Reviews of Great Expectations

GREAT EXPECTATIONS BOCA is the worst company I have ever dealt with . They use hard sell deceptive practices to entice you to sign a membership agreement that costs thousands of dollars. The contract is wriitten in such a manner to totally disregard the rights of the consumer. In m y case they charged me 1500 to give me a telephone number to meet a totally unsuitable person for coffee. There is no way to challenge GE contracts as they are written so one sided to abuse the consumers rights under Florida Fair Trade and Bussiness act. The Attorney Generals in Ohio,Pa.AZ and Texas have launced investigations agasinst GE with Arizona getting millions of dollars in fines.If you are contacted by GE by being redirected from a website do not meet with them. You will be charged an outrageous initiation fee of $1500 just to hear the sales pitch if you sign a membership agreement. The only recourse for refunds is to take this company to court. If you have been mistreated financially by GE please submit your complaint to http://www.lieffcabraser.com/cases.php as I am organizing a class action lawsuit against GE for financial and punitive damages against GE Boca et al. There are so many consumer complaints across the web it is time for conned consumers to join together in a class action civil suit for monetary and punitive damages.

Great Expectations called me without identifying themselves as Great Expectations. I didn't find out until I arrived at the location. Why don't they just admit to who they really are? Do they have something to hide?

For any of you out there in the Atlanta area. I signed up to join and two days later recieved some bad news regarding my health. I have a membership that I will never use. I was told I could transfer it to some one else. I would be willing to meet you at their Atlanta office to do the transfer, and I will be able to do this for alot less money. Please contact me at 770-861-1197

GE is a scam. They take desperate people and a great sales re. to convince you to sign a multi-thousand dollar contract.

This was back in 2003, but it is still a little painful to think about sometimes. I hope I am no longer that gullible. (and, most of the people were obese, jobless, or not "normal")

Keywords: Scam, sham, worthless service, trick, fooled, personal stupidity.

Live and learn.

(class action lawsuit???)

Great Expectations is the most blatant rip-off to the single adult - I cannot believe a company such as this has not been SHUT DOWN by now. One star? This business gets a -100 by me. Please, please do not get involved with this company. Their personnel are incompetent, their methods downright fraudulent, and their online dating site has to be the most crude, rudimentary, poor programming example I have encountered, despite the $3,000+ contract. These people should be run out of every town in the U.S.

They sell their service as something different - all their 'screening' and candidate interview methods are supposedly what you're buying, right? You're buying a service that filters out the bad guys. First, that's just a sham - they'll take money from anyone. Two, its all elementary - they do so little and you get so very little for the thousands you turn over to them. DON'T BE FOOLED - this business is terrible and its the single person who gets the shaft.

The star is really a Minus10
sues Defendant(s) GE Management Group, Inc
Contact: David Margolis, Great Expectations, 4800 N Federal Hwy., Ste. E100B, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Sheryel Ashcroft, Great Expectations, 4800 N Federal Hwy., Ste. E100, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone: (561) 393-6666
and alleges:
1. This is an action for damages that do not exceed the sum of $5,000.00.

2. Plaintiff(s) claim the amount of $4,519.95 as being due from Defendant(s)
named herein, and as the basis of this action alleges:
On January 5, 2008 I joined Great Expectations (G/E). Director Shereyel Ashcroft encouraged me to add 18 months upgrade to their regular 18 month membership. I paid $4,519.95. The G/E agreement states upgrades are exempt from their 3-day cancellation policy. On January 6,2008 I decided to cancel. I would not have joined if I knew that I couldn’t cancel due to my disability. At times my disability keeps me homebound and unable to socialize. G/E refused to let me cancel the membership at no cost.

I cancelled by email within 3 days but was given an boguous email address by G/E Ms.Ashcroft. I followed up with a call to Ms. Ascroft Jan. 8, 2008. She said to return the materials when I get a chance with a copy of my cancellation note and to bring in my American Express card for a refund and pay $500.00 cancellation fee. I called American Express to stop the payment to G/E and they suspended my payment for 2 years trying to find a legal loophole. AmEx finally told me to re-affirm my disability with spine surgeon to prove I still have scoliosis. I had to endure unnecessary x-rays and an MRI.and bills. Then American Express determined by law they only need to transfer money, not protect consumers.So who'd like to join in my court appearance in 6-8 weeks?

I agree with all the negative reviews. I am in Houston and as many of you, I got rip-off by this company. This is the biggest scam ever. I do not recommend it to not even my worst enemy. They do not comply with what they promise.

Buyer Beware:

The scam artists, also known as Great Expectations of Roslyn is now operating under their new name and in a new location:

The Relationship Centers located at:

The Jericho Atrium
500 North Broadway
Jericho, New york 11753, Suite 225
Tel: 516 625 9855
gefrontdesk@yahoo.com

Some of the people involved in the LI operation that continue to defraud, lie, and steal are:

Ruthann Schiavetta (single at 53 - can't find her own match - wonder why?) - since she refuses to see the myriad of complaining clients at the office, perhaps a nice subpoena from a lawyer delivered to her home address in Bethpage would jar her memory of all her lies and total amount of money she stole thus far and continues to do so.

Lisa - the purported front desk manager, who is coercive, lies, manipulates to meet her own financial targets -Email: ge@frontdesk@yahoo.com

Sheila Perry, sets up initial interviews - email: gelooking4u@yahoo.com

The more information you can post about GE in general and specifically their Long Island operation, the sooner we can get our money back and hopefully close them down so they don't defraud others.

I wish there was an option for a -10 to rate this company.

Great Expectations in Roslyn, NY 516 625 9855, or what is known today as The Relationship Center in Jericho, NY is a fraud and a scam operating under the guise of providing matchmaking of "quality" people in a safe environment. They only make false promises, steal people's money and don't provide any of the services and to top it off, they are nasty, rude and ignorant, uneducated trash.

Ruth Ann Sciavetta, Member Representative of the LI office, Sharon Annichino, Natinal Director of Member Relations and Bryan Management LLC, St 304, 324 N. Jefferson St. Chicago IL 60661-1250, who also owns 4 other centers in the country, are criminals, thus should be charged with illegal activities including fraud, have their businesses liquidated and the individuals on the front and behind the scenes should be jailed.

Some actions that have been and can be taken against GE: inititate a complaint with your local Office of the Attorney General.

Those who have been defrauded: something to think about - connect and initiate a class action or multi-party lawsuit against the illegal and fraudulent practices of this company.

Of course, we can all ask for our money back and you know where this has gotten us.

An end should be put to this type of predatory and disgusting criminality!

I WISH I would have found this site before I signed up. I have read all of your comments and all I can say is ditto. A friend recommended GE to me. (she met the love of her life and perhaps may have been the only lucky one) So I scheduled an appointment, as a busy professional the pitch was appealing to me- They also negotiated the rate with me- from 5000 to 3. But then, 2 of the men I did speak to paid less than I did. I was told men pay more. When I confronted GE- they backed off and said there could have been a spif or something. AND these 2 men were unhappy with the service also and said I could quote them. When I explained this to GE I was asked why I was talking about GE and not myself. The answer is- most times when strangers meet- you look for commonalities. GE was the thread. This was no different than asking someone how is your online dating experience.
1. GE claims THEY work with you to find the right match.- Define work?
I thought it would be specialized- a little like a matchmaker- based on the sales pitch. I think the work they did was to put me on the web site thats it. I have complained so many times, I am sure the whole staff "sees me comin"
2. They have events- the one event I attended and only one which I paid 30 dollars for- It was an event at a comedy club- there was 2 women and the GE staff person. 3 people total. Isn't this where men and women get together. The 30 dollar cost was to help fund appetizers. Since the group was so small, I was told to order off the menu.The 30 dollars bought me a greasy hamburger with catsup packets. When I complained again, they said I should have called to find out how many were attending. I was never told this was protocol. Who is the customer here? Isn't this the service that claims it will simplfy my life?
3. I really like all the staff I have met- they appear to be sincere, but since the membership rep knows how unhappy I am- she was going to make me her "special project"- I have not heard from her in weeks.
4. The sales pitch really leads you to believe there are justs tons of people out to meet "such a wonderful person as me" The club is supposed to be 60% men. I figured my odds were pretty good to meet people where we had similar interests, I suppose that is true but most of them are inactive and it is a waste of my time to scroll page after page of inactive people. Again.. make my life easier? It has added more time in front of a computer screen which I do enough already-
5. The list of men they recommended either was not liked by me or visaversa. The one person that contacted me was 19 years older than me and was open about spending on his video that he spent 20 years in a state hospital- Does this qualify as something that is part of a backgroud check?
6. I also want out of this contract and I am pursuing my options as long as it does not cost me an arm and leg like this service does. This company could redeem their reputation and also win a few of us to change our opinions about them by allowing us to back-out of the contract on a prorated basis. If they would have done this for me-
My commentary would have been more like- GE is not the right fit for me but they are successful with many people. I respect them becuase they were willing to work with me. Now I am just held prisoner- Not a way to get a good review, refferal or to stop this kind of rant.
7. I am not a sucker or naive- I was hoodwinked on this one and I still kick myself for such a stupid decision.
8. My advice to all of you is try www.meetup.com- quality people putting together all sorts of events- there is little to no cost- I have met some great men and made some new friends from the woman I have met.- Many of the events/activities I attend is usually 25+people. It is a global organization.
9. It makes sense to me that GE can't guarantee you will meet anyone. But they can guarantee their actions and what work they are doing for you. For my clients- I can guarantee that I will DO what I say I will do. This is one of the best scam companies I have ever encountered. Wow I feel better to able to vent- my checkbook still has the flu- but I will chalk it up to experience-
If I could I would not even dignify them by providing any rating at all.