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The Bella Donna
Quaestor 3640 reads
posted
1 / 23

I just wanted to let everyone know about a couple of negative experiences I've had with TBD.  I first used them about two weeks ago.  Set up an appointment with Morgan 2 days in advance.  Since I have an 1 1/2 hour drive to get to Boston, I called the day of the appointment about 2 hours before the appointed time to get directions.  Was told downtown and to call in an hour to find out the hotel.  So I did, at which point I'd been on the road for 30 min.  At that point I was told Morgan couldn't make it.  So I ended up seeing Jaqui, and it was pretty mediocre.  They had 4 girls sharing 2 rooms so it was like an assembly line, get in get out.  Couldn't they have told me or called me when they found out Morgan couldn't make it?  Then today I have an appointment with Cameron.  Same thing, I call in advance to confirm and am told that they don't know the location yet but will call me shortly to let me know.  I made it clear that I had a long drive.  Since the posted schedule said she'd be in Quincy/Braintree that's where I headed.  During my trip I called several times but only got voicemail.  Each time I left a message.  I got off the interstate in Quincy 1/2 before appointment and called again.  Finally someone picked up and I was told that they haven't heard from Cameron.  Once again, shouldn't they have had the common courtesy to call me?  My opinion is that they've got some hot pics on their website but really crappy customer service.  I understand things happen but what about a simple call to the client to let him know it's not gonna happen.  Due to my first lackluster encounter with them I brought some other numbers along and was lucky enough to see Jennifer from Visiting Girlfriends.  Awesome, see review.  I won't be using TBD again.  Has anyone else had this experience or only me?

hothotdog33 4 Reviews 2514 reads
posted
2 / 23

Why would you go to the same agency the second time if you had bad experience once?  Were you thinking with your right head?

stilltryin25 16 Reviews 4136 reads
posted
3 / 23

But if you are dissatisfied you should try other agencies.  Many of the agencies that have providers visit are better than any of the local agencies, in my opinion, read reviews and try some of their ladies.

dogbone 60 Reviews 3980 reads
posted
4 / 23

I am sorry to hear about your troubles with the Bella Donna (TBD) Agency but you are a little off base. First they have an excellent reputation in the area and the girls are all outstanding. Morgan, Sasha, Heaven, Meadow, Jacqui and the newest addition Cameron have reviews with average looks of 8-9 and performance a solid average of 8-9 as well. That doesn't sound like a shady operation to me.

Second I don't recognize you from the board so I am to assume you are new. You saw someone from another agency and state to see the review. What review you have never posted a review. An agency that's been around for about two and a half years or a poster that was born yesterday who never reviewed anyone?

Thirdly hotels are few and far between in Boston Lately. Rooms are ranging from 275-400 per night. This makes for a tough situation for an agency to manage the girls. It can be confusing when all of a sudden you have four or five girls on at once and you are trying to get everyone settled.

Last point is TBD is trying new areas foreign to them. The South Shore and North Shore and Metro West are not the norm for them so you have to understand there may be some confussion with where to go and what hotels are descent.

Give TBD another chance you will not be sorry. Morgan is one of the sweetest, sexiest and accomidating providers in the area hands down. If you are fortunate to get to see her she will raise the bar for you from this point forward in the hobby I promise.

TheBellaDonna See Agency Profile 3759 reads
posted
5 / 23

First off let me start by apologizing to the poster about this experience, I understand that when something is set in advance, you gentlemen expect it to go through and most of the time it does. Recently however, Cameron had a MAJOR problem.

Cameron lives in an area with little or no cell phone service. She normally calls when she gets close to Boston she lives an hour and a half away. We had not heard from her so we assumed everything was fine until it got close to the start of her day. We did get a call from her, about two hours after she normally gets to Boston, which was upsetting to say the least. She was crying into the phone, panicking and could not speak, then we lost the connection.

At this point, we were VERY concerned. I tried non stop to call and contact her to no avail, I had no idea what was going on. About an hour later, late morning, she finally called back and informed us that her home was vandalized, she was assaulted, and her Jeep was stolen by a family friend. At that point the rest of my day consisted of getting her to a safe place, my home, and going over what she needs to do next to ensure that this asshole keeps his distance and can not hurt her again.

It is unfortunate that the appointment was missed and you wasted your time driving here, but I am also sure that the phone op informed you that we would make this right by you, as is our practice. Her safety and well being became my only priory. We did not divulge this info to her appointments we had to cancel instead we informed them that she was involved in a car accident, as it is her personal business, but it is now necessary to explain what happened.

We do have a strong belief in customer service, as many on this and the other board will tell you. It is unfortunate that you do not hear about every time something goes off as planned, only the negative. Which, I am saddened to hear, happened to you twice.

To address the issue of your concern about ladies sharing rooms and stacking the appointments like cord wood, the ladies sharing rooms actually has the opposite effect.

At times when rooms downtown are at a premium, like this week, some of the ladies ELECT to share a room to offset the cost of the hotel so they do not have to work like a dog to turn a profit. A room that is costing over 250+ a night shared between them is a big difference. The ladies to not feel the pressure to take as many appointments as they can get, to pay for the room. We ALWAYS leave at least a half hour in between appointments so a lady can fully freshen up in between, or the lady she is sharing the room with has plenty of time to get ready for her appointment.

Now if someone is late getting to an appointment, such as the gentleman whom recently reviewed Jaqui who was a half hour late getting to the hotel, we let them know if there is going to be a problem with the time or not, and ask them if they want to keep the appointment or not, letting them know that the time may be cut short.

It is not common practice to share a room, only when rooms are at a premium, or if one lady is only available during the day and the other at night, or if two ladies request it.

Again, I apologize to the gentlemen that had appointments cancelled with Cameron, and I now hope you understand why.

Take Care,
D
866-884-5550

Quaestor 2279 reads
posted
6 / 23

My apologies.  I hope she's ok.  BTW the phone op did not mention any recompense, but that is water under the bridge.  Take care.

afftony 4 Reviews 4888 reads
posted
7 / 23

I have used TBD on several occasions and have had great customer service.  Just figured I'd add my two cents.

six one seven 7 Reviews 3517 reads
posted
8 / 23

no disrespect to Bella Donna intended...but...this is why , i prefer to deal with independent providers.

no such problems...IF YOU HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK.

dmcm 61 Reviews 3489 reads
posted
9 / 23

I have been tempted to try TBD because of the nice ladies at the nice website, but as someone who has read thousands of reviews, many of the reviews for TBD girls do not seem genuine.  I suspect many of them are planted by the TBD girls or management or other interested parties.  Can't prove it - just a feeling.

Sexy Maids 3808 reads
posted
10 / 23

Are you saying that independent providers do not get assaulted or there cars stolen, or are you saying that independent providers never miss an appointment?

Friends In Boston 3493 reads
posted
11 / 23

...to see one agency coming to the defense of another, but I have the strong opinion that The Bela Donna is a very well run agency. I believe that you had the bad luck of getting them during a very bad and RARE moment. I am pretty confident that if you talk to them again they are the kind of people that go out of their way to try to make things right, within reason.

Give them a second chance and... of course... remember that you also have Friends in Boston!   ;-)

Best regards,

Milton

Melinda Madison 3541 reads
posted
12 / 23

now as an independant, if I had that happen to me...there would have been no one that would have been able to call the gentleman AT ALL! As an independant, when emergency's like that come up, or if Mom decides to make a surprise visit on the night you have an appt... the logistics go completely to hell...all of us have lives outside and quirks that happen..and I can't tell you the numerous times a gent has a "meeting, is running late, kid is sick, wife decided to stay home.." we need to be realistic on expectations... and judge an agency over a period of time not off of one or two individual incidents.. Poor girl, I hope she is doing better ,best wishes to her.

VisitingGirlfriends 2816 reads
posted
13 / 23

to the original poster here ,

I thank him for his nice comments about Visiting Girlfriends and i'm thrilled to hear that he had a great time with Jennifer who is  a wonderful girl.

However , i have to speak on my feelings on Dan, Melissa, the new phone girl, i'm sorry i think her name is also Jennifer sorry if i'm wrong on the name, and the whole Bella Donna organization.  

They do a fantastic job in running a top notch business they're all nice and courteous on the phone and always helpful when i need them.And for the girls they represent, well they put Boston on the map as having top local talent.

As for your experience with Bella Donna, i think it may be a rarity , stuff happens in this business everyday , it's not always smooth sailing , whether an agency or indy.It could be us it could be Bella Donna or any other number of wonderful Boston agencies.  But you can rest assured that given a second chance they will make it up to you, one way or another.

I hope Cameron is safe and unharmed.

Anyhow, i hope i'm not out of line in getting involved here , just voicing my opinion,.

Thanks to all our friends for their continued support.

Sonny
Visiting Girlfriends
Boston


-- Modified on 6/10/2004 10:51:08 AM

TheBellaDonna See Agency Profile 3942 reads
posted
14 / 23

Ok this post was so ridiculous that I had to dig deep for a response! I have taken the last 5 reviews from each of our ladies, looked up the reviewers, counted the other reviews they have posted, and have come up with the following for this poster to digest. Of the last 5 reviews, JUST THE LAST 5, on each of the ladies, I have counted the additional reviews that they have done on other ladies, not necessarily with us. The Breakdown is as follows:

Of Sasha’s last 5 reviews, the reviewers have posted 39 additional reviews of other ladies
Of Holly’s last 5 reviews, 107 others
Of Heavens last 5 reviews, 52 others
Of Morgan’s last 5 reviews, 45 others
Jaqui and Morgan as a duo, 10 others
Cameron 10 others
Meadow 38 others
Jaqui 95 others
Nikki 42 others
Amaya’s 77 others

I think I found only one reviewer that had just ladies affiliated with us only, the rest were other Indy and agency combination.

Some of the reviewers are very well known and respected names such as Dogbone, WhosYourDaddy, VegasBob and others from the Boston area (sorry if I left you out, I have been doing allot of searching and my head hurts), but the conspiracy does not stop there! We have corrupted Philly as well! FastEddie51, TheyCallMeHawk, and others from that area are in on it too!

The secret is out! During the down times, our ladies actually post on the boards and do NUMEROUS reviews on others, just to kill time. They have actually become very well known and respected posters and reviewers in their down time. I think even MatureGentleman may be in on this, he has stated that although he can not speak first hand about our service (we have yet to find a suitable willowy brunette to tempt him), he has found us to be respectable and legit. But he has to be in on it too, he has not had anything bad to say about us!

The next time you see a post or a review from someone, you have to ask yourself if it is really a Bella Girl, adding to the Mayhem! Is Vegas Bob really Heaven? Dogbone is impersonated by Morgan? SythLord is really both Jaqui and Morgan? FastEddie51 is really Holly? I think you see where I am going with this. And we have been up to this for a VERY LONG time; we actually laid the groundwork by establishing screen names and building a reputation on the boards before we started! Pretty insightful of us eh?

As a person who has “read thousands of reviews” I would think you would like to check on the whom else the reviewer has written about to see if your tastes match with his, to see if he is consistent and fair, and to read how he rates and evaluates his experiences. Try MatureGentleman for example as he seems to have knowledge on everything when it comes to this community and the hobby, and has stated that he has not used us.

This post is not meant to insult you personally, although I have taken yours as one to us. I just feel that you should have researched a bit better before throwing unfounded and frankly quite ludicrous accusations. We have NEVER self posted or written a review on our ladies behalf. Simply put, we do not have to, nor would we ever do so!

Have a nice day, stay safe and always smile!

D

whosyourdaddy4 54 Reviews 4370 reads
posted
15 / 23

I'm very confused. Who is impersonating me today. I can't handle this split personality crap.

And neither can I

hothotdog33 4 Reviews 3004 reads
posted
16 / 23

My message above was not directed at The Bella Donna agency.  I posted my response to Quaestor®'s message because it seemed like he was just acting foolish and did not know when to call it quits or how to remedy his situation with Bella Donna without resorting to the kind of message he posted above.

I have not used Bella Donna to date and my opinions about them, based on the reviews I have read and information I see on their site, are very positive.  If anything, they look like a well run operation.  May be I will connect with them soon to see one of their gorgeous providers.

CatRun 2419 reads
posted
17 / 23

Speaking as a former independent, I have to say that this is one of the wildest comments that I've ever read on the boards. As melinda wrote, indies face the same problems but,when they are unavailable due to an emergency,they have nobody else there to back them up on the phone or as an alternative for you to date.I have learned the hard way of the difficulties involved with running an agency. Good job D looking after the girls. Carmaron,I hope you're ok.Best wishes to you from all the cats at CatRun.Hugs,Francescaxoxoxo

-- Modified on 6/10/2004 6:29:07 PM

nutation 27 Reviews 2538 reads
posted
18 / 23

OK, confessions are in order. Here is mine. I beg forgiveness.

I've recently reviewed Sasha and Cameron of The Bella Donna, under my alias "Nutation." However, you will note that I also reviewed Natalia, back in December of 2002, when The Bella Donna was a just concept awaiting birth (but Natalia decided not to join).

Guess what? I am actually Natalia, who worked for the same folks who now bring you TBD. (Hi all my friends! Hugs and kisses!) Because I was not able to go with the TBD venture, I try to stay in touch by roaming the boards, fantasizing that I am a male hobbyist, and contributing glowing, fictional reviews to exercise my creative powers.

Whoops! I feel another confession cumming on. The above confession is false. I am not Natalia. I am an ordinary hobbyist who has actually had a great time in Boston, especially at TBD.

I am an engineer, educated in Cambridge. (Would a masquerading TBD girl be likely to choose the alias Nutation - "A wobble in a spinning gyroscope or other rotating body"). I do have a habit of over-writing my prose, but my facts are true and are taken from my own experience only.

The Bella Donna (Dana, Melissa, Jennifer...) are reliable and I have learned to trust them and the quality of their service. I have experienced some glitches, but nothing to complain about in public. If there is a market differentiator in TBD's service, it derives from Dana's penchant for finding and hiring women who are not only attractive and friendly, but who are unusually intelligent (not just IQ, but education, quick wit, and playful imagination).

I have seen Cameron twice. I was stunned and very saddened to read of the evil that struck at her this week. Cameron is an exceptional human being, a ray of sunshine, happy with laughter and smiles, empathetic and trusting, wonderfully intelligent and someone you will not soon forget.

I think I'll read that book published a few years ago, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People."

I join the rest of the posters to this thread in best wishes and prayers for Cameron and in hoping to see her back with us.

Thank you Morgan and Dana for looking out for Cameron in her time of need!


MatureGentleman 8 Reviews 2278 reads
posted
19 / 23

In addition to shilling for various causes and directing a vast backchannel underground of hobbyists, I engage in the occasional conspiracy (but I was NOT in Dallas in November 1963!)...

But I have to come clean and amend your statement slightly.  While I have not used The Bella Donna service per se, it is my understanding that you provided various services (advertising, scheduling, verifcation?) for several ladies prior to the formal inauguration of The Bella Donna agency.  It was during that period that I saw Justina and Allisha, who I believe were associated with you at that time.  

While I can't count these sessions as among my most outstanding, they were certainly above the norm.  In particular, all arrangements occurred quite smoothly.  So you can add my comments to those of my fellow co-conspirators...  :-)

Have fun, MG

thirsty 2 Reviews 2596 reads
posted
20 / 23

are just saying that to throw us of the track! ;) Who knows how far up the ladder this slippery slope will lead us? (Is that a mixed metaphor? ;)

thirsty

Hugh69Jorgan 36 Reviews 3601 reads
posted
21 / 23

I've had nothing but GREAT service from their beautiful ladies!!

xray3210 8 Reviews 2452 reads
posted
22 / 23

I am sorry you had a bad experience with TBD. I have been using this agency for about a year now and i have not had a bad experience once. Dana, melissa, jennifer have all done a wonderful job when i have called. I have seen Morgan, Sasha,Justina,Meadow,Nikki, and Jaqui. as far as i am concerned The Bella Donna agency is one of the best in boston. I will continue to keep using them. I am not one that is big on writing reviews but if had all these ladies would be 9 and 10. I have used this agency more than 30 times in the past year with no problems. They are the best!!!

dmcm 61 Reviews 2811 reads
posted
23 / 23
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