Hey all!
Had a bad experience for my first time, just wanted to spell it out and get some answers to some likeminded individuals. I'm completely new to the game, no real references, but have gone through a few "checks", but no luck with a meeting yet. So I email this highly rated gal in PHX and ask if I can set something up. She says sure, give me x, x, and x forms of ID. I give her those, and more trying to make her comfortable with me. She says great! Here's the time, go get a hotel, I'll be there. So I rent the room, send her the confirmation, and says meet in the lobby, I go down, and she sends a text and says, this place is too shady, I'm out. The hotel wasn't great, but it wasn't in a terrible part of town, and she OKed the hotel (as in I actually asked her, sent the hotel name and address). Ok, I get it, you need to protect yourself, she says, get a new hotel, and I'll meet you later that day. I say stupidly say OK, and get a new hotel in another area that she selects, and she bails on the meeting again. I say, well, fuck, I'm out $300 and I didn't even get a public meeting. So I go home that night, thinking, well, I have the room til 12 tomorrow, why not give it one more go. I send her another form of ID without her asking, and a recent photo, and she says, OK, let's meet at 10:30 the next morning. That time rolls around and she's sick. T.T
I know things happen, and shit happens, but does this happen often? I mean, she's a 30+ reviewed lady, all very high scores, and I'm out ~$300 for no good reason at all. Do I have any recourse, as in can I write a review? I don't really want to out someone, but that's pretty poor service in my opinion. If she didn't feel safe, move on, don't lead me on with promises if you go to a different hotel that'll make it all better, and then back out again. What would you do?