My experience with the app (and really more the service as a whole) is that I STRONGLY caution anyone to really know what they’re signing up for before they sign the expensive contract. I’ll admit that it sounds like plenty of people have had a genuinely good experience getting valuable tools and healing from this service. That’s great.
However, my experience was that I was hard-sold while in a very emotionally vulnerable state (before signing up for the program, they will call you and do their best to convince you to sign up on the spot - and “I need more time to think” was apparently not an acceptable answer for the salesman who then put extra pressure on me to sign up ASAP). Ultimately, I take responsibility for my choice to enroll, but shame on the sales tactics that guide people to believe this is “the answer” to the desperate situation they may find themselves in. I was even told on the phone that by signing up and learning these techniques, my income would vastly increase. Even if that were true, that’s a HUGE red flag I couldn’t fully recognize when I was feeling so vulnerable. That’s the sort of thing grifters would say. No one reputable should say this to convince enrollment.
The buyer’s remorse kicked in immediately when the very first thing I saw in the app was a post trying to upsell me on suspiciously expensive retreats, in addition to the expensive course I had already just made a commitment to. The very first thing. It was not a good look, and immediately made me feel like some kind of rube. Moreover, the overview information about the course I had signed up for indicated that it was actually seeming less and less relevant to my situation. Certainly less relevant than the sales agent had led me to believe. It was all about “how to recover from a betrayal from your partner” which was weird because that’s not really what happened to me, and I was led to believe the course was applicable to breakups in general. It felt like a bait and switch for sure.
Also, I can’t speak to the nature of the course content (more on that in a moment for the reason why) but once I was “in” I started to get more of a sense that I had accidentally fallen into the wrong crowd. Just the vibe I got. The owner of GA will fervently deny any traces of misogyny in his beliefs — and I don’t think he’s lying, but I also don’t know if he’s really aware just how off-putting his beliefs on the differences between men and women are. He has made generalizations about what women want and need, as if his technique is the “one size fits all” truth. Personally, I got the sense that his techniques are more likely to just work on specific personality types that he’s interested in, nothing inherent to gender.
I tried to exercise my right to cancel the program early, and didn’t even watch a single video of the course I paid for, in an attempt to bolster my chances of getting out of the contract, but the email I sent was never answered. By the way, according to the program contract, there are NO refunds given, for any reason whatsoever. Not even for feeling bait and switched by them. Another oh-so-trustworthy tactic.
I felt pretty hurt and swindled, especially after not getting contacted back. So I had my credit card provider issue a chargeback and they ruled in my favor, finding Genuine Attraction to be in the wrong. If only this was the end of it.
After that, Genuine Attraction sent a debt collection agency on my trail months later, threatening to take me to court unless I paid every cent of what they claimed I owed from the contract (between five and six thousand dollars), despite never using their course and being ignored in my attempt to follow their contract’s termination clause.
Ultimately, we settled. I did not want the hassle and expense of going to court. I hated that they took anything from me, considering I got nothing in return, but I took some small solace in the knowledge that GA didn’t get nearly as much money from me as they were seeking, knowing they’d gone to quite the inconvenience to take only a fraction of their demands.
To this day, I have never heard directly from the owner, at any point. Not even during the negotiations with the debt collectors.
So that’s my story, and it’s the truest I can tell it. If it weren’t for the fact that GA clearly is at least working for SOME people and giving them help, I would hope the company just disappeared altogether. But then again I’m biased. After all, they burned me pretty bad.
I hope that whoever’s reading this doesn’t get burned. If you sign up, I hope it’s the right fit for you, and that you get the help you need.
But please be aware. The business tactics here do not feel ethical at all. The arrogance I dealt with from the owner, from the way he ignored me to the way he handled the debt collection process, and the arguments I heard FROM the debt collectiors passing along what the GA owner had told them to tell me (talk about convoluted!) — all while never contacting me himself — was just astronomical. Astronomical arrogance. He never admitted to any fault despite obviously failing to uphold his own early termination agreement in the contract.
There are probably better programs out there run by more scrupulous people who won't try to sue you for trying to escape their grift-laden clutches. I hope you can find them instead.
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