Hello forum, can someone help me out here. I just had an odd email exchange with a provider in which she told me that she had nothing to do with her profile... that the "service offered" section was crafted by over-exaggerating hobbyists. I had always believed that a provider's profile was put up by the provider or by someone on her behalf, which would make sense. I can't seem to find an answer to this on the site. Can someone give me a definitive on this?

The initial profile is created by the first reviewer with or wihtout the provider's permission/collaboration.
The provider can later edit some details (not sure exactly which ones, but including rates) if she joins TER and takes ownership of the profile.

I agree, I always go into a first date with a YMMV attitude about everything. This provider's reviews seem to suggest disappointment over the discrepancy between services offered and services received. She IS a TER member but I guess what you're saying is she may or may not have put the profile up.

She may be hesitant to get into details with you because you (a) don't have any reviews or perhaps have no references (b) she has some reviews that are a bit stretched and doesn't want you to expect everything the past reviewers say they got (C) she truly doesn't know whats on the profile so is unable to share details.  

Her first reviewer set up her profile with the first review.  She can ask TER Admin to change certain items such as prices and some services by using a Problem Report on her profile.  TER then requires proof from her of the services and prices she claims are misstated, such as an ad or her website.  Sometimes TER will change items she requests quickly, sometimes not.  She can't change anything herself.  When lockstock referred to "owning” her profile, I think he meant when she asks Admin to link her handle to her profile to get the free provider limited VIP.  Then she can use the PM system and see the juicy details of her own reviews, her reviews are linked to her handle when she posts on the boards, but has no other VIP privileges.  The best and most current information on prices are usually her ads or website.  

Thanks all. This gal's first review has her as an over-the-top non-fs GFE girl when she's actually (according to subsequent reviews) a mostly topless handi girl. So that explains the discrepancy.

It would be difficult to assess if she only had a few reviews.  But anyone who has amassed dozens of reviews will have the interactions pretty well described in the client reviews (since TER insists on such detail.

I've met a number of massage women that have no control over their ads/emails and some are aware of TER but many don't even know what their reviews say unless they are told.  Between the ads and embellished reviews I approach every session as a YMMV.  I am also skeptical of TGTBT reviews that are written by someone with no other reviews.

If you find someone whose has reviews of providers you have seen and their reviews are similar to your own, then odds are they will be a good resource for you and vice-versa.

being made her. This particular gal has 30+ reviews and actually directed me to her TER profile in her first email back to me.

No Wongbater... I didn't waste anybody's time. I asked a simple question and got a complicated answer. If you feel as though that constitutes a waste of your valuable time, then next time you see a post from me... just move on by. Nobody wants you to experience the distress of your valuable time being wasted.

Add functionality to allow a poster to close his/her thread. That way, people won't waste their time and then accuse the writer of the OP of wasting their time.

...happen, I'm quite sure. It's a ridiculous and stupid argument for anyone who spends a good part of their day on this board instead of getting out and making their world a better place to complain that someone wasted their time because of what was posted. Simply don't engage the idiots and enjoy the board as if the trolls didn't exist.

Knowing that there are like minded folks on here has restored my faith in the hobbyist community

This is a great point. I started recognizing some names in reviews and found that I could trust their opinion. Sometimes I ended having a better session than that other reviewer but at least I had a very good idea of what to expect going in. That said, my reviews have always been written honestly and never exaggerated.

It's called the Suggestion and Policy Board.  TER Admin actually reads that Board and sometimes changes get made, although as Drumsticks posted, not likely on this suggestion.

Obviously by just clicking problem report. I had to change it a few times and it was wast

That's kind of what I figured...

"Don't judge too quickly"  Great words for us all!!  Thanks for posting!!

I would suggest posting on all three. (to include here) Many don't look at the other forums & will miss out on useful information. This topic is a great example of that.

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"survival of" exactly who Mr/Ms alias?  With all you do I will still be here 24/7 watching, listening.

Nothing to say about the thread subject, nor the posters, But this video is the Bomb !  
I had pop blowing out of my nose because of that, Should have been a warning posted that before
viewing, empty mouth of any liquids ! LOL  

Really?  If you think so I have no response.  Baseline here...he says he has nothing to say about the thread but he feels the need to troll.  No biggie.  Just more info to pack away I guess.

As I stated, my post is merely me, stating, that I have no comments on the substance or content of the post, nor those posting whatever opinion on the subject of the post.
I am stating, that the video is FUNNY, and has me laughing in stiches, and it is not saying or stating
anything with regard to you wongbater, or anyone else for that matter.

Actually that varies. I know a gal who has been trying to change something on her profile for a year with no success. Every response back has been we can't change that. So just because its on there does not mean she does it. Like others have said read the reviews and YMMV, always.

now that we know who you're referring to.

I've had problem reports turned down even though there is a clear error so I try submitting it again and it gets approved.  Only thing I can figure is the person checking it the second time was somebody different.  And I've heard from providers who were easily able to get something wrong changed in their profile while another provider had to go back and forth with TER many times to get something fixed.

Hey nobodysfool07,