them for help.
Nancy A... I bet you work for them hmmm?...what do you think guys and gals?
I joined The Allied Network dating service a year ago and I’ve had a wonderful experience with them. In fact, they introduced me to my fiance and we are getting married next month. I was referred to The Allied Network by two friends who met their husbands there. I was very sceptical about the whole process, but they convinced me to give it a try. I met with a lovely woman at The Allied Network named Susan, who immediately put me at ease and assured me that she did have the type of man I was looking for (50’s, professional, honest, fun, family oriented). My first three dates were with very nice, professional men, but no spark. On the fourth date I met my future husband. I am so grateful to Susan and her team at The Allied Network for bringing us together!
Nancy A.
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