Ok. So I'm a little embarrassed that I even went down this road, but I'm newly single and am moving back to Columbus after being gone 9 years. In order to save one other person the grief I went through with this company, I will swallow my pride and admit to being curious about the services here. I'm sure the services are very good. It seemed like the company has some good strategies to offer singles. That's not my beef. First of all, there is not very much information about this place online. Not on their website or anywhere else. I felt sort of tricked into giving them some contact information, stupidly thinking it would gain access to more, preliminary info. No. After being hounded to "set up an appointment" I found myself waiting in their Polaris offices. I'm still just wanting some basic info at this point, but no one seems to give me any answers. Soon, I'm lead into a tiny room, locked in, and forced to watch a 10-minute commercial about how great they are. This person keeps coming in, asking me personal questions, and then leaving to go talk to her "supervisor" about approval. I don't even really know what I'm signing up for yet, and what my financial responsibilities might be. At the end of the "interview" where they "offer" me a membership (members have to be screened, which in theory is good but I wasn't even ready to go that far). Then they ask for "a couple hundred dollars down payment today." What!?!?! What does "a couple hundred dollars" mean, anyway? I wish they would have been more upfront with the price range before they held me hostage for 1.5 hours, which is how long this process took. Nevermind that I had to go all the way out there to get it. (I know, I know, stupid me for letting it get that far.) I called the company to complain once I got home. The whole thing reeked of cheesy timeshare sales. Pushy sales tactics, too-cheerful employees with no direct answers to basic questions, and generally very shady. The woman I spoke with on the phone got kind of mouthy with me when I told her I didn't appreciate getting any financial information before I spent so much time and effort trying to learn more about the company. She snapped "well, would you look for more information about us if you knew the memberships cost $5,000?" Uh, no. And I wouldn't after 1.5 hours of pushy sales tactics, either. I can't speak to the services of GE once you are a member. Again, it seems like there are some good ideas there. But why all the smoke and screens? Rattling off statistics about "how much singles spend at bars and restaurants looking for a mate." What? People do that? If these memberships are so pricey and exclusive, it is just good business tactics to be upfront about it. Embrace it, even. read more

I wish that Yelp would have been around back around 23 or so years ago....maybe it was. Anyways, I would loved to had saved these ladies some grief dealing with this company. Back in the early 90's, I went in to check on this company's services. The bottom line is that I had signed up, but within the 3-day "cooling" off period I decided that I really did not want to spend this kind of money on their so-called services. When I asked them to credit my card, they just ignored me. It took me having to threaten them with reporting them to the Attorney General's office and the BBB in order for them to finally credit my card. Good thing I at least had the sense to had put it on my card or I'm sure I would have never gotten my money back I'm thinking. So, ladies please don't feel badly....others like me have had their bad experiences with this company. I don't know why they haven't been shut down. Fast forward to 2015; I input some info on the internet thinking that they are affiliated with another singles web site. Yes, I'm still single :( Well, they start calling me to come in. Thank God, I checked them out here on Yelp and found out shady they are. And most likely one and the same as Great Expectations it appears. I am NOT dealing with this company either. Learned my lesson from many years ago. I hope that this helps someone and prevents them from even contacting these companies (the other one is Columbus Singles). read more

I agree completely with Catherine J. I experienced the same thing with the sales staff. The photographer was rude and made me feel like an unworthy subject. She asked me to place myself behind a chair and other items to hide my figure. I didn't like her attitude at all. I am not over weight. One man that contacted me to date was someone I recognized. I contacted the service and asked if they truly checked him out. He was under investigation for embezzling through a nonprofit organization. Not the kind of guy I want to meet and I thought I would be protected through the company from. I am very sorry that I joined Great Expectations. I have only met 2 men and they expressed their disappoint and dismay too. I feel cheated and hustled. Wish I had done my research prior to visiting their office. read more

Worst waste of money I ever invested. My experience was the same as the other reviews posted here. Take our advise don't waste your time. Their sales pitches are far from being true they alleged the larges selection of people to choose from everyone that I would have been interested in was either inactive or never responded after 11 months of this and paying a $ 20 a month fee for internet access I asked for my money to be refunded and was refused. I put my account on inactive status as I had become very tired of the poor quality of people that showed interest in me that I was having to respond too and the ones that failed to respond to me. A couple of months ago I started receiving notices via email and phone calls from them stating I was in violation of the contract that I was not responding to the people that were showing interest in me. I asked why my account was not on the inactive status and was told they showed no record that I had requested to be inactive. I then went into there office and again found a very small staff in the front office and poor service again. I told them again how poor their quality of service was and the fact that I had paid a large sum of money for nothing. I filled out their request to be put on the inactive status again and told them that I planned on reporting them to the BBB. I've since talked to an attorney and will be filling with the Attorney General's office. If you are reading this go to Tagged.com or Plenty of Fish.com both sites have the men that will respond to you and many of them are from Great Expectations too. I guess they got tired of the false sales pitches too. Also Tagged and POF are free!!! read more

I was a member and it was a horrible experience. The clients are all very weird, quirky, and weird looking. They do not have many clients. The one or two attractive males in their system were either inactive or, I'm sure like myself, got fed up with wasting their time and didn't check their messages either. Then they would call me saying its been 2 months, please come in or buy our online services package. I would never pay for this dating service in itself. I also wouldn't pay for the option to check your messages via the internet. I go into the office and check and the girls there make me wait much too long while they are outside smoking. One girl who worked there in sales told me she got married to a guy she met there and was soooo happy, then all within the same year, she got divorced and was contacting all the male members right off the bat to date them before their profiles were even available to other members. Their prices are very very negotiable and I kept getting told different prices, all of which I refused. I would never recommend this service to a friend. I got on match and met many more potential suitors there. read more