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I have met my wife via Gray & Farrar. What else needs saying! A superb agency in every which way. Attentive, selective, proactive and discreet. Too bad other success stories as mine are not being told on this review panel. Another friend to whom I recommended the agency is engaged and a third in a long-term relationship. We are out there, we are men, we found our life-long partners via G&F.

Having tried two high end match making agencies, one being Gray and Farrar, with very similar disappointing experiences that can be described in the best case as wasting huge amounts of money I would strongly recommend any woman to stay away. If you meet men they are likely to be non committal, not in line with your brief and possibly in a far weaker financial and economical position than you are.

I write this to save any other bright intelligent ladies from being hoodwinked into joining this agency. Gray & Farrar courted me for almost 5 years; I even questioned the negative reviews on Google that was explained away by Claire Sweetingham as jealous competitors and not genuine. My recent experience reflects exactly the negative reviews written about the agency. Their technique is admirable; they keep contacting you telling you they have some 'super' potential partners. You think, "Gosh they must really feel they have a match as they are so keen to have me." The truth is, you are contacted by one of the "girls in the office" who appear to have absolutely no understanding of your needs or interest criteria. They describe a potential match who supposedly meets some of your criteria. You agree that yes it would be worth making contact. You wait sometimes 2-3 weeks and then alas said match is "on hold" This happened 9 times with the potential matches having to rush off to far-flung places across the world, or suffering sporting accidents. I did not meet one person so by my calculations the two telephone calls I received worked out at approx £4,000 per call! I think trading standards should investigate the workings of this agency .I think they rely on the fact that most ladies are embarrassed - not because they have sought the services of a dating agency but because they feel foolish to have been taken in by this agency.

Terrible experience. As a female paid up client I was treated very poorly, in my opinion. I also was explained in writing that some of the men introduced to me had NOT paid their exorbitant fees only after I questioned the financial stability of some of the men introduced. (I had been assured prior to signing up that ALL of the men also paid the same fee as the women). The descriptions G&F provided on the men I was introduced were often embellished and inaccurate. One of the men was also described as wanting more children by G&F (Lucinda). When I met him the second time this same man stated that he had explained to G&F he did not want to have more children ! G&F knew I wanted to form a family and this man admitted to me that in his brief to G&F he had said he did not want any more children....what kind of service is this? At what point did G&F think introducing me to a man who had not paid the fees and was not interested in forming a family with anyone new as he had children - was a good idea, or fair to me, the paid up female client? When did my brief suddenly not become important to G&F? Also, I live in a jurisdiction not subject to VAT but I was still charged 20% more than my contract note and it seems from Gray & Farrar's own companies house reports that this 20% did not make it to the HMRC. I have encountered several women in Hong Kong, Switzerland and the United States who faced the same issues: men did not pay, G&F seemed to provide a very lax checkup on their male clients and did not seem to know them well or charge them, and they were also all overcharged by 20%, yet VAT was not listed as a line item on their invoices. If you are a female, my advice would be to use your money on anything else - a nice holiday or a nice watch or both - but not on Gray & Farrar. One of the most distressing experiences of my life.