sorry, you are in the minority. There is absolutley no self-regulation in the industry, as comparable to say the legal or accounting professions, who are self-regulated
We are self-regulated by competition -- the purest form of self-regulation.
Actually it is a very legit reason, as is that they were too polite to say anything. There are some not so nice guys out there, but the majority of customers are gentlemen and simple accept what they get.
Yes, I think that's an honest assessment -- but do you have an obligation to be polite to someone who is ripping you off?
It's not "impolite" to tell an escort that she is not as advertised or to note that her services are not what you expected (within reason).
We are both -- customer and escort -- dealing with some people who take a predatory and adversarial stance on this whole matter. And that's a concern for both you and me. Both of us can be ripped off -- and both of us might be. But at some point, each of us has to look beyond our fear of getting ripped off and get on to the business at hand: which is connecting with another good person for the purposes of pleasure and profit.
true to a point, and the point is the more reviews and the more known the reviewers are the more the truth will prevail, but having a no review policy you will never get to that point. For example, shills give an escort great reviews. A well know reviewer who people trust takes the plunge and finds out that the escort is not so great. Suddenly the original reviewers are shown for what they are. If you think about it, and open board is very self-regulated.
Sorry, I've had some bad experiences with the few reviews that have slipped by me, and I'm just not so convinced that reviews serve either you or me (except in the case of consumer alerts of dishonest dealings).
Sometimes I forget to mention that I prefer not to be reviewed, and such was the case with someone I met a couple years back. I didn't feel it was one of my better sessions. Usually, I try to "pace" things because -- forgive me for saying so bluntly! -- when a man is aroused, he has no sense of time. And yet, time is what we charge for. I usually try to slow things down a bit, tease, keep the level of arousal at a sustainable level, prolonging pleasure, until late in the session. I think most men who have seen me will agree with this. But in this case, I just wasn't able to. For one thing, I didn't get a lot of cooperation from him. He was very eager. Sadly, we weren't together a whole half hour, even though he paid for an hour. (Mind you, the time we were together was a whirlwind of activity, and based on the review he wrote, he obviously enjoyed himself.)
Afterwards, trying to be honest, I only charged him the half hour rate -- as we did not spend more than that together. I felt I was doing a good and decent thing. I didn't realize that he went off, wrote a glowing review of me (with the best of intentions, and I appreciate that even though I don't prefer to be reviewed), BUT he quoted my half hour rate as my hour rate.
Several months later, I was contacted by some guy in BC who wanted to see me -- but when I quoted my rates to him, he flipped out. He demanded that I "honour the rate posted" in the review, and accused me of trying to rip him off!
I was able to figure out who posted the review, I contacted him regarding the problem and he worked with me to resolve it -- but in the meantime, I have some jerk from BC calling me names and accusing me of all sorts of wrongdoing ----- when all I was trying to do was be decent in the first place!!
That's just one of many examples of why I think reviews are just more trouble than they're worth. And while I appreciate that some customers won't make a move without it being supported by reviews, I get enough business without them that I'm not inclined to take on the hassles.
And for the record, a libel case against a review board is a minimal risk.
You might wish to speak to Canada's Best about that. They were sued by an escort -- and advised that, even though they'd probably win the suit, it would cost them so much to do so that it would be in their best interest to settle.
People don't need to win a suit to make life hell for you. Right now, my husband is embroiled in a bogus patent infringement situation with some nimrod down in the US. There is no patent infringement. We've done absolutely everything on our end (including spending $$!! and hiring a US lawyer) to ensure that we're on solid ground -- and yet, we fully realize that the jackass we're dealing with can cause us a lot of unnecessary trouble and expense. Sadly, that's just how things work. It's not always fair, and sometimes, you just have to figure out the most effective thing to do -- even if you feel a bit compromised by it.
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