but in knowledge, there is power.

Start by clicking on the Newbie Manual at the top of this page.  You'll learn a lot in there.

The best way to play it safe is to stick with well reviewed providers, so get VIP membership.

Keep reading this and other boards and in no time, you'll get the gist of things.

Also, Craig's List is not the best place to go searching.  That's where a lot of LE activity occurs.

An $80 massage could be a legit non-sexual massage, or an invitation for upsell.  When things look too good to be true, they usually aren't.

But, like Mrfisher said, CL is probably not going to be your best bet in starting out. It will be easier for you to get the girl to come to you, but you never know what you'll get...or not get.

It's a bit of a pain in the ass for a newbie getting his first date, but you want it to be one to remember fondly, so go through the newbie manual, get a VIP membership and start looking. Some ladies see fisrt timers and some don't. You have no references, so that's another pain in the ass. Consider joining one of the verification sites like Date-Check or Preferred411. There are plenty of ladies on those sites who will see you with just that verification.

Good luck and have fun!

Not to say that it doesn't happen but LE busts are, a majority of the time, focused on street buisness which is not what this site is established for. When LE does target non street activity they normally target the providers in their busts, this is what I have gathered in observing media reports of such incidents.

I will say that $80 will get you nothing close to a GFE experiance. That would probably be some sort of upsell situation and/ or a bait and switch etc. A GFE date will run at least $200 hr and if your taste is as picky as mine will run you about $300 an hour. But rest assured, $300 will get you a good experiance if you do your research on this site. I don't see myself ever paying over $400 because I have had far too good a time at $300.

Being new really sucks as far as getting some girls to see you. You might need to see a girl through an agency as they are a bit easier when it comes to first timers. Agencies have their positives and negatives but if you find a good one you are pretty well set. You will need to be prepared to supply the agency or independent with some basic information, employer,etc as well.

Craigs list is one place LE is active and even more active are the scammers and ROBS. Can't speak from personal experiance but reading through the "RIP OFF" reviews will show you that this is true. Certainly utilize the site and its reviews and you should avoid trouble without any problem.

Good Luck...

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You'll know it's safe when

The provider you are interested in has multiple TER reviews to her credit.

Get the VIP membership here, configure the "right click menu" on your mouse to do quick searches on TER using data like the phone number got from the Craigslist ad.

Until you're a bit dryer behind the ears don't even THINK of seeing a provider that has no TER reviews, ESPECIALLY from Craigslist.

Re: How do i know its safe?

Being a massage therapist myself (therapeutic) not full service...stuff listed under therapeutic generally is not full service...look under erotic...don't proposition therapeutic massage therapists.  We kick people out and black list them if they proposition therapeutic massage therapists

just have to shop there, be sure to check for TER reviews.  No reviews--MOVE ON to another lady.