First the suggestion: TER should allow hobbyists to rate the 'Reliability' as well as the 'Appearance' & 'Performance' of the provider.   For example a provider may be a 9 in Appearance and a 9 in Performance but a 4 in Reliability.  This would help us make wise decisions.    
 
The Vent:    
I'm in DC on business.  
For the second time, I've set a date - day or days in advance- with well reviewed, seemingly reputable women who have flaked.  
I set the appointment through p411 (10 OKs, current and respectabke professionals). Followed with polite emails/ text to confirm the day prior...
For a noon appointment at my upscale hotel, I received a text at 11:36 saying, 'I'm sorry but I have class today and (can't make it)"  
For a 9 pm appointment Saturday, I received a text at 10pm saying, ' I apologize but I completely forgot to check my (calendar)'  

Can't say that is the case for all the ladies in this area, but it does happen. This is not a static business, so there can be no comparison to what business practices are acceptable and which are not, it just is what it is sometimes. Not all ladies appreciate what the hobby is and it comes out in the most disrespectful ways, but please by no means, take it personally. Consider it a bullet dodged and money saved!  

Last minute cancelations don't bother me at all.  To me,  if she cancels at the last minute means something came up that if she went thru with the date, you would get a "so-so" date which neither of you would enjoy.  Take that as "money well NOT spent".  

Your generalization of all men and all women is so far from fact.

I did mistakenly frame my point as an apparent difference in behavior between men and women.  

if we could all step back and realize that neither the man nor the woman is more valuable in this type of transaction, we both need each other ...this would be so much more fun, for all of us.
xoxo

Set an appointment through p411 with a well reviewed visiting girl several days ahead. Reconfirmed the day of. I was downtown, she was in Tysons, and new I was traveling out there after a meeting for a 3pm. At 2:45 she texts to cancel. She knew I was already on the road out to the burbs. Frustrating. I agree with the other post that, if she truly had an emergency, it would have been a terrible date. But how do I know she didn't just get a better offer, or had a brain fart and forgot to get ready?

...experience. You could be descriptive in your prose that her BCD "Performance" was a "9", but her track record of "Reliability" brought her score down to "8" or "7". Of course, we should have reliability ratings as well. Not sure where the ladies would pick that up...the references I guess.

Not sure how the change in adding reliability would affect previous ratings.

Were other guys in the area notified that you got cancelled last minute? You can't review it, it just happens and of the appointments the lady was able to make she was great- her reviews say so. No one wants to speak up and the cycle continues. 200 reviews or 2 reviews don't tell the whole story. Research and BC. P411 is a verification site that serves as an ad venue, at least through TER you have the community to give you some real time feedback of what you might get. If that's not what you want to do prior to choosing a provider, especially in an area you are unfamiliar with, then you and the OP enjoy the hobby the way you play it.  

a meeting didn't take place (e. g. NCNS) then a review can't be submitted.  Since few of us would waste our time or money to go back to a NCNS just to be able to post a low reliability score, then by definition ALL reviews are the result of successfully getting together for an appointment.  Easy enough to comment on how easy or difficult it might have been to make the meeting happen in the write-up, but you completely miss the meetings that failed to happen for whatever reason.  And if you tried to set up a NCNS reporting system, don't know hoe you'd prevent abuse by competitors.  But I understand the frustration.

Well known visiting providers have flaked every single time.  I'm not kidding.  I jumped through some hoops once thinking that might be it, nope, cancelled with no alternative time or day given.

sex not sexism

Great  point    

But it is impossible to do that .
  If the person flaked, then there is no meeting; so no review; so no commenting in the review.    
It would be best to simply be able to post a ' no show' if a provider flaked    
This would allow TER to show an aggregate no show rate to prospective clients.    

It could be done simply    
TER members could report a 'no show'    
The aggrgate number of no shows per month correlated to Low ( more than 4 no shows),  Medium (less than 2) , or High (less than 1).  

I'm sorry to hear that you've eliminated ALL indies due to some that have flaked on you. I guess it is easy to categorize, but we aren't ALL flakes

Why Ms. Keilani911.....dost thou have dirty knees?

Since they have what is always in demand, and men continue to be willing to pay for it, the providers can get away with most anything.  If they are called out for their "unprofessional" behavior, there are always enough white knights around to shield her.  

The OP asked the sincere question about why providers would act unprofessional when their business is customer service oriented.  I was responding part in jest, and part from experience to his question only.  

No worries,  I'm just a chatter box. Not offended at all. I was just sayin'.  
Hard to interpret tone in writing, but I'm glad you don't have some sort of grudge against women. some people do!

I understand your frustration. A few weeks ago I set up an appointment with a well-reviewed provider and arrived at the appointed time and place. The provider said she'd be ready in 10 minutes. 10 turned into 20, and as 20 was about to turn into a half-hour people began noticing me sitting in my car in a hotel parking lot after dark. I left. As soon as I got on the interstate the provider called me. I told her what happened and that she'd promised she'd be ready in 10 minutes. She began berating me and I hung up.

I have been on both sides of the equation as I've had to cancel at the last minute and I've been cancelled on and had ladies NCNS on me.

...underessed to tell me that she had just gotten her period.  This happened to me locally a few years ago, and she was a very well reviewed provider.   After experiencing that, I consider all late cancellations a blessing in disguise.

haha I have learned to see things as blessings in disguise as well!!!