I'd be foolish if I thought that I could say something about writing a bad review and not posting a link to it. I've received a lot of PMs since posting this and most have been pretty supportive. Everything from hobbyist saying they had similar experiences, to providers who encouraged me to stay positive, and even one provider who told me to not become a "A**hole" because of the experience. Here is the review:
http://www.theeroticreview.com/reviews/showReview.asp?Review=1628586 A provider encouraged me to "inform the community" when I sought her out for advice. I had written a draft of the review immediately after the provider left so I didn't forget any of the facts. I emailed the agency manager to let him know that I was going to submit it to TER and I summarized the review to let him know just how bad the date was. I was extremely tempted to hit the delete key when the agency manager emailed his response to me. He said the agency took issues like this from clients very seriously. He also said that the provider had been suspended for a minimum of 4 weeks, her dates had all been "pulled", and she was removed from the agency website. I felt terrible and I sought out the advice of my favorite provider who lives a few states away.
I knew she could be objective, provide a provider's point of view, and she's wicked smart! To my surprise, she emailed me a synopsis of everything as she saw and put her thoughts into 4 main points with supporting facts. She called "Bullshit" on the agency's response calling it a "canned" email letter meant only to appease angry clients. She said the "removal" of the provider's ads and the agency page was nothing more than an attempt to block a negative review. TER usually won't post reviews unless the provider can be linked to an ad or web page.
She also pointed out one particularly disturbing line from the agency email that I turned over to TER for their attention. It was written in such a way that either I get punished, or the provider gets punished, for the negative review ... depending on your interpretation. My trusted advisor and I both thought punishment was clearly directed at me. That's two people that have both gone far, far beyond high school who both agreed that the message was clear. I actually missed it because it was buried on page 2. She spotted it and called my attention to it. Yes, she's smarter than me! It is against TER's rules to publish any excerpts from emails so please don't ask me to do that. I'll let TER deal with the issue and let them decide what to do about it.
Every point that my smart provider made was solid and logical. She wrote me that the community needs to know about this agency and their tactics. I agreed and after a quick edit of the review, I submitted it to TER for approval. TER rejected it because the provider could not be linked to an ad or website that named her. Big Surprise! I was starting to feel really stupid and defeated, but I decided to appeal to TER and I included the emails I had received from the agency as supporting documentation along with a logical appeal in which, I stated that the provider had other reviews published on TER. They listened to reason and approved the review.
Writing a bad review SUCKS! Especially when you know that you as the reviewer/writer is going to get crap for doing it. Everyone has an opinion and for some reason the people on TER feel compelled to share that opinion. I've heard some really asinine theories as to why I really wrote a such a negative review so I'll say why I "actually" did it ... To inform YOU the TER community of something that should never happen again ... but I'm sure it will! Only time will tell if this particular provider will be back at the agency anytime soon. The only thing I know is I won't be a client
Posted By: DURHAMDREW63
I've written some reviews that have me saying, "I actually did that!" and yes, I have repeated with the really good ones. In fact, I had a repeat of one last night and it was even better. So for the most part, yes I do!
I wrote my only "bad" review just recently, which is a damn hard thing to do I've learned. I don't know if I want to read it again as it really screws up my day and there is NO WAY I'd repeat that date. I'm still kicking myself over the first time, which was my worst in the 5 years I've been in the hobby.