I’m glad to see TER back up. I’ve taken time off with everything that went on with the hobby.  Are providers and hobbyists back to using VIP?  I was going to buy it, as it used to be great to communicate with the providers through PM.  

I have the same problem. I let my VIP expire but don't have any new review. I tried buying VIP with Bitcoin but Bitpay gives error.

It’s great you can pay fir VIP with gift cards now.  

But I did like using PM to contact providers.  I had Contacted someone I really wanted to see this past week, after a day got a text. We went back and forth. A bit, but I think theirs also tentativeness on text correspondences as first without really knowing each other. Well I thought an a appointment was going to happen, as she promised to contact next day, but never did.  Not a big deal, we never solidified anything and who knows what happened.  I will  try to respectively try again when she has a schedule that fights. Sometimes I found it takes 2-3 tries to get a date locked in trough text or email. But I always found that PMs where so much more successful.  

Just wondering if others are using this site for that any more, and of course the reviews.