Is that important for hobbyist?  Or do you like the fakey pictures?

Which would be a false assumption. There have been many, many cases of "authenticated" pics on both Slixa and Eros being fake, or so photo shopped and/or old as to be nothing close to an accurate representation of the woman depicted.

P411 has tons of strict requirements to be photo verified and Eros did the same, in fact Eros met me in person..
I hope that gentlemen stop getting the bait and switch encounters, It doesn't benefit anyone and just makes them feel that some providers are dishonest when it should be the opposite. I guess also reviews help in order to determine whether or not the lady is photo accurate and that she looks exactly like her photos.

I walked in and it's not the girl with the verified photo.  lol  

248857 and then tell me what you think Eros verification is worth.

We had to do a lot to get verified, having the exact photos to match our old photos with face... Thought it was quite extensive...  Just wanted to see if it is even worth doing!  Slixa is good because you have to print out the document, but then again anyone could do that too I suppose!
My opinion!

I had to give P411 and Eros a copy of my DL, uncropped/unblurred/unedited versions of all of my ad photos, as well as a photo of me holding a handwritten sign with the date and what not on it. I thought it was pretty thorough. I guess if someone really wants to circumvent that stuff they can.

this site is full of threads about supposedly authenticated girls who were fake.  For examples, see:

fakey pictures .........lol

Most of us guys don't put any more stock into "authenticated" Eros or Slixa pics than we do Aldo pics.

No please understand I am not disputing what the ladies here have said about what you have to go through to get verified, but the perception from the guys perspective is that the "authenticated" label is meaningless, and from a business standpoint our opinion is really the only one that matters here.

So my advice is to save your money and spend it on more ads, or whatever else you think might help your business. Good luck

My reason was I heard so much bad press about eros and the fake pictures and some being too good to be true and I didn't want to waste money for advertising and no one would think I was real. You do have to submit a picture that shows your face with a stated ID so they could compare the two.  It has work out for me.