It’s Just Lunch: a dating service scam?
The It’s Just Lunch franchise dating service website calls itself the “the first date specialists,” and claims to “arrange quality lunch dates and drinks after work for busy professionals in a discreet, no-pressure setting.”
Its claim to fame is the exclusive nature of its high-calibre clients and its extensive, personal matching process. And it charges big bucks for its dating services.
Is It’s Just Lunch dating service a scam? If you’ve had experiences with IJL, good or bad, please share them below.
Tami, who claims to be a bikini model, definitely thinks It’s Just Lunch is a scam, and she’s trying to get her $1800 fee refunded.
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Tami states:
I am demanding a full refund from “It’s Just Lunch”. They have completely failed to provide even 10% of what was described to me by their then number one “Matchmaker” through numerous phone calls and meetings. They have completely misrepresented their services and available clientele. After signing onto their service I went on a total of “SEVEN” Matched Meetings.
I allowed them the opportunity to ‘Work their Magic’ but was completely disappointed on every occasion. I called after every meeting and explained why the person chosen was nothing like what they said they had available to me and what my specific needs were and promised by them to deliver, were not even close. I was incredibly unhappy and gave detailed information as to what was wrong and missing only to be told each time they understood and would guarantee I would be very happy with the next person they had for me. I ended up going through three separate “Matchmakers” who were all highly trained and skilled in their profession, to finally tell them they do not and have not even come close to the contract we agreed on as to what they had to offer and provide.
I refuse to continue with a service that has completely misrepresented what they are and what they promise to deliver. I gave them many opportunities and all of their chosen “Matches” were nothing like the description of available men described. They did not and do not have the people promised and they did not provide this extensive “Matchmaking” Service that only professionally trained Matchmakers can provide.
Their described service is a scam, I don’t believe they went any further than taking files from a file cabinet not even looking at the names and put them together. Maybe they used a dart board where the same two colored darts hit and were then said to be a match. I am well beyond disappointed with their promises and performance, as you can see and demand a full refund based on their complete misrepresentation. I feel I do not have a binding contract with their company because of the lies and deceit presented by their representatives.
I have tried on numerous attempts personally with “It’s Just Lunch” to get a full refund of $1,800.00 but have been unsuccessful. I hope this letter better describes the reasons for my insisting a full refund and that by now putting it out there in the public, and now also taking them to small claims court, I hope to receive the refund due myself and help others against this fraudulent corporation.
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Thankfully I did not pay the ridiculous fees involved with this scam of a service, however I discovered that my boyfriend that I live with is a member of Its Just Lunch and has been going on 1 to 2 dates per month the entire length of our relationship. I called IJL to tell them we live together and that he is in what I thought was a serious relationship. They told me they were going to cancel his membership as when he signed their agreement, he was agreeing he was single. Now, a month later he is going on more dates. We are in a lease together for another year and he refuses to leave. He can not be on our lease by himself due to his credit situation so they will not take me off the lease. He coursed me into working things out after the first issue and I trusted him. It is my fault that I am in the situation that I am in, but I want the world to know that IJL is introducing men that they clearly know are in relationships to their other clients. I have read other horror stories from women who were introduced to married men. Great way to start something new. Beware IJL members!!
well add me to the list..they told me that they had at least fifty women in my town available .....Its been a year and I havnt had my first date yet..no one within 125 miles... guess we just have to suck it up and learn by our mistakes..oh..lol I live in Ocala Fl and Im 53 years old for any eligble women lol
FUCK IJL ! THEY STOLE MY $1000 !! SPEND YOUR MONEY ON HAVING DRINKS FOR YOUR FRIENDS . IT WORKS MORE !!
It's the biggest scam ever! I've been a mber since Feb. 2010, it is the end of Oct., I've not gone on one date!
People get scammed because they don't do enough research about the company they have in front of their eyes.
I worked for It's Just Lunch for a almost two years. When I first started working there they were everything they promised to be but then they sold out to an investment group and all they cared about is money. We were directly told to lie to the clients and promise them the world just to get them to sign on, and then we would hold meeting and training on how to handle the angered calls after the date. The company has all the employees on a number system - basically you are required to make a certain amount of dates per day or you were fired. They did not care how those dates were made as long as they were completeing what they saw as their end of the contracts- which was to set you out on dates. This meant that if you signed on for $2000 to meet a tall, white, jewish lawyer - you were set up with a short, muslim and unemployed man. We would then have to sat that there was a typo on his file but the date still counted agains you.
needless to say I had to leave - I just could not stomach the lies anymore.
I wish I could warn the world about this place - but to those who are still dealing with them -Good Luck!
This is a scam, for every success story there are many more failures. They are better at telling you how the legal system works than they are at the matchmaking business. Local franchises insulate the corporate owners. They have no contract with any of the clients, so they get a portion of each fee and have no exposure. They will not help. And the local franchisee is set up in a dummy corporation, that has no assets. This was devised to make sure no one could get their money back. And they did not have to really do anything they promised. Stay away. The chances are not good that you will even go on a date let alone meet anyone you might be interested in.
I HATE IT'S JUST LUNCH. They are nothing but a rip off and I honestly dont know how it is possible that these people can scam us our of our money and get away with it.
Betty Sinclair , Lisa Purdum , Sara Darling you should be ashamed of yourselves for doing what you are doing to innocent women.
If you truly believed in your product, you would gladly refund the money you have taken but you dont.
Why do we have to learn from our mistakes...why to they get to succeed off of victims. We live in the US. Someone should get these scam artists to return the money they have stolen from people.
I can easily do the same thing they are and just search eharmoney for matches....
I am having the exact same experience except they aren't even able to find me a date AND they charged me $2800, not $1800. Consider yourself lucky there. I am furious. They are rude, condescending and extremely deceitful.
I actually signed up through a company called Matchbox in Petaluma. When I did a Google search it was fine. I signed the contract for Its Just Lunch not realizing it was a bait and switch. I can understand why they are hiding their name. Had I known the real name and been able to search first I would have NEVER signed up.
They make a lot of promises. All Lies. Save your money girls and boys. This is a scam, scam, scam.
I joined Its Just Lunch, Kansas City, back in 2003. I think I paid around $1,500 for 12 months or 12 dates, whichever came first. I was a busy single middle-age man, and I had little time and tolerance for the dating scene, especially the tough Kansas City singles scene (cliques and locals. Not much tolerance for transplants like me). Like most every complaint posted here, my experiences were similar and negative. Here's a sample.
.I told them I wanted to meet women from 5-15 years my junior. For the most part, they actually came through on this criteria; however, the final date they attempted to set me up on was with a woman 5 years my senior. From their description, she sounded like a tree hugging new age hippie type. I had absolutely nothing in common and refused to meet her. They became abusive and confrontational, but not one to be intimidated or pushed into a corner by the likes of Its Just Lunch, I stood my ground and refused. End of discussion.
.I told them I refused to meet and date "single mothers". Again, for the most part they honored this criteria, but towards the end, they began sneeking in single mothers. One woman told me that Its Just Lunch instructed her not to mention that she was a single mother of 2 small children. When I confronted Its Just Lunch about this on the follow telephone call they placed with me, they flat out denied it.
.The various "little white lies". Examples- they frequently told me my dates were active (e.g. worked out, were athletic, etc.), but when I met them they were obese, inactive, and coach potatoes. Further, they told me my dates were "professionals" and had at least Bachelor Degrees, but many were not.
Still yet, they told me my dates had certain hobbies and interests (e.g. skiing, movies, food, wine, music, etc.). But my dates told me they had no such interests.
I think dating services in general are scams. I honestly don't know how to meet people to date, and frankly, an evening with a good glass of wine, my beloved dogs, and a good DVD is alot more appealing to me today than most single women out there. Anything more, call the escort service.