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- 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). Over the phone she said she knew who I was "You are an international writer, we know who you are!" 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 filled with accusations and lies.
- 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! Creepy!
- If the online stalking wasn't 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 paypal.
- I am still receiving threatening emails from these people saying that my "business" is a SCAM and that they received no such refund. I spoke to Paypal and refund was issued. SpeedLA Dating is a business of liars and juvenile scam artists that want to create havoc and drama for no reason for unsatisfied customers.
- I contacted Paypal to be clear on my rights as a seller! Was able to block these crazies.
. Paypal clarified my seller rights and 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. Anoush Stevenson 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.
- - I have been receiving messages from fake accounts created by SpeedLADating retaliating to alleged comments i "supposedly" made.
- They create the drama and then they pursue it and then they turn it around and say you are the bully and the harasser!
More than 1/2 of their reviewer have claimed harassment from SpeedLA. Please see: http://www.yelp.com/biz/speedla-dating-los-angeles-3#hrid:XpigXtct6oqS7v1VeB221A/src:self
- and make sure to read the regular reviews as well as the ones SpeedLA filtered out, a large percentage of which also claim harassment.
Steer clear and away from these people, they do not give you a service, they infringe on your legal rights and just give you a headache instead!
Wow. A person who attended an event from this company 11 years ago still updates it! 🤣
Hi I was also employed by them for a little less than 4 weeks and they didn't pay me i had to contact the California Labor Board to scare them into paying up
Anoush is literally the nastiest person I ever met fake nice for sure this company should be outed and brought down idk how she even has customers they intentionally scam daters
"They claim I’m just an independent contractor, but then we get upset when I wouldn’t do what they wanted which would make sense more if I was an employee. In general, I was an employee mislabelled as an independent contractor"
This comment above is exactly what they did to me as well when i called them out they refused to pay me
Just like Giselle and other staff, I was also not paid and disappointed to hear this is still a concern.
-I was the Manager of MyCheekyDate from [protected] working 12-16 hour days 6-7 days per week. Covid hit in 2020 and I was very understanding about late payment (as I had always been understanding in the past) and put a lot of hours in while wearing many hats
-I won’t go into many of the personal details because this is business and not personal, the bad decisions were made and a good decision would have been to pay your employees
-In May 2021, some news came to light regarding their spending habits which became noticeable in the public email box that we use resulting in most of the company walking out. I was blamed for orchestrating this walk out which is untrue as the entire time I was trying to stay out of the drama. They did not allow me to stay out of the drama and tried to drag me into the drama resulting in them asking me to not return to work until I agree to a phone call
-This entire ordeal was basically around me refusing a phone call. Many other times which is late at night, and with one of the owners, John, that I just simply did not care to speak to. They claim I’m just an independent contractor, but then we get upset when I wouldn’t do what they wanted which would make sense more if I was an employee. In general, I was an employee mislabelled as an independent contractor
-I have several voicemails and emails saved of this erratic and harassing behaviour. As always, they love to twist words, make threats, and bully whoever they can including customers and staff members
-It is now March 2022, and I still have not been paid a dime since I officially stopped working with the company. I hired a lawyer to which they responded more threats such as reporting me to the IRS (?) and bringing up all personal matters to the point of my lawyers like why does it even matter? You should get paid regardless of anything personal that happened between you two. Also, I’m not sure why they even said they would report me to the IRS since I’ve been fully transparent about my taxes so I’m not quite sure play they’re trying to make here. Just because I live in Canada as an American doesn’t mean that I don’t report my income to the US. Again, I don’t know why this even is relevant
-Giselle (I don’t know who you are hunni but i like you!) mentioned they closed the business and reopened to avoid paying people which is accurate
-I worked really hard during the pandemic, didn’t get to indulge in Netflix like everybody else, or have any of the normal pandemic experiences because of this job. I took a pay cut out of the kindness of my heart to help them. I at least deserve the minimum amount of money for everything that I did because I can tell you right now, these two owners did absolutely nothing but spend a little money we made on themselves
I have attached a screenshot of one of the last emails I have from them before I blocked both from my social media, emails, text messages, phone calls, etc.
My advice is to stay away from this company
I continue to work for the company and have for many years. This person was let go for many reasons. Everyone that was on the team before Covid, minus 2 people, is still with the company. I get nobody wants to lose their job. But to go online and try to hurt a company through false accusations, isn't right. If you were entitled to monies owed, I am sure your attorney would of sorted that out. It's also super weird that you find that an owner wishing to speak with you as unusual. Or that you missed out on the pandemic 'fun' because you had to work.
Lastly, if employees aren’t getting paid, wouldn’t there be hundreds stating the same? It’s a 50 city company. All of staff gets paid through a company called UpWork. My Cheeky Date has over 1000 positive reviews averaging 4 1/2 stars and an A rating as well accredited through the BBB. Anyone at the office or hosts would be more than happy to talk about this company.
I know it’s become a trend now to get fired and retaliate. But it’s such a waste of time. Be better.
Im sad to update that as a former employee of MyCheekyDate, not much has changed apart from I believe things have gotten worse.
-Anoush (aka Tina) and Jon, the owners, continue to harass customers and not pay their staff. They believe they can get away with not paying people because they always have, and we need to put an end to this. If you are a prospect client or employee, look elsewhere. There are plenty of other companies to choose from.
-They will blame covid, but they have always been bad with financials.
-Constantly pay hosts late; I had to remind them after 7 months of no pay to pay me which lead to excuse after excuse
-The managers who were they backbone of the business were also not paid and I believe are still owed money from 2020/2021
-They have shut down the company name(s) and reopened under other legal names to escape debt
-Threats threats and more threats to customers, staff, and pretty much anyone they can harass from behind their phone or computer screen
I bet both of them using fake names: "Tina" cell phone number belongs to Elisio Galindo :)
Totally agree with it! I worked like a host for them in SF, never got paid, I also know more then 20 people at the same situation. Tina Allman, not sure, if it's her real name, sending harassment emails, which are not making any sense, after they start to ask i9, which by the law, u can ask if payment is 600$ and up and do everything just to skip payment. It's very dishonest and nasty company, pls, be aware and never work for them. I'm filling bba report and hope police will get those nasty scammers one day. They should be in a jail!
As a UK based company not licensed to do business in the US, they can get away with pretty much anything they want to. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way. They will take your money, not provide the services you paid for, harass you and then claim you are harassing them. Very fraudulent and ethical business practices. STAY AWAY!
Sounds like this person just wanted to be awful to a company.
Comment by SpeedLA Dating;
This person posted a review on Yelp insulting, among other things, the daters in attendance. The company responded via Yelp under Business Comments. The following was our comment which has seemed to upset this dater substantially.
Hi Gabriela,
We're sorry you didn't enjoy yourself at our latest event at the fabulous Beso in Hollywood.
Let me address a few points; Our events always begin at 8pm - 8:15pm. Our Make-up artist always arrive a half hour before the event. This is listed on the website in detail.
In regards to appetizers - I'm sorry you didn't find them to your liking. Beso provides us with 8 lovely dishes ranging Eva's fabulous guacamole to the Lobster Quesadilla. They are culinary perfection :-)
I appreciate you didn't fancy the guys and we note none of the guys wrote you down - so perhaps it wasn't a match on both ends. :-( Many of the ladies did fancy the gentleman and we had loads of matches - so while they may not be for you and you not for them - it's not fun to insult people. Stating that men were 'painful to look at' is upsetting to daters.
I also noticed you also said some less than nice things about the ladies in attendance. I'm not sure I understand the relevance of stating in the review that 15 of the 20 ladies were overweight. That's very unfortunate. What you may consider to be an overweight woman another might find to be perfection. Beauty comes from the inside out - some of the most beautiful people i have ever met have been a few pounds overweight but I found it to be more loveliness to enjoy. We don't like to see daters insult daters - you can see the original review at: http://speedladating.blogspot.com/
We are proud to be entering our 5th year in Los Angeles with over 500 events in the LA area alone since 2007. We're also in 10 other cities in the US which is also a lovely bit of fun. Proud to be BBB Accredited with an A+ rating. We are the only speed dating company to have events in such venues as Beso, the only company to offer complimentary make-over's and the only to offer such personable - lovely hosts. We don't offer 'games' or 'free drinks' but do offer a laid back - sophisticated approach to speed dating without bells, whistles or name-tags. We're sorry it wasn't your cup of tea.
Cheers,
Tina
http://speedladating.blogspot.com/