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New Online Dating Service Uses Private Background Checks to Ensure Safety

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

(As of May 2011 FindMyTrueNorth.com was shut down for unexplained reasons and is no longer in business)

Press Release from PRNewswire. BestBackgroundCheck.org is not affiliated with and does not endorse the service represented in this press release.

Service Takes Aim at Frustrated Online Daters

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ – Barb Gunselman, successful matchmaker and entrepreneur, wants to take dating in a new direction — true north and offline. Today, True North Matchmaking Services (www.findmytruenorth.com) announces its entry into the professional matchmaking arena in Greater Philadelphia with the goal of finding and setting up sophisticated and professional singles using a more personal and safe approach than other services, including a private investigator background check.

“In the current climate of cyber-driven impersonal dating, it makes it difficult to find — and too easy to overlook — the right person,” says Barb Gunselman, managing director of True North. “True North is for the person who is tired of online dating but doesn’t want a ‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ type experience,” says Gunselman, referring to the television series where a matchmaker arranges dates for wealthy men seeking attractive partners.

Gunselman believes successful relationships are built on equality, respect and honesty. Less expensive than other high-end matchmaking services in the area that typically charge men higher fees than women, True North matches couples based on shared interests and goals, rather than looks and financial status.

“Online profiles are almost entirely based on the superficial, which can change overnight,” said Gunselman.  ”I match people based on what’s real and unchanged over time: common interests, values and personality.”

True North is the vision of Gunselman who previously ran a prominent high-end matchmaking service, and Al Schuster, president and owner of True North and Polaris Business Services, LLC.

“From a business-perspective, the timing could not be better to launch this type of service in the Philadelphia region,” says Schuster. “People are too busy, budget-conscience and skeptical about relying on Web or cost-prohibitive dating services to meet their match.”

About Barb Gunselman:

A mother of four, matchmaker, breast cancer survivor, entrepreneur, and certified lifestyle consultant, Gunselman wears many hats. But it was a bandana that sparked her entrepreneurial spirit when she was bald from chemotherapy and radiation treatments for breast cancer.  Gunselman decided to forgo wigs and scarves and instead wore self-designed Swarovski crystal-decorated bandanas — Bella Bandanas was born. Now Gunselman sells the popular bandanas online and in her downtown West Chester store, Bling It On!

“Nothing is scary once you’ve had cancer.”  Surviving has made Barb pursue her passions, including matchmaking, with no fear of trying.

About True North Matchmaking:

True North Matchmaking Service finds and matches sophisticated and professional singles using a more personal and safe approach than other dating services.  Experienced matchmaker, Barb Gunselman, has matched more than 300 people in her career, many leading to marriage.  Her approach is to connect individuals based on shared interests and goals rather than looks and financial status.  Each client undergoes a screening process including an in-depth interview and background check by a private investigator. True North strives to take the work out dating, and has six locations throughout the Greater Philadelphia area for added convenience.

If you would like to give online dating a try, give Chemistry.com a shot. They are legitimate and safe and are one of the most popular online dating sites available.

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Discover A Fool Proof Method To Do A Pennsylvania Background Check!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Conducting a PA background check on someone has become almost as commonplace as adding new friends on social networking sites. The media has made the term “background check” something of a catchphrase to throw into the mix when a sensational crime happens. Pennsylvania is one state that has responded to the impetus to make public criminal records more accessible to those in need of a background search. Even so, it can be puzzling to know how to go about doing a records search. Correcting errors on your own record is a foreign concept to most, but is also quite feasible given the correct guidance. Fortunately, there are some relatively simple answers to these questions.

Pennsylvania has unified their court system and made it accessible through a web portal. You can, for example, check the status of individual cases, or the hearings calendar of a particular courthouse. However, to conduct a criminal records search, you have to go through what is called PATCH (Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History). This is a website run by the Pennsylvania State Police for the express purpose of making records searches easier for everyone from law enforcement to individual users. Unfortunately, this process is a little more complicated than you may be lead to believe.

A PATCH search can be initiated online, or by printing out and mailing a form. A non-refundable fee of $10 is charged for each name you would like to search regardless of outcome. What’s 10 bucks? Wait, here comes the downside. You will be charged for misspellings, duplicate submissions and other user errors. You should also be aware, the Pennsylvania State Police response is based on requester-information and includes fingerprint supported data exclusively from the State Police Central Repository. It does not preclude the existence of criminal records, which might be contained in the databases of other local, state or federal criminal justice agencies. Plus, if there are results they will be sent by snail mail. Obtaining the correct records could potentially take weeks.

Fortunately, if you suspect there is incorrect information on your record, it apparently won’t cost you to challenge it. There are detailed instructions on the PATCH website, but to summarize…It simply requires printing out and sending in the same request form that would otherwise be required for a background check. The state responds with your record and a form to make changes which has to be returned within 30 days.

For those that see this as a means to obtain a cheap criminal background check, prepare to be disappointed. PATCH only covers Pennsylvania. If you are only interested in what your subject’s record is inside Pennsylvania, or if you know your subject has never been outside the state, this might well suffice. However, given the rate at which many individuals, especially criminals, move around, a national background check is usually your best bet.

A Pennsylvania criminal background check has become a necessary evil when hiring someone for any reason, especially as a babysitter. Pennsylvania has made it relatively cheap and easy to do a criminal records search inside the state with PATCH, providing you know exact details. On top of that, it helps you to keep an eye on what appears on your own criminal record to ensure accuracy.

For more comprehensive background searches encompassing a few states or the entire nation, the dizzying array of possibilities is bewildering. Unfortunately, many of the online services are nothing more than a money sinkhole. Using inferior service is dangerous to you and those around you so don’t trust just any service that looks good and makes grandiose claims.

Don’t trust your well being to a potentially dangerously flawed background check. Discover the most comprehensive background check service available, and start your search quickly and hassle free.

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