I wasn't sure where to put this, but I thought this was the best spot. I was recently banned by XO Companions for a "fake review", but my review was real. And negative. Originally they apologized and offered me a discount on my next appointment, but after a few weeks they decided to ban me instead. I reached out 3 days ago and they never got back to me.

such as banning reviews for agencies who behave this way.  

...an XO Companions provider just so you can stay in their good graces to be able to see their other providers.  It's more important to help your TER bros out - there are many other reputable agencies that won't pull that bullshit that XO Companions did with you.  And there are many, many, many more independent providers to choose from.

Whether it's a provider, a client or an agency, this kind of bad behavior should be exposed, NOT condoned!

TER does not do things based on hearsay. They need proof.

DO write negative reviews when necessary. That is why TER was created. Do not reward bad behavior!

He is telling us, isn't he? and he's doing it using his "real" handle and not hiding behind an alias. I think he deserves kudos.

XO is really down the tube by such immature and unprofessional actions.  

There are ways to write a bad review...  but still protect yourself from blow back.
While I start a draft immediately...  I save it in my hobby email drafts...  
I wait a bit before posting.  I'll probably edit a couple of times too.   A bit of time (a couple of weeks) makes it harder to be sure which client wrote the review.
Don't give details which make it easy to identify you.    
Post under your alias.  

Any provider or any agency has a right to see whoever they want to. TER will not ban a provider or agency just because they decide they don't want to see a certain client.  
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However TER will ban providers or agencies, or hobbyists, for review manipulation.  In the case of the OP, it appears that the agency "banned" him for writing an honest but bad review. If this is the case, and especially if it is a common practice by them, then that is definitely a form or review manipulation, and can be a bannable offense. Like I said earlier though, TER would need proof. They won't just take somebody's word for it.  
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Hope this makes sense. 😊

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You might be right that it might be "preferable" to have written the review under an alias but it still does not excuse XO to ban a client just because the client wrote a bad review.

I wouldn't advocate banning them, it is absolutely their right to say no to my business. But the way they did it was unprofessional.

I just want to say at no point was I trying to get the agency in trouble. I just wanted to warn people about this.

Of course they have the right to say no to your business and your money. But if you honestly did nothing wrong other than writing a negative but honest review, then TER has a right, as a business, to say no to them. TER is trying to have good intel here, and your side of the story certainly sounds like review manipulation. The catch-22 is that by banning them, TER would deprive everyone of this intel. It's possible that leaving these types of comments, along with "negative" reviews, in place will hurt their business more than erasing them from TER.

As far as I can tell (somebody help me out if I'm wrong here) when somebody posts a review in alias, it looks to everyone else as though it's that person's only review. That brings in a credibility issue. Still better than no review, but I think we can all agree that brand new reviewers, positive or negative, are often ignored.

then it will show up as one review. If he wrote multiple reviews under that alias then the multiple reviews will show. The reviews written under the handle and those written under the alias will not be mixed up or added together.

Nothing wrong with being honest in your reviews.  That's how we make good decisions on who we want to see.  I know evey review and experience can be a YMMV, but we need to be able to keep it real on this board without fear of retribution.  My hats off to you.  It's actually their loss and not yours.

XO Companions reached out to let me know I was blocked in error and they've unblocked me.

However, it also could have been because of this thread and others like it.

Does seem to be coincidental, eh? More likely a case of the squeaky wheel getting some action. I'll be interested to see if anyone else who writes a less-than-stellar review also becomes "mysteriously" restricted in their access.

When I first thought of drafting reviews I didn't want to post a negative one because I needed that provider as a reference.  If they found out the review was from me they may not be a reference.  However, I've met several amazing ladies so now I'd be more open to posting a negative review.  Luckily, I haven't had to . In fact, I've been extremely lucky lately.

There is definitely other avenues to explore on this one. On the other hand let's face it while screening a client noone wants a problem client and there's nothing that makes a provider run away.quicker than someone with a documented history of negative feedback. Why burn the bridge? Most certainly he may need them as a reference and if they offered resolution in monetary form what was the need to post about that?  I have to say we all know those ate the first thing you look up at screening.

Getting "banned" from a restaurant because you say the food is bad ... seems redundant.    As the joke goes, "The food was awful, and such small portions."

and never had any problems. I haven't wrote a bad review of one their girls though. I'm glad the OP posted this.

OP - Glad to know that XO has rescinded their ban.

rather than trying to BS their way past it.  I don't believe it fools anyone.  Instead, I find the admission takes all the fire out of the situation, especially if the offender asks "How can I make this right?"  Often, the injured party wants less than feared.  
Learning from the mistake, not repeating it moving forward, is the way to put it in the rear view mirror.    

AMEN

Sometimes Smartie is like the kid in the front row raising their hand to ask the Professor the dumb questions in order to get a better explanation.  "But if spinach makes us smarter, why don't we just eat nothing but spinach?" It can be annoying to some but there are still a few kids in the back who were wondering the same thing but were afraid to ask for fear of looking stupidie.

If this were an independent provider that you were claiming wouldn't see you because you wrote a bad review on her, then surely everyone would be telling you to just move on.  With an agency I feel that the advice should be the same.  I am assuming that you must have screened with your handle.  Maybe you should rethink that approach or keep the review process separate from the verification process.  In some ways you were lucky that you even got an appointment given that you haven't rated any of the ladies that you have seen higher than either an 8 in the looks one performance departments.  If the agency screened you with your handle then they saw your review history.   Many highly rated indies would have passed over you for that and no explanation would have been given.  If you whined about that happening with an Indy everyone would be telling you to move on and stop harassing her you aren't entitled to anything.  Again, you were lucky.  You saw one lady from XO had a bad experience and wrote an honest review and were banned (your initial story).  Move on should be the advice.  In these sorts of situations the agency might ask the provider about the appointment and the provider will probably say something negative.  The provider has several solid reviews and yours appears to be the outlier.  Would they be wrong in thinking it is a fake?   Did you provide your handle as screening?  It is pointless to claim that all of this is because you wrote a bad review.  There could be a whole bunch of reasons.  It doesn't matter.   Move on should be the advice.  If the agency made an inquiry and had to make a credibility determination you would lose.  Senior S. and others have written positive and negative reviews.  Right now it doesn't matter because you got lucky again.  But yes write honest objective consistent reviews.  

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