Reviews of The Right Stuff

I wish I would have read these reviews before signing up... sigh.

Here's an interesting fact: there are quite a few members who appear to have "outdated ages". There isn't any functionality built into the online forms to auto-update age, and there isn't any indication of how recently a member has been active on the site. So you see numerous examples like this: 42 year-old man, A.B. Harvard '82. Computing...computing... wow. Did an inordinately high percentage of folks on this website graduate from college in their teens? Doubt it.

What this means for you, gentle dater, is that you might send a nice message to someone who:
1) is several years older than you think s/he is
2) forgot to inactivate their (clearly outdated) profile, OR, their profile is being kept on the site by the administrator as filler after the membership has lapsed or been terminated
3) is now happily married and living in the suburbs, in another state

The point is, you just don't know. There is no indication of how recently anyone has interacted with the site. It has an eerie, false storefront look and feel...

If I could give this service a negative rating, that would still be too high. Beware of this service. Even assuming that this were a legitimate service (and I believe that it is not), the customer service is so horrible that unless you are masochistic, you will want nothing to do with it. If you question the legitimacy or quality of any aspect of the service, you may receive a response from Dawne, who will ignore any concerns and send you poorly written, condescending, and rude emails filled with typos, which is ironic given the advertised clientele. I'm betting the number of eligible matches is so low because the rest of the Ivy-educated folks out there were smart enough to steer clear of this scam.

Great idea, bad execution. Like other reviewers, I found that the website seemed very 1990s, and there do seem to be unresolved technical issues. Also, does this website have ANY employees besides Dawne (who seems to be the founder/owner)? If not, I think she needs to hire some help, because she needs technical website help as well as administrative help to answer emails, questions, and requests from members. I emailed her with a request and she never responded.

I've used both Match.com and eHarmony, which are VERY different experiences. I can't really say which one I like better among these two, but I have had more luck on them than on TRS. I have not met anyone on TRS.

I give it 2 stars because I think there are some quality people on here despite the very low membership numbers. I think TRS has trouble retaining members because of the poor customer service.

I think the site's concept has a lot of potential. Perhaps she should consider selling it to someone who could take it over. Just a suggestion - DAWNE, ARE YOU READING THIS??

I registered one week ago and was supposed to have my profile up and running the next day after I faxed my diploma. Well, it is a week later and still nothing has been done. I sent an email and called Dawne but no one has ever contacted me. This service stinks!

unprofessional and slim pickings. for those of you writing crazy bullshit, especially about people who are smart--i feel sorry for you. although people from all walks of life have dating issues and difficulties, it is very very funny what crazy things you say to make yourself feel better like 'tattoo on my pussy', 'just a fact' etc. it's interesting how losers like you guys make yourselves feel better just because you are just plain stupid. don't feel bad that you are not smart like us ivy leaguers. get over it. now that's a fact! why is it human nature to be jealous? fuck you guys--if we are smart we can't help it. like you can't help it if you are stupid. ok now say something so i can laugh some more....

unprofessional and slim pickings. for those of you writing crazy bullshit, especially about people who are smart--i feel sorry for you. although people from all walks of life have dating issues and difficulties, it is very very funny what crazy things you say to make yourself feel better like 'tattoo on my pussy', 'just a fact' etc. it's interesting how losers like you guys make yourselves feel better just because you are just plain stupid. don't feel bad that you are not smart like us ivy leaguers. get over it. now that's a fact! why is it human nature to be jealous? fuck you guys--if we are smart we can't help it. like you can't help it if you are stupid. ok now say something so i can laugh some more....

The negative reviews are a bit of a surprise. TRS has a bit of a low-budget sense under the hood, but that where my non-positive review ends. I've met a few people through the service, and found them to be quite interesting (despite it not going anywhere). Maybe the reviewers were part of the site more than 2 years ago. I can believe that back then it was a slim operation on all regards. Now, the site is quite populated, and with a totally different character of people than I've seen on any other site. I'm still a member

Oh boy. Avoid at all costs. Sadly this was my first dating service experience. Awful. I gave the site the benefit of the doubt despite it looking out dated and unprofessional. The site has too many problems to list. I had several problems with it, never was able to post a profile or search.

Dawne was rude and unprofessional. It took many attempts for her to respond to the technical problems (site related)she offered no explanations or assurance that they would be fixed. I asked for a refund and she was rude and unprofessional. I suspect that she was having financial difficulties.

The printed version was laughable. It looked like someone from grade school designed it and printed it in their garage.

Don't be misled by the Ivy League angle. Online dating sucks, and if somebody went through all those years at an Ivy League college and never managed to meet anybody, they probably suck too. Just a fact. Do the math. Take the psychology test. Experience reality for a change. Online dating websites are about making money for the people who run the website. The guy that started the "free" website in BC, Canada.........Plenty of Fish it's called, made over two million last year from advertisers on his website, and it's still growing like a weed and he manages the whole thing by himself from his apartment. I doubt he's an Ivy League MBA graduate, but at least he knows what online dating websites are about. It's about making money from schmucks, Ivy League or otherwise. More power to him. More schmucko treatment to you.

I think the many!! people that gave TRS 5 stars do sound like the same person. somebody who sounded like an ad, rather than a review. (Dawne??) That made me chuckle.

Anyways, I used TRS at least 5 years ago and found slim pickings in the 30s age range. However, the ones I did meet were quality men. I would still recommend it.

One great thing about TRS, it does tend to weed out the people that use "low class" language (for example, see other people that wrote offensive reviews for TRS-- they probably didn't go to college at all).