mistakes you made as a new provider or hobbyist? Ones that you look back at, and cant BELIEVE you were so stupid??
1. Chose a girl not reviewed (got burned)
2. Gave out my real name
3. I low balled a girl for one hour!
4. Gave a deposit
5. Went thru an agency
what were the repercussions of your mistakes?
Now, if a girl HAS to have my full, real name...I HAVE to go to the next girl on my list. This business should be all about stress relief, not stress inducement.
If you can provide enough references or other ways to verify you, then you should be good?
I will just send an email with out it and with all my other methods for verification, it hasnt been an issue. Proly biggest piece of advice I could give to a newbie is to maintain your anonymity, as best as you can.
This goes for the ladies as well. There is NO need to tell a guy your REAL last name. Have a second stage name, and use that one for people you get close to. Your real last name can give up your home address, among other things. DONT do it.
he has zero references, and I have to screen thru work....
Either I have to call and ask for him, or other work screening via a website, email... web presence... etc
If a guy wants a outcall to a hotel, and no references, I do need their name to check and make sure the room is in their name, and I will call and ask for so and so's room thru the hotel..
etc...
But if you have reasonable methods to be verified with out needing to go that route, I do not see the issue!
Also, I have noted that most guys feel more comfortable providing this info to providers with web history, reviews going back, and professional websites vs just a gal with a basic ad...
instead of my work address. They sent a bill to the house and that ended up getting me on the road to being divorced. (Which is actually a blessing in disguise, but I didn't think so at the time.)
Number 2 was parking my car on the street instead of in the hotel's garage to save a few lousy bucks. That led to my wife seeing my car and coming up to the room and surprising me along with my date. That pretty much killed any chance of avoiding divorce, and made for a very awkward situation. The poor gal I was with burst into tears.
Numbers 3 - 5 was being way too trusting and generous with some gals and letting a lot of money slip through my hands that I really could use now.
Overall however, I am very happy with this lifestyle and everything I've gained from it.
Yours dont sound TOO BAD! lol
Well I made too many lol but
1. Trusting too many men who claimed to want to "be friends" and let them into my life and know more than they should too soon
2. Not getting a high class mentor and just learning trial by error... (cheap motel rooms, not screening properly in the beginning)
3. Being lonely in this biz, I "made friends" with providers, and thought I they truly were friends, when all they did, was use my info to stab me in my back, steal from me, and use me
4. Drink a little TOO MUCH with clients and not being fully in control... (in my early years)
5. This is the big one! When I started, economy was good, I was new, I didnt SAVE!!! Also I over worked myself... Instead of spreading the clients out, I just tried to see as many as I could as fast as I could... great if I was gonna be a short term provider... not good if you plan or stay in the biz long ter
1) Car date and got robbed
2) Total upsale for every service
3) Not checking the bathroom while doing incall, thats were her pimp was
4 and 5 just can't remember it was so long ago
2...
Did you pay it???
3. Did the pimp come out??
Answer to #2, yeah i payed, i was dumb and full of cum
Answer to #3 Yes he came out, and thank god i was done, because he scared the shit out of me when he opened the door and stepped out and i just got the fuck out of there.
I swear, these gals with pimps would be better off getting a 2 bedroom suite
sigh
It was over 20yrs ago, and i think we've all learned some lessons. And thanks to TER and other sites i am rarely ever disappointed or surprised anymore. I had like 100 dates this last year and i can only think of 2 that weren't very good. So i'm very happy now with the way things are and for how they have gotten better.
It seems the guys were more respectful in the booking process back in 2001-2005
but seems so many guys who have NO CLUE how to even SPEAK to a woman, have been coming out of the woodwork in the last few yrs...
sigh
I can understand where your coming from, back then you were dealing more with the professional man where as now days every Tom, Dick and Harry's are joining sites and really have no clue on how to properly conduct themselves with you professional women. But what i am saying in the older days 10/15yrs ago hobbying is so much better now than it was back then.
I did work in my early 20's at a house in Nevada... so I can not relate to the days of the Newspapers/Yellow pages etc
Damn dude...you're lucky to be alive!
I guess your right, but i'm a pretty decent sized guy and really never get fucked with.
another was offering a great special and I asked about getting the same deal. Turns out they knew (and didn't like) each other so I got caught in the crossfire.
did she see you anyways?
only the VERY big ones. LOL.
5. Seeing {insert asshole here}
4. Moving
3. Trusting bad people
2. Working for bad agencies
AND
1. Not buying {insert stock name here} in 2008
It's amazing that I'm still here (and happy to be here) given some of the experiences I've had.
I wish I had put half of what I made away from 2001-2005
then bought a little stock...
but even with that little set aside, I would be graduated by now lol
1. Charged by the hour
2. Trusted catty providers
3. Attempted to get through that walking ass of a man, Laffy
4. Offered PSE in freaking D.C.
5. Ran a damn brothel out of a 2 bedroom apt. with NO screening
1 Cant wait till my finances are set more so I can eliminate this lol
2. So guilty of trusting providers.... I am happier making friends in the PTA lol
3. ???
4.. why was DC bad for PSE?
5. I can imagine what happened here 
P.S. I haven't seen London....
P.S.S. I don't have a big dong.... Although, that's debatable.. 
Laffy is the moron on the P and R board...you can't miss him. He is like a hyper active lab rat who ate 7 hits of acid, and posts until he comes down.
My only mistake was spending way to much $$$$ at the Nevada brothels during my early days of hobbying which began about 13 years ago. I suppose I was too scared to play illegally back in those early days. Oh well, I guess we all have to start somewhere.
Anyways, after I discovered TER sometime in 2003 and started doing more research, the power of the "darkside" took over and I started seeing indies. So far, I haven't made any stupid mistakes and I hope that trend continues ...LOL
1. Joining TER and being a frequent poster five years ago... but never bothering to get a website, therefore no reviews. Should've been using TER a long time ago!
2. When I first started 9 years ago, I did incalls at my house. Had some stalker issues and guys who fall in love too easily bugging on me. Hence I will NEVER do incalls at my place. No shitting where you eat lol.
3. Originally when I first started I did not have a cell phone (and did outcalls). Very stupid. So I'd have to drive home to check my missed calls. I got sick of it inside of a month!
4. Being too nice of a person when there are times where I need to be a bitch. Still learning this lol.
Maybe not be a bitch, but be strong in your convictions, and forceful when you need to be... but I try to be a SWEET BITCH lol if they deserve it...
Like, I am a bitch, but saying it so sweet and diplomatically, they dont even see me as a bitch lol
Your #2 I work from home, but I screen SUPER WELL.. and I guess lucky with not one stalker in my career...
I never work from home, when I live with my BF.... out of respect for him... but we live apart for now..
Brought a bunch of extra cash with me to an appointment, she knew it some how and must have called from the bathroom after the session while I was getting dressed. There was a guy standing outside the door when I was leaving. He tried pushing me back into the room and had a pipe in his hand. I think he was a bit surprised because I m a big guy 6'5 and played college football so he couldnt really do much. I slammed him into the door frame and got the hell outta there. I was very lucky, not sure what he would have done if he d gotten me into the room. TER is great for knowing what you re in for ahead of time.