I’m Hikoki, a male member.
When you consider the staff’s workload, letter dates seem perfectly suited to the times we live in—so much so that I sometimes wonder whether setting dates are even necessary anymore.
Letter dates eliminate the hassle for staff, female members, and male members alike, and I think they’re superior to setting dates in that respect.
Kida-san, why not make everything letter dates?
If you did, everyone would experience their benefits firsthand without a second thought.
Your charisma would rise even further.
Seriously, making that decision would be revolutionary. Wouldn’t the staff be absolutely delighted and applaud enthusiastically, especially since it would relieve them of so many different stresses?
Not only would it reduce the staff’s workload, but as mentioned in the question, it’s also an ideal way for female members to avoid the hassle of meeting in person.
I emphasized the “100%” figure, but women are already screened before meeting through a setting, and trust is built more through the way they communicate than through the actual content of their messages. What I wanted to say was that, compared with setting dates or online meetings, the chances of finding a Type B relationship increase threefold or even fivefold. I realize I didn’t explain that well enough. (To the person who asked: what I mentioned previously was the probability of Type B, not Type C.)
I have absolutely no intention of bragging on the Q&A site. I simply hope people will become even more interested in the club’s many positive qualities. If that leads to more good male members joining and the club continuing to prosper, I’d like to benefit from that even ten years from now.
P.S. With online meetings, staff would go so far as to coordinate the date and time, so I did feel a little guilty about paying less. With letter dates, however, there’s almost no work for the staff, and women don’t have to go through the tedious back-and-forth of arranging a meeting with staff. Considering how smooth the process is, letter dates are far superior to settings, so I don’t feel guilty at all.
The fact that they can eliminate so much unnecessary back-and-forth between staff and female members is an enormous benefit, both for the women and for the club. At the same time, you still retain the sense of security that Universe provides. It feels like the ultimate method for the times we live in. I have a feeling Universe may be a pioneer in this area.
P.P.S. In other words, the multiple rounds of messages staff currently exchange with female members—sometimes taking one or two hours, half a day, or even until the next day—could simply be left to the members themselves.
Then, since the woman can initiate contact whenever she has a little free time, it would all be settled in just a few rounds of messages over about 10 to 20 minutes. That’s incredibly efficient.
And through those exchanges, you can get a rough idea of what the woman has in mind, which makes things even more efficient. The number of dates before entering a Type B relationship would decrease, and relationship scams would likely be reduced considerably as well.
P.P.P.S. If I were running the business, I might make all offers to women in the Tokyo metropolitan area during a state of emergency letter dates only…
Alternatively, I might make all offers in areas operating on reduced hours letter dates only.
Another option would be to raise the setting fee by 1.5 or 2 times, making the price difference between settings and letter dates three- to fourfold, and naturally reducing the number of setting offers.
Staff would no longer need to check the exchanges between male members and women for every offer, making the process more efficient. If the increased efficiency led to more dates, the resulting revenue could make up for the difference, while the staff time and expenses saved could all be directed toward attracting new female members.
That would greatly reduce the amount of manual work and checking involved, allowing the club to focus even more on acquiring the new members male members want.
Maezawa from the President’s Office here.
I’m aware that my writing isn’t very good, so I don’t think I’m being particularly deferential.
If you feel that this level of politeness is excessive, you may want to avoid letter dating. People who are good with words can write much more impressive messages.
If you really think it’s 100% appropriate for letter dating, please post an example of the kind of message you mean—it may be helpful to others.
I’m Flag Maker, a column writer.
In that case, let’s have more confidence in ourselves. I’m confident that people will think I’m a good person once they meet me, so no matter what it takes—even if I have to humble myself—I’ll do whatever I can to get as far as actually meeting them. Pride, the fact that I’m paying, none of that matters.
I’m Kazu, a male member.
Since I haven’t offered the woman anything of value yet, I think acting all high and mighty as if I’m doing her a favor by paying would only leave her exasperated. Rather, I feel we should be grateful that she’s taking the time to reply to our messages for free.
That said, I couldn’t see what was so deferential about Maezawa’s example message. It seemed perfectly normal to me.
The person who asked the question was negotiating by revealing things little by little, so I think the woman found it tiresome. After this, they’d still have to exchange messages about the specific meeting place, date and time, what they were going to eat, and so on, one thing at a time… How many more messages would they have to send? Just imagining it makes me feel tired.
I think the key point of Maezawa’s example is that it covers all of these things in a single message.
With a normal setting, the club clears that hurdle of feeling like it’s too much trouble for you—including the pressure of being evaluated by the woman through the club.
We should be grateful for that.
But if you’re meeting two out of three women, doesn’t that mean the setting fee is effectively half price? Isn’t that a pretty good deal?
