- Internet Dating guide
- General purpose dating agencies
- Local Dating Agencies
- Speciality dating agencies
- Dating agencies for professionals only
- Social events and Dinner parties organisations
- Association of British Introduction Agencies (The Trade Association)
- Questions to ask any dating agency before joining
- Info to help women understand men
- Info to help men understand women
- Date safely - the rules
- Tips for Successful dating
- Tips for professionals to find partners
- A Professional Introduction Agency
- How to complain
about poor service & refunds - Lonely Hearts Advertisements
Personal Introduction Agencies
THE EXECUTIVE CLUB of ST JAMES'S
THE TOP PROFESSIONAL INTRODUCTION AGENCY IN THE U.K.
OR YOUR MONEY BACK
Members Questions Answered
SPECIAL NOTE
We advise that you read this site well, even if we are not the
right introduction agency for you, as you will gain useful "inside
knowledge" to check out other agencies. Dip into the questions that are
important to you. But always para10 and para31 and Ladies read www.letsmeet.me.uk
Unfortunately we consider a minority of agencies little short of
a scam. Ask appropriate questions for example "how many members do you
have?" may get you an answer of 3000, this may be the total members they
have ever
had but not available to date, or an accumulation of members over many years
for whom the service has not worked, or the majority of members are all the
wrong sex and an inappropriate age group for you etc. or often the membership
figures claimed are just not
true. We know of one agency that claims membership figures of
3000 when in reality they do not have 200. Ask how many male / female members
they have between a certain age and socioeconomic group. It may well be that if
you are a 35 year old man that the majority of their members are ladies aged
over 50 as many agencies accept ladies aged 50's and 60's, with many in the
latter age group. Ask if they will put the claimed membership figure / dates
promised to you in writing ( it would go long way to obtaining a refund if the
service falls far short). Ask the price (what other product or service will not
tell you the price before meeting you?).
ABOUT US
We are designed for younger professionals. - ladies aged 24 to
43 **, men to age 59
** (for ladies aged 40 to 58 and men to 59 may we recommend you
read www.executiveparties.co.uk
1. THESE FEATURES MAKE The Executive Club of St. James's truly
UNIQUE to ANY other U.K. Introduction agencies. It would take an exceptional introduction
agency to meet just
8 of these 44
listed benefits. Most agencies cannot offer even one or two of these benefits.
Many agencies will not disclose the price until the end of your interview, then
to be told it is 8,10, 20K or even £60K. We display clearly all our prices and
membership levels in paragraph 10 below.
quality
26 years
lifetime
refreshingly
free
member
family
credit
try the
direct
50% REFUND FOR ANY REASON in your first two months, e.g
Free/Subsidised make up training
FREE 100 photo session with CD and copyright for ladies,
Special memberships and discounts for different skin
Your personal advisor will travel to your home or office to
Discounted consultant for wardrobe /style advice with personal
Free 2
No
All
A range
Rejection
We only
Money
All
Lower |
Credit
serious
2 to 3
structured
personal
membership
split
weekly
Saturday/Sunday
Interviews
Minimum
You may
Free or
Discount
No free
Extreme
All
We will
All your
Full 5
NOTE not
**** If |
Many things make us unique firstly it is the quality and age group of
our members (ladies ages 24 to 43 not over size 12 and
gentlemen 26 to 59 over 5ft 6ins. tall) Most dating agencies survive on the
large fees ladies in their late 40's, 50's and 60's will pay to join. There is
only ONE reason we decline taking fees from this age group as we could easily
provide dates, but with 26 years experience we know that the chances of a
"paired relationship" is very slim, (we promise we have tried.) as
gentlemen of the quality they require to meet, can and do, pair up with younger
ladies, because they can.
We offer several money
back guarantees that even after 26 years no other UK
introduction agency has been able to match even one. They are, a 3 day change your mind cooling
off period, a 4
weeks try the service with the right to have all your fee
returned towards any another personal introduction agency in the World. Stop
your membership for any reason in the first two months ( even because you have
met your partner through us) and have a 50% refund, a guaranteed minimum number
of introductions in 12 months with the right
for your money to be refunded should we fail ( I don't think
so!). If another professional introduction agency finds you a partner instead
of us, we will refund your fee.
We have a selective membership policy and only accept clients
whom our members would be proud to meet, and who we feel it will be successful
for. All members must be well mannered, articulate, intelligent, successful and
seeking to
settle down with someone special. We will turn away
millionaires if we think they are mean .We are sure we have the highest quality
membership of any UK agency hence how we alone in the UK are
able to offer these guarantees.
We have been about for over 26 years and around 40% of
our members come from personal recommendation - this attracts exceptionally high quality people
and keeps our membership
costs lower. Without this level of recommendation we, like all
the newer introduction agencies that attempt emulate us, would also have to
charge fees of many thousands of pounds to cover marketing costs. We give you a
money back
guarantee that you cannot join a better introduction agency in the UK
regardless of whatever they may charge even £20K or more..
A 50% REFUND FOR ANY REASON, within your first two months with us. You may cancel your
membership and have a refund of 50% of your total joining fee ( less any free
service period). If you become unemployed
we extent this guarantee to THREE MONTHS. Of the 44
features listed above it would take an exceptional agency to provide any 8 of
them and most agencies would struggle to meet just a few of them - ask them!
2. HOW DOES YOUR SERVICE WORK?
Most unattached professionals have the same problem, where can you go to meet
other unattached professionals of the quality you would want to spend your life
with? Most of your time is spent searching, not dating. We can change that
situation by introducing you to the best selection of unattached professionals
in the U.K. You may also attend social events organised by our sister
organisation ‘Panache’.
Social events are a good evening out on your own and you will
make good friends, male and female, however the calibre of people attending
social events are not to the same standard as those you meet through the
introduction service, as many social members for a variety of reasons are not
yet ready for a committed relationship The introduction agency process is: after a thorough in depth
interview the client in conjunction with their personal dating advisor compile
a dating profile.
Members are allocated a personal
advisor ( most other agencies only provide this facility to
higher levels of membership, usually just passing over written profiles by post,
hoping the other party will respond.
All our introductions are set up by the advisors acting as an
intermediate and is carried out by telephone as it is quicker, more personal
and more successful). The personal advisor selects members they feel would be
interesting for you to meet. We tell you about them (see para 15, for example,
you may
accept or reject the suggestion. Many agencies select the introduction for you and that is your
introduction whether you meet or not. If you agree to meet the member we recommend to you, we contact
them by telephone ** and tell them about you. If they decline, neither of you,
even knows each others first name. If the member accepts we pass over a first
name to each client and a contact telephone number. Providing our client is
contactable, we can get back to you within the hour - your date is on. Whoever
initiated the date, calls the other party. Spend about 10 mins talking to each
other on the phone, then arrange carefully where to meet. When clients agree to
the date they have committed to meet each other face to face, for at least
15mins over a coffee. We get feed back from both parties on the dates, helping
us monitor members behaviour and preferences.
** High level clients Executive, VIP & Presidential members
may then view a photograph if clients have given us permission to show, before
finally accepting the introduction. (They have a very strict confidentiality
contract they have to sign).
3. WHERE DO YOUR MEMBERS COME FROM?
In addition to our excellent positioning on the major internet search engines
our marketing sources have included The Saturday Times, The Sunday Times, The
Evening Standard, the top financial publications, most quality women’s
magazines, commercial radio, specialist magazines such as GQ, Time Out and
Tatler, The London Underground, poster sites such as at Clapham Junction, as
well as direct mail. Our most successful lead source however, both in quantity
and quality
(around 50%) is from the recommendation of our previous and
existing member. We also have a steady supply of new members being recommended
by other agencies who are honest enough to advise their clients they would be
better served by approaching us, as we are more likely to be successful for
them, as we will have the type of clients they wish to meet. We have also
advertised in Gyms on station concourses etc ( waste of time!)
4. HOW DO I JOIN?
First you need to read through these FAQ's quite well then telephone 0207 930 5555, 8am to
9pm so we may check basic details about you. We can then tell
you honestly whether our service is likely to work for you or recommend a more
appropriate agency to you. If we feel comfortable with each other, we will
invite you to attend an interview in London or at your home. Our office hours
for new member enquiries are Monday - Fridays 8 am to 9 pm. (you are welcome to try at
weekends we normally take calls- but no promises!). For members
our dedicated dating line is 01323 490666, 7pm to 9pm Mondays to Thursday.
Please read para 10, 31 and 49 below before contacting us.
5. WHO DO YOU NOT INVITE TO SEE YOU?
We must
feel proud of you and know that our members would also be proud
to meet you. We must believe that you will benefit from our service and you
will be comfortable dating our members. We have found from experience that our
service does not work for everybody, and we will be honest enough from the
outset to tell you and advise you of other agencies more suitable for your
needs. Our introduction service does not work for men under 28 years of age or
less than 5’6” in height. From past experience we have found the service does
not work for ladies over 44 years of age or over dress size 12. We expect all
members to be intelligent, articulate, socially skilled and well mannered. If a
client’s longest relationship was less than 6 months or they had just come out
of a long-term relationship it is unlikely they would be invited for an
interview. You are welcome to call and talk to us and we will be able to
discuss alternatives for your specific situation.
6. WHERE DO YOU INTERVIEW?
Clients are usually interviewed at our London offices, or at your home. We
spend around
2, 3, 4 or 5 hours together in a 'one to one' interview, where
we endeavour to find out a lot more about you and what you require from a
relationship. This is made up of many factors including your previous
relationships in addition to what you need from the future. We pride ourselves
in providing the facility that enables you to find someone very special with
whom to spend your life with. Interviews
started during our normal hours of 11.45am to 4pm are free of charge. You
may also choose to start an interview at 5pm at a cost of £15, 6pm at £20 or
7pm at £30. A Full 5 hour interview with Alun Jenkins cost £40 starting at
11.45am or £60 starting at 5pm. If you join at your interview we will refund
50% of your interview fee. Interviews can be arranged by special request
outside of these hours but incur a charge, Saturdays plus £60, Sundays and Bank
holidays plus £80 Interviews held at your Central London home
are charged at plus £15, we will interview anywhere in the World at an agreed
cost. In all circumstances we take a deposit by debit/credit card when we book
an interview, provided you keep the appointment this payment is not processed.
If you fail to make the appointment for whatever reason including resetting the
appointment to another time or day you will then be charged a £30 cancellation fee,
or if you give us less
than 3 hours notice the fee is £60 as we will incur
additional costs. This deposit system is 'truly magic' and really improves your
health, without it, 1 in 10 clients have an 'emergency' or illness that
prevents them attending the interview yet with the deposit system only 1in 35
clients experience emergencies or fall ill.
If you think a 4 or 5 hour interview is too long a time to
spend, even to find a lifetime partner, talk to Paul Mc Cartney abouty Heather
Mills! I think he may disagree! We believe it is
a very important part of the journey to finding your lifetime partner? Please note, for any
interview arranged, for any reason, (albeit at your home, our offices or other
agreed place ), all carry the cancellation fee of £30 or £60 for cancelling
with less than 3 hours notice.
7. HOW MANY MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE?
We have over 3,000 members in total. However total membership figures are very
misleading in fact dishonest. We believe many agencies lie about their figures
one claiming to have 3,000 members we believe have far less than 120! and if
70% of the members were all ladies aged over 50 or gentlemen under 25 this may
not be of any use to you at all. Some agencies claim membership figures of the
total numbers ever to join e.g. 10,000 in our case. Active members available
for dating, are the only members of use to you. When you attend the interview
we will tell you how many introductions we can guarantee you and how
successful the service is likely to be for you IN WRITING. We have seen
some agencies displaying very attractive girls and we had the exact same
photograph on our files 15 years ago!
Active membership figures vary throughout the year but are
usually around 200/300 If we take on 30 new members and 28 of our current
members pair up with them and leave, we then have 26 members less than we
started with. Large memberships can only be accrued over many years from people
the service has not worked for or of course, they never were looking for a
committed relationship in the first place. If we were less successful our
membership figures would swell with members either because our service was poor
or the members were 'unsaleable'.
Beware of agencies that make all sorts of verbal
promises, only to find when you've joined the small print on the contract
doesn't even guarantee 2 dates in a year or indeed during your whole membership
period. Ask them to write down the promises they make on the contract. One
agency guaranteed just one
introduction within six
months for your £12K fee! another promised just two. Always read the contract
thoroughly before joining, preferably before attending the interview
or take it
home overnight to read carefully BEFORE SIGNING ( see a copy
ALL of our contracts now on www.ecsf.co.uk)
8. CAN I SEE PHOTOGRAPHS? Usually
No. We attract the quality of people we do because of our absolute
confidentiality, indeed we have had the privilege of having one of the most
famous people in the world as a member. Do you think top people would join if
we showed their photograph to people walking into our office? There are
agencies that will show photographs of their members before you join, we will
not. For our Executive and VIP clients however, we hand select members and if
appropriate show photographs to them as they are under strict contractual
obligations to maintain absolute confidentiality. Of course if you were not
suitably impressed with the members you met with us you have can leave under
our unique money back guarantees.
9. WHAT MEMBERSHIP LEVEL WILL I NEED?
The interview is completely without charge and without pressure to join. If we
offer membership, we are able to select from a choice of 8 membership options.
We have low cost memberships from £300 suitable for members requiring only a
basic level of service to memberships of £3595 or more for people who require
the best service money can buy. The interview is partly to assess which level
of membership you would require. Joining fees are spent on marketing, to
maintain the quality of the members available to you. With all memberships, a
monthly service fee extends the membership period indefinitely and covers the
administration costs (wages rents etc. - oh! and my profit thank you!). We will
not recommend an inexpensive membership if we do not think it will work for
you. We are more likely to suggest another agency. A guide to which membership
level you will require is given in the membership level details see paragraph
10. below. Our consultant will recommend the membership level.
10. WHAT ARE THE LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP?
To view FULL copies of all our contracts, guarantees and confidentiality
contracts see www.ecsf.co.uk
OUR MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND FEES
Executive Club Joining Fees
All listed memberships are lifetime
memberships or as stated below. All prices include VAT. We
accept Visa, Access & Maestro debit and credit cards ( Amex at +3% fee)
Membership fees, where necessary can be spread over a period of time see para
10K)
SOCIAL ONLY MEMBERSHIP £125 This membership allows you to attend all the social events. You
are also normally allowed to bring guests with you if you wish. Cost £125 for a
two year membership or £139
for lifetime membership, suitable for people aged 38 upwards.
This membership is open to wider range of people and does not require an
interview. Social Membership is inclusive for all other memberships at no
charge.
DATING MEMBERSHIPS
All dating memberships other than Basic membership are extended for life by
payment of a monthly service fee see paragraph 37 for full details. All costs
are inclusive of the current VAT rate. Each membership includes money off
vouchers toward the normal costs of various consultants. The full costs of
these additional services without a voucher is: Select and apply makeup two
half hours £95, A style and dating consultation £125, A flirting and relationship
training session two and a half hours £195 (see clients comments about these
sessions at www.letsmeet.me.uk
*YOUNG PASSIVE MEMBERSHIP £365 or less This membership is for clients aged under 30, it allows your details
to be held by us , you cannot activate dates, but your details will be
available to our dating clients who may ask to meet you. You may also attend
social events. Cost £365 ** including a free two hour interview. Service fee
£15 / month.
** This membership is only successful for ladies who are slim,
attractive, non smoking, single, without children and between 5.4"to
5.8" tall, and gentlemen would need to be at least 5ft 8 tall, single
without children. It is not usually successful for clients of a different
ethnic background ( see discounts for age and skin colour para I below). and
requires only a three hour interview. As
this membership is heavily subsidised, you will be required to make your
decision whether or not to join at the interview, as it is not
financially viable to interview clients twice. NOTE: if you are considering
this membership you must discuss it with us before attending an interview as it
only requires a TWO hour interview. If you require a longer interview interview
a charge of £10 per extra hour will be required Half the listed age discounts
(see para I.3 below) will be allowed on this membership.
A. BASIC MEMBERSHIP £650 This
membership is similar or superior to MOST other U.K. professional introduction
agencies who usually charge around £1700+ ( and some many many thousands) for
same or lesser level of service. It is a guaranteed 15 date programme, 15 month
membership at one date per month. For us, this is a very basic level of service
indeed, cost: £650 plus £15 per month. We
NEVER recommend this level of service unless someone is
extremely short of money. Even at this level of service, in addition to other
agencies we include a free 2 or 3 hour interview, a personal advisor to help
you select your introductions. This membership at its worst, is at least equal
to, or better than, other professional introduction agencies charging over
£1700 for exactly this level of service (without the benefit of accessing the
quality of Executive Club members). Vouchers:
Makeup £15 towards £95, flirtation £95 towards £195, wardrobe £25/£300
This membership is not a lifetime membership and non of the
money back guarantees unique to The Executive Club applies to this level of
membership. We as other agencies, guarantee to supply you with 15 introductions.
We would normally recommend “Gold Membership” as it is lifetime membership
giving a superior quality of service, value for money, and success rates).
Basic membership is available to all members. As this is a low cost membership
the price quoted is for joining at your first free interview, if you wish to
think it over for day or so, that's fine by us but it will involve a second
meeting to complete photographs and administration for which we will charge
£30. We think this is a "low" level of membership and is included so
you can make a direct comparison with other agencies offering this service at
£1700. Vouchers:
Makeup £15/£95, flirtation £95/£195, wardrobe £25/£300 Cost £650
B. GOLD MEMBERSHIP £1595 Lifetime
membership. We do not limit the amount of introductions. We will set, up to
three introductions a month at your request, plus any clients asking to meet
you. You are allocated a dedicated
personal advisor who will recommend members for you to meet and
tell you about the new members who have joined. In addition your advisor is
allowed to access a special data base of non members who have responded to
specific advertisements placed for our VIP clients. You also have free access
to meet with the owner who can give advice on getting the very best from the
service and general advice on dating, gleaned from 26 years in the business.
This membership also includes a vouchers for: £165 towards a two
and a half hour flirtation and relationship training session (highly
recommended especially so for all ladies) plus a £37.50 voucher towards an
independent date coach. In addition ladies a have a £30 voucher towards a 2.5
hour makeup training course. This is a 1st class membership for clients
requiring a high level of service and this
is the membership we would usually recommend to 90% of clients we
interview. VIP membership should also be considered if you are in a position to
afford it.
Monthly service fee £30
C.EXECUTIVE
MEMBERSHIP £1995 This membership is as the "Gold"
with the added benefit that subject to extreme confidentiality conditions we
will allow you sight of photographs of members who have given us such
permission and you have expressed an interest in meeting, subject to sight of
their photograph. In addition you have a priority in accessing new members
after VIP members. Vouchers as Gold Service Fee £60 per month.
D. V.I.P MEMBERSHIP £3595 Your dedicated VIP advisor will visit you and spend half a day
with you at your home, understanding you and your lifestyle. At your request
she will visit you every 2 months at your home or office bringing hand selected
profiles and photographs to you from which to choose your dates. In addition
your VIP advisor will monitor all new members joining and telephone you with
details of those who meet your requirements. This means you jump the queue and
could be meeting new members within days of them joining. Your VIP advisor also
has access to the best of several other affiliated dating organisations to
choose your introductions from.
This service is recommended for people wanting a high level of
personal service. We do not know of any agency that can match this level of
service regardless of whatever they charge albeit £8K, £10K 20K or £60K. Who is
it for? Generally anyone requiring a superior service such as very successful
ladies aged from 33, and most
ladies aged 39 or above would require this service level (less
men available who can match your lifestyle and you are competing with 34 year
olds for the same men, so you need to jump to the front of the queue). Suitable
for gentleman of any age who want the best service, especially so, if you want
to meet ladies a lot younger than yourself. If you can afford it, this is a
superb level of membership and highly recommended. NOTE we restrict this
exceptional membership level to a maximum of 10 active men and 10 active women.
Flirtation / dating training is free for this membership level. Service fee
£135 / month.
E. PRESIDENTIAL MEMBERSHIP £7500 This membership is a very high level service and It is a service
second to no other in the U.K. regardless of cost. It is similar to VIP but
with many added benefits including Alun Jenkins (the owner) arranging your
introductions when necessary. We will carry out personal headhunting for you at
no extra costs This membership is only of benefit to a few people as the VIP
service is more than adequate for the vast majority of people. We restrict all
presidential and presidential Plus memberships to only 2 active men and 2
active women.
All training free Wardrobe, make up, flirting/relationships, Service
Fee £140 / month
F. PRESIDENTIAL PLUS- GUARANTEED MEMBERSHIP £9500 This is a guaranteed success service OR ALL YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEE
REFUNDED. It is the only UK dating service we know of with a
success or money back guarantee. It the same service as Presidential with an
absolute success guarantee, that should you fail to find a partner ( to marry
or live with) within 2 years of active membership we will at your request
refund your fee as follows - If you have had a relationship lasting 4 months or
more with a member we will refund 50% of your membership fee, if not, we will REFUND ALL YOUR
MEMBERSHIP FEE. Service Fee £140 / month.
I.1 REDUCTIONS (We have skin colour & age
discounts for members aged under 30 and a positive
discrimination policy for different skin colours to offset any fall off in the
service.
I.2 AGE DISCOUNTS For non smoking,
single never married people, aged under 30, without children and without any
other complications, the following reductions apply on Basic, Gold and Executive
memberships. Age under 25 - 40%, age 25 - 35%, age 26 - 30%, age 27 - 25% age
28 - 20%., age 29 10% age 30+ nil. For VIP or Young Passive memberships we
allow 50% of these reductions.
I.3 SKIN DISCOUNTS
In addition to age discounts we operate a positive discrimination policy on
skin colour to offset any fall off in service. Black less 30% , Brown 20% ,
Asian/Oriental 10% . For Social & Passive membership and Basic membership
(as they are already heavily discounted) and VIP memberships and above, we offer
50% of the above skin and age discounts.
We have a special reduced cost membership available to clients
with black skin call us for details.
J. SERVICE FEES Lifetime
memberships are kept active by payment of a monthly service fee, £15, £30, £60,
£135, and £140, you may drop in and out of active membership. see paragraph 37
for details.
K. PHASED PAYMENTS pay just 50% now. If you join any membership costing over £700 on the day of your
first interview (it then saves us a second meeting), we will include these
additional benefits.
i. An option to pay your membership fee in three parts. On
joining 50% of the fee is payable with 25% being paid 1 month later and the
remaining 25% a month after that.
ii. We will waive your monthly service fees for two months (or
for one month for Executive, VIP and Presidential members).
We may at our discretion allow single parents or low earners to
spread their payments over longer periods of up to six months.
iii. You have a three day cooling off period to change your mind
and cancel at no cost.
iv. Should you wish to drop out of membership during your first
two months with us, FOR
ANY REASON eg. you have paired up with someone (even through
us), or you are moving out of the area etc,. providing no fees are overdue we
allow you to drop out without having to pay any further instalments when they
fall due (or refund 50% if you paid in full) , however this will also cancel
your lifetime membership. Any additional training / photo sessions/ training
voucher used will be then charged at the normal rate. To rejoin at a later date
would involve the normal selection process at the appropriate membership fees
prevailing at the time. If however you become unemployed, we extend the
guarantee to THREE MONTHS, AND allow you to rejoin within 12 months by topping
up the full fee again.
v. If you pay 100% your membership fee at your interview, we
will extend the 2 months free service fee, to 3 months free.
vi We will refund 50% of any interview fee if you have paid.
(applies to interviews held within 30 miles of cetral London).
We accept payment by cheque or credit/debit cards (Amex +3%).
11. HOW DO I CHOOSE MY DATES?
Your personal advisor will recommend members to you. Your advisor will tell you
more about the members including their appearance from their photographs, see
para 10 for a typical description.. You make the final decision whether you
would like to meet them, if so we contact them to tell them of you. ( some
agencies choose your introductions regardless of what you may ask for and others
may allow you to decline a certain amount after which anyone they offer you is
counted as an introduction whether you meet or not). If the member agrees we’ll
call you back with any positive results. When we pass over a members’ telephone
number, your ‘date is on’, and you can only talk yourself out of that date. The
member has agreed that, on the information they were given, you are the sort of
person they would like to meet over a coffee, to see if it could develop
further. Remember, if we contact you with a member’s details you are under no
pressure to say ‘yes’, but if you do, we expect you to meet, albeit for a
15-minute coffee. We discourage our members requesting people who provisionally
accept dates and then decline to meet for a coffee without a very good reason.
You control the pace of your own dating by calling us whenever you want us to
arrange an introduction for you. We will of course also call you if a members
is requesting to meet with you.
12. HOW DO I MAKE THE ACTUAL DATE?
Telephone your date at a time you think is reasonable for them. We would
consider it unreasonable to call before 8 am on weekdays or 9.30 am on weekends
or after 10. pm. Ask for your contact, remembering that the person may be our
member’s daughter with the same name or the baby-sitter, so always be as
discreet as we are and never mention The Executive Club. Use ‘a friend of ‘members only codeword’ or
‘from The Club’, if you have to. They, of course, are expecting a call from you
and already know your first name. Your date however may be in the middle of a
children’s party or with a nosy neighbour, so always ask if it is convenient to
talk, if not arrange a more convenient time. In case of difficulty in making
contact, call your advisor for help.
13. HOW DO I ACT ON MY DATE?
Your first and second date with members is a ‘club date’, this means that you
are our representative and we demand that you act in such a manner that we can
be proud of you. Try to relax and don’t talk about your ‘ex’! If any member
makes you feel uncomfortable in any way, telephone your advisor, so we can
monitor the situation. Keep the conservation positive don't offload your world
problems on your date. They are looking for someone to "lift them"
not to have listen to your problems all night. How come a person that moans and
whinges all night calls us to say their date was not attractive and lacked
"sparkle" and the next person finds them bubbly attractive and pairs
up with them? If a member starts talking about his/her obsession for orange
suspenders on a first or second date we would check their previous dates for
any problems and we may decline to date that member. We investigate all
complaints of poor manners.
14. HOW ARE THE MATCHES PRODUCED?
You are allocated a personal advisor who searches for and recommends members to
you. They have no magic powers to match on your sense of humour, chemistry or
whether you fancy each other. Who you choose to date is always your choice. You
are at liberty to decline any person for any reason, although we ask that you
tell us why honestly, as it helps member to adapt to get the best from our
service.
15. WHAT DETAILS DO YOU GIVE OUT TO MEMBERS?
Here is typical description we would give to you.
She lives in the North West area of London she says she’s a
simple solicitor in a top international law firm, specialising in commercial
law, aged early 30’s, 5ft 5ins tall weighs 8stone 9 pounds dress size 10 with
an excellent figure. We would rate her as very attractive with short brown hair
very trendy, with very good skin, slim build shapely. She’s well spoken classy
and always bubbly to talk to, single never married without children and is a
non smoker. If you’re into star signs she’s an Aries. She has British and USA.
nationality lived in the USA until 1990 but loves the UK and wants to live here
for ever she says . Her personality is kind caring hardworking maybe too
hardworking, confident bubbly and fun to be with. She drinks occasionally and
is educated to degree level and has a MBA. She enjoys her work and is reasonably
well paid but spends it all on clothes and holidays. She enjoys trips to the
cinema and theatre, occasional concerts from pop to classical loves the proms.
Great days out Ascot, Henley or visiting stately homes around the UK. Enjoys
the countryside, walks in the country or renting a cottage in the Cotswold's at
Christmas. Loves log fires and snow. Moderate skier poor golfer but good at
tennis. Enjoys travel been all over South America, Canada and the USA would
like to explore Europe and Africa. She’s renown for giving dinner parties or
just having friends round for good conversation (not about work!) and sharing a
good bottle of wine. She would like to meet someone aged 33 to 46ish kind
intelligent able to tame me as I know I am a little too independent for my own
good so very willing to learn!
16. DO I ONLY MEET MEMBERS OF THE SAME MEMBERSHIP LEVEL AS
MYSELF?
No. You may meet members at all membership levels. The fee you
pay is for the level of personal service you receive from us and the ability to
access the new members more quickly and in no way affects who you can meet.
17. WILL PEOPLE ASK TO DATE ME?
Perhaps, tall, interesting gentlemen over 34 years of age often get dated by
ladies. Attractive girls under 33 are often requested by gentlemen. Shorter gentlemen
and ladies over 37ish will need to request their own dates to get the best from
the service and should consider higher membership levels.
18 CAN I HAVE ADVICE ON MAKEUP AND DRESS STYLE & FLIRTING.
Yes. We have found this to be helpful to our members so we
contribute towards a consultation with independent consultants. All full dating
members are given training vouchers, ladies are given a voucher ranging from
£10 to £95 towards a two and a half hour training session with a top make up
consultant who will teach you how to make up (full cost £95) , to make the best
of your features. You are also given a voucher value from £20 to £50 off a
consultant to advise on style/wardrobe and personal shopping (full price £300
for four hours). You may contact them direct if you wish, the make up
consultant is Lena
Beaufort on 07940402746 (best 7pm to 10pm) the image /lifestyle
consultant is Ida
on 07872449630 and the relationship/flirtation trainer is Alun on 07754257642.
For memberships from Gold upwards you may also have a free 2 hour
consultation/review with the owner Alun Jenkins. To read the comments of
clients attending these training sessions click on www.letsmeet.me.uk
We
strongly recommend this relationship / flirt training to all ladies
even if you do not join us we are sure you will find it very useful indeed.
19. WHAT IF I AM SHORT OR OVER WEIGHT?
From previous experience we have found the service works less well, especially
so for shorter gentlemen who should normally be at least 5ft 6ins tall (Tom
Cruise you can call us though if you wish). You will be given an indication of
any problems associated with height at your interview. Being overweight will
reduce how well the service will work, especially so for ladies. Members
outside of the normal range (e.g. lady 5ft 10 tall etc., ) would usually
require a higher level of membership ( average heights in the UK: male 5ft
9ins, ladies 5ft 5ins) this means 50% of UK males are 5ft .9ins or UNDER.
20. DOES IT MATTER WHERE I LIVE?
Maybe. The service works best for people living or working within 20 miles of
the M25. However people of a certain calibre living outside of London (our
members have ranged from Edinburgh, IoM, to The Bahamas) have little option but
to travel to London to meet people of the quality they require. It is a
condition of membership that all clients will meet initially in central London
even if they live abroad. 80% of our clients live within 25 miles of central
London.
21. HOW FAR SHOULD I TRAVEL FOR MY DATES?
Generally, the higher the quality of the people you require to meet, the
further you should be prepared to travel to meet them. After the first two
dates members will often meet you halfway and after all, for that special
person to spend the rest of your life with, how can anywhere within reason be
too far? We have members who fly from Europe for their dates! ( to comply with
the trades descriptions act - they do use airplanes ) Your first two meetings
however should be in central London unless you both agree otherwise. Gentlemen
we find it rather bad form to ask that a women travels to meet you locally for
your first date, so
please do not ask.
22. HOW MANY INTRODUCTIONS WILL YOU OFFER ME?
That depends to a large extent on who you are and how old you are. After
assessing you at the interview we will give you a minimum guarantee in
writing. We are the only dating service in the UK we know of
that guarantees you a minimum
number of introductions in a specified time period and gives
you right to a proportionate refund
of your joining fee. See www.ecsf.co.uk for details.
We will arrange up to two dates at a time for you providing you
have no outstanding dates. At your interview we will also give you a prediction
in writing of how long it will take to get: 3 dates, Plus how many dates and in
what time period it will take to find someone.
a good enough to go on holiday with and/or have a sexual
relationship with
b. special enough to settle down with.
23. WHAT IF I SMOKE?
Over 95% of our members will not date a smoker, so being a smoker will
seriously reduce your choice of dates. Do not be tempted to lie about your
smoking. Remember, many members have joined us specifically requesting a
non-smoker. If you have deceived our members or us, we may ask you to
compensate the member for a wasted evening and we will consider removing your
membership for being dishonest ( we can't trust you). We insist that you tell
us the truth. IF YOU START, OR INCREASE YOUR SMOKING YOU MUST TELL US. If you
stop or reduce your smoking, tell us, as it will improve your choice of
contacts. (We keep leaflets at our interview office for an organisation that
guarantees to make you quit smoking or refund your fees).
24. DO YOU INTERVIEW ALL MEMBERS?
Yes.
We interview all new members prior to them being offered membership of The
Executive Club. We have in the past also taken over other introduction agencies
(Together Introductions, RSVP, Personal Touch etc). Their members were also
interviewed by their respective agencies prior to being offered membership. We
also have access to a database of non members who responded to specific
advertisements we have placed for individual VIP members. If we allow you
access to this database they are not members and have not been screened in the
same way as members, however you would always be informed of this situation.
25. DO YOU CHECK ON PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOUR?
Indeed we do. It is a contractual condition upon you that we expect every
member to act in a manner that does not bring discredit to themselves, a fellow
member or our organisation. We investigate every complaint. On your first two
meetings with a person you are regarded as ‘our representative’ and we expect
you to be courteous and well mannered. To stand up a member without good cause
will usually result in us terminating your membership without refund. We ask
for feedback from both parties after dating ( we log this information on both
members file to provide a better service and identify any developing problems -
take a bath!) and encourage members to phone and talk to us if they experience
anything other than a pleasant time.
26. DOES AGE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
It certainly does! There are TWO
unattached professional females aged 35 to 50 for every ONE unattached professional
male in the UK ( source government census). All professional
agencies have this problem but seem reluctant to tell you (unless you are a man
of course).
MALES
Under 25 We do not accept
you, as we cannot attract enough girls under 25 to give you a service we would
be proud of.
26 to 32 You will need to
do most of, if not all of the dating, as attractive single girls under 30 are
usually dated frequently, but we have a good choice for you.
33 to 38 Ladies may date
you as well, especially if you are interesting and tall. Generally, in this age
group, the service works very well indeed as in line with the national
demographics we have more ladies than gentlemen.
38 to 58 The older you
get, the more in demand you become, tall, interesting guys over 42 are usually
spoilt. Quality gentlemen in this age group nearly always get snapped up
quickly - lucky you!
Over 60 We suggest you call us, as
we discourage ladies over early 40's joining
NOTE unlike other personal
introduction agencies we do not take ladies over early 40’s or over size 12 so
we have no pressure to push unsuitable dates on gentlemen just to make up their
number of dates to avoid having to refund their considerable fees.
FEMALES
Under 24 We do not
usually accept ladies under 24
24 to 29 Attractive
single ladies in this age group are in demand, hence we discount your joining
fees. See para 10 I for details.
30 to 34 The service
usually works very well indeed.
34 to 37 A good choice of
dates you should initiate dates as well don't just wait for guys to date you.
38 to 41 To get the best
from the service you will need to request dates for yourself, but you should
still have a wide choice of people. Gold is the minimum service you will
require and you should seriously consider VIP if it is available and offered as
the success rate is very age dependant. especially if children are still on
your radar.
41 to 43 As very
successful gentlemen given the choice, tend to date younger ladies. The service
starts to slow down and you are likely to have to initiate most of the dates to
get the best from the service. You are likely to need our VIP
level of membership if it is available.
Over 43 We have found from
experience that our gentleman are very reluctant to accept dates from ladies in
their late 40’s. Even if you were our close friend, and we would of course love
your money! we feel it would be a waste of your money joining, regardless of
how young you may look. Feel free to call us and we will give you advise on
better ways of meeting people than joining us and we can tell you of many other
agencies that cater for ladies up to their 70's We would recommend another
agency for ladies over 40/44 see www.executiveparties.co.uk See also www.letsmeet.me.uk
for training courses to get to men before they join an agency.
NOTE. We like ALL other
professional agencies in the UK have around two women for each man, the same
ratio as the nation demographics for the U.K. All professional agencies have
this problem but seem reluctant to tell you (unless you are a man of course).
Some agencies charge the women and give free memberships to the men).
27. HOW SUCCESSFUL IS THE SERVICE?
This obviously depends on many factors, but be guided by our ‘10’ rule. For
every 10 people you choose to meet through our service, experience tells us 2
will be a complete waste of time, 6 out of 10, will be very interesting but
without enough in common to take it further. Two out of the ten, you will date several
times and they will become friends. When you have 4 good friends one is likely
to become so special that you leave us. NEVER
JUDGE US BY MEETING ONLY TWO OR THREE PEOPLE. Providing you meet
members twice, the ‘10’ rule ALWAYS works.
In the 25 years we have been in business we genuinely do not
know of any other agency that can match our success rate, hence why we are
unique in the industry by offering money back guarantees and have done so since
1985 (try asking other introduction agencies to match our guarantees or for
that matter match just one of them!). We were however perplexed how other
agencies were claiming 80% and 90% success rates, when we've never achieved
that. Then "EUREKA", what they are claiming is that they
"successfully match over 90% of their members". Sounds impressive
hey! what that actually means is that within your 1 year membership period at
least 90% of their members get at least ONE introduction. On that basis we have
a 100% success rate and always within 4 weeks of joining. We find that
"success" statement very dishonest. One of "our paid spies"
when visiting an expensive agency for her interview pressed them a little
harder on their impressive "80% success rate" by asking how they
defined success? - answer "a three week relationship!" - not bad hey
for £6K. We define success as nothing less than at least living with your long
term partner and hopefully an awful lot more and probably with children ** (
that takes more than 3 weeks though!) . If just one of our clients had to wait even
six weeks for their first introduction we would apologise, eat worms, then die
of shame. Even in our worst case scenario of, a 6ft tall lady, with a two month
old baby and smokes 2 cigarettes a day (can't get any worse - as we would tell
her at her interview - no chance), even she is GUARANTEED at least 10 quality
introductions in 12 months otherwise we would apologise and make a refund.
**Hey guys a note: If you form a relationship with practically
any of our women aged under 38,without children, then you can take it as 95%
sure they will want a child in the near future. If you are not into the
children scene, either date ladies already with children, or ladies over 38. If
you want a lady aged 30 to 38 that does not have children and does not want children
then join another agency, not ours, we've never met a normal woman in 25 years
that fitted that bill!
28. WILL THE SERVICE DEFINITELY WORK FOR ME?
No.
We cannot make people like you. We can only introduce you to a much wider
selection of people than you are ever likely to meet without us. We would not
however, offer you membership if we did not believe that our service was the
best option for you. If you are in doubt, call and talk to us. If you have a
nice personality and are presentable then generally the service works very well
indeed. It will not work for people who are mean, unfriendly, cold or closed
etc. At your interview we will give you an estimate IN WRITING of the
probability of success given your circumstances along with an estimate of how many
dates and in what time period you are likely to require to find a partner. If
we do not honestly believe we are the best service for you, we will, given your
circumstances recommend better agencies for you. Why would we do this? – simple
if you have a poor experience with us or any another agency, it tarnishes the
whole reputation of our industry (as happened to time share). However if an
agency is successful for you, then you become our life long ambassadors,
recommending our services to your friends. As 50% of our new members come
through personal recommendation you can see how important it is, we must avoid
failure.
29. WHAT HAPPENS IF I TELL A LIE?
We expect every member to be honest with us. If you lie about your age, height,
smoking, etc. we will remove your membership without refund as we cannot trust
you, and our members deserve better than that. If, for example, you were
married and still living with your wife, we would remove your membership
AND press
for criminal charges to drag you to court for obtaining our
services through deception. All
members have to sign a legal declaration that everything they have told us is
the truth and they have not withheld any relevant information (from
nervous breakdowns to sexually transmitted diseases etc.) that
may have prejudiced our decision to accept them as members or impose specific
conditions to their contracts to disclose certain information to members after
meeting them for number of times. E.g. If a gentleman age 39 knows there is a
high probability he cannot father children, then on a fourth date with a lady
aged under 36 he will have to tell her, and is required tell any member
regardless of her age after six dates. - or lose his membership - try asking
that one at the bar before dating someone!
30. WHAT DO WE EXPECT OF YOU?
We expect you to be courteous, well mannered, reliable, respect fellow members
and to have integrity. If a payment is not honoured all our refund guarantees
becomes void under these circumstances. We shall insist on the payment being
made good. If you join at your interview you
have a three day cooling off period to cancel your membership at no cost
whatsoever providing your payment clears.
31. WOULD I BENEFIT FROM A 5
HOUR INTERVIEW?
If any
ONE of these facts listed below apply to you, you would
probably benefit greatly from a longer interview. If so, read para 49 below
well. Many clients have found it lifechanging.
You did not start dating until 20+.? Attended a single sex
school? Shy or a private person?. Single parent, argumentative
or emotionally cold homelife?. Bullied at home or school?. Appear cold, old for
your age or too serious? Not comfortable or do not trust / understand the
opposite sex?. Lack focus, direction or self esteem?. Do not think you will
want children. Moved schools or homes more often?. Not held onto a decent
relationship for 2 years+? Predominately one sex family mainly women or mainly
men?. Strong mother weaker father?. Lack
of warm memories prior to age 5? and most importantly You would not accept a
relationship of a similar quality to your parents when you were 15.
Ladies Only
In addition to the above. Were your early dates with guys 20% older than you or
married.? Did you date losers - weak,
mummies boys, cold selfish, mean uncaring, married or deceitful men.?
Do you seek other peoples approval it is important what people think about
you?. Do you give too much are you taken advantage of and let down? Do you
attract and date younger men? Do you attract men that are possessive, jealous,
controlling and drag down your self esteem? Do your friends tell you that you
are too
independent, scary to men, think like a man not girly enough
etc.? Father often away from home, very busy, strict or grumpy.
Men
Was your mother NOT at home until aged 5 or 6. Was your mother unhappy,
or undemonstrative. have you ever been told you are "too nice" or a
"sweet man"?
All of the above have a considerable effect of frightening off a
true soulmate and attracting the wrong sort of people. We would strongly
recommend you take the 5 hour interview. If you would "die for a
relationship like your parents" the chances are 2 to 3 hours will suffice
for you.
32 CAN I SUSPEND MY MEMBERSHIP?
Yes. On all lifetime memberships you may suspend your active membership as
often and for as long a you wish. You may reactivate your membership at anytime
by paying the appropriate service fee. On a fixed term membership it will
expire at the end of the fixed period.
33. HOW SAFE IS YOUR SERVICE?
We interview every new dating member in depth, we insist on home addresses and
home telephone numbers, we have photographs of every member, and all members
are required to sign a legally enforceable statement about themselves. We log
and keep details of all dates for at least three years. We look into any
complaints so we can build up ‘intelligence’ on members who could be a problem.
We remove membership from people we are not happy with. Remember the ‘floating’
single may be someone we have already declined to accept or removed from
membership. To stay a member with us, we have to be proud of you. In twenty five years we
have not had one serious problems with any member.
34. HOW CONFIDENTIAL IS YOUR SERVICE?
Very. We have top business people and world famous names, Indeed one of the
most famous people in the world has been a member, so your confidentiality is
essential to us. We never use our trade name on outgoing calls; messages on
answer phones are left in such a way that they may be replayed in company and
your guests wouldn’t have any idea what it was about. Nosy secretaries? No
problem, we won’t even leave our telephone number (B.T. call return service
won’t get it either). Some agencies will show your photographs to anyone who
comes to their offices, we never do. We consider that to be a serious breach of
confidentiality. Even in the event that we were burgled, we do not keep records
of your name, address, telephone number or photograph at our London offices.
Our London office has 8inch thick soundproofed walls and ceilings so your
conversations cannot be overheard by other people. All waste paper at our
service centre is incinerated on our premises and London’s waste paper is
shredded. All members are required to sign a legally binding confidentiality
agreement. See a copy on www.ecsf.co.uk
35. IF I WAIT, DOES IT GET CHEAPER?
Never. Special offers! We know of agencies that charge £800.00 to join and then
charge people who wouldn’t join straight away the same service for £99 or less!
(they’ve gone bust again). Some agencies supposedly drop the price as a
pressure to join on the day. If you are thinking of joining other agencies wait
a while after your interview before joining and you may be surprised at the
"special discounts" that are offered to you. We never discount our
fees to new members other than the published special discounts
for the under 30’s and skin colour as we want the members we introduce you to,
to be decisive and have joined for the right reasons. We treat all members as
friends so we give you this promise, no
new members pay less than you do. Some agencies charge the
women and then give male memberships away free - we will not, if you think it
is acceptable for the women to pay so you don't have too, or don't think the
quality of our women is worth every penny of your membership fee, then we ( and
our women) would rather you go to an agency that takes men on free.
36. WHAT IF I AM NOT HAPPY?
Tell us! Discuss any problems with your advisor. If you are still not happy
talk to our owner Alun Jenkins. Our job is to make you happy. We care about the
success of our service and always strive for excellence. To be a member of our
organisation is a privilege, as it is, to be of service to you. We are
“family”. As a last resort you could always make use of our famous refund guarantee,
where we will pay the joining fee of any other introduction agency in the
world. We do not know of any other agency in the U.K. that will match this
offer.
37. WHY SERVICE FEES?
Your joining fee is spent on marketing to attract the quality of members we do.
This fee is not sufficient to cover the normal staffing and office costs.
Active members pay a monthly service fee which is their contribution towards
the running costs of the organisation, office rents, postage, salaries,
insurance, etc. ( and Alun's wages/profit - "thank you" about £5 to
£10 a month). Another advantage to members is that it means all your
introductions are with active members, not with loads of "sleepers"
just resting on the database for years - just in case? or men that were given
free memberships just to make up the dating numbers. Monthly Service fees are:
Young Passive and Basic - £15, Gold £30, Executive £60, VIP £135 &
Presidential £140
38. DOES NATIONALITY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Yes it can. It is also dependent on your fluency with English, as can your skin
colour or religion. (did you notice our discounts for different skin colours?
See paragraph 10i) If you phone us we will tell you honestly what prejudices
exist and how it affects the service to you. About 80% of our members are white
skin English with 20% being from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
39. ARE YOU A MEMBER OF A TRADE ASSOCIATION?
Yes. For your added security we are full members of the Association of British
Introduction Agencies
(ABIA). We meet all the standards set by the industries Code of
Practice, a copy of which can be obtained on www.abia.org.uk although of course we operate
to standards far in excess of these minimum standards. Many agencies cannot
even meet the minimum standards set by the ABIA so they are refused membership.
40. WHAT DEFINES AN INTRODUCTION?
We define an “introduction” as when we have obtained the permission of both
members to pass over a telephone number as they have both agreed to meet. It is
a condition of membership that you should meet each other, even if it is for 15
minutes over a coffee. If for some reason you cannot contact each other, call
us and we will investigate. If after talking on the telephone the member is
reluctant to meet you, call and tell us. If this happens to you more than 1 in
10 occasions it’s likely you are doing something on the telephone to put them
off. If this is the case, call your advisor who will assist you and if need be,
arrange an appointment with one of our staff to advise you on how to improve
your success rate. Remember we cannot make people like you, at the time we told
you of each other, you must have both wanted to meet, otherwise we would have
stopped the introduction if we felt the member was not keen to meet you. If you
are not getting the best from the service call in and make an appointment to
meet with Alun its FREE.
41. WHAT IS THE COMPANY STRUCTURE?
The Executive Club is the trading name of several trading organisations all
family owned . Members of The Executive Club of St James’s join ‘E.C. St
James’s’ and this is the name that shows on ALL credit card transactions.
Payment of your service fees and the dating service is carried out by ‘E.C.
Seaford Ltd’. VIP members are serviced by ‘VIP Services' We have three offices,
a smaller office in London used only for interviews, a large dating centre in
Seaford East Sussex where the dating staff work and an office abroad carrying
out IT work. We employ 7 part time evening dating staff, 2 full time staff and the
owner Alun Jenkins. Alun normally try's to answer all new member enquires and
the members emergency hot line from 8am to 10pm on 0207 930 5555 (the line
follows him around so expect a delay while Mr Telecom locates him and
occasionally expect a poor signal as the train dives into a tunnel). Alun
interviews most clients personally - as he only moans that the quality of
people we would accept as members is not good enough! All matching and
administration is carried out by specialist staff as Alun can't even remember
where he put his glasses!
42. CAN I SEE A COPY OF THE CONTRACT AND CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENTS I HAVE TO SIGN AND A COPY OF YOUR REFUND GUARANTEE?
Yes of course, log onto our special site at www.ecsf.co.uk
site.
WARNING many members of the public
are tempted to join the agency that makes the wildest verbal promises on the
phone or at the interview and then sign a contract with small print that allows
the agency to provide only ONE or TWO introductions in a year, with the agency
being able to extend your membership period indefinitely until you receive the
minimum 5 or 8 introductions promised in the contract, albeit at one or two a
year. ( one agencies small print promises a minimum of just two introductions in
your entire membership and another states that one date within six months of
joining is reasonable and that it fulfils its contractual obligations, for
£12K?? ). If at your interview they make statements about having 3000 members,
are equally balanced, or you will only meet certain types of people, or a
suggestion that you will get loads of dates - ask them to include these statements
in writing on your contract before signing it. We know of one
lady in her early thirties who paid "a bespoke agency" around £10K
and when complaining after 9 months she had only met one person was told to be
patient.
WARNING Ask for a copy of
a contract to read BEFORE attending an interview or take it home to read it before signing.
If they have nothing to hide they will be pleased to do this. NEVER
sign a contract for large sums of money without reading it in detail and preferably take it
home at least overnight to read first, otherwise you may be legally bound to
pay £12K or more, even if you change your mind the next morning. If it has a
strange or fuzzy clause it will be for a reason, use your head.
43. HOW DO YOUR FEES COMPARE WITH OTHER AGENCIES?
Professional introduction agencies who interview their members are expensive to
operate, they have certain overhead cost that have to be met. The main cost of
all quality agencies is the marketing costs to attract the right calibre of
people. Other costs are office and staff wages to service their clients. The
fees of other agencies operating at a "professional" level usually
charge between £1500 and £1800 for service very similar to our Basic membership
at £650. For a higher level of service such as our Gold membership at £1595 you
can expect to pay from £3000 to £20,000 and your membership may expire after a
year, where ours is lifetime membership. You may continue with your service
even after several years ( we couldn't have done our job well enough). We give
money back guarantees that our service is superior to any other. For a
comparison we have taken our competitors level of service similar to our Basic
at £650 to our Gold membership at £1595 (although they may be for a fixed
period of only 12 or 15 months. Drawing Down the Moon at £1650/£3,500,
Sara Eden at £2550, Berkeley International from £8,200, Gray and Farrar at
£8800,
County Register at £5,875,
Rhodes Harvey £4K
to £9K, Seventy Thirty at £10K, £20K and £60K ?? For
the members we choose to accept we
guarantee our service is superior to any of these other agencies even at 10x
our fees - and we back up this statement with a money back refund guarantee.
We are the only agency in the U.K. to do so, and have done so since 1985 and
this may account for why we can stay so selective and obtain so many members
through personal recommendation.
44. WOULD A MORE EXPENSIVE AGENCY GIVE ME A BETTER SERVICE?
We doubt it, providing you fall within our criteria for us to offer you
membership, we know of no other service even at 10x the cost that can match our
service. Ask any other agency if you can try them for four weeks to check out
the quality of their members and have ALL
your money refunded towards any other agency in the world without reason other
than you ask for it. We know of no other agency regardless of cost that offers
EVEN ONE of our refund guarantees let alone the four we are proud to offer our
clients, in writing , and have done so for 24 years. How do we know we are
better? because we employ independent mystery shoppers to attend interviews and
then supply independent reports. We also monitor public complaints about the
service they receive from various agencies. You also have to ask the question
would the sort of person I would like to meet be happy to pay these fees ( its
an ego problem for a man, even if he's a millionaire and can afford it, he has
the problem of why should he need to pay such a a large fee what's wrong with
him! its the male mind) and of course younger attractive ladies would not have
the need to be paying huge sums for dates.
45. THE WRITTEN GUARANTEES.
We offer a£100 reward to anyone able to find a UK professional
dating agency that will match or better any ONE of the guarantees we offer
below!
a. We
will refund your joining fees towards any other agency in the
world should you even think someone else can provide you with a better service.
b. We give every dating member the minimum number of
introductions they will receive in one year in writing
or the
right to a proportionate
refund (others may NOT specify time periods then extend your
membership until you reach the minimum number promised – that could add up to
two dates a year and you could be on a Zimmer frame before your number of dates
are achieved.
c. Members joining at their interview may:
i change
their mind within 3 days of joining and have ALL their membership fee refunded.
i You may also cancel your membership for ANY REASON within
your first two months e.g., moving area , met someone (even through us) and be
entitled to a 50%
REFUND.
iii Should you become unemployed
we will refund
50% of your joining fee within your first THREE MONTHS and
allow you limited use of the service at our discretion.
d. For Presidential Plus members, should you not find a
partner that you decide to marry or live with within two years we will refund all your
membership fee.
All this is in addition to the free interview we give to
clients at no cost, whether you join or not.
46. HOW CAN YOU PROVIDE A TOP LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THESE MUCH
LOWER FEES?
The reason we can keep our membership costs lower than others
is:
a. We have been around since 1985 and have many
thousands of happy ex clients recommending our service to their friends hence
over 50% of our new members join through personal recommendation. Without this,
we would need to treble our membership fees as we would have to spend huge sums
on marketing to obtain sufficient new members of the quality we require. To
achieve this level of recommendations require an agency to have been around
long enough to accumulate thousands of 'happy' ex clients, and to have been
perceived by them as value for money thereby making it easy to recommend us to
close friend.
b. We only interview clients in London, our main service centre
is in Sussex where rent and rates are 75% cheaper than central London and our
labour rates are 50% less than London. In addition we are able to cream off
really caring employees (with the extra confidentiality advantage that they
live 70 miles from London so they are unlikely to know you or your friends).
47 WANT EVEN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DATING AND AGENCIES IN
GENERAL.
See www.datingagenciesforlondon.co.uk this site
can link you to wealth of knowledge from details about dating agencies to
understanding the opposite sex. For specific tips: for ladies to understand men
see www.datingagencydatingagencies.co.uk For
information for men to understand women see: www.datingagencydatingagency.co.uk
48 IMAGE/LIFESTYLE
CONSULTANT
To assist you to get the best from our service, we pay
an independent image / lifestyle consultant to give you a one hour
consultation. We also give you money off vouchers towards, makeup,
wardrobe/personal shopper/flirtation training.
49 SPECIAL NOTE ON INTERVIEWS.
We interview in greater depth, than any other agency in the U.K.
A standard free interview is 2 hours for a man and 3 hours for women. Most
clients find this most informative and the full 5 hour interview (charged ) is
often a life changing experience ( see "clients comments about their
interviews" on www.letsmeet.me.uk
All interviews are on a one to one basis.
SHORTER INTERVIEWS FREE 2
or 3 hours.
Shorter interviews are usually booked for 11.30am or 1.30pm or
4pm free or at 5pm at a charge of £15, 6pm at £20, 7pm £30.
We will ask you to tell us a story of your life so far, and we
will give you some information based on our 26 years experience of the opposite
sex and relationships.
We ask you many personal questions and require you to sign a
legal declaration that all is true and you have not withheld any relevant
information. ( if you do not join this document is destroyed either in your
presence or within 14 days if you go home to consider joining). These questions
include the state of your physical and psychological health, ability to have
children, financial situation , criminal record etc,
We will at the end of the interview, either advise you that our
service is not likely to be successful for you and maybe recommend a more suitable
agency for your needs, or recommend one of our Executive Club memberships. You
are under no pressure to join and may go away and take as long as you wish to
consider the situation. We never call you after attending an interview.
FULL 5 HOUR INTERVIEW
Full interviews are usually booked for 11.45 am or 5pm.at ( a
charge involved)
In addition to the contents of a normal free shorter interview
we run through what makes our service different to every other ( we do this at
the start, so at the end of the interview so we can’t then ‘gloss it up’ to be
just what you're looking for).
You tell us your life story from birth until the present in
greater detail. Your childhood is particularity important to us to understand
why you may attract the wrong sort of attention/person. We can advise you of
any changes in attitude or behaviour that will improve the situation. We often
encourage people to soften their ‘hard shell’ to find someone very special (as
opposed to another 'grey' relationship or marriage as many people settle for).
We work on the basis "if you don't change something about the present -
the future will always be a repeat of the past". Hopefully we will give
you the confidence and knowledge to make those changes.
We go on to define “love” so you don’t settle for a second best
relationship as most of the population do. We explain how the opposite sex
thinks and how relationships develop from sexual attraction to becoming the
single most important feature of life. We will explain the statistical facts of
why for certain groups of people it becomes a very competitive environment and
how to 'load the odds' in your favour. We usually give you relationship and
dating tips.
Only the last hour of this interview is about us, at the end of
which we may either recommend an agency more suitable for needs or we offer you
a membership level you would require to benefit from the service.
Occasionally people get upset because we will not let them join
at a “cheap level” as we do not believe it will work for them given their
circumstances - we do not like failure. We would prefer they take their money
and join a cheaper agency. If you are offered membership, you will be required
to sign a strict legally enforceable confidentiality contract as we have had
several world famous people as clients. (see a copy on www.ecsf.co.uk).
We are not trained as, or attempt to be psychologists, we do
however give advice on dating and relationships in general. based on our 26
years experience. Occasionally about 1 in 50 of our female clients find the
interview intrusive and not pleasant, unfortunately because of their closed
nature we are not able to pick this up at the time and they may get upset with
what we have told them, often a day or so after the interview (one reason we
give a 3 day cooling off period), especially so if we advised them not to join
or recommend another agency to them instead of ours.
We will always give our time to a client in an attempt to help
them, even if we know they are not suitable for our agency. We treat you as
though you were our brother/sister we will not flatter you and tell that life
is all magic, we tell the truth, the way it is. If you feel uncomfortable at
any stage of the interview, please discuss it with us. In the interests of our
members we will not offer membership to anyone that remains closed and
secretive. If you are one of the 1in 50 clients this pertains too, we apologise
for not being able to sense it, and please feel free to terminate the interview
and leave at any stage. To read the comments of clients after attending the
interviews read www.letsmeet.me.uk
50 ADDITIONAL
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS.
Although you are always welcome to go home after your interview
and consider for a few days whether you wish to join (the fees are the same),
it then requires us to make a second appointment to complete the paperwork and
take photographs
If you join at your first interview, any membership costing £600
or above, then we complete all the documentation and give you.
A THREE
DAY PERIOD TO CHANGE YOUR MIND AT NO COST, so we refund all
your joining fees. In addition we also add these benefits to your membership.
SPREAD YOUR PAYMENTS.
You can pay just 50% of the fee on the day and then pay 25% one
month later and the remaining 25% one month after that. We also waive your
monthly service fee for two months ( VIP and Presidential for one month).
CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSIP AND HAVE A REFUND.
If within your first two months of joining (provided you do not
owe us any money) we will allow you to cancel your membership e.g you may move
away, have met someone ( even through us) indeed FOR ANY REASON
we will refund
50% of your total joining fee. If you wish to rejoin at a later
date you would need to re-apply as a new member. You will need to pay for any
additional training you have received or vouchers redeemed at the normal
published rate.
LOSE YOUR JOB? - HAVE A REFUND ON US
If you are made redundant within three months of joining and
become unemployed we extend the 50%
refund guarantee to THREE
MONTHS. We may at our discretion allow you to continue with a
reduced service. We will also allow you to rejoin as a lifetime member within
12 months by topping up the fee.
NOTE: ALL these notes are given for guidance only. We have so
many different membership levels certain factors may not be applicable to every
level of membership. If a specific factor contained in these notes is important
to you, call and seek our advice before joining. We constantly seek to improve
our service, the situations these notes apply to may change and although these
notes are given in good faith as fair, truthful, and honest, these guidelines
do not bind us contractually.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS INFORMATION? Tell us
by e:mail at alun@execclub.net
CONTACT INFORMATION
HEAD OFFICE & DATING CENTRE
(please send all correspondence here).
The Club
Data House
Princess
Drive
Seaford
East
Sussex
BN25 2TZ
E:mail alun@execclub.net
TEL: 01323 490666
Mon. to
Thu 7pm—9pm
LONDON OFFICE
(Interviews only)
216, 2nd Floor
Portland
House
Bressenden
Place
London
SW1E 5RS
Tel: 0207 930 5555
New members enquires and urgent calls
Web site
www.execclub.net
& www.ecsf.co.uk
Contracts, confidentiality agreements and guarantees on our web
site
Tips about dating in general and all dating agencies
www.datingagenciesforlondon.co.uk
E:mail alun@execclub.net
Owner
Richard Alun Jenkins
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR INTRODUCTION AGENCIES
A Code drawn up by the Association of British Introduction Agencies
SEE www.abia.org.uk
Association of British Introduction Agencies. Suite 109, 315
Chiswick High Road, London W4 4HH Tel: 0208 742 0386 www.abia.org
© Copyright of the Executive Club All rights reserved Links
Telephone: 0207 930 5555 or Email: alun@execclub.net Designed by Simply4Web
WOULD YOU LIKE TRAINING IN HOW TO SELECT AND APPLY MAKEUP BY AN
EXPERT? Call LANA on 07940 402746
Remember with any appointment arranged with us, if you have to
cancel it, a fee of £30 applies or £60 if you do not give us at least 3 hours
notice by telephone on 0207 930 5555. or text on
077542 57642 ( email is not acceptable).