Many indie providers will not accept references from an agency.  The reason being that many agencies don't screen all that well.  There are always exceptions of course.

I like using provider references and have been pretty fortunate with indy girls responding to my reference requests. A few guys have seen a combination of indy and agency girls. One such guy can't get a hold of the indy girl he saw and only has an agency for a reference. Any comments from providers on whether agencies will assist you in verifying a guy?

That makes sense, they really don't screen well enough in my opinion. However, I assume they keep records on any guy who created an issue and if a guy had been seen by their girls one or more times, knowing things went smoothly would put my mind at ease.

i thought (or it is my impression) that the bella donna agency here in boston does a good job screening. many of their models are "regulars" so it appears that the models are satisfied with the experience. it is a an outsider's perspective.