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From: paveleck@ihldt.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Interactions Query
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Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 17:41:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 22 17:41:17 1983
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To change the subject a bit from "How did your parents meet?", etc:

I'm curious to know whether other net.singles readers have had any
experiences (good or bad) with the Interactions services.  For those
of you unfamiliar with it, Interactions is a dating service which
claims to be superior to all those computer-matched and other rather
impersonal services people subscribe to.  Interactions' selling point
is that it uses "trained professionals" to find a MOTOS who is closely
compatible to you.  They also ask you for feedback (in the form of a
kind of report card) on the person they match you up with, and are
supposed to adjust their selections according to your rating of that
person.  All of this does not come cheap; one can spend several hundred
dollars for a 2-year stint, during which you are guaranteed to be
introduced to at least 13 MOTOS.

I was involved with Interactions some time ago (it seemed like a pretty
attractive service at the time, even though I'd never gotten myself into
any type of dating service before).  The staff had me come to their office
in the Chicago Loop for an interview, during which I also had to fill
out a very lengthy form containing my interests, hobbies, the type of
person I'd like to date, etc.  Anyway, I received around 10 introductions
within about 10 months and found it to be very disappointing.  They
were incompatible in interests, education, background, attractiveness
and everything I mentioned on my form.

Has anybody else been involved in this service? What have your impressions
been?  Obviously, I'm not recommending Interactions to even my worst
enemies, but I'd like to hear some other people's responses.

						Bob Paveleck
						ihldt!paveleck