I DID NOT get/receive the 30 days TER VIP credit that was/is due me !!!  They ALL say Approved-0 days credit.  Any advice on what to do, or how to proceed to rectify the situation?  BTW, I've noticed approval (or not) of problem reports, seems to vary from day to day.  Why would  problem reports be approved, and provider's profiles changed 15 times with NO credit?

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You can afford to pay hundreds for escorts.. but not 19.95 a month.. I think its what we all should do. Fix providers profiles- to get some free days ! who cares if the provider likes it or not... and if what you are problem reporting is not at all true.

I for one, Think only providers should be in charge of their own profiles.. No wonder I problem report my own profile once a month.. Last month.. I  provided greek.. Couldnt figure out why i was getting all those calls.

rewarding  members with 2 extra VIP days for each LEGITIMATE erroneus problem report that is approved. Most problem reports are bad websites, wrong phone #s, etc. (I've got years in the TER VIP bank, and DO post reviews. I don't NEED the  30 days credit, it's just the principle of the thing).   BTW Ciara, I'm one of YOUR buddies that posted under an alias that you're wacking.  LOL  Someone please give me a real answer in how to deal with a "problem report problems" related to credit due.

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TER provides a wonderful service and by encouraging and rewarding it members to report problems the service is enhanced for everyone.

I personally prefer to write reviews to gain my membership. I could easily pay $19.95 a month and believe me, I would make substantially more if I billed the time used rather than writing the reviews but for me there are two main benefits to writing the reviews.

One I help assure other hobbyists that certain providers are what they represent. I am reasonably sure you have benefitted from those of us who take time to write reviews.

Second, it is a chance to "in a sense" re-live the moment.

I am reasonably certain many hobbyist don't enjoy or want to take the time to write reviews. Consequently, for them paying for a membership is quicker and easier. Their contribution is equally important.

Personally, I enjoy earning my membership by writing.

TOMC

I submit some problem reports, but only on issues that I can provide documentation about; if a link is broken, or if a provider is listed twice, or if a lady's website shows an updated email address. I don't think clients should be able to correct the "services offered" section; like you said, that should only be changeable by the provider, and I know a lot of that is strictly YMMV.  If every provider in the business would check her TER profile on a daily basis and keep it accurate... oh, but why don't I wish for an airplane while I'm wishing for things that aren't ever going to happen?

The free days... ehhh.  I can take them or leave them, and truthfully, I don't know how many problem reports I've successfully submitted; it's at least 20.  I do know that mine are almost always approved, but not every time.  If I've gotten a free month or two out of it, great.  I look at it as giving back to the community, and it's just something I do to make things easier on everyone.

Then my bad.. I shall start scouring the profiles so i dont have to pay my 3 month or yearly membership to do my homework.
Dammit, and here i call myself resourceful !

Sorry buddy

Ciara-

I have gotten all my VIP status time through helping the site or posting reviews.  Can't quite figure out how to pay with all me modes watched.  Love to come in and pay cash but I dinna think its possible...

no aspersion casting on that tip-please.

But i do get my services changed alot, this is whatI was referring too...

Of course , as to tired of mens clubs... we were speaking of, Profiles.. not reviews.. its just common knowledge to get free vip with reviews..

is an invitation to post fake reviews. I've read some that are so far off from what I know the girl will do, or that describe furniture that I know doesn't exist. I think most of us would review without the incentive. Prividing that for fixing "problems"  that seems a stretch, too.

I was talking about both.

When I know or suspect that a provider's info is incorrect I call the provider and get their correct info so that I can report it to TER.

TER is very good about correcting the profile information if it provided. But they note that they depend on the providers and hobbyist to help them update the profiles.

If anyone can report a problem and get it "fixed" what would keep a less than forthright person from hijacking a lady's reveiws...steal her photos, use her name, reprt a "new website" "new phone", "new email"...and at least until it was corrected...the benefits of good reviews could be taken by what could be called the "ultimate bait and switch"?

Sorry...just wondered.

Iy yi.. all for one and one for one

It's my understanding that there needs to be some sort of documentation supplied for corrections; if not, then there damn well OUGHT to be.  Something like an email authentication would seem to be called for in order to make changes to a provider's personal data.  Having never recommended any changes to personal data, I'm not sure what level of documentation is required for TER to accept the Problem Report.

If someone's "identity" does get hijacked... well, they ought to get in touch with the folks at TER and establish what the correct status is, and get it changed back.  We're not talking about terribly sophisticated attackers here, and there are network effects that can work in the provider's favor.  After all, if Lady X hijacks Lady Z's profile, but five different clients of Lady Z all speak up to vouch for her actual identity, then Lady X's work is going to be quickly undone.

That's not to say that Lady Z won't be irritated and inconvenienced -- she certainly will, and in a business where reputation is so important, getting impersonated can be a real headache.  It's what comes along with the flexibility to update databases, though -- sometimes this power can be used for good, and sometimes it can get used for nefarious purposes.

...prior to 2000 the main London/Europe site was free access to all. It was a genuine vibrant hobbyist exchange with numerous reviews posted. It then turned pay and the reviews dropped off by a large factor. They don't give any VIP access for reviews so in effect you are paying for the privilege of posting your reviews on their site. So quite reasonably people do not bother in any great number these days and the volume has dropped off. That site is a much quieter clique than it used to be, which no doubt pleases some.

Here on TER they take care of their reviewers and offer VIP days as incentive. That is a fairer and more community minded model to me. It does attract extra fakes but as always the onus is on the reader to judge any review as to it's credibility. I'd rather have that, than the quieter situation on my favourite London site.

...I have not reviewed in volume for years but if I ever started again it would be on a site such as this that supports it's reviewers with VIP days. Give and take in that way is fair to me, unlike some sites that give you nothing and still expect you to review.