Heather Stern and Marianne Grierson spend most of their time looking for eligible mates. They work the gallery openings, fund-raisers, fancy parties–anywhere they might come upon attractive people of adequate means, intelligence, and character.
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But neither of these two is lovelorn herself–Stern’s married; Grierson’s “involved.” They do their trolling on behalf of others. Both sexes. All ages. For a fee. Their current client list includes 70 people who have each paid $3,500 up front to retain up to three years’ worth of searching. If the searchers come up with a a live one, and the client falls in love with the “searchee” and gets married, the client pays a $3,500 “performance fee.”
The deluxe clients, however–those on the “Searchmate” plan–receive lots of personal attention: pep talks, emotional support, counseling on relationship maintenance and repair. Some of the services are part of the package, some are extra. The names of deluxe clients are never given out without permission.
Searchers (but not searchees) can call Personal Profiles for more information at 440-0777.
