I tried to make an appt w a provider w multiple reviews.... This being my first time with her, i was surprised there was no prescreening on phone... Is this normal or reason for concern? Yes, i am a newbie.

Just because she sees you post on here isn't a safe way to verify you.
I see no reviews from you , and I would most likely ask you to join
RS2K .You only have to go through the screening once and all you would
have to do is submit reviews .

I am beyond amazed that thousands ( ? ) of sucessful, mature and (normally) intelligent businessmen and profesionals are willing to give total stangers (that run an escort screening site) virtually every bit of information about themselves. Wow. This is because RS2K says on their website, that they promise to destroy it, after they have verified it, including of course, calling the applicants employer for confirmation of employment.
OK. So on the day LE decides to raid RS2K (which they eventually will, under whatever pretense) we are to "trust" that every single piece of paper, text msg, e-mail, and credit card receipt that RS2K ever had is gone. 2nd, we are to "trust" that every night RS2K employees over-write every single hard-drive in their office, homes, laptops and remote servers with professional level data scrubbing applications so that all data is so completely erased that LE forensic computer scientists can never recover any information on RS2K members whatsoever. 3rd, we are to trust that the ISP for RS2K will stonewall LE and fight all the way to the Supreme Court to keep all e-mails and electronic communication from their client private. 4th, we are to trust the credit card companies and banks RS2K does business with will similarly refuse LE supoenas all the way to the Supreme Court. Last, but not least, we are to "trust" that no disgruntled employee or spouse of an employee will ever try to sell or give the aformentioned membership list (which supposedly does not exist, but has to exist for escorts to verify new clients with) to LE or news / gossip outlets.
That's a whole lot of trusting.
On the other hand, imagine that the list gets in the hands of the Sun or NY Daily News. Try explaining to your wife why you have a membership on an Escort screening site. Good luck. Hope you have an iron-clad prenup cause you're in deep s***.
Just for s****and giggles, let's compare what we have to give RS2K with the information we receive on escorts. (1) Fake name (2) maybe real pics, maybe fake. (3) What else ? Ahhhh.... Nope, that's it, there is no 3.
"well if you don't want to join them no one is making you". You're right, and I won't.

A lot of providers will want some kind of reference/screening.  However, if she's well reviewed on here, I wouldn't expect a problem.  Then again, I'm relatively new to this myself, so take that for what it's worth.

Last I checked there is nothing illegal about a verification site.  They have no idea who or if you see someone.   Even if LE got the list what are they gonna do with it.  Being a member does not prove you saw anyone. The only thing you may have to worry about is if the news got a hold of it. My family knows what I do, I own my own business so no one at work is going to bother me.  Your fears are more likely to happen with an agency as what they do is illegal. IMHO
Doc

And I did end up going to see her. It ended up perfectly fine, though looking back there were other things that happened that probably put me at risk that day.

Since I do not know who the provider is, I cannot say whether she is safe to see, but if there is a track record of reviews from established reviewers, and there was no attempt during the call to discuss money or acts, you probably are okay.

zig

That's why you join TER and be thankful to other hobbyist here dude! Kinda an imperfect system of "fuckin" checks and balances. That's the nice thing about free fuckin America. LMAO

Here's guy you ADMITTED to seeing escorts, who had his main escort verify that she saw him, but LE did NOT prosecute him.  I think you can get really paranoid about an "identity verification site".  Being an escort isn't illegal, hiring an escort isn't illegal either.  Proving that you hired the escort in court for the explicit purpose of having sex is difficult unless LE actually catches you in the act of doing the hiring, or discussing certain acts for certain prices.  

If LE ever raided RS2K, and got them to shut down, they would not release their client list to the public.  To do so would invite lawsuits of invasion of privacy.  What if I signed on to RS2K, but never actually saw anyone, or used their service? What if I used their service, but all I did was see the escort and had her give me a foot massage?  You see where this is going? LE would have to prove that you did something wrong, and they can't from RS2K.

I also had a provider tell me that she was arrested once, and the officer told her explicitly that she should have used RS2K, since LE doesn't bother with RS2K.  LE doesn't bother, since its simply not worth their effort.

The reason why RSX will never be raided is because of all the cops, attorneys and judges who use them.

What would it prove....nothing

I would , as other providers who do all of their own screening, prefer he
allow for screening from the person he will be meeting . But anymore, they
wont do it. I do not know why , but it seems to me that many men have no
problem going to a screening agent instead of the girl he wants to meet. So
its almost impossible to not suggest it to them because so many will, instead of
trusting the one who he will meet to do the screening  everyone seems to be following
the same information over and over again time after time . I screen the same way
an agent does but it seems to me , that 90% will go with a screening service /agent.

Angela

I prefer more than just a agency approval . Some Agents may never meet them one on one.  
Some will. I always like to know that his references can tell me they know him well enough to
say he's enjoyable to spend time with . I prefer 2 references.