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JustATransGirl See my TER Reviews 1657 reads
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No, this shouldn't be a red flag.

I personally have kind of the reverse situation. I use an out of area code number - it's my cell, I've had the same phone for like 15 years.

That's the whole point of being able to take your number with you - when you move your friends can still find you.

Some girls use pre-paid phones for the area they are working, so they will show a local number.

There are any number of reasons.  If you have a question ASK, then judge from the answer.

Have fun, play safe.
TS Jamie

-- Modified on 3/18/2007 4:04:29 PM

Lonely Hand3301 reads

I've seen many ads for ladies who say they are VISITING an area, yet the phone number listed for them is the LOCAL area code.  Like on eros.com

Is this a red flag?
Is this (visiting claim) just advertising gimick?
other?

1.  They are visiting and contact information is handled by a local agency.
2.  They have actually lived in an area, moved away and come back to visit... hence the area code matches.
Not necessarily a red flag - for well reviewed ladies you may even be able to tell by reading the reviews what city they were in at the time, and see changes.

Jim Beam-861424 reads

A red flag, but in many cases not. I am a screeener/booker and several well-known traveling ladies will use my service just when in my area. Most will advertise my number so they can still answer their phone for calls from their home city.

The could be using VoIP (a.k.a. internet phone) service as their phone company.  Unlike regular phones, VoIP phones are not tied to the physical location, but to a special device that a VoIP phone company gives its customers.  When people move, they have the option of taking the device, along with the area code programmed into it, with them.

In a nutshell, the scenario could be something like this.  When the provider used to live in your area, she signed up with an internet phone company (like Vonage), and got the device.  Then she moved somewhere else, and took it with her, along with your local phone number.  Now she's visiting your area, and she brought the same device to use while she's staying there.

I must have dozens of sim chips (all prepay, and all for different countries).  It's much more cost effective to chuck in a local prepay sim chip into my unlocked cell than to have to contend with roaming (or even long distance) charges.

I'm sure there are some dodgy reasons for touring with  local number, but I would guess that many ladies want to allow your numbers to show up discreetly on your phone bill (after all, calling a local number is never scrutinized) as well as saving her some money on roaming (I once had a $1500 phone bill for a week in Australia becasue of some horrible multiple roaming fees)

No, this shouldn't be a red flag.

I personally have kind of the reverse situation. I use an out of area code number - it's my cell, I've had the same phone for like 15 years.

That's the whole point of being able to take your number with you - when you move your friends can still find you.

Some girls use pre-paid phones for the area they are working, so they will show a local number.

There are any number of reasons.  If you have a question ASK, then judge from the answer.

Have fun, play safe.
TS Jamie

-- Modified on 3/18/2007 4:04:29 PM

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