DATING AGENCY Every Question Answered
THE TOP PROFESSIONAL DATING AGENCY IN THE U.K. OR YOUR MONEY BACK
SPECIAL NOTE
Please scan all the details given here reading the notes that are important to you, but ALWAYS read in full the paragraphs highlighted with Mr Smiley
We advise that you read this site well, even if we are not the right agency for you, you will gain useful "inside knowledge" to check out other agencies, but always read para 6, 10, and 31 (and Ladies should also read www.letsmeet.me.uk ).
If people spent a fraction of the time and effort into seeking a proper relationship, as they did for their careers ( which is really the most important? ) there would by a lot more "magic lifetime relationships". So make a start now and take the time to read this site well. Take advantage of the 26 years of knowledge we have acquired so you can make good use of it.
Unfortunately we consider a minority of agencies little short of a scam. Asking 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 never worked, or the majority of members are all the wrong sex and an inappropriate age or socioeconomic 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 120. 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, the majority of their members are ladies in their 50's and 60's 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?). To see their prices see our special web site www.professionalintroductionagencies.co.uk
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 69 may we recommend you read www.executiveparties.co.uk
1. THESE FEATURES MAKE The Executive Club of St. James's truly UNIQUE. It would take an exceptional introduction agency to meet just 8 of these 48 benefits listed below. Most agencies would not still be in business if they offered just one of our refund guarantees. 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. ( see our web site www.professionalintroductionagencies.co.uk it lists their prices). We clearly display all our prices and membership levels in paragraph 10 below.
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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, 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 one. They are, a 3 day change your mind cooling off period, 4 weeks try the service with the right to have all your fee returned towards any other introduction agency in the World. Stop your membership for any reason in the first two months , even if 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. Try asking other agencies to give these guarantees ( make sure they have a change of underwear available first!)
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 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 to 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 48 features listed above it would take an exceptional agency to provide any 8 of them and most agencies would struggle to stay in business if they had 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 by introducing you to the best selection of unattached professionals in the U.K. You may also attend top singles events organised by our sister social events organisation.
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 our introduction service. 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 (usually 5hrs but not less than 2.5hrs) the client in conjunction with their dedicated personal 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 between clients by post, hoping the other party will respond.
All our introductions are set up by your advisor acting as an intermediate and are carried out by telephone as it is quicker, more personal and more successful.. Your advisor selects members they feel would be interesting for you to meet. We tell you about them (see para 15, for an example), you may accept or reject the suggestion. YOU MAKE THE CHOICE.
Many agencies select the introduction for you and that's your introduction whether you meet or not, or are suitable 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 would even know each others first name or of course or seen a photaograph. 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 it, before finally accepting the introduction. (They have a very strict confidentiality contract they have to sign if they show it to one single person they lose their membership).
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 40%) is from the recommendation of our previous and existing members. We also have a steady supply of new members being recommended by other agencies. They 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 alone 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'll 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 6, 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 and you are of the quality they could settle down with. (don't do dates for sexual friendships etc., only clients seeking a special relationship). 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 aged under 28 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, we are happy to help and we will be able to discuss alternatives. for you.
6. WHERE DO YOU INTERVIEW AND THE COST?
Clients are usually interviewed at our London offices, (2min. walk from Victoria Station) or at your home. We spend 2.5 hours together ( a free interview) or a full 5 hour interview with our owner Alun Jenkins. 95% of ALL WOMEN NEED the 5 hour interview read para 31 below BEFORE making a booking.
All interviews are on a 'one to one' basis, 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 to spend your life with. Interviews started during our normal hours of 11.15am to 4pm are free of charge, or you can request a 2.5 or 5 hour interview with Alun Jenkins at a charge.
INTERVIEW TIMES AND COST
With staff With Alun Jenkins
2.5hrs 2.5hrs 5hrs
Mon & Tues
11.15am or 2pm FREE £15 £40
5pm £15 £35 £50
5.30 £20 £40 £55
6pm £25 £45 £60
6.30 £30 £50 £75
7pm £35 £60 N/A
Wed, Thu and Fri N/A as above as above
Sat 9am to 5pm start N/A £75 £95
Sun & Bank hols N/A £100 £120
NOTE: If you join at your interview we will refund 50% of your interview fee (on membership fees above £600). If after attending a 5 hour interview you thought it was unnecessary long, tell us and we will donate half the fee you paid to charity.
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 yet with it, only 1in 35 clients experience emergencies or fall ill. (better than BUPA!). We do not charge for being up to 20 minutes late after which we make a charge of £10 for waiting and a further £10 if you have not arrived within 35 minutes of your appointment.
If you think a 5 hour interview is too long to spend, even to find a lifetime partner, talk to Paul Mc Cartney about Heather Mills! We believe it's an 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 a cancellation fee of £30 or £60.
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 less than 120 and if 70% are all ladies aged 50 - 70, or gentlemen under 25 they couldn't raise one proper date. Some agencies claim membership figures of the total numbers ever to join e.g. 20,000 in our case. Active members available for dating, within your age range and socioeconomic group are the only members of use to you. When you attend our interviews 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 when they actually looked like that!
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 clients the service has failed 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 on the web site or at the interview, 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. If a condition is the small print is there, there must be a reason for it, otherwise it would not be there. One agency costing over £7K makes it a breach of your contract if you say anything derogatory about their service to anyone without their prior permission!. Take the contract home overnight and read it carefully BEFORE SIGNING or make them write a 24 cancellation condition with a full refund ( 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, we hand select members and if appropriate show photographs to them as they are under strict contractual obligations to maintain absolute confidentiality. If you were not suitably impressed with our members you can leave under our unique money back guarantees.
9. WHAT MEMBERSHIP LEVEL WILL I NEED?
The shorter interview is completely without charge and all interviews are free of any 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 under £300 suitable for members requiring only a basic level of service to memberships of £3695 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 Alun's 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 you would need..
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 £130 This membership allows you to attend all the social events. Cost £130 for a one year membership or £145 for lifetime membership which also allows you to bring guests with you. This membership is suitable for people aged 38 upwards and is open to wider range of people and does not require an interview. Social Membership is an inclusive benefit for all other membership levels at no charge.
DATING MEMBERSHIPS
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, 100 photo shoot for ladies £140, see clients comments about these sessions at www.letsmeet.me.uk
*YOUNG PASSIVE MEMBERSHIP £220 to £330 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. Cost £365 less age discounts ** 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. Gentlemen 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 10.L below).
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 2.hour interview. If you require a longer interview a charge of £10 per extra hour will be required Half the listed age discounts (see para 10L:.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 an equivalent or lesser level of service. It is a guaranteed 15 month / 15 date programme, 15 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 2.5 hour interview and a personal advisor to help you select your introductions. Vouchers: Towards: Makeup £15 off £95, flirtation £95 off £195, wardrobe £25/£200
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, other than to provide 15 introductions. We would normally recommend “Gold Membership” as it is a lifetime membership giving a superior quality of service, value for money, and enhanced success rate. Basic membership is available to all members. 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+. Cost £650 service fee £15 per month.
B. GOLD MEMBERSHIP £1595 Lifetime membership. We do not limit your total introductions. We will arrange, 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 to you and tell you about new members who have joined. Your advisor may access a special data base of non members who responded to 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 includes a voucher for £160 towards a £195 two and a half hour flirtation and relationship training session (highly recommended especially so for all ladies) plus a £37.50 voucher towards £75 for an independent date coach. In addition ladies have a £30 voucher towards a £95, 2.5 hour makeup training course and free 100 photo, photo shoot. This is a 1st class membership for clients requiring a high level of service and this is the membership we would usually recommend to 95% of clients. We promise it is superior to all other UK agencies even those costing £10K or more. VIP membership should also be considered if it is available and you are in a position to afford it. Monthly service fee £30
C.EXECUTIVE MEMBERSHIP £1995 This membership is as the "Gold Membership " with the added benefit that subject to extreme confidentiality conditions, we will allow you sight of photographs of members who have given us permission and you have expressed an interest in meeting, subject to sight of their photograph. In addition you are given a priority in accessing new members after the VIP members. Vouchers as Gold Service. Monthly Service Fee £60.
D. V.I.P MEMBERSHIP £3695 Your dedicated VIP advisor Julia, 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, 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 and it works!). 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 / makeup 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 cost. 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 Young Passive 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 50% 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 one month.
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 your 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 at your interview you choose to pay your Gold Membership fee in full we will extend the 1 month free service fee, to 2 free months.
vi We will refund 50% of any interview fee you have paid. (applies to interviews held within 30 miles of central London but not travel costs).
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 15 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 for you regardless of what you may ask for and some agencies may allow you to decline a few 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 member 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 9.30pm. 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 too. 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 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.
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 members to adapt so they may 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 forever 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 bottle of good 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.
17. WILL PEOPLE ASK TO DATE ME?
Perhaps, tall, interesting gentlemen over 34 years of age often get dated by ladies. Attractive ladies 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, DRESS STYLE & FLIRTING.
Yes. We have found this to be very helpful 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 select and apply 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 £200 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. ( if you do not think this one of the best training sessions you have ever had in your life we will donate half your fee to charity).
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 for their first two dates, 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 the right to a proportionate refund of your joining fee. See www.ecsf.co.uk for full 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 97% of our members will not date a smoker not even at two a day, 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 Sussex, 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 act in a manner we would be proud of you, 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 26 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 and talk to 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 our success rate is very age dependant, especially so if having children is still on your radar.
41 to 43 As very successful gentlemen given the choice, tend to date ladies younger the themselves, 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. To maximise your chances of success you are likely to need our VIP level of membership, if it is available. We may offer to put you on an Executive Membership with priority of the next VIP membership place when it becomes available. ( we limit to a maximum of 10 - that gives us a hell of an incentive to get VIP paired up!).
Over 43 We have found from experience that our gentleman are very reluctant to accept dates from ladies in their late 40’s. So we are not happy about the level of service we could provide to you. We would of course love your money however even if you were our close friend, we feel it would probably be a waste of your money joining, regardless of how young you may look, but please feel free to call us and we will give you advise on better ways of meeting people than joining a dating agency. We can tell you of other respectable agencies that cater for ladies up to their 70's. We usually recommend other agencies for ladies over 44 see www.executiveparties.co.uk See also www.letsmeet.me.uk for training courses to get to men before they join an agency..
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 26 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 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 "mystery shoppers" a "paid spy" " 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, who do not have children, then you can take it as 95% sure that if they meet someone special they will want a child in the near future ( even if they think at the moment they are "not fussed about children") . 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 who does not have children and does not want children then join another agency, not ours, we've never met a normal woman in 26 years that fitted that bill! you could try an Eastern European of course providing your credit card is good.
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 in the UK 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 agencies more suitable 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 40% of our new members come through personal recommendation you can see how important our reputation is to us, 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. We may 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?
You should normally opt for the 5 hour interview UNLESS NONE of the facts listed below apply to you. If any ONE of these situations apply to you, you would definitely need and benefit from the 5 hour interview - that is why we subsidise it. Many clients have found it lifechanging. A 2.5 hr interview enables us to screen out who we would like to offer membership to, but you will not have gained much of our knowledge to making good relationships happen. 95% of all ladies aged over 32 would benefit and should opt for the 5 hour interview. If two or more facts stated below apply to you, and you only book a 2.5hour interview we are unlikely to offer you membership as we will not take on clients we do not believe our service will work for. Someone wiser than us once said "if you do not change something about today, the future will be repeat of the past" that usually means continuing to date losers. You have to make some changes about yourself. A 5hr interview will give you the knowledge gained over 26 years to do just that. In 26 years not one client has ever said the 5 hour interview was too long, but it was really informative.
MEN & WOMEN
You did not start dating until 20+? Attended a single sex school? Shy or a private person? Single argumentative or emotionally cold parent/s / 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 often Not held onto a decent relationship for 2 years+ Predominately a 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 aspire to settle for a relationship of a similar quality to your parents when you were aged 10 to 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 is it 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 who 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 ONLY
Was your mother NOT at home under the age of 7. Was your mother unhappy, or undemonstrative, have you ever been told you are cold, insensitive or "too nice" or a "sweet man"
All of the above have a considerable effect of frightening off a true soulmate - (and who the hell wants an average marriage that most people settle for?) and attract the wrong sort of people to you. We would strongly recommend you take the 5 hour interview. If you would "die for a relationship as good as your parents had when you were a aged 10 to 15" the chances are 2.5 hour interview is all you need, otherwise the 5 hour interview is the key to understanding what you must do to break the pattern. IF YOU THINK 5HRS OF YOUR TIME IS TOO MUCH TO INVEST IN FINDING A LIFE PARTNER, PLEASE DO NOT CALL US.
The costs of these 5 hour in depth interviews are subsidised and shown in Para 6 above.
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 and stop your service fees.. 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 six years we have not had one serious problem 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 soundproofed 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 a cheap agency or 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 ( he makes himself directly available to members 12 hours a day). 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 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 10L) 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 join ‘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 glitzy ( but non contractual promises) or their verbal promises on the phone or at the interview 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 "high net worth individuals" 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 based in Madrid who paid "a bespoke agency" around £10K as they said dating would not be problem as she was young and pretty. She was oferred just one contact in 9 months and after talking on the telephone was told they should meet up for coffee when next she was in London. When complaining to the agency, costing over £6K 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, 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 re-activate 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 and our Gold membership at £1595 (although they may be only 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 From £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 26 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 you 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 40% 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 far greater depth, than any other agency in the U.K. A standard free interview is 2.5 hours. 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 and 95% of women we see should definitely take this option.
All interviews are on a one to one basis.
SHORTER INTERVIEWS FREE 2.5 hours.
Shorter interviews are usually booked for 11.30am or 2pm or 4.30pm free or at 5pm at a charge of £15, 6pm at £25, 7pm £35.
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 ( charges involved see para 6)
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 boring 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". We will give you the confidence and knowledge to attract and keep top quality partners.
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 unpleasant, 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 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
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