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Re: Great Expectations (Dating Service) WARNING!

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From: David G. Wilson
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <43b22b$24e@news.voicenet.com>, ktappe@omni.voicenet.com (Kurt Tappe) wrote:
>This is a warning concerning the nationwide dating service Great
>Expectations.  Hopefully it will help prevent others from having the same
>experience I did.  I want to note up front that the center I visited was
>located in King of Prussia, PA and that all Great Expectations centers
>are independently owned (a fact I notice, in retrospect, they noticably
>downplayed), so your mileage may vary...but I doubt it.


--Edited for content--

There was some group along the same lines (It might've been Heart to Heart,
I don't remember)  that called me at home once, and gave me quite possibly 
the best ad line I have ever heard before or since:

"Would you like to come down to our offices and meet 200 beautiful women?"

I'm not exaggerating about that figure either. 200. I swear to you, if my
transmission hadn't just the week before melted into a grey mass of metal
and plastic, they'd have had me there before the lady who'd called finished
talking.

I had considered going just to see what they were like, but after reading
this entire string to date and seeing how much they charge, I'll take my 
chances in 'alt.personals.ads'.

Dave III

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From: daveiii@atl1.america.net (David G. Wilson)
Subject: Re: Great Expectations (Dating Service) WARNING!
Date: 1995/09/21
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