FIRST...GET READY FOR 100 THUMBS DOWN, CAUSE THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO ALL DAY!
- I went to a speed dating event. didn't like it. Wrote them an honest and bad review.
- Tina called me (three times) and i let her vent (and insult me over the phone). She said ""I know who you are, You are an international writer, we've googled you!"" and threatened to hurt me and my online image if I didn't take down my review.
- Tina then went on Yelp and wrote a response to my review that was hilarious and full of lies. She (or another SpeedLA rep) will likely do the same on this site and make allegations about me.
- Tina then decided to start stalking me. I received emails from her and her team ""Oxford Productions"" they just wouldn't let it go.
- After i ignored these messages, threats and phone calls, Tina (and friends) stalked me online. I had hour long visits from IP addresses linked to SpeedLA locations in both Marina del Rey and San Diego! Creepy!
- As if the online stalking wasn't creepy enough, her and her team purchased all three of my books online. Within less than 12 hours from their purchase, they were already harassing me that i was running a SCAM business because i hadn't sent them their merchandise.
- In less than 16 hours from their purchase, all three of them were fully refunded by me through Paypal.
- I continued to receive threatening emails from these people saying that my ""business"" was a SCAM and that they received no such refund. I spoke to Paypal and refund had been issued almost instantanously.
- I contacted Paypal to be clear on my rights as a seller! Was able to block these crazies.
- I have been receiving messages from fake accounts created by SpeedLADating about insulting comments i allegedly made. Funny all these random messages seem to have British lingo and very similar vocabularies?!?!
- After i thought i was done with Tina and the other SpeedLa weirdos, Anoush Stevenson (the supposed owner) emailed me saying she wanted to help and requesting ""evidence"" but her ""nice"" attitude quickly turned insulting, accusatory and unprofesisonal i asked her to STOP. She continued to message me and CC me in threads of messages.
IN CONCLUSION:
- They create the drama and then they pursue it and then they turn it around and say you are the bully and the harasser! You are the problem. The reason SpeedLa didn't work for you is because there is something wrong with YOU, not them.
There is nothing Elegant or Sophisitcated or Refined about this business. SpeedLa Dating claims to be from the land of Lady D, Windsor Castle and afternoon tea parties but i suspect they they must have gotten the ""boot"" from their motherland for being an embarrassment to Britain.
UPDATE!
- I have successfully blocked Tina and SpeedLA members from making any future purchases. I filed a restraining order against Tina. Spammed all emails from Anoush Stevenson, and am in the process of blocking their IP addresses from accessing my website.
WHAT YOU CAN DO?
Read up reviews on other sites where more than half of the reviewers complain about having been harassed by SpeedLA Dating. Make sure to read the regular reviews as well as ""filtered"" reviews, 90% of which also claim harassment. And i wouldn't be surprised if their high rating on CitySearch is due to SpeedLA also filtering and reporting messages that tell the truth about their unprofessional practices.
City Searchers! Stay clear and AWAY! You will waste a day or two having to deal with trashy unprofessional people.
MOST IMPORTANT!
If you share a similar experience please be sure to report this SCAM to the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
It takes just a few minutes and hopefully will put an end to this harassment and save future daters from a series of unfortunate events!
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