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Barbara claims matchmaker Linda didn’t set her up on any dates. Linda claims Barbara didn’t pay a membership fee.  The Original! There’s only ONE Judge Judy. Visit our website for where to watch, weekdays  #JudgeJudy

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00:00Ms. Bartonoff, you were interested in meeting some nice gentlemen.

00:03Correct.

00:06And how did you find the defendant's service?

00:09In a magazine that's called The Journal, which circulates all over Los Angeles.

00:14Do you have the ad?

00:14Yes, I do.

00:15I'd like to take a look at it.

00:19Now, why don't you tell me what happened when you responded to this ad?

00:23Well, when I called up Ultimate Encounters, as described as it states in her magazine,

00:28advertisement that the service is free for women.

00:32So I called her up, and she gave me the pitch over the phone,

00:35how she has thousands of men inside her catalog.

00:37You know, they're all professional.

00:39They earn well over $100,000.

00:41And she invited me down to her home, and she works out of her living room,

00:44which is located in Redondo Beach.

00:47And I went down there, and she described me her service

00:50and how she has years of experience of psychology and sociology

00:54and how she must have set up, you know, 90%.

00:57Anyway, she...

00:59Wonderful, and it wasn't going to cost you anything because the men pay.

01:04Well, when she told me the service for women was free,

01:07however, you have to pay a fee of only $165

01:10to have your photographs taken at her photography studio located in Hollywood.

01:15And you don't have the option of going to your own service.

01:18You have to go to hers.

01:19You don't even have the option of bringing in your own photographs.

01:22Did you at any time ask then how she made a living?

01:27I mean, how does she make her money?

01:29What she does is that she contacts all these men that she has in her catalog,

01:33tells them about our profile and background.

01:35If they like what they hear, then they go down to her house,

01:39review our photographs.

01:40Then they instruct her, I want to meet this woman, this woman, that woman, this woman.

01:44And then she contacts the women and said,

01:46this guy wants to meet you, this guy wants to meet you, this guy wants to meet you.

01:49That sounds all very nice.

01:52How do you make your living?

01:54Do you charge the men?

01:56Yes, Your Honor.

01:57The men pay the membership fee, not the women.

01:59Oh, interesting.

02:00So, and what do the men pay?

02:02Depending on how long they join, Your Honor,

02:04they pay anywhere between $2,000 and $5,000,

02:07depending on the length of the membership,

02:09depending on the amount of guaranteed introductions they receive.

02:13The women pay absolutely no membership fee whatsoever.

02:16So, let me figure this out.

02:19So, you went down and took your photographs.

02:22Correct.

02:22And paid the $165.

02:24Correct.

02:26And nothing happened.

02:27Correct.

02:28Didn't get a call.

02:30I got nothing from her.

02:31Every single month, I called her and I go,

02:33hey, what's up, what's going on, anything yet?

02:36And finally, after the fourth or fifth month,

02:39I finally got her on the phone

02:40because every time I called her,

02:42I always got her machine.

02:43And she said you weren't picked.

02:45Well, she's...

02:46In effect, that's what she said.

02:48I mean, I'm not being unkind to you.

02:50Right?

02:50Right.

02:51That's what she said to you.

02:52Well, she said a little bit more than that.

02:54Well, I'd like to hear what she said.

02:56She goes, well, I ask her, hey, Linda, what's going on?

02:58It's been four or five months.

03:01You know, you gave me the impression

03:02that you were going to set me up with all these guys.

03:04You know, and she said to me,

03:06listen, you...

03:07Had you read your contract,

03:09the service fee was free.

03:10I work for the men who paid me a service fee of $5,000.

03:14And had you paid me $5,000,

03:17I would get off my butt tomorrow

03:18and start look for someone for you.

03:21And why don't you just go F yourself

03:23and you need to get yourself a...

03:24Life.

03:26And then she hung up on me.

03:27You know, and I'm just going, real nice woman.

03:31So I called her back up.

03:32I go, Linda, listen to me.

03:34All I want to know,

03:35how many men did you potentially introduce me to?

03:38What did you call her back for?

03:39Well, I was just kind of curious.

03:41How many men did she present me to?

03:43One, two, five, 50?

03:44Just a second.

03:45I don't want to hear you anymore.

03:47How many women like this paid you $165

03:50to have their photographs taken?

03:52I've been in business for over six years.

03:54This is the first time this has ever happened.

03:56Well, maybe because the other ones were embarrassed.

03:59I would say probably 500.

04:00Why did you need a certain photographer

04:03to take the pictures?

04:04The way that I do that

04:06is because when the men review the files,

04:07they're very visual.

04:08I can guarantee they have not been airbrushed

04:10or retouched.

04:11They feel comfortable

04:12when they go and meet the women for dinner

04:13that they will not look different.

04:15They will not be disappointed.

04:16Well, listen.

04:17I'll see you next time.

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