I think “Letter Date” is misleading because of its name. What do you all think?
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The impression I get from the name “Letter Date” is that it means dating through letters. Then male members may start trying to get friendly with women via LINE, leaving the women working for free (?) and wondering what benefit there is for female members.
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https://universe-club.jp/help/questions/view/6275
Wouldn’t it be better to use names that make it clear whether the club handles the arrangements or the members do it themselves?
For example:
・Arranged Date → Full-Service Arrangement
・Letter Date → Self-Arrangement (Letter)
There is also Self-Arrangement (Voice). With the full-service option, the club supports the process up to the point where the two people meet, so it costs more (and the man pays for it). The self-service option is cheaper because the club does not support the process through to the meeting. There is no guarantee that the two people will actually meet.
With names like these, it would be easier to understand that this isn’t actually a “date,” and that it’s fine to block someone if they try to start “dating” via LINE before meeting—even before any money is involved.
It would also make the benefits for women easier to understand: they can coordinate schedules directly and get a sense of the other person’s personality beforehand (and avoid meeting if they realize he’s awful).
I’m Hikôki, a male member.
Wouldn’t it make sense for staff who have seen the benefits of letter dates firsthand to recruit publicly as well? Digital dates, perhaps…
Now that we’re under quasi-emergency measures, this is the perfect opportunity for you to go digital, President Kida—or rather, staff.
It would be great if you took the bold step of going fully digital during this period, with letter dates only.
For women, communicating through writing means they can quickly decide whether to move on, saving them the trouble of meeting—or even going out or putting on makeup.
I think they’d also be able to filter out unwanted male members quite effectively.
As a result:
Men’s relationship and adult relationship rates would rise severalfold, while women would be far more likely to feel thrilled at the chance to meet such wonderful men.
I believe the club would grow into an even more appealing place.
Men who think that simply meeting means they’ve already won would disappear. The problems and dissatisfaction women experience when they end up meeting someone simply because the club arranged it would also gradually be resolved.
Eventually, it could even become possible for the club to rise dramatically in popularity among women…
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Maezawa from the President’s Office here.
I believe that during the testing phase, women received a ¥5,000 thank-you payment
(though I may be mistaken).
But by the time it officially launched, that had been discontinued.
My guess is that they decided it wouldn’t make sense to increase the hassle of making bank transfers while significantly lowering the setting fee.
With that in mind, perhaps they could have introduced a system that didn’t require the club to make the transfer—for example, after the initial exchange, the man could send the woman ¥5,000 via PayPay.
However, some men might say they don’t know how to set up PayPay, so either way, it would probably still involve additional costs.
It’s not easy.
Even if the setting fee were returned to the usual amount, the extra hassle of making the transfers would remain, so that also seems difficult.
It feels like if there were a good solution, they could simply make it part of the rules.
That said, women can decline. So rather than worrying about the name of the offer, if you receive a Letter Date offer, you could reply:
“I’d prefer to meet in person, so would you be able to send me a regular offer?”
Anyone trying to save money will probably disappear after that, while anyone who isn’t will likely send a regular offer.
That seems like a good approach as well.
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I’m Flag Maker, a column writer.
If someone is difficult to deal with over LINE, they’ll probably be difficult in person too, right? Since you can screen them before meeting, I feel like it offers at least some benefit to women as well.
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I’m Date◎Yume, a male member.
Since it’s simply the name of the dating system, I don’t think you need to focus too much on the terminology.
> Women are made to work for free (?), so what’s in it for female members?
I understand where you’re coming from. However, if you don’t see any benefit in letter dates, I recommend contacting the club and telling them that you don’t accept them.
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