You are joking lol.
This is why it can never work! Unless you can withhold the amount on their credit card.
I am sorry, but that's the definition of a terrible idea. - Also at that point, you might as well just put $42 in your SP fund every month.
you don't stop your regular hobbying, it's a way to set the funds aside for a more expensive experience that you might not go for if the money has to come out all at once
you would be surprised the amount of people who can't do their own savings
Right, so you would trust someone who can't do their own saving to stick around and pay $42 for another 11 months if they already hit the jackpot at the start?
That's fair.it's a random thought, not financial advice...
Reviews are only an indicator of the past. If they're all good, it doesn't mean you won't have a bad experience. You can think it's more likely you get a good experience, but in the end, you can only hope that it will be good!
Sure, and there is always a YMMV factor. But with someone who has a no-review policy... well, it's like going on a blind date and paying hundred of $ upfront hoping it will be good.
I think stellar reviews only gives stellar expectations… We never know if chemistry will kick in or not. More likely yes
You can try to reduce the risk to a minimum, I agree. But my point was that, there is never no-risk and it's always like "going on a blind date and paying hundred of $ upfront hoping it will be good."
I've not noticed that, then again I am just an individual. But if I see a bunch a bad reviews (and I mean red flags, not YMMV items; and I indeed sometimes cross reference other reviews written by the same client to rule out it's not a client issue), then I am staying the hell away from said SP even if she 100% matches my taste. I would even go as far as saying that I can detect red flags for me personally for SPs who have page and pages of great reviews.
I see your point, and I know there was further statements about random thought vs financial advice, but I think the idea of a raffle is what I liked, not so much the need to save money over 12 months this way... In that vein, I agree, terrible idea lol.
Yes, that works too! But in the meantime, it's quite possible that she is making plenty of money and is busy, so she doesn't lose that much by not having you as a client. Indeed, we all decide how we want to spend our money, of course, some accept a bit more risk than others, and we all develop our strategies and won't change them if they work for us. My point is simply that reviews impact you more than us! And that a bad experience can arise at any time, after all, we are human.
Oh for sure! I have no doubt that the no-review policy is in most cases not detrimental to a high-quality SP. I was purely speaking from a client perspective. Reviews are 95% for the clients' benefit, no doubt about that.
