I never been robbed and i think this really goes with the way you do business. Im always carefull with my booking, i stay with reputed agencies etc. Some could say i don't go out of the box, i don't have the "thrill of the hunt" or whatever, but doing that i limit a lot the bad experiences and almost nullified the risk of robbery/services not provided. Since i use reputed agencies i did on ocasion pay in advance but said agencies would more than likely if something happened do something to fix it. Or i like to think. After all a good part of there business come from merb, and if we are a minority as loud talkers, we know that lurkers see what we post and they certainly have there own favourite trusted reviewers etc.
Will i one day use backpage and/or other stuff like this? I dunno... i don't think so. There was always a mix of new hot girls and old favourites in merb agencies to cover my needs. But if i did go to backpage and co, i would make sure to be extra carefulll. First does its really her? If no, no matter how she could look good, it mean she is a liar right away by using fake pics so already a bad sign. No money up front either. If this mean cancelling my session, so be it, no "think your with dick" allow in that case.
Its funny because often its a paradox when people get robbed out of the "unsafe" websites. I know guys that use backpage or annonce intime cause they look for the 160/H type or such. Like an ads for a "avalaible 24/7" SP. Cmon !! Good SPs work when they want, and always get booked, you should know right away that an SP that advertise herself as avalaible anytime of the day, even when she could be sleepping, is very fishy. Either its a very fake ads or a SP that really struggle to book clients. They want to pay less but in the end they often pay for super shitty services, or get robbed or whatever... If they had go for the 220/H quality SPs of merb, they would had been sure to have at least a decent session.
I am not a fortunate person, but i rather go and pay more to be sure to have fun and be satisfy when i do partook in escorts meeting. I rather have 1 good meeting than 2 subpar or shitty ones... lol