Guilty, I've been one of those guys who've cancelled many appointments, some at the last minute.  Fellow hobbyists, this is not right.  I'm posting to hopefully effect change in our hobby.  We need to be considerate and act like gentleman.  Think about it from the providers perspective: she agrees to see you, schedules date & time, gets in the shower, puts all her make-up on, gets nice & sexy to satisfy your desires, anticipation is building up and then...you cancel (even worse don't even have the frigging courtesy to call and let her know you're not coming, smh...)

But please don't pretend to speak for us guys who NEVER flake out at the last minute.

Yes we are usually nice on the newbie board, but we also don't need to sit back and get lectured for something we have never done, by some "born-again" who feels guilty for HIS sins!  

Sensitive much, lol...what are we talking about here?  

...and yes, you are correct in that the post does stem initially from my own guilty conscious

...lol, you realize this is a message forum right?  I can't lecture you, I don't even know anyone.
Good, I'm glad you've never cancelled, awesome, good for you.
I've heard cancellations are problematic, I'm not the only one...

That we make a reservation to meet YOU and what about the money spent in that location.  
In my case, I make reservations to meet with THAT person only, since I don't see more than one person a day and in different locations. IF I get a cancelation, I EXPECT to get the cancelation fee paid to cover travel and hotel.

How many of the girls that you flaked on do you plan on "making it right" with?

You admit you have done this many times. You ask that guys should quit this and be respectful. Why don't you be respectful, go back to each you have cancelled on, and pay them. Otherwise simply shut up, if you have a problem take off panties, put on big boy pants, fix problem.

GaGambler: you've completely missed the point of the post.  Why, cause you felt insulted?  Relax man, I don't know you, or anyone, just a computer screen talking to you.

This is not a place for people to lecture others because of their own guilty conscience, Nor is it a place to run up your BSU points. Feel free to do that on your regional board. This is a place for newbies to ask questions about how things work, both here on TER and the hobby in general. Your post did neither, it was much more of a rant than anything else and a rant spawned by your own bad behavior. If you want to "confess your sins" go to church. this is not the board to find redemption or to give lectures.

I did payup

... but don't get your hopes up.  
Lol!

Given your responses, I have reservations. After all it hard to believe anyone who cancels at the last minute. However if you did, good for you.

listen, I started this thread by taking responsibility for my actions, by admitting I had made this mistake, and that I was wrong for making it, and encouraging others Not to make the same mistake.

I can appreciate your position. I don't want a word war as its no benefit for anyone. But in truthfulness look at what you said.

...Christine, your English is outstanding, being married to Nepali girl who barely spoke a word when I met her 12 years ago, I have special respect for the challenge you face.

Hooker and John, both criminal, you expect criminal to give shit about courtesy?

The only cancelations I've ever made were due to illness with a fever.  
And I've only been cancelled on,  for grandmother illnesses or deaths, a couple of times  
OP, as you've found out, a lot of us don't take kindly to someone starting a thread with an admission of being an inconsiderate arsehole and then telling us that we shouldn't do it.  
 You found it necessary to publicly brag about causing time and financial inconvenience,  and then brag that you are not doing it now. Then tell us that we should all straighten up  
"Look at me! I'm now not doing what I shouldn't have be doing in the first place! "  Never goes down well in a group setting.  
You could have started a better thought out thread, Though this topic has been a regular one, it is a challenge for both clients and providers.  

When you started to call providers "companions."  Hooker is accurate, while "provider" is the sanitized PC version, so WTF does a "companion" do that a hooker/provider doesn't?  I have never NCNS with a hooker/provider, but I might feel the urge to try it with someone telling me I have booked with a "companion."  Do you offer sex services, or are you one of the "cuddle" people?

I can no longer call you my "hobby bro?"  We've probably eaten some of the same pussy, just not at the same time.  That makes a hobby bro in my book.  Please advise.

You're preaching to the choir here.  Actually, make that "OVER-preaching."  The vast majority here have treated providers with respect from day one of our hobby careers, so the disrespect you are copping to here is about as foreign to us as it gets.  Besides you, we could probably count the guys here on one hand that have NCNS'd a provider.  More often, its flakey providers that do that to us, but that's not the side you are speaking of.  The guys that are habitual NCNS like you are not active on this board, and so even though you want to help them, they will remain clueless, and continue to have crappy sessions because of their reputations for no-show that will keep the savvy providers from booking them (and you) in the first place.

Julia baby how have you been.  Just wondering what would you define as ample time to cancel an appointment? I ask this question because how long would you need to give ample notice to other suitors whom are inquiring about your time.  Also would you say that it gives you another crack gaining revenue to satisfy all of your financial goals.  Please respond at your earliest convenience.