I guess I should start by saying DOH! If I had joined this site before my two trail "hobby" encounters, I would have saved both A) lots of money B) pulling out my hair in anger. Now that the confession is over here is my question. Is there a place on this site to review a bad "non-website" experience? I reviewed one because her agency had a site but not knowing that the ads in the magizines are seem to be mostly rip off, I called one up and BLAM, fool and his money... I'm referring to Exotic Magizine #100 (Nov) page 42, bottom left corner (no not the guy). Slim girl, with cute haircut, face turned away from camera. The ad says "Full Service", I confirmed this when I called, then payed for a no touch massage and dance job (with what was a vain attempt at dirty talk, oh my!) paid almost $$ and she wanted a tip if I wanted to see her do a better job a playing w/herself. Insult to injury. Of course she answered the phone twice and could not have watched the clock any closer if Big Ben had been standing behind me. I hope she doesn't make another dime. Anyway/place to warn others? Please let me know. Thanks, Imp
For whatever reason, Portland supports way more than its fair share of scammers. The highest concentration of rip-offs can be found advertising in Exotic Magazine, as you have unfortunately realized. That mag is primarily aimed at strip club and jack shack patrons, so perhaps its advertisers perfer out-of-towners or guys who will pay big $$ to watch w/o any contact. They sure can't be making it on satisfied repeat customers.
The Portland scammer community includes loads of entertainers who will promise you the moon and the stars but who in practice will stand by and watch you enjoy yourself; and a few 'cash and dash' specialists who have a driver who remains outside while she asks for the $$ and then needs to temporarily run out to the car -- sure, she'll be back.
Many -- and probably most -- long-time hobbyists have had the unfortunate experience you've recently encountered. TER's mission is to help everyone in this community avoid ripoffs. In fact, TER recently awarded $300 to a hobbyist for sharing his "ripoff of the month" story.
See the following quote from the TER site:
"NEW Contest! 'I took one for the team!'
We are very excited to announce our new contest, 'I took one for the team!' A very important part of TER is identifying which Internet ads are Rip-offs. Someone has to 'take one for the team' so that the rest of us can avoid the rip-offs! Don't you think its time we reward these brave souls? Each month we will randomly select one reviewer that was Ripped off by a NEW provider and send this unsung hero $300 dollars (anonymously via paypal.com)."
The best advice I could offer is to ALWAYS do your research before making the plunge. If no reviews for the provider you'd like to see exist, leave an "in search of" (ISO) post on this board and hopefully someone will reply; if not, you too must decide whether to "take one for the team." You've chosen to engage in one of the most expensive forms of entertainment, and it's heartbreaking whenever your expectations are high and some unscrupulous provider gives you little in exchange for your hard earned cash.
As the old saying goes: "Think with your BIG head." Although I certainly understand how difficult that could be whenever you see what you think is a good description of services offered and yummy looking pictures in websites.
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