Some of you women make tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars due to TER, it could be argued that you should be charged even more than the guys.

I have been a member of TER since 2004 as well, and except for the time I spent as moderator, I have paid for every other minute of VIP I have ever received, and do you really want to do the math about my "free" VIP while a moderator? I agreed to spend at least 100 hrs a month in order to get my $20 free VIP. Cry me a river. lol

It is my opinion that without providers this forum would not exist.
Yet providers must pay for VIP membership  
Guys get free VIP for submitting reviews
Could you give us ladies a break?
I have been a member of ter since 2004 and I have never received a discount for VIP
is there a game we can play a contest we can enter perhaps after 50 reviews we get a month free how about for 20 8s and 9s we get a discount perhaps a discount code for 20% off a year  
I need VIP for screening purposes as do most ladies who have it
Please ter give us a VIP discount and not just the one for buying more VIP at onc

Of course, if we played fair and the providers reviewed the hobbyists, I wonder what kind of scores I would get?

I agree with you but I still like discounts
I love discounts

Free limited VIP forever, (Or until they get delisted). Yes I realize that it is not the same as full VIP, but it is still something and hobbyists get nothing similar. If you want full VIP, that's just part of your cost of doing business, along with ads, websites, photo shoots, condoms, lube, lingerie, transportation, incall rent, etc.

free

It is a business.

...but TER regularly runs specials (i mean, I got a free month for buying 3 months of VIP), and submitting error reports does get you free days.

but I'd also point out that a hobbyist must review two different gals that he has not reviewed before, every month, in order to retain "free" VIP. That's 24 new and different women every year; at $$$/hr that's $600/month on just the new gals. A guy who sees an ATF or two exclusively is SOL in terms of getting free VIP for reviews, because repeat/re-reviews don't qualify for VIP.

Since guys get 15 days (I think it is 15) of VIP for submitting a review, the lady could get the same number of day for being reviewed.

im honestly not complaining about paying for VIP in the least. It bothers me none. I don't think discounts are necessary (they're nice in the case of getting a month for free for buying 3) and its just an expense that I choose to pay because I find it helpful.

...makes great business sense.  You sure are generous with other people's money.

It's odd that they have to pay

not because they are so generous.

Ask yourself a question, who are the biggest financial beneficiaries of TER other than TER itself? The providers of course, many of these women have 6 digit incomes due in a large part to the free publicity that they get from TER. The better question is "Why shouldn't they pay?"

TER is a "for profit" business, I get a benefit out of being a member here and I don't mind paying for it, The providers here get a thousand times more benefit from this site than I do, why should I subsidize their membership above and beyond the thousands of dollars I already spend on hookers.

So you get value from having VIP in your verification process, adding to the value to you.  Why then should you not pay for it?

It's just marketing....hobbyists outnumber providers by a huge margin. The more providers you have on your site the more guys will sign up.  
If P411 doesn't charge ladies why should TER?. Do you think p411 have to give membership away?

They are paying for the review database which I am sure is by far the largest in existence.

and P 411 makes a tidy penny off the ladies, don't fool yourself into thinking otherwise

P 411 makes a tidy penny off the ladies, don't fool yourself into thinking otherwise."

That is no problem, he is free to do so.

I won't say that I use P 411 exclusively for booking ladies in the US, but it's well over 90%.  Women might bitch about the cost, but they would be fools to drop P 411 when it drives as much business as it does.

The same can be said about TER, no one is FORCED to sign up here, but hookers and johns alike would be very foolish to go without in any of the cities dominated by TER, and even in non TER dominated areas. I live in Dallas Texas which is dominated by another review site, but I wouldn't dream of letting my VIP expire, if it saves me even one bad date a year it more than pays for itself. As for the hookers, getting even one date a year from TER also more than pays for their membership here, I find it quite amusing to see several of them whine about having to pay. At least the OP admitted she just like discounts. I wonder if TER finds negotiating "disrespectful" just like the hookers who are all trying to get TER to lower their rates??? lol

There should be a reward for being a high performing provider.  Especially for someone who needs access to TER in order to do their job thoroughly.  I see where you coming from because the membership is the concomitant of a businessman belonging to a chamber of commerce. It give you access to like minded individuals who share a pool of clients.  Also your argument becomes stronger for a discount because now you can't write off the expense of being a VIP member as a business expense.  Thus being an active provider with the investigative tools that TER provides is essential in your day to day affairs.  Now the question is can you get that same discount with all of the verifications services you would have.

Do providers have to pay P411 to send messages and have basic features  ?
Because that's what we are talking about here

Damn..you live in Dallas and you are using TER? Now that's commitment  
The only reason I am using it is coz I moved from the Midwest to the south, TER is the only thing here

his VIP days to you. Just sayin'.

which includes their basic profile, ability to see our profiles, use PMs, and give okays.
They have to pay for visiting ads, feature ads, top ten listings, animated GIFs, and other special features, that mive them to the top of he page, or bring more attention to their profiles. Now I may be wrong, since obviously I don't have a provider profile there. Maybe a provider can chime in, or Gina herself, who does read these boards and occasionally posts on TER.

Especially since they're trying to do the whole verification thing now...

-( a hugely successful/reviewed provider)