Las Vegas
Don't get me wrong - TER is a priceless source of information and a great community. And reviews are invaluable in establishing legitimacy and trust, especially during times like these when LE is so hot many people are scared. But the other side to TER is this...false reviews. I am fortunate that my reviews are pretty good, but there are some legitimate reviews that describe activities that never happened - such as greek. I even have one review that is completely fabricated. I never met the man and he describes numerous things that I have never done, such as "taking care of business", which is so subtle and discreet there is nothing to it at all. He also says I went directly to his hotel room and I changed in the bathroom. Neither of these things have I ever done. I did PM him, but of course no response. I did not even bother support with it because the user has dozens of reviews. I have heard some users write false reviews just to get credit toward their membership. Is that true? Seems rather petty as the membership is so little each month. Anyway, that was a couple months ago.
The reason I am writing now is this: This morning I received and email from a person claiming to be a TER VIP from Orange County. The page of my website where he got the email address clearly states not to ever discuss rates, but he quotes them in his email. He also totally bypassed the appointment request form on my site and gave me no information to screen him in the email he sent. He went on to tell me he was a TER VIP and he would write me a great review. (On a side note, isn't that somehow against TER policy - offering a great review when you haven't even met a provider yet?) Well, I wrote him back and tactfully, but firmly, explained he needed to fill out the form on my site and he must not be discussing rates. I was a little hesitant to send it though. I do have some fear that he will be put off and retaliate by posting a bad review for me. If he truly is a TER VIP, what can I do about that? Has anyone else had similar problems or have advice as to handle such situations?
I do realize one bad review is not the end of the world, but its not great either. My reviews have been slow coming lately. It may be partly because many of the men I have seen have had trouble getting them posted - or so they have told me. I respect that TER has strict guidelines for reviews, but due to them I have had countless clients contact me to say they tried to post a review, but it was denied due to lack of detail or some other reason. So a bad review is not something I would like to have on my profile.
Thanks in advance for any response or advice! 