AZ: (Im using caps to distinguish my answer from your questions/statements)
1. how would you or the other singles know who shadchanim have set up.(VERY EASILY WHEN SHIDDUCHIM MATERIALIZE OR THE SHADCHANIM OR SINGLES SPEAK OF IT FIRST-HAND)
2. of course (no pun intended) the big names get attention…. but to brush with the broad strokes you are using is simply incorrect and unfair.(THATS YOUR OPINION. TO BE HONEST, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I LIKE WORKING WITH WELL KNOWN FOLK TOO, BUT I THINK FOR EVERYONE)
3. try getting a list from the shadchanim “on the right” of the shidduchimn they have made in the last 2 years. I think you’ll be quite fascinated. (IF I COULD OFFER NAMES HERE ID PROVE MY POINT. WHILE THANK G-D ONLY ONE SHADCHAN REPEATEDLY PUTS FIRST TIME CALLERS ON HOLD AND NEVER RETURNS, THE CONDESCENDING TONES ARE SHARED BY MANY AFTER ASKING THE SUMMER HOME QUESTIONS, ETC.)
4. here’s a little secret. shadachanim focuse on the girls whom they can get dates for, afterall they are in the business of making making shidducim. if a girl and her family are easy to deal with they will look out for her regardless of the family standing. (THERE I AGREE WITH YOU SOMEWHAT, I TOO HATE COMPLAINERS AND WHINERS,OR PEOPLE WHO WANT THE SHADCHAN TO BE THERAPIST, BUT YOU NEVER GET TO COMPLAIN OR WHINE OR LET IT ALL HANG OUT IF YOU QUICKLY GET PUT ON HOLD OR HUNG UP ON)
5. if you’ve set up hundreds of couples in the last few years, KOL HAKAVOOD. you would certainly know the work that goes in to getting it there. (i find it hard to beleive that you’ve set up hundreds of dates and have made one shidduch. something doesn’t sound right.) (SHOW ME WHERE I SAID I ONLY MADE ONE SHIDDUCH??????? YOU MIGHT HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD WHERE I SAID I MADE MY F I R S T SHIDDUCH AS A NEWLYWED)
AZ, I still admire you, though, bec of your efforts with the age issue.