Boys will be boys will be boys..
My two cents, reviews are extremely good for business, and you guys ALL KNOW that not many of you guys want to TOFT, and all sit there waiting for one of the above nominated people to try someone out and give their advice before booking her yourself.
I book for an agency, I have seen girls like Shana and Leah sit in the car and not get calls on their first few days, then a few reviews roll in and the girls are fully booked...
Paradox is extremely right on this. Myself a couple of years ago, i was relying solely on reviews for my next meeting. I could come not as often as i do now, i wanted to be sure i would had a good time and i rarely TOFTT(i can count them on a hand) because i wanted security. Some girls where apearing and there photo where awesome, and then reviews would arrive and bam bam, oups sorry ill pass... I was not the most active client and agencies back then didn't care much about my business, i was booking once every 3 months or so, and i was switching trough agencies a lot. So reviews where a better value to know who was fun and all, and who was not.
Lately it seem "second rate" girls are starting to disapear. By that i don't want to be disrespectfull, but i mean girls who didn't gave a shit about the clients, where there only for the money and lets face it, gave terrible encounters. I see less of these, either because people review less, or because there is just less period because of past reviews. The last year i have been booking lots of repeat and girls from the same agency, GT's also help to have a feeling of the girls and see there faces. So i may have check less the reviews, but my point is that REVIEWS are extremely important, and them alone can change booking for a girl.
Agency Pics are not that important, and i have a good exemple of that, Kaila at GG, after the GT she became so popular because people knew she was super cute and very nice to be with. But before, not saying she didn't had call, but she was not as high on the radar of most people. Couple guys saw her, reviewed her, and bam here we go.
So thats my 2 cent. Everybody knows i don't take sides, and i don't have problems with anyone, i don't want to take part of any "group wars". I think its best for the community if everybody review there girls for all of merb to see, and if for you one particular member's review are not helpfull... fine, just don't take them into consideration(by the way im speaking generally here, not to anybody in particular)
But the flow of reviews have dismish a lot, and i think thats disapointing. Thankfully the agencies have been improving lately too, and like i said you hear less "horror stories" than when i joined in 2009... but it would really be good if people would review more. Its because of guys that see lots of girls and review them(and thats why i gave my vote do Delta) that the board is very helpfull to new johns and such.
For exemple, EagerBeaver, we may not agree on everything, but since your a senior member here, i always looked at your reviews and take them into consideration. Of course the new guy that has 2 post and make a review, well ... he may be spot on, but it does not have the weigh as much to me. But you have to start somewhere right? So I do look at them and read them.
Bottom line, reviews are helpfull. Lol
As for name in red and such... well its the second time i see you EB mentioning that(first time was directly to me)... I think more people value mostly your time here, your personality and contribution to the community(not financially, but your reviews and such lol) than your name in red. How much does it cost? I dunno... but if anybody can pay to have his name in red... its not that stellar. Especially knowing what you do in life i doubt it hurted your wallet that much :thumb:
