You may be over reacting, but then again the pressing you for your hotel room number before you even arrive would have me question her motives. It could be that she just wants to make sure you are who you are, and that you are really checking in.
As far as the White List issue, she may WL her clients the next day. As hobbyists we have 90 days to post a review. If you are using hobbyist's reviews as timelines, your data may be inaccurate.
As far as the website, the registered agent may have registered many websites. That in itself is not a red flag.
There are plausible scenarios for her behavior.
I would suggest contacting a couple of the reviewers. That may ease some of your concerns.
BTW, I would not give out my room number before I checked in, if it is even available.
I am planning on seeing a provider next week and she seems kind of suspicious.
She has six reviews and it looks like all the reviewers have other multiple reviews written for other providers. This is the good part.
Now the suspicious activity:
-She is fairly new October 2009 and she has not had a review since Nov 2009.
-She has whitelisted everyone. She has even whitelisted clients that have not written reviews for her. Yet, some of the clients she whitelisted, that did not write reviews for her have wtitten reviews for other providers this month. So I am wondering why they decided to skip writing a review for her, but they did for other providers even though she whitelisted.
-I kind of made the mistake of telling her my hotel name and now she keeps asking for the directions and room number even before I arrive to the city.
-I went to her website and checked the WHO IS? and it is registered to some guy...this is probably nothing but who knows.
So I kind of feel that she may have flipped because of the suspicious activity. Maybe I am just being paranoid.
What do you guys think? Should I go for it or should I cancle? What else can I do to screen her better? I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks.
Being fairly new is always a concern, because she hasn't yet learned all the ins and outs of correct protocol. But shouldn't be a dealbreaker.
Whitelisting everyone, even people who have not reviewed her may be her way of saying thank you to her clients. She has NO control over when or if someone she has seen will review her. One possible way to quell your concerns is to backchannel some of the guys on here whitelist who haven't reviewed her.
Asking for your room number before you get here is ridiculous, because YOU don't know your room number! That is where I think the green part comes in. If she was working with LE, they would know that you couldn't have a room number yet either, so not neccessarily a red flag.
Most providers have their websites registered by proxy to protect their personal information. TO me that would be a POSITIVE not a negative.
IF you really want to see her, then I would say ask the other guys like I mentioned above... But honestly, if you are feeling this paranoid about her, you should probably think about cancelling *with plenty of notice* because you will not have a good time with these thoughts in the back of your head.
You may be over reacting, but then again the pressing you for your hotel room number before you even arrive would have me question her motives. It could be that she just wants to make sure you are who you are, and that you are really checking in.
As far as the White List issue, she may WL her clients the next day. As hobbyists we have 90 days to post a review. If you are using hobbyist's reviews as timelines, your data may be inaccurate.
As far as the website, the registered agent may have registered many websites. That in itself is not a red flag.
There are plausible scenarios for her behavior.
I would suggest contacting a couple of the reviewers. That may ease some of your concerns.
BTW, I would not give out my room number before I checked in, if it is even available.
I'm pretty new myself and quite cautious. So if it were me, I'd be outta there. Be nice, tell her it's a schedule change, etc. You don't need to get in an argument about it. If it feels hinky, don't do it. You can do another setup another time with someone else and keep the room number to yourself till the right moment, etc. Chalk this one up to a learning experience. Just my .02
Yeah, I would say you are probably overthinking things a little. No worries, that is vastly better than the typical experience where the newbie discovers TER only AFTER he got upsold, NCNS'd, bait n switched, etc. So caution is not at all a bad thing.
To adress your concerns though....
A gap in reviews doesn't mean anything negative. Heck, there are some huge gaps in my reviews. Two things can cause this. First, there are some areas of the country were TER, hard as it may be to blieve, is not the more popular review site. I've got a ton of reviews on another site, well I HAD a ton of reviews until they shut down recently. That site was more popular in my area, so that's where most of my reviews were. Second, sometimes long gaps in reviews are an indication that a lady has alot of regulars. I would say 70% of the men I see are regulars. These men either don't write reviews at all, or have already written a review on me.
As far as whitelists go, its the man's perogative to review or not review. The fact that she whitelisted men who haven't reviewed her doesn't really signify anything. Alot of men write reviews for some encounters, but not necessarily every woman they've seen. Furthermore, it may simply be that they haven't written their review of her YET.
I dunno why she would ask for your room number in advance. That doesn't make much sense. Are you sure she didn't mean that she wanted your room number as soon as you know what it is (ie you've checked in)?
Lastly, regarding running a WHO IS on her site - that is exactly why women often have someone else register their site for them. The guy could very well be the guy who built her site for her.
I don't see anything suspicious in what you describe. Asking for your room number before you've even arrived is odd, but I certainly wouldn't jump to the conclusion that she might be LE over it.
Yes, you are probaby over-reacting. Most of your concerns can be explained by her being new to the biz.
When I travel to a another city for business and have a date planned, I tell the lady that I will call them when I know my room number. She is probably just wanting the room number when you know it.
Yes, you could use the two-call system with her; meaning, have her call you when she arrives at the hotel and you will give her the room number then.
because you are not going to enjoy yourself and will be worried.
That thing about asking for the room number makes even me curious.
What's the point of going through with this if you will be upset?
This is supposed to be fun, remember?
First of all, I have whitelisted clients who have said they will review me and haven't. Have no clue what to do on that subject. As far as your room number before you get to the hotel? thats a first, as far as I know you don't get room number until you actually check in.
If you are this nervous before hand, cancel. Tell her your wife is traveling with you or business is taking to much of the free time you thought you were going to have. The point is to enjoy the anticipation of the meeting, not be all nervous and such.
She just might be very very new, but either way, she should know something as an adult how to conduct buisiness someway better then what she is doing.
Hope you find a better provider and have a hell of a great time
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Thank you all for your responses. They are very helpful.
I go months with out a new review. I don't tour see mostly regulars and most of my clients are either not Ter members at all or they are the type that just doesn't write reviews. Either way it's all good.
She can white list anyone she feels like it just as you can review any or all you see.
The room # thing well thats weird maybe she thinks you are already here. I dunno about that one.