Client's Pictures

[Retired Fly Boy]

What is the reason an escort will ask for a client's photo? Once it has been sent out over the net, who knows where it will wind up. Do escorts keep a file on clients with photos? I see many escorts will not show a pix of the face. "When you e mail me a pix, I will mail you mine." That is a rule for some escorts. Some client's have a morals clause with their company. If you are found picking up boys on the net, you are out of a job. Sometimes I think it could be a police sting and I move on. Most likely not, but why take a chance. Don't you guys limit your client list with this rule? With my job, they do not care what you do in your private life, just do not let it become public news and the company name in the headlines.

[Guest Julian Kaye]

unless the photo is your smiling mug as seen on your corp ID, with captain hat akimbo and the wings showing, how the hell is your comp going to find out?

[Guest Merlin]

I would never give a photo to an escort. There is the danger of blackmail etc. Aside from that, he probable reason is that he likes to limit himself to young, attractive guys. When he shows up he will be looking you over to see if you meet his high standards. Who wants a judgmental escort? It suggests that he is escorting for his own enjoyment more than yours. Perhaps not, but it is not a good sign.

[theDCeBOY]

i don't personally know any escorts who require pics, although i have heard of the practice.

i can't imagine it would make for much success, though. i'd certainly never ask for a pic. some clients just sort of voluntarily send them though. one or two guys were worried that they might have an appearance i'd have difficulty spending time with; they were wrong. a few clients sent pics to show me how "hot" they were, hoping for some sort of discount; they were also wrong.

 

about the possibility of stings and moving on...

i do the same thing whenever someone asks questions or makes statements linking sex for money. chances are that it isn't a police officer, but rather just someone who either doesn't understand the legal ramifications, or who isn't especially serious. but as you said, why take the chance?

[guptasa1]

More recently (didn't do this with my first Internet-arranged appointment, mainly because I didn't think of it), I've sometimes volunteered a picture if I thought it was appropriate. For example, one escort sent me a few new shots of himself, so I offered a photo of myself just so he had an idea of what I looked like before we met. I haven't done this every time - it just seemed appropriate in that case. Though to date I've never actually been ASKED for a picture. (And just as a sidenote, I generally would only arrange something with an escort who had a face shot I could see - to me seeing someone's face first is pretty important - just a personal thing and nothing at all against escorts who don't have face shots though).

[theDCeBOY]

but if seeing someone's face first is so crucial to enjoying the experience, and you've said you want the escort to enjoy the "date" as much as you do, why don't you send face shots to everyone you make a "date" with?

i have no problem with a client declining an appointment with me because i won't send him a face picture, but it is a little cheeky if you say you need one to enjoy the experience, but don't send yours automatically, while still striving for the escort to enjoy his experience as well.

[guptasa1]

>but if seeing someone's face first is so crucial to enjoying

>the experience, and you've said you want the escort to enjoy

>the "date" as much as you do, why don't you send face shots to

>everyone you make a "date" with?

>i have no problem with a client declining an appointment with

>me because i won't send him a face picture, but it is a little

>cheeky if you say you need one to enjoy the experience, but

>don't send yours automatically, while still striving for the

>escort to enjoy his experience as well.

 

Interesting perspective. Please don't get me wrong here - I'm a fairly new client as far as escorts go anyways, and at this point in time, as long as I have some measure of trust with the person, I probably will send a picture of myself - I just had meant there were times in the past (specifically my first encounters) where I haven't done this...and yes, there could hypothetically be times where it isn't appropriate in the future (for example, if I arranged something through an agency instead of directly).

 

If I were to specifically request a face picture from an escort, however, I would gladly send mine in trade. (This is something I likely wouldn't do anyway - generally, I wouldn't ask for a face picture if it wasn't already out there OR there was something stating to ask if you'd like one.)

 

Personally, I base physical attraction and even comfort-level largely on a person's face. Let me put it this way - I would be much more comfortable...and likely...to go out with an escort based on a picture with their face and not that much else of their body than I would a picture of everything BUT the face. (And please don't take this at ALL personally. I understand COMPLETELY why some escorts choose not to make pictures of their face available - I'm just saying honestly that I don't think as a general rule I'd be comfortable in arranging something in that case.) That's just my own personal preference, though - I'm sure some clients are perfectly comfortable without face pictures. Some might even prefer the mystery it provides.

 

I did once meet an escort I'd seen no pictures of on a recommendation from an agency (my VERY first meeting with an escort when I was out of town this summer...but I don't really count it as my first experience), and he was a very nice guy and attractive, but new at it and I don't think he was comfortable so I wasn't either. We ended up just going out to eat and talking (off time). LOL.

[theDCeBOY]

> (This is

>something I likely wouldn't do anyway - generally, I wouldn't

>ask for a face picture if it wasn't already out there OR there

>was something stating to ask if you'd like one.)

 

okay, i'll buy that.

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Several Possibilities

 

>What is the reason an escort will ask for a client's photo?

 

As some of the clients and escorts have suggested, a number of escorts may have limits on who they will see. On America on Line, any number of escorts have in their profiles a request that prospective clients send photographs, be height/weight proportionate or any number of other qualifications. Yes, this clearly does limit a prospective client base.

 

>Once it has been sent out over the net, who knows where it

>will wind up. Do escorts keep a file on clients with photos? I

>see many escorts will not show a pix of the face. "When you e

>mail me a pix, I will mail you mine." That is a rule for some

>escorts. Some client's have a morals clause with their

>company. If you are found picking up boys on the net, you are

>out of a job.

 

As other escorts and clients here have indicated, some will send photographs when they contact an escort. Any number of reasons are offered, including so the escort will "know who they are meeting." I have always responded that I neither require nor often open such files. I try to limit downloads on my computers and while I am not suggesting this would be a way to pass along a computer virus, I simply do not open such downloaded attachments as a general rule.

 

For those escorts who do request photographs, I would suggest that they likely do not maintain them nor keep a file. I do not maintain e-mails without photographs for obvious reasons that protect both me and the privacy of my clients (as well as prospective clients).

 

However, as we all know, not all of us are as technologically proficient as possible and if any client has a serious concern, he simply must accept that he will not be able to see any escorts which require photographs. There is no way to secure any data on the computer of another individual.

 

>Sometimes I think it could be a police sting and

>I move on. Most likely not, but why take a chance.

 

While possible, this is unlikely. If this is a serious concern, and this issue has been discussed on this site elsewhere in more and better detail, I would do more research than to rely simply on the fact that an escort IS NOT asking you for a face shot to make an appointment in advance.

[Guest Merlin]

The initial post also asked whether escorts keep records on their clients. I would be interested in the practises of other escorts. And do other clients keep records? I do keep a one line record of what happened and included contact info and a photo if available.

[theDCeBOY]

>The initial post also asked whether escorts keep records on

>their clients. I would be interested in the practises of other

>escorts.

 

in general, no, i don't keep records. i suppose the calendar on my website is a record of sorts. but, there is no identifying information; just first names, and not then only the folks who use the calendar. i delete emails after they are no longer relevant. i also use a DoD-grade wiping program. nothing is 100% secure though.

 

i only write client phone numbers and addresses on post-it notes, which end up in the shredder along with my junk mail after the appointment.

[guptasa1]

As a client, aside from my memory, no, I don't keep any type of formal record of escorts or my experiences - I see no point to do so. (Though reviews on this site would count I suppose even though they are stored in a remote location.)

 

As to the issue of sending files and viruses, I probably would be a little wary of anything zipped or otherwise compressed, but a good virus scanner protects there (and I have received valid pictures before that way from trustworthy sources). I generally send pictures embedded as a .JPG (which can't contain a virus), though I also usually ask before sending a file so someone knows what to expect.

[TedLinden]

I'm always a little ammused to hear about other escorts requiring face pics from their clients.

 

My feeling is to approach things as a business man. I'm selling a product - me. The client is not selling a product to me so why do I need his advertsing materials?

[VaHawk]

TWO THUMBS UP! Finally, a voice of reason. Any escort who requires me to be a certain age range, body type or requires a picture imo, is an escort who immeditately is deep sixed. These guys are not escorts, but guys temporarily in search of a few quick bucks. Not my scene at all, but if it is another's scene then good for them, but imo, totally pathetic.