I arranged to see a provider whom I've seen a few times in the past. She advertises but is mostly UTR as far as reviews go. I thought I knew what to expect. It's been a couple of years and the trouble came about money. When she was leaving, she picked up the envelope with her name on it---which was visible and available at all times--and left. 2 days later I receive a cell call saying I was wrong about the amount. And how could I be so stupid and what kind of guy was I to do this. And no FS girls provide for less than 3$. On and on. Well,  I had given her 2.5$ because that's what I honestly remembered her fee was. It's been at least 2 years and her ads don't specify a rate. So she gives me a choice....mail her the $ or she will arrange to pick it up when she visits nearby during the week.

Now the TERRORIZING......She calls my work, leaving messages with employees about not paying her. Threatens to call me at home. She calls me on my cell leaving messages about showing up at my home and screaming for her $$. She writes emails to me threatening all sorts of things....I finally calm her down get a PO box of some friend of hers and send her a blank check for the $.5.  I hope it was enough.

I'm seriously considering never to have another encounter at my home. How do you screen for crazies?

I hate to say it, but...assume they're crazy.

That's pretty frightening.  I bet if it got out who it was their career would tank...who would stand for that kind of violation of their privacy?

I had one girl freak out and start calling me at all hours of the day and night, leaving ranting messages on my machine about a "bad" review.  I gave her an 8.

There are a lot of crazies out there, you have to protect yourself.

I once had a misunderstanding with a very well reviewed provider.  She'd posted a special, but referred new clients to her website, which had a drop down menu with the time and amount.  I chose the selection with the amount of time I wanted to spend with her, and ignored the amount, figuring that she was offering a special and she'd know that was why I put less in the envelope.

Wrong.

She dropped me an e-mail within an hour of my departure, and though it was apparent that she was afraid I'd deliberately stiffed her, she was calm and professional about the whole thing.  We sorted it out, I made up the difference (heck, she'd allowed me to overstay the alloted time and she offered to see me again another time at the special rate), and both of us were happy.  

The drawback was that I loved the time we spent together but I was so embarrassed about the whole thing that I never went back to see her again.

Now, of course, she's retired, so that's water under the bridge.