if she gives you one. That way, you can craft a polite, respectful, non-sexually-specific email at your leisure-- and when you're happy with it, send it off.

I dislike phone calls, myself, as I've found they're often the place where people love to waste a provider's time. The ladies you've been contacting may have the same view!  

And FYI-- when you've offered no screening information to a lady on an initial phone call, you will probably find that most will disregard you. They will not offer you their availability until they know you are safe and legit.

...your bona fides before you ask for a day and time.  How about saying: "Hello, my name is John Burgandy.  I saw your ad on ______ and I'm very interested in seeing you."

As Tabu said, try emailing first.

Many times guys are hung up on or are never responded to because they did not follow some instruction on the gals' sites.

Also, before you ask for a date you need to find out if she is willing to see you in the first place, so after identifying yourself and telling her where you found her number, the next question should be, what is needed for you to arrange a date.

Also be sure that an open and respectful attitude comes through.

Phone setup usually means a BP ad. Those types of operations tend to be last minute, call when your ready and if I'm free you can come over. They don't setup appointments very far in advance, more first come first served. For advanced screening and setup you might do better checking the TER ad board and picking a well reviewed lady you can email.

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I have a a basic introduction email to see if there is interest:  
My real name, and contact information.  
TER handle, DC-ID.  
Where I found their information.  
Date, time, and length of meeting requested.    
A couple of recent references.  
And see where it goes from there.   Even after a couple of emails, there would never be any discussion regarding "particulars".  
 
 
Since you are new, you should mention that fact in the email.

You did not mention it, but you should really get a P411 or Date Check verification.  My preference is Date Check.  Just be ready to submit your real word information so the ladies can confirm you are who you say you are, and not LE, or worse.  It's worth the investment.