Has anyone used a service like 8 at 8 or It's Just Lunch?

[DirtySouth]

I'm thinking about trying out Eight at Eight (http://www.8at8.com) just for something new to do.  Best case scenario, I find someone fun to date (at this point I just want to find a person up for dating and travel).  Who knows, maybe I'll make a new friend (male or female), and I'll have some nice dinners.

Has anyone done something like this?

[Deleted]

I've heard really bad things about It's Just Lunch. It's super duper expensive and they don't have very many men signing up so you don't really get matched up with who is good for you, just who might be on their roster.

[mcc]

I've heard bad things about IJL. Also, insert "take time for yourself before dating" line here.

[pantsoffdanceoff]

I did a phone interview for IJL, but I couldn't really stomach the $2000 fee. But now they keep calling me telling me they have all these men I would be perfect for!

[WinterIsComing]

Jul 24, 2014 17:40:57 GMT -5 pantsoffdanceoff said:

I did a phone interview for IJL, but I couldn't really stomach the $2000 fee. But now they keep calling me telling me they have all these men I would be perfect for!

They charge $2000, holy crap that's expensive. With a fee like that, their pool of potential dates can't be very large.

[DirtySouth]

Online dating just takes so much effort.

Today I was quoted $450 for three group dinners with 8 at 8. Then I found a groupon about an hour ago. I couldn't pass up $159 for five dinners.

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[locarb]

It sounds like you got a good deal with groupon. I read reviews on IJL and in my area they were bad. High fee for 12 dates and many ppl had no shows that still counted as dates. The mktg is they have x many guys off the top that would be perfect to reel you in. One reviewer said in his previous city IJL was great.

Please come Bach and review 8 at 8 for us. I'd love to know how it went.

[DirtySouth]

Jul 24, 2014 19:28:44 GMT -5 locarb said:

It sounds like you got a good deal with groupon. I read reviews on IJL and in my area they were bad. High fee for 12 dates and many ppl had no shows that still counted as dates. The mktg is they have x many guys off the top that would be perfect to reel you in. One reviewer said in his previous city IJL was great.

Please come Bach and review 8 at 8 for us. I'd love to know how it went.

I definitely will!

[Wanderista]

I'd never given any thought to this because I'm ok with online dating but I just looked up the Yelp reviews for It's Just Lunch in my area after reading this. Unbelievably bad. Some guy who joined said that they wanted him to go out 4-5 nights per week because they did not have enough guys. Also, they never listened to feedback. When a couple wanted to quit the service because they started a relationship, IJL kept contacting them to try to get them to continue using the service anyway.