Hi John, After some time communicating with my lady ( now wife), I read on the chnlove web site in the forum section about these "fees",
I was a little alarmed about these and wrote to my lady straight away to find out about these costs and to find out if there were any more hidden costs that i should know about, I got a quick response and she told me that she payed ,,,if i remember correctly,,1,800 rmb to join the agency, Another 2,000rmb when we first met in Beijing and if the relationship was successful then she would pay another 2, or 3,000rmb, She told me that she never mentioned these fees before as she was the one to agree to them when she signed up and they are her responsibility and not mine.
Needless to say after we were married i did pay the "success" fee as my wife always keeps her promise.
I have read that some agency's demand silly amounts for there fees so i would question the lady about these first to know what you are getting yourself in to . regards from MinYing and John.