I did the SA thing years ago (2010 ) and spent a fair amount of money on the game. I did find one good prospect. For that one I felt the risk was to high as she was desperate. Her desperation and possible connection to my was not worth the risk so I ended it.
 Two of the other girls' who really interested me. I was able to ( through months of efforts and fees ) was able to verify they where actually middle aged women responding under a false picture and personality.  During this time I would let my membership end from time to time. Immediately after it ending I would get multiple messages from several hot chicks. Nothing ever came of these contacts It was obviously a BS operation.  
At this point I started googling the SA name and looking for reviews. One guy put up a review with exactly the same outcome as mine. His review was driven under by thousands of positive SA posts quickly. After his review was hidden so fast and efficiently I gave up on the SA scam.  

That's my story. Is SA worth another look in 2022 ? Has anyone looked at a total cost  per month comparison  SA vs high end escort.  Things change and I hear great things about SA on this and other forums. Any thoughts welcome .      

Your bad experiences are quite unfortunate, and not at all representative of my own or other enthusiastic SDs here on this board.  Please go back and read lots of past posts, and I think you'll see that lots of us with varying locations, ages, preferences, have found sugar dating in general and SA in particular to be a truly wonderful way to meet lovely, sexy women who enjoy sexual relationships with their SDs.

I've been sugar dating since 2014.  I NEVER suspend my membership.  The fee for being on SA is simply the price of admission and I'm willing to pay it.  I think a continuous presence on the site has been very rewarding for me.  Others may disagree.  I know others here have had success jumping in and out.

Everyone who uses SA will run into his share of scammers.  But I have never once found a middle aged woman posing as a young one. The closest I came to that scenario was a woman claiming to be 26 who was actually 36.  but she had an amazing body and could easily have let me keep thinking she was 26!  And she was a great fuck, so no worries! And had I encountered what you report, it certainly would not have taken months to figure it out.  I would have found out within a week or two from our initial DM contact when we meet for coffee.  If she refuses to meet within a couple weeks, she's not serious and I move on.  

That said, I have indeed encountered a few who are much heavier than their pictures would suggest.  Nowadays, if they don't post at least one very well lit, full length picture, with close fitting clothing, I ask them to send me one before we meet.

There are many reasons why using SA is NOT a no brainer to the same extent that dating escorts is.  You need to develop some real sugar dating skills.  If the effort is not worth it to you, keep dating escorts, hey, they are great!  But the kind of intimacy I have experienced with sugar babies is off the charts when compared to escorts.  No comparison.  I will probably never go back to escorts.  And the cost of sugar dating, on the basis of cost per hour of companionship, for me and many others, is a fraction of the cost of dating escorts. Even including the $948 per year to maintain my profile on SA.

I checked your reviews and found over many years you  never saw a girl rated under 7 with the majority being  
9s and 10s. Normally I think of a guy who never had a bad encounter in 10 + years as someone who might be
 either, very, very lucky  or perhaps some other reason.  
Any others with input I would love to hear from you.

This is a bit off topic for this forum since it's about writing TER escort reviews.  But since you asked, yes, I always sought out escorts rated 8-10 on looks and performance.  Of course I ran into my share of disappoiting experiences.  That's bound to happen.  But I only wrote reviews if I could be positive about the session.  The bad ones, I simply chalked it up to my experience and let it go without writing anything bad about her.  Maybe she had a bad day or just did not like me.  My theory is that escorting was these girls' livelihood and I did not want to harm them.  I f I had run into any actually intentional wrongdoing, such as a cash and dash, I would certainly have reported it in a review.  But I never did. Guess I was lucky.

Agree on all points. I'll rather have a super enthusiastic 7 or 8 than a mechanical let's go thru the motions 9 or 10

I've been on SA for a few years and have had some descent experiences.  Personally verified on the site and only interact with other verified users.