Probably not unlike those of you reading this, for years I have read complaints about “TER’s Phony Reviews.” Yet in all these years I have been unaware of a bonafide (“Proven”)  “Phony Review,” until now. Oh sure, I have read Reviews that I found difficult if not impossible to believe, but NEVER had any proof that a Review was indeed Phony.

Also, like many of you, I rely on Reviews to separate Ladies into two groups. “Wanna see’s” and “Will NOT be seeing.” Obviously, “Phony Reviews” can have a significant impact on that process.

It seems there can be any of three different “Authors” of “Phony Reviews:”

              1. A Hobbyist and Provider in concert to produce a Review of a Lady that somehow serves  
                 each.

              2. A Provider writing either her own Review or a Review of another Provider, for whatever  
                  her reasons are.

              3. A Hobbyist writing a Review of a Lady he has never actually seen, for whatever his  
                  reasons may be.

One would make the assumption that the easiest to guard against and uncover is #3, as the Reviewed Provider will likely enter a complaint via a “Problem Report” and TER’s thorough investigation would route out the perpetrator and TER would disallow the “Phony Review,” having it removed from the lady’s Profile. That was indeed the process in the past, but apparently no more.

As an extreme example of the change in TER’s desire to root out “Phony Reviews,” there is a local Phoenix Reviewer with ten or more Published Reviews and it has recently been discovered that seven of the Ladies he has Reviewed are unwilling to verify that Reviewer because they claim to have never seen him. This Reviewer is NOT stupid, he has made each of the “Phony Reviews” fairly flattering and not out of line with other Reviews the Lady has received. When the fact of his multiple “Phony Reviews” was reported to TER,  by one of those Reviewed  Ladies, essentially she was told that she would be required to PROVE THAT SHE HADN’T ACTUALLY SEEN THE REVIEWER. Not only that, TER went so far as to require her to communicate with that Reviewer. Is this outrageous or what?

It seems that Providers are really the first line of defense against “Phony Reviews,”” but TER’s requirement of them (apparently newly developed by new Ownership and New Management) to prove that they did NOT see The Reviewer, is not only outrageous but unreasonable and fairly impossible.

It seems that TER needs to Review not only its willingness to find and root out “Phony Reviews,” but its process for fairly investigating those claims made by Providers. It is in ALL of our best interests for them to do so

The Provider should PM the reviewer, asking him to verify the date and location in which they met. If the reviewer cannot provide these details or will not respond, the review will be removed by TER. I have had two fake reviews removed in this way. Hope this helps

I had a fake review as well...had no clue who the guy was, don't remember ever seeing him, and some of the stuff he had to say was patently false, plus, the time period he said he saw me in was when my mom was really starting to get very ill so I was hardly seeing anyone or doing anything.

I contacted TER, who had me contact the reviewer. I waited 30 days, never heard from him so support removed the review. Got almost the exact same review on another site from the same handle, had to remove my profile from that site to make the review go away and they won't let me back on there, so at least TER makes an effort  

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What happens if its a bad review , and they lady simply wants it removed?
Whats keeping her from just "forgetting" the date and time.

I'd bet a lot that these fake reviews are primarily to gain access to VIP areas without paying monthly fee. Simple solution. Stop giving free access for reviews. As to those self-submitted or submitted by a friend, also easy, see what other reviews the person has written. Vast majority of the time, it'll be the only one they've submitted.

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I just want to say up front that I have never posted a fake review but there is a motivation other than just getting a VIP for free. Fact is that when you pay for VIP there is a trail to you through your credit card. I know you can send a certified check without the trail but that is a big hassle. I go for the free VIP by writing reviews not just because of the $ saved but because of the security it affords me. TER does not have my credit information and I would prefer to keep it that way.
I certainly agree with my good friend cdfix that TER would work better for all of us if Admin was better at getting rid of phoney reviews and at the same time not allow legitimate low rating reviews to be challenged and removed by the providers themselves to keep their scores high.

I think TER does a pretty good job considering they have thousands of clients and providers to monitor. It's probably hard for them to (at times) decide who is telling the "truth." But I have seen some reviews of ladies that are so obviously fake because, for the most part, legitimate reviews will describe the same services offered, etc.  etc.  
But, I do understand how it can be frustrating for the gents when trying to decide who to see and who not to see.

I had a review from a man who use to be A "driver" to the girls and robbed me at gun point, and did what he wanted sad he knows how to for sure hurt me so its a "permanent for others to view"  and they told me that I had to contact him. I told them why in the world would I ever want to make contact with him again. They replied " this is the only way to resolve your complaint".

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Basically, you have to try to show some proof to TER that the session actually happened.

I personally find it appalling that many just assume we are so busy that we forget who we've seen!  A great deal of us are low-volume with excellent memories, & this is if we DIDN'T keep coded records for reference purposes.  Fake reviews happen on all the review boards, & though I've never received a bad review, I have had fake good ones posted, here & elsewhere.  But out of sheer principle & honesty, I've had every single one of them removed, though especially here, I had to be quite persistent of my time & effort for getting it done.  We don't HAVE to do this... we could just let it ride to confuse the hell out of those using them for research purposes...