Woah... so this thread got pretty crazy pretty fast, what was that? 5 pages worth of posts of bickering in a day? Kind of sad honestly... I won't get involved more than to say that when you read Beav's writing its obvious he's a reasonably smart person, but I question why he'd be participating in an escort review board only to admonish those who post reviews. Not posting reviews is his prerogative, but saying people who do so are only doing it for ego is insulting. Personally, I try to post reviews whenever I'm up to see some lovely Montreal ladies (not nearly as often as I'd like), for the simple fact that I use reviews as my preeminent method to make my decisions in order to have the best possible time while I'm here and so I return the favor by writing reviews for others whenever I can.
My only problem with the reviews we have now is that you rarely get the whole truth, as it were. Too often have I met a girl and things didn't go as expected and other times I was pleasantly surprised when I made a choice based on limited options, surely there is a YMMV factor at play, but if I wish that some guys would give it a day or two for the "OMG OMG I just came and have to tell everyone about it" effect to wear off. I personally appreciate when someone shares something that didn't go perfectly, even if the encounter was an overall positive and you don't want to share some of the negatives that happened to avoid "hurting" the girl. I'd rather someone give me everything that can be shared so that I can make the best decision for myself (what wasn't a big deal for you might be for me, or vice versa), it would end up saving a lot of people a lot of hassle.
I actually started to try to be much more critical of my own reviews recently, and I think I might understand why few people actually do this. To put it mildly, this approach doesn't always work out for the best. I posted a less than glowing review of a girl who had a few reviews that were rather positive. Nothing hugely negative, just some aspects of the encounter that didn't go as I expected, I didn't throw out any insults, there was nothing crude, just an accounting of what happened. Two things happened afterwards, the lady in question blasted me over email, saying I was damaging her revenue, etc etc. That much I knew was something that could happen, but the second thing was not expected. The motherfucking white knight brigade. A bunch of her "loyal" clients come out of the woodwork and dumped on me pretty hard for daring to say anything less than 100% positive. Seriously guys, I don't write these reviews for fun, I write them to give back. If I take the time to write out am extensive review, don't jump all over me because you like the girl and I didn't, I'm trying to do you and whoever comes next a favor. If you can live with what I wrote, then go ahead and see, if not then I'm glad I could help.
There's too much hypocrisy from the reviewer contingent, people complaining that reviews are only positive, but those same people will jump in to save a "damsel in distress" (trust me guys, these girls are tougher than you give them credit for). I don't mean to vent like this, but what's the point of having a reviewer of the year, when only positive reviews are accepted (and later lamented). Am I the only one who gets pissed when I read a thread for a girl who has 5 pages of good reviews and then finally when someone has the balls to say that they didn't like her 7 more guys come out of the woodwork to corroborate? I mean seriously, where the fuck were those people before? Why did they have to wait before they could tell the rest of us that they didn't have so great a time?
And to the ladies and agencies. A respectful negative review doesn't have to be the end of the world... You don't have to automatically insinuate that the customer *must* have been a dirty, smelly, old man who was super disrespectful to the delicate flower of a lady that is the SP. Hygiene and respect from the client are important, but that goes both ways. Sometimes a girl will come in to work in a bad mood and might give a bad service, it CAN happen, denying it and trying to discredit the reviewer is a disservice to you and the hobby community (and does anyone even believe it when that accusation is thrown around anymore?). Showing that you're willing to work through issues is a lot more important than trying to protect your ladies' reputations, because ultimately if you show you're willing to work with the clients you'll find that the reviews will be much more fair and balanced than if its the only tool at the client's disposal. In the end your original goal will be accomplished, the ladies reputation not be damaged beyond repair and you'll have shown that one client (and possibly quite a few more, thousands according to Mod 8, if it was done on the board), that you can work with your customers to resolve issues which in turn gives you more repeat business. I know that's an overly simplistic way of looking at it, but reading some of these agency/SP responses, you have to wonder...
Blam! That was a lot more than I expected to post. As for my own vote, I'd have to say muffinbuffer, I don't share all of his preferences when it comes to ladies, but I always look forward to his trip reports and enjoy his writing style, clear and concise, to the point, yet still descriptive enough to get a general sense of what to expect beyond just the available menu.
Edit: I figure I should mention, if you're looking for my review where I got blasted its gone. It was lost when all those reviews were delete earlier this year.
