First, I don't comment here very often but I do want to pass on my gratitude for those that do and for the useful information that is posted.  

I think this has been covered before, but anyway-  I am curious about how often you hold back reviews because a) don't want to hurt feelings, b) want to try to keep her to myself, c) other

I almost always write reviews.  I can only think of a couple of occasions where I did not -- once when the provider asked me in advance not to (I think because she wanted 10/10s and I have never given one of those) and once when I had a really strange/bad session but I think it may have been my fault so could not really evaluate the provider.

I guess I bring it up only after surveying my own review history. I don't think I have ever offered a bad review. That is primarily due to the fact that I don't take a lot of chances in the hobby, thanks to TER and other available info. I write reviews for indys all the time. I distinctly remember not reviewing a few agency girls simply because I didn't want to deal with any repercussions from an encounter that didn't meet my expectations. Sorry bout that.

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I've been a TER member since 2001 and have 29 reviews, soon to be 30.  Of course I've seen waaaay more providers than 30.  I typically don't write reviews for the following "Other" reasons:

1. Lady already has numerous reviews and my experience would not add any value or new info.

2. Over the years I've developed a network of UTR relationships. Self Explanatory.

3. Kinda lazy.  How many times can you get excited about writing about the same acronyms. If I have a novel (good or bad) experience I may write a review primarily to capture the moment and to alert my fellow hobbyist when it comes to negative experiences.

4. I don't write reviews ONLY to keep VIP membership.

5. Many times ladies ask to not write review.  I saw one well reviewed lady and she said..."I saw your review history and you have never given a 10. So don't write a review about me."  I assured her I completely enjoyed our time together.  She said if you can't see yourself rating a 10, then don't write it

are when the lady requests a review, when I ask her if she would like one (like if she's new and has none, or hasn't had one for quite a long while), or if there is something incredibly great or bad about the experience.  

I don't want reviews as a scorecard, bragging rights, for VIP, etc... I believe they serve a purpose and when the purpose is not there, there is no need for a review.  

I also find writing the damn things distasteful, as far as the detailed section goes. It can be difficult to not be crass given the rules for reviews.

...I've already done a review of that provider.  To counter a previous comment, it is quite easy to give a good feel for specifics of the session without being crass.  I research my dates very carefully, so I have never had a bad encounter.  Some of course are a lot better than others, but I've never had to worry about hurting anyone's feelings.  As for keeping them for myself, reviews are critical to a provider's business.  Not reviewing is a distastefully selfish and lazy act.  It's also important to keep in mind that if a session doesn't go quite right, it probably is a much or more your fault as the provider's.

Those I see already have outstanding reviews, if they don't, ok I'll write one.

But after all the years I've been here, reviews are a risk I'm not willing to take any more.

What's risky about reviews?  They have helped me to spend my cash wiser and hopefully my reviews will do the same for others.

I have never had a lady ask me not to write a review because of my ratings history, but I have had ladies ask me not to write one because they don't like the signal given by having too many reviews. I never review without asking, and some ladies don't like the idea of being reviewed no matter how high the scores would be.

I would add an additional item to Tall's checklist for my part; I won't write a review if I feel that she was doing her best and the chemistry just wasn't right. So the reviews tend to reflect my better experiences.

Very :OVER RATED" Rating system for reviews.

Ex: Just look how low mine are but when a gentleman comes to see me he says WOW...I wasn't expecting such a beauty and after says I had an Incredible time. Hopefully Reviews will 1 day be more accurate for everyone. (Too many favors for leaving a great review)
Thank you to all the Real Gentlemen out there that are honest & keeping it real
Great post and comments!

I often do not write a review if the provider has a good number of reviews and mine reflects a pretty typical experience with her  or if she makes it clear that she prefers not to be reviewed, or if she is UTR and wants to stay that way.  

else I usually do -

one thing I will not do is to not submit a review because a provider says to only review her if I can give her 9s or 10s or a great review or whatever and I can't go that high -   that is a strike against at the outset....   providers "managing" reviews is bad for all of us and against the spirit if not the letter of the rules.   Now in this case if I did have a 9/10 experience with her I would probably decline to submit the review because I don't want to give the appearance of participating in this kind of "review management".....


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