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Average Response Time
Hey y'all,
I'm just wondering what the average response time to emails is from most providers.
I live on the Internet (metaphorically, of course) and so my expectations might be a little off, but I would hope that in an email exchange with a provider, she would respond within 24 hours.
Is that too high of an expectation?
This topic has been discussed ad nauseum. Providers don't live on the internet. They have lives, kids, outside jobs, see clients, go on extended dates, and sometimes ignore emails that they get a bad vibe from. Do a search on this topic and you will see many threads.
as there are many, many outliers (You statistics folks know what I'm talking about.)
I've had gals write me back in two minutes, I have others write me back after two months.
The general consensus that I've picked up from the many discussions is that 48 hours is a fair time to wait for a response, and if no response comes then feel free to start anew.
Of course, if you are looking for someone to see right away, stick to gals who take phone calls and keep calling until someone answers the phone.
There's a lot of ins and outs to this.
previously, providers have other lives just like we do. If you send an e-mail to a provider on a Friday she may not get back to you until Monday of the following week. Around the holidays (like now), the response time tends to be even longer.
My rule of thumb is I will send an e-mail to a provider between a week and 10 days in advance of a time to play leaning towards the shorter time-frame if it is a lady I have seen before since there is no screening needed. There are a few ladies I see who respond to PM's faster than e-mails.
You are more apt to get a response if your e-mail inquirey is specific to the date, time of day, and length of encounter you are looking for. If you ask are you available the week of Dec. 13, odds are you will not be taken as a serious buyer (yes, it is P4P) but more of a "tire kicker."
If you have the flexibility in your schedule, then you could add, "If that date/time doesn't work for you, give me a date/time that does and I'll try to rearrange my calendar to see you."
Thanks all for the responses. I'm not a newbie but this one provider I've been trying to set something up with is driving me nuts with her unresponsiveness. In my initial email I specified a date and time and she wrote back a day later saying she would like to meet earlier. I wrote back again saying that wouldn't work but I could do later in the day, and if she couldn't accommodate me at all to please let me know. It's been more than 48 hours since and I haven't heard a peep and I've even followed up. It's most frustrating that I know she's online (because I can see the timestamp on her ads). Definitely time for me to move on.
Just wanted to comment on the part about you knowing she's online. I sometimes place ads even though I'm a bit behind on my emails, because I plan to catch up on emails the following day, for example, and that way I can hopefully condense some of my email work down into a certain time. It only takes a few minutes to place a brief ad, and while it may only take a few minutes to answer one email, we're not just talking about one email but many- something that can and does literally take hours to do sometimes.
This isn't meant to excuse anything, but only a comment on that particular statement of yours.
On occasion a provider might not be able to respond in 24hr for a number of reasons.I say give at least 2-3 days before trying to contact another provider.I see this question asked frequently on here about timeframes I always respond to an email within 24hr but that is me.But,gentleman please allow time for a provider to respond I have responded to a gentleman within a few hrs just to get a return email that another provider responded before me.So,some guys are not even waiting 24hr notice or contacting more than one provider at the same time and see who answers first.I also agree that to speed up the process if screening info is provided in the intial email it saves tons of time.Nothing worse than going back and forth for more info just to verify everything and then the gentleman will not respond back after screening is done.Why provide info and request an appointment and then just flake and not respond?So,it goes both ways gentleman on timeframes.
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