Hobbyists,

I may get slammed by providers about this thread, but I will say it anyway. As tragic as Sofia Eiffel's situation is (i.e. drug addiction led her to lie and defraud), we hobbyists need to protect each other and keep ourselves informed of the truth. Every dollar we hand out is 100% US, greenback, in god we trust legit. It pays for food, shelter, clothing, vacations and god knows what else for those who get it. And it sounds like more and more, that we hobbyists in exchange get what? Someone who is 10 years older, 20 pounds heavier than what we expected and what we were led to believe?

If so, let's express our opinions via reviews with grace and dignity. Don't be mean or hateful, but gosh darn it, let's write those reviews, give those providers your true opinion of 6s and 7s instead of 9s and 10s, because you know what, by not being forthcoming we hurt the honor and value of what TER is all about. We the hobbyists get shortchanged time and again.

By being "nice" we who go out and work hard for our money end up giving it away - yes, giving it away - for something that is not anywhere near what we were led to believe. For those who see the same gal but feel she is a 9 or 10, great, well fantastic, please write the reviews too and be a repeat customer. But when people refrain from writing lower score reviews to be "nice", then all we start seeing are loads of girls with 9s and 10s. Then what happens is new customers searching for variety are lured into a new appointment,  are surprised and disappointed because someone who is supposedly 28 yrs old looks 38 instead, but walks away having shelled out 4,5,6 hundred clams or more saying "what the heck were those other reviewers talking about?" (i am referring more to physical appearance than performance here...)

That thread about Sofia proved the power of the network effect, where by sharing and combining information we can ultimately unveil the untarnished, undeniable and unequivocal truth when someone out there is stealing - yes, stealing - our money by lying as in: posting photos that are not even close to representative, having fake reviews written, so on so forth.

As for me, I have decided to grow some balls and request at the outset a "door check" policy, where I reserve the right to walk away if I do not believe the real person mirrors what has been described in the ad. Sure, I might have less appointments but you know what, this is buyer's market and there are absolutely tons of women in LA or Vegas or elsewhere who really ARE gorgeous and 100% real and exactly as they advertise (like Adriana Deville, or Katie Flowers) and who in a heartbeat would be ok with this kind of door check because there is no lying or misrepresentation.

You can say whatever you want, that it is marketing blah blah blah - but to me, at the end of the day, when people are subtracting 5,6,7 years and 10-15 pounds, it's friggin lying and it's distasteful, and hobbyists get shortchanged. And I for one am sick of it.