A woman sued an exclusive dating agency for $16,600 because it didn't have enough men — and just won her case

• Tereza Burki joined the Seventy Thirty matchmaking agency in 2013 looking for a "sophisticated gentleman."
• But she found that out of the matchmaker's supposed 7,000 members, only 100 active members were men.
• A British judge ruled that the matchmaker misled Burki about her chances.
• The judge awarded Burki $16,000 in returned membership fees and $635 for her "disappointment and sadness."
  

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A British woman won £13,100 ($16,640) after she successfully sued an exclusive dating agency for not having enough men.

Tereza Burki, a 47-year-old divorcee from London, sued Seventy Thirty for deceit and misrepresentation after she found only 100 active male users on the site, which said it had 7,000 members.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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