I've found many providers on Backpage that I would like to visit with. The problem is I am worried about walking into a sting. How can I prevent that when setting up the date. I once visited a provider and followed her instructions to her place. Low and behold I drove around the back of the building to find 2 squad cars on both ends tucked under shade facing the doorway of the building. I drove right through playing like I was lost. The provider never called me back. Should I ask the provider to strip naked first or have her grab my dick etc?

The reality is, there is no "LE check" that will keep you out of jail in the case of a sting.

obvious solution.  Law Enforcement MOST OFTEN uses BP and CL to set up hobbyists AND providers for a bust.  You just need to find your providers on a more reputable site.  

but in smaller cities and towns sometimes there is no other option than BP.  

Thank you for taking the time to answer.

So its safe to say the well reviewed providers on TER are typically good to go if they have plenty of reviews. I was told to ask for a massage at first, or have them take their clothes off. Because a cop will not strip down naked for you while her peers are watching or ready to storm in.

He doesn't need to find providers "on a more reputable site," he just needs to verify they are legit and he can do so right here at good ol' TER.

If you walk into a sting, the type that are all too common on BP, it's too late. Just being there, having answered an ad for prostitution with the donation in your pocket is more than enough for an arrest.

TER is NOT the dominant review board in most of "flyover territory" where BP is about the only place to find providers.  

I sometimes forget there may only be one hooker in Moose Turd, Montana.  You know, the one with no teeth.  OTOH, I probably shouldn't be knocking a "gum-job" until I've tried one, right?  

I have yet to be caught but was stopped one time in an area where there are a lot of hookers on the streets (at that time) on Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas, Texas.  Fortunately I had a good excuse-I was to meet with a new client who's business was on that street the next morning-I had no idea where it was-so I was locating it the night before. I even had his address in my planner.   So if you are in an area-be on the look out for undercover and marked police cars-just as you did in the situation you described.  

It used to be the place for street walkers id Dallas back in the pre internet days.

You are legit, to me, when OTHERS say you are, if those others have good reps and/or I know them.

and some old unbusted hobbyists (moi, for example), but there are no old, bold, unbusted hobbyists.

You are at best, from the perspective of a potential client "semi legit" at best.  

There are some very legitimate reasons for a lady to ask what kind of car you drive and it's not an uncommon question that is asked. If he hangs up on every woman who asks that question he could be passing on some very lovely, (and safe) women.

I agree with you GaGambler.  

I live in a town similar to Moose Turd.  I don't make it to the "big city" very often any more.  There are only about six hookers living within 2,000 square miles, half of whom I don't see based on personal preference (one busy with her kid most of the time, and the other is often traveling to the "big city" furthering her "business" interests there is a much larger market.   It's the occasional traveling gal who sets up in a motel on the Interstate that I'm interested in.  Its hard to get info for those gals out here in the sticks.  I check them on TER and other sources with their phone numbers and names, but the result is usually zilch.  It is scary when there is no way to check.  I usually don't pull the trigger.  BTW, @coeur-de-lion, I've had a "gum-job" from a young lady who lost her front teeth in a car crash.  I didn't know that in advance of our meeting--don't know if I would have scheduled had I known, but the sensation was most interesting--much more of an oral "vagina" feeling.  Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

Unlike Sasha below who only has a single review to her credit and doesn't even have a web site. I feel that you more than pass the "credibility test"  

provider visits are apartment incalls, I can agree that its not uncommon to be observed out a window as you're parking and getting out of your car.  If anything doesn't look right, they won't give you the apartment number, and you're not going to just go knocking on doors until you find a hooker.  

LE knows full well why you are in that sting room and they are not above making shit up.  They are there to arrest you and have some fun doing it.    The other problem with BP and CL is having your Rolex vanish.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

I agree with you.  I like to see a few reviews and a recent body of work to show some level of activity. An one line presence helps too.

Look, you are new here so I will be a bit nicer than normal as I offer some advice. I would listen to people with MUCH more experience than you and that is virtually everyone here at this point.

Why thank you! I don't feel so bad anymore.

Your nipples surgically altered to look like lips?  Nipples that kiss back!  Pretty cool!

...so they're going to arrest as many as they can to justify the costs of the sting.  Cops don't worry about the prosecutor's conviction stats - that's their problem.

You just have to be in the vicinity of the sting to get arrested.    "Lurking with intent" is an actual arrest justification as reported in booking documents.   I don't know if that guy got convicted of anything, but his name ended up in the paper and an arrest went on his record.

Like Jack I also contribute to the Newbie board, helping out both new hobbyists and providers alike. You will find DEMANDING help and encouragement won't go a long ways here and will only serve to alienate the people who can help you. You have all of about 45 minutes of experience, those of us who have been here well over a decade aren't going to listen to a lecture from you trying to tell us how this place works.  

You certainly sound and put yourself out as a non confrontational, lovely mannered young woman who I would very much enjoy NOT spending time or capital with. But hey that's just me.  

Guys here just LOVE the attitude you are expressing and they love even more to have to PAY for it. lol

It's obvious by reading your post and referring to the 45 minutes or so of experience you have here that you are talking to me, but you placed your post underneath one of your own posts and it actually "looks" like you are simply talking to yourself, which of course might be advisable with all the dumb shit flying off of your keyboard.

No one has made my do NOT see list faster than you! Ha! Quite the 'tude going on there baby doll. But where did you find bigotry in this thread?