It seems that BP ads links have been pulled from every girls profile. Did some shit go down or something? Just curious if nothing else.

BP ads must be associated with criminal activity.

...with the British company that sells Petroleum. You may have heard about decisions by Visa regarding them as well as the scrutiny they are getting from authorities. For TER some distance is desired.

but who needs to read reviews of the established ladies of TER.

Answer:  anyone who has not seen them yet.
Is that not screamingly obvious?

I haven't seen many of them, nor have I read their reviews. I wouldn't need to see the reviews to book with the ones I'm attracted to.

Do you mean the Top 100?  Or do you mean the women who post on this board?  If the former, don't you want to check their reviews to see how they perform?  Or click on the link to their site to see what they look like?  If the latter, if you like the way they post do you not care what they look like?  Or the way they perform? You really need to be clearer re what U R talking about.

I asked a Mod's about it and their policy is if a lady has another ad out, they will pull the British Petroleum link and replace it with the other ad.

I believe that Visa and Mastercard do not accept payment from BP and maybe craig's list. As I understand it the only way to pay  BP  and CL is with BitCoin.

it's Beyond Petroleum.  

See this sitehttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjACahUKEwig3bvd8eTGAhWQm4gKHa5hC_8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2015%2F07%2F01%2Fusa-chicago-prostitution-credit-idUSL1N0ZH1OQ20150701&ei=YWKqVeCoKZC3ogSuw634Dw&usg=AFQjCNH2Bjk9TWv9S0ZrSURpG2r-Ni3IiQ&sig2=EbyvgkVHuRxqbm8H9XRbPg&bvm=bv.98197061,d.cGU

I am well aware that there are some parts of the country where "British Petroleum" is the only place to advertise. Unfortunately that place has become a haven for pimps, druggies and other unsavory types to advertise.

I understand that reasoning for pulling the links from British Petroleum, I have also noticed that since the visa debacle started many of my top providers stopped posting ads on BP as well. Does anyone know where or what site  these ladies might start posting on instead? Many of them are not on P411. Thanks

I'm neither for or against the decision. I just think their will be less reviews, and or need for reviews. Thus leaving the site a advertising site, which I thought TER wanted to distant itself from the notion of being.

I have to agree with you.  I think TER will be a better place in the long run without all of the stuff associated with BP girls.  Which is usually PIMPs and LE busts.  However, I am sure LE will start looking for other ways to try and infiltrate TER so we will need to be careful moving forward.  I applaud this move although I am sure there are many guys here who only see BP girls that will not like it.

...I have no idea what these cost. But they are options

TER's choice has made this site much less useful. But I get why. They feel they may be next and want to distance themselves from what is happening there.

Some places there is only one real game in town.

Won't the BP users go there to advertise so they can be reviewed?

It's also unfair and classist to both sides of the coin.  

... they'd allow the posting of ads per CC charges.

If a provider profile page has links to ads other than BP, the BP link has been deleted.  If a BP ad link is the ONLY link on a provider's profile page, it remains.

Now I'm embarrassed for us.

The one problem I'm seeing though is that although most of these providers have other ads and/ or websites the British oil co. ad is often the only one they keep up to date. When they pull the said ad it leaves the profile with  outdated ads that have outdated info.

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As for some time any question or mention of this change saw threads deleted and PM's go unanswered.  

Do not understand how they could be next unless they aren't as safe as they claim to be.  There are ways to pay TER that aren't as directly vulnerable IMO.

I have found some ladies are quite a bit sharper than you think.  They just believe--and have some experience to suggest this--that they can't get business advertising elsewhere.  If you don't believe that, I am sure that people all over the country can attest to seeing well reviewed providers who do have websites that run BP ads--when they are traveling outside major metro areas.  I see this all the time.

Otherwise there is still a connection between BP and TER.

and like any other business of it's kind, keeping it's merchant accounts open and having the ability to get paid through CC billing is hugely important. Losing that ability would most likely cost TER millions of dollars a year. If you ran TER, what would you do in the face of perhaps losing your ability to accept CC's?

They are still allowing BP ladies to be reviewed but will only post the PB link if she has no other ad or site. Thank you TER. I get your concern and you found a reasonable compromise.

Reviews are to protect us guys. Some ladies don't give a damn if we can screen them or not. Plus those free sites are a nightmare. Just look at the great many threads on it over the last few months. If I only seen ladies with web sites I wouldn't have seen many ladies and would have missed out on many of the best. This is the waste land of the hobby here in Utah. This isn't Vegas, Atlanta, or NY we are addressing.

Many posters in this thread are trying to sell this change in policy as a moral cause, because addicts and pimps advertise on BP(there's nothing stopping those people from placing ads on TER)

I was told by my bank that the reason they did not allow the BP purchases was because of credit card abuse and disputes, not because of BP being affiliated with other types of illegal activities, like pimps, pandering, or prostitution.

You forgot to mention that some people want to limit their digital footprint by not having a website. These are probably the same people who don't want reviews to begin with, but those are the most valuable reviews.

That was between you, your CC company, BP, and Amazon.

There have been multiple news stories about this.

I think they could make a serious case for "tortuous interference" and make not only that case but to add the doing it "under the color of authority" to boot.

The thing that surprises me is how does one sheriff of one county, have so much control over big companies like Visa and Mastercard? It's not like the FBI did this. It is the sheriff of Cook County.

Simply now there are vehicles in place to enforce them.  

This just made it much more dangerous for those who are trafficking victims by pushing the problem more underground.  It's now going to be much harder to find and help victims.