Singles Events Melbourne
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Uncontactable. Feels like a scam!
Once you book, you can not contact them. You can not use your promotional code. No matter how many texts (as instructed) or emails you send to try and change a booking, you get no response. I received an automated response and that was it. Frustrating and it feels like a scam. Can NOT recommend this! Shame.
Great night out with other singles
Singles Events have emerged from the Covid restrictions with a great new venue in Collingwood. The events are well run with a friendly outlook that puts one at ease and ready to chat.
A great night out with the opportunity to make new friends and perhaps meet that someone special.
Rude and unprofessional
Edit: I'd like to start with this quote of a direct comment made from this company about me in the replies below:
"What human would want to date someone like this? No one, Christine. No one."
A comment like this in such a climate of mental health issues is harmful and detrimental to anyone.
Do yourself a favour and read the appalling replies that come with any of the 1 star ratings before deciding to support this company.
My friend and I were planning to attend one of these events and there was a system error with her promo code. It took 2
... Read moreweeks for anyone to respond, so by the time she was able to get her ticket, the even sold out, but I got mine. [Name Removed] offered for her to purchase the ticket from a platform that was more expensive and wouldn’t take the promo code so I asked for a refund on my ticket and this is the insulting reply I got. I have never been spoken to so unprofessionally by a company!- +4
Hello everyone! I'm so glad Christina added these screenshots. It paints the perfect picture of the type of customer we're dealing with here. Christina was the one who purchased the last ticket hence
... Read moreall the contact. There is nothing wrong with the first-timers promotion code that has been working for 8 years now. We had not received any contact from the person who allegedly couldn't get the promo code to work. Just Christina. They just didn't want to pay the extra few dollars on Eventbrite so then everything escalated quite rapidly. This toxic human even got random friends to leave a few more 1-stars on Google. Just pathetic really. If you want to meet cheap people who want cheap tickets, go elsewhere. That's not our clientele. Thanks, everyone! We love you all!Pretty sure my first message saying that she was trying to get in touch with you for 2 weeks is proof that’s the case?
I’ve edited this showing her message to you sent on 21 June and your reply to he
Thanks for admitting you made your friends give extra 1-stars. Can you see why you're single now? Such a malicious, and toxic human being that go to extra lengths to try and leave a path of destructio
... Read moren when things don't go your way. You are most certainly not the clientele we have and we're so happy you are banned for life. Our members will never meet you at our events. They will meet you at our competitors. Tell me, what human would want to date someone like this? No one, Christine. No one. You might want to stop and think about what point in your life made you become the negative, malicious person you are today. I really pity you, Christine. Life would be much easier for you if you just ease up and flow through it instead of causing havoc. Good luck
Fantastic day out
What a great way to spend the day! Tommy was a fantastic host and great fun and so down to earth. The day ran very smoothly and all the other singles on the trip were great fun. Nice to be amongst other singles rather than being the odd one out. Didn't meet the man of my dreams but made lots of friends. We all plan to catch up again soon. The only negative is that the day went too quickly. Tommy is a legend and if anyone doesn't like him there must be something wrong with them. Keep up the great work Tommy and I look forward to attending another event soon.
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Such a great day out!
I'm so pleased I stepped out of my zone and joined in your beer & cider tour. Slight apprehensive feelings of going by myself quickly disappeared from meeting other singles at the bus stop and that set the scene for a fabulous day that flowed with quality crew, quality brews and lots of laughs with genuine people.
Thanks Tommy for working your magic before and during the day so all we had to do was get our tour fun on.
Great service, great fun and great way to meet people.
From the moment I booked the service was FABULOUS! As soon as we met at the pick up point Tommy was amazing at making everyone feel relaxed and put everyone at ease. The bus trip was fun and full of laughs. The venues we stopped at were professional and delicious and it was a really great way to meet and get to know other singles in a relaxed , comfortable and fun filled atmosphere. Tommy was a great host and was always making sure everyone had a good time and that everything ran smoothly.
10/10 from me.
Not even worth one star!
The reviews for this organisation are clearly written by friends of the owner ([Name Removed]) ! Reason being, when you call ahead of event you get nothing but an impolite person with no consideration.
As their site claims no refunds (yet assures social distancing), one is obliged to attend. Wait at the designated stop ahead of time, and in the course of 45 minutes waiting (from 10am to 10.45am), you will see one bus turn up but not brake to stop and you will also see the organiser change seats so he can't be identified and bus keeps moving o
... Read moren! The bus itself was sooo small (and in no way catered for the social distancing required), and failed to even have signage in the window to signal it was a Brewery and Cider Tour Bus. The bus is driven by a little Chinese man (in no professional attire) that you could mistake it for being a little Chinese Tour bus! Try calling on the day to see where they are, and you will only get a voicemail as their ph is conveniently turned off! The unprofessional owner / operator ([Name Removed]) will not call you on the day because that would go against his desire do nothing but take peoples money & leave them standing! You can also expect no level of service once you have paid your money (from totally impolite ph manner when you call them to not delivering by not picking you up on the day)! If you want to waste $159, then book. If you want to potentially get Coronavirus (given no social distancing on dodgey small bus), then book! Otherwise, SAVE YOUR MONEY AND TIME! Should you want to mail a letter of dissatisfaction, their postal address is Po Box 719, Coburg VIC 3058 (as per ASIC).Hello everyone. Here is my initial response to Sarah's idiotic review.
- Calling a bus driver “Chinese man” is so racist it’s beyond belief. Saying he is a “Chinese Tour bus” is just unbelievable and unacceptable.
... Read more- Stating that we take your money and leave you standing when we have a bus filled with people just makes no sense whatsoever. It’s just so moronic. - Stating the owner's name, postal address, and inciting aggressive action towards a business is just disgusting behavior and great insight into the type of person we are dealing with here. Ugggghh what a disgusting individual. Never have I ever dealt with such a gross, disgusting human in all these years running this company. "Sarah" which is not her name by the way, was absolutely horrible on the phone two days prior to the event. Just a rude, opinionated, passive-aggressive person. Two days before the event, we sent everyone an information text which includes an image to select a pickup point. This image has a massive “front on” Google maps picture of the bus stop which is in front of Westfield shopping center and also a “birds-eye view” Google maps picture of the bus stop WITH BIG YELLOW ARROWS pointing to the bus stop AND the time to be there. But that wasn’t good enough for 'Sarah'. Oh no, no… She calls us all frustrated asking where this pickup point was because apparently, we were not clear enough. So I got her to open the image whilst on the phone with me so she can look. As she looked, she then proceeds to tell me off expressing how it was not clear and tells me how we were supposed to send the text out…. wow… (never had an issue with over 2000 people before her mind you…) She then sees the text that states: “Pick up point 3 Doncaster = 10:15am” and asks me: “is the Doncaster pick up point at 10:15am?”……… yes everyone, she really did ask that question. So I asked her “what time does it say on that image?”, so she proceeds to tell me off for that too… I mean seriously.. She loves telling people off apparently. She’d be an amazing partner.. Not only are all the pickup points and times a part of the ticket description for the ticket she purchased, but they are also in the image we send out 2 days before the event but all of that was simply not good enough for miss [Reviewers Name Removed as this was not disclosed]. Must call them up and tell them off! Guys, she was an absolute cow over the phone so I disconnected the call. I’ve never had to do that before. So then she huffed and puffed her way over to Google to leave us a 1-star review. Come the day of the event, we arrived at the bus stop at about 10:12 and left at 10:17 because she was not there. When a member is not at the pickup point, we pull out the phone and film for evidence. Please visit this YouTube video for the evidence. You can see it was right at the front of the bus filming. Not hiding. Clearly, 'Sarah' was watching the wrong bus or was at the wrong stop. https://youtu.be/8_mVfDcQ2rI At 10:30 am or so we get a whole bunch of abusive text messages asking where we are etc which indicates she was just late or at the wrong stop. Rebecca was the unfortunate one that had to deal with this angry and hateful person. After reviewing the conversation between the purchaser and Rebecca, I can say Rebecca was calm and professional. The purchaser was just hostile as she was to me over the phone. The terms state if you miss the bus, you must make your way to the first destination. Rebecca asked if she wanted to do that only to receive more abuse, aggression, and just pure hatred from 'Sarah' demanding refunds, making accusations, and just being a royal pain. Well done Rebecca for staying cool, calm, and collective. We do not just wait around for people to rock up whenever they feel like it and expect us to be there waiting. You had to be there at a specific time, if you are not there, we leave. It's not that hard. But if you do miss the bus, then you make your way to the first destination which she refused. Instead, she huffed and puffed her way over to Product Review to leave us a 1-star review. If this 1-star means that she will never meet our members, then it’s a 1-star well spent. Thanks, everyone, we love you all, keep on being awesome! Regards, Tommy www.singlesevents.melbourneYou are obviously getting a lot of messages of dissatisfaction, and mistaken my communication with your firm with that of someone else (as I have been honest & polite in my review and all communicatio
... Read moren, and have not once sworn in sms messaging)! I trust you realise that a firm can be investigated by ACCC when they act fraudulently (as you have) by taking money and not honouring / delivering on promised service! Maybe you would like to familiarise yourself with the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ! Where the ACCC has reasonable grounds to believe a person has breached the provisions of the ACL, it can issue an Infringement Notice
Awesome Singles Tour - Highly Recommend!!
This was a great tour and an awesome way to ease back into socialising after Covid lockdown. Tommy is a fantastic host and overall would highly recommend the beer and cider tour!!
Fun time, great experience
It is my first time doing something like this, I had a wonderful experience, great platform to meet people, a few interesting and fun games and finally Tommy the host is simply the best, he makes everyone feel comfortable and makes sure the event runs smoothly
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Sooooo much better than dating apps and websites! Real people, real vibes, real conversations.
Sooooo much better than dating apps and websites! Real people, real vibes, real conversations.
I've done both virtual speed dating and the games night. With speed dating you meet around 12 people for 7 minutes each. Enough to work out if you have chemistry. With the games nights, there are plenty of games and chances to talk to people... with a very entertaining host.
Definitely recommend. Great fun.
Greatfun and Great hosts! Well organised
The event was great and well organised. The hosts Tommy and Bridget was great, funny and enthusiastic. The dates were great and friendly. The lives events always have a great vibe, venues and food.
The virtual dates were also well organised and serves as a good avenue to try something new.Super convenient and also had a great atmosphere via technology.
Have a go and have a laugh!!
Recently I participated in one of the online dating sessions. It went really well, and I had a lot of laughs. It was well organised, clear and easy to follow. Initially Tommy had us all in a group discussion until everyone was settled, and then he switched us into our own ‘rooms’ and then back again to group discussion. I think Tommy has done a great job in offering an online service during these challenging times. So, you can either sit at home and watch reruns of Seinfeld, or you can pour yourself a glass of wine put on a clean shirt and meet
... Read more some people. Pre Covid I attended three of Tommy’s events, and enjoyed them all. (One in particular was on my birthday and I attended the beer and cider tour. What an awesome day out, and I got home at 3 am). I just read a previous review that is quite nasty, scathing and unnecessary. As a business owner myself it is very frustrating as there are many angry and miserable people out there who feel they have the right to trash someone’s hard earned reputation. Your amazing amount of 5 star reviews speak for themselves.Find out how Singles Events Melbourne compares to other Dating Agencies
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A complete waste of time and money
I don't know what kind of two-bob operation these people are running here, but my experiences with them have left me severely disappointed and disillusioned.
These people seem to think that it is perfectly ethical to take people's hard earned money but not deliver the service they are meant to be providing.
My debacle with them began in early March when I booked in for one of their live events. Re-organised my whole day and left work early to make it to this event and just as I was about to step out the door, I receive a text telling me the ev
Hello everyone! Allow me to explain the actual facts of this case. The country went into lockdown due to COVID so the government put a stop to all public events. We then quickly moved to Virtual Speed
... Read more Dating. Of course, John's misdirected anger at this lockdown causes him to RUDELY demand a refund. At a time when everyone was stressed, John was furious at us! We explained to John that there are no refunds when the government stops an event from going ahead. THIS IS THE LAW! If you want to take it up with someone, take it up with the government. Instead, we offered a transfer to Virtual Speed Dating or 12-month credit to attend something else (just like everyone else). Then John got very mad!Well Tommy, just as I expected, your reply is packed full of lies, mistruths and contradictions.
Before I begin, let me highlight a few excerpts from a couple of other negative reviews you have here:
... Read more "Your terms and conditions use bully tactics which is also what I experienced from you" "Wow. I’m not trying to be anything but honest and your continuous attempts to bully and discredit my review are a great example of your shortfall as a company." "You always blame others and refuse to take any responsibility for either your actions or the services you provide. Says a lot about you Tommy!!" "Its clear to me that you are totally ignorant and self-absorbed." "I can see lying is in your nature and you do it quite well." I can confidently back these statements up, as from my experiences with you they are 100% SPOT ON!!! Yes, I did book a ticket to a live event which was abruptly cancelled about 1 hour prior to commencement causing me much inconvenience and wasted time. So then without any consultation you automatically transfer me to a "virtual online event". But hang on, that isn't what I paid for. I purchased X and you are trying to sell me Y. Do you not see what the issue is here? Furthermore, you were selling tickets to the online events for $39. But hang on, I paid $59 for the live event. If you had a shred of decency in you, you would have reimbursed the $20 difference. But no mention of it from you whatsoever. I know its only $20, but it isn't about the money, it's about principles, something which you seem to have no concept of. You simply kept quiet and kept my money expecting me not to notice what was going on. So in regards to the first paypal claim, this is where you are telling complete blatant lies. I did not lose the case, nor did they find in your favour. I cancelled the case myself because it was quicker and easier to contact my bank directly and reverse the charge. I have all the documented proof of this that shows you are a blatant liar Tommy!!! My bank credited the $59 onto my account and I closed the paypal case myself, end of story!!! So a few months later it was clear that covid wasn't going away, I decided to move on, put what happened in the past and give these guys another chance. At least this time I chose to participate on my own terms instead of having it forced upon me by them. So I purchased a ticket to an online event for $39 for the 3rd of June. I don't work 9-5 like these people assume, so I have to make arrangements to leave work early to participate in this event. It causes a fair bit of inconvenience, but I figure it's worth it if I meet someone. I get home, waiting, waiting... then an hour before the event is meant so start, I get another cancellation. What a joke! So they transfer me to 2 july. Ok, I accept it for what it is. So 2 July comes around and I'm sitting at my computer since 5:30pm waiting for instructions to access the event. Waiting, waiting, waiting. It gets to 7pm and I have not had one shred of communication from them. Once again, more lies from you Tommy - you did not text me any link whatsoever. I text you at 7:01 pm and wrote "I haven't received anything, how do I get in?" You did not reply to this message. I text you again at 7:15pm - "Hi, I have a ticket for tonight's event but haven't received any instructions on how to access it. Please help" You then called me at 7:16pm and proceeded to argue with me over the previous event which I had thought was resolved and we had moved on from. This is why the event was delayed, yet you have the nerve and audacity to blame me for delaying the event....unbelievable. As to what happened with logging into the site, I stand by everything I described previously. When I logged in both the audio and video were cutting in and out constantly. It was impossible to make out anything that was being said. After a few minutes it froze and became unresponsive. I couldn't even exit the program, the only option I was left with was to restart my computer. Once I restarted my computer, I attempted to log in again and was given a page saying "Please wait, the host will let you in once the event has started". I sent a text together with a screenshot of this but I did not receive a response from you for the rest of the night. The event went ahead without me. And now all you are doing is attempting to lay the blame on me? You're unbelievable. I have no issues with my internet connection, I stream movies without issue. Nor do I have a Nokia 5110. You think you're being funny but you're just sad. I am not a computer technician, nor can I speak for other's experiences. All I know is that it did not work on my end and therefore I did not receive the product/service I paid for. Why the hell would I just leave the event before it even started? That's a ridiculous assertion which makes no sense. Sheer lies on your part. I'm certainly not in the habit of throwing my money away. Come to think of it, you could have deliberately sabotaged my login as revenge for my previous dealings with you. Anything is possible hey? So yes, I have made another paypal claim - because I have already contacted my bank to reverse the charge again and when my bank contact paypal, they can see what it was for. But anyhow, thank you for opening my eyes to what sort of people you are - Shonky, greasy, deceptive liars who will do or say anything to deny their wrongdoing and shift the blame onto others. I hope others will be able to see through your fake persona too. Goodbye!!Wowzers! Spend less time being angry and more time being happy John. Please don't book again.
A totally fun yet professional experience
What an unexpected great night, such great fun connecting with a great bunch of people. The night was run so professionally, yet relaxed and fun throughly recommend you give this a go
Single Events are so much fun!!!
I have loved the virtual trivia nights and speed dating events.. These are very well organised and well run by Tommy. Lots of laughs is had by all. Grab your tickets and get ready for some fun.
Questions & Answers
Hi do you do any match making in Adelaide
Do you cater for the 40-60 age group?
Yes they do! They do just about every age range. I really like this company :)
Hey there Janaki and Jessica! Thanks so much for the compliment, Jessica! Janaki, we cater for all ages. Please visit this link below for all events for anyone over 40 years old. FYI, we have our yearly 80s party coming up soon which brings about 400-500 people! Alternatively, call us: 1800 851 841
Do you have any events for over 60’s? I have noticed that some events include up to 62. I am 65. Would be good to see an expvent for 60-70 year olds.
Colleen
Hey there Colleen! We have the perfect page for you on our website that shows all events for singles over 50. It also includes 50+ dinner events. Please visit this page here: https://singlesevents.melbourne/singles-over-50
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Thanks for this 1-star based on your feelings as you "feel we are a scam"... As you've used a fake name, how is this feedback supposed to help us find all of your alleged "emails" and "text" to A: con
... Read morefirm and address this story, and B: respond to these missed emails? What a useless review that resolves nothing. For all we know, you are sending your emails to a "noreply" email address.