Recently I contacted a reputable provider (she has many stellar reviews) and, based on age and common interests, she recommended that I meet her friend instead, who is not reviewed... what are your views on this?

The girl (the friend) who is recommended will not be LE (that's not the issue), but she may not be what you want physically, or in sexual performance.

Girls tend to be way way overly flattering of other girls OR be very catty and shit all over other girls. (they know no middle ground) -- Other girls are either labeled  their best closest  friends, or they are "ugly sluts with STDs" -- this may only depend on the day of the week.

You need a man's perspective, and more specifically multiple reviewer's perspectives.

Pass politely & find someone else !

Ok, so now we know why you hobby. You clearly don't understand anything about women at all.

I've seen several gals based on a provider's input, some had reviews, and some did not.

Overall, they were all fine with one possible exception.

But in each case, I was very impressed by the provider making the recommendation, so I decided what the heck?

In the past couple of months I made few recommendations and every one of them was based on my clients' best interests, not because I felt "over protective" or "catty"

In one case, recommendation was made because client frequently travels to another state and I would prefer he sees someone I can trust when he is there.

Another case is with a regular here in NYC. Once I realized that he is getting too emotionally attached for his own good - I recommended he contacts a friend of mine.

Once again, the when we ladies recommend another provider we usually think about the client's well being, trying to make sure that he stays out of trouble and has grand time.

Lina

...that she want's another provider to be her guinea pig to see what kind of client you are before exposing herself to new clientele.  It could also be that she's too busy to take on new clients and is trying to direct some of her "overflow" to help out a friend of hers.  Hard to say exactly.  Not sure if you'd get a true answer for that question.  You could always say "Thanks for the referral, but I'd love for you to give me a try.  I might just surprise you!"

Then again, she may have unadvertised rules about how she selects clients, perhaps only a specific age range, profession, etc.

I implicitly trust the judgment of those few providers I see. They have sound ethics, solid intellects and are incredibly observant.

I have found that, on occasion, a provider I have previously seen is better able to predict what my reaction will be to a new one than I can predict myself.

So when one speaks -- I listen.

I'm not saying that I surrender my own powers of discrimination. That's silly. As I have to bear the consequences, the decisions must ultimately be mine.

But what I am saying is that if one of the ladies I have already seen were to specifically commend another provider for my consideration; the fact that someone whose judgment I trust made that recommendation would carry a LOT of weight with me.

I speak only of myself here. I have no idea who this provider is that you reference, how well she knows you or anything of the sort. Maybe her judgment is horrendous.

I'm just saying that in my particular case; provider recommendation has a fair amount of weight. But that's because of the ethical and intellectual qualities of those particular providers. If I had seen different women; no doubt I would have a different perspective.

Please don't say provider recommendations are always suspect.  There can be many good reasons for making a recommendation. In addition to those already listed here, I have recently moved out of Florida so I have tried to help some of my regulars find ladies who will be a good fit for them in my absence.  

I had a very similar circumstance, you know the drill...

"are you available next Thursday"
"no I'm traveling for the next two weeks, but I have someone who you might like"

It worked out very well and there was a very reasonable explanation for the referral.

Incidentally in a different post earlier this week a provider was asking how to gently decline a client because of a absolute lack of chemistry.  There wasn't anything wrong with the guy just not her cup of tea, several responders suggested that she be up front but offer an alternative (after checking with the alternative of course).

who is recommending someone else, for any reason, I would probably accept. But to take a recommendation from someone I haven't met? Nope.

And yet she is recommending him to someone else? I would NEVER refer a hobbyist to a friend of mine if I had not yet met them myself. That's just not safe practice.

Now, if we were established friends, that is an entirely different story. If I am booked and a regular wants to see me, I may send him to see a friend of mine. Or, if he is looking for a particular menu item, I will steer him in the right direction.

Not sure why she doesn't want to see you. She will probably never share that with you either.

i am low volume and often refer gentlemen to 3 different ladies. none of them are like me, but there are amazing things about each of them. wild- shar; huge tits-sierra; or spinner-lisa...that about sums them up ;-p

i supposed inexperienced, unprofessional females may have this tendency....stick to the pro's and not the ho's if you are having unpleasant issues. (come on....the irony of this statement is a little funny!)

how well this provider knows your likes and dislikes.

The lady giving the recommendation was a 9/9, turned out her friend was a 9/9. I think this situation is really case by case.

I have had a provider I have seen many times do that and the recommendation was wonderful.  Just being reputable would not be enough for me to accept her say-so, especially if I had not seen her before.  In that case, I would pass.  Friend has no reviews, definitely reason to pass.  Let someone else TOFTT

Bottom line, how well I knew this 'reputable' provider would be the determining factor in whether or not I pass or not.

Swim

NaughtyCMT, absolutely correct. If she had not seen this guy and she recommended him to one of her "friends", she is potentially setting the friend up to be busted. The person could be LE for that matter and if that friend doesn't screen, she just screwed her friend over.