Rentmen Reviews

[+ José Soplanucas]

The reviews are not meaningless. They are not fully reliable either. They are just one more piece of information to consider and ponder.

 

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[rvwnsd]

That is really interesting. I never thought of it that way! I wonder if many clients would feel that way. I don't have such a video, but you make a very interesting point.

That reminds me of the guys who post videos of them fucking another hot guy. All it's saying to me is look at what I'd much more prefer. Your experience may differ.

 

Like @TopTierTop , that thought never crossed my mind. To me, it is saying "this is how I perform." It also says "99% of my clients don't want to be recorded and don't want to be in my ad."

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Re: Escort Video

 

Or, the guys who put 'safe only' in their profile and then post pics of fucking or getting fucked bareback.

[cmennow]

I didn't know escorts can delete reviews. I have twenty 5 star reviews but only those clients and I know why. What's wrong with an interested client sending messages to some of the reviewers and just asking for details? There are ways to tell which clients are legit and which are less reliable just from THEIR profile page. It is kind of irritating to know that my reviews are for very good reason but are considered completely unhelpful by many.

 

Should I stop asking clients to review me when they send me a message after we have met saying how much they enjoyed it?

I have reached out to reviewers only to find out that after they have given a 5 star review that it really wasn't the guy in the pics, or come to find out that they really didn't deserve the 5 stars and maybe it should have been 3. I wish RM had a better review system because giving someone 5 stars doesn't really mean anything. Then some reviewers don't even respond. We have to look out for one another in this world. I always respond and am honest about the encounter if someone asks me anything about someone I have reviewed.

[+ oldNbusted]

Netflix switched to the thumbs up/thumbs down format, maybe RM should also.

[+ goosh69]

You can't delete reviews and plenty of guys have negative reviews and also the proxy site helps. The most common reason cited for bad reviews in the descriptions is fake or out of date pictures. That IS useful info!

[TopTierTop]

I have reached out to reviewers only to find out that after they have given a 5 star review that it really wasn't the guy in the pics, or come to find out that they really didn't deserve the 5 stars and maybe it should have been 3. I wish RM had a better review system because giving someone 5 stars doesn't really mean anything. Then some reviewers don't even respond. We have to look out for one another in this world. I always respond and am honest about the encounter if someone asks me anything about someone I have reviewed.

But what would you think about a profile with 30 five star reviews and an offer in the profile for an opportunity to meet up for coffee in advance to make sure it is a good match? What would think the odds are that the profile is unreliable or unverifiable?

[ChristianCronin]

I didn't even know that I can delete a review. I don't have any to delete though....

[+ José Soplanucas]

I didn't even know that I can delete a review. I don't have any to delete though....

 

I do not think you can delete a review. You can ask RM admins to delete it, but I do not think you can by yourself.

[+ oldNbusted]

I do not think you can delete a review. You can ask RM admins to delete it, but I do not think you can by yourself.

 

And we've had reports of that RM will grant a delete request if any of the session arrangements were made outside the site, so that raises my suspicion when I see a profile that says to call only.

[TopTierTop]

I don't know. Everyone's way of doing things is different but it has worked pretty well for me to meet up with potential clients in advance of making an appointment so they can check me out. As far as reviews, I don't agree at all that they are unreliable. Sure. Some are not reliable. But if you look at a profile like mine it is very easy to tell that I am the real deal. Maybe the best thing is to look at my profile and compare it to whomever you are considering meeting and see if theirs gives you as much confidence as mine. Yes. I am setting the bar. Haha!

[cmennow]

I don't know. Everyone's way of doing things is different but it has worked pretty well for me to meet up with potential clients in advance of making an appointment so they can check me out. As far as reviews, I don't agree at all that they are unreliable. Sure. Some are not reliable. But if you look at a profile like mine it is very easy to tell that I am the real deal. Maybe the best thing is to look at my profile and compare it to whomever you are considering meeting and see if theirs gives you as much confidence as mine. Yes. I am setting the bar. Haha!

You're correct in that not all reviews are unreliable and you seem to be one of the more legit ones out there. But you are in Chicago which is half way across the country from San Francisco . We have plenty that are legit here but it seem like there are some out there that want to bait you with these wonderful photos and set you up for a horrible let down. Reviews that say "pics 100% real" are very misleading. They are 100% real of someone, just not the guy in you are taking a chance of meeting up with. I had a guy tell me once that he had some photos retouched. It was like the pics were of the Rock (not literally) and in person he was a 5 ft twig and ugly as hell. I quickly got the hell out of there. Just be honest!

[TopTierTop]

You're correct in that not all reviews are unreliable and you seem to be one of the more legit ones out there. But you are in Chicago which is half way across the country from San Francisco . We have plenty that are legit here but it seem like there are some out there that want to bait you with these wonderful photos and set you up for a horrible let down. Reviews that say "pics 100% real" are very misleading. They are 100% real of someone, just not the guy in you are taking a chance of meeting up with. I had a guy tell me once that he had some photos retouched. It was like the pics were of the Rock (not literally) and in person he was a 5 ft twig and ugly as hell. I quickly got the hell out of there. Just be honest!

I don't even make appointments with a client without knowing what he looks like (which does mean just saying no to potential clients who don't share a pic or agree to meet in person first), so I can't imagine meeting an professional escort without feeling sure exactly what he looks like and what he has to offer that makes it worth your money.

[JTtorretto]

I don't even make appointments with a client without knowing what he looks like (which does mean just saying no to potential clients who don't share a pic or agree to meet in person first), so I can't imagine meeting an professional escort without feeling sure exactly what he looks like and what he has to offer that makes it worth your money.

Is it considered acceptable these days to request a photo from a client? Personally, I've never done this as I always thought this was considered bad etiquette. However, lately I've been hearing this is becoming more common. Is it?

[+ José Soplanucas]

Is it considered acceptable these days to request a photo from a client? Personally, I've never done this as I always thought this was considered bad etiquette. However, lately I've been hearing this is becoming more common. Is it?

 

I dont think so. It still is a rare occurrence.

[JayJonathan]

No one has ever asked me for a photo, and if they did, I'd walk away.

[bostonman]

No one has ever asked me for a photo, and if they did, I'd walk away.

 

I've been asked occasionally - I think it's always been from escorts who are either clear newbies (the ones who are "kinda trying this out" lol) or guys on BP who similarly may have been just doing this for a lark and didn't really know the protocol. I've never taken the bait.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Is it considered acceptable these days to request a photo from a client? Personally, I've never done this as I always thought this was considered bad etiquette. However, lately I've been hearing this is becoming more common. Is it?

 

No. It's not.

[TopTierTop]

Is it considered acceptable these days to request a photo from a client? Personally, I've never done this as I always thought this was considered bad etiquette. However, lately I've been hearing this is becoming more common. Is it?

I would say about 75% of the clients I meet do send a pic in advance and the other 25% are willing to meet in person if they can't send a pic. If we have already chatted a lot and built up some rapport sometimes it is just a quick drink meet up before we go to his place or mine. I have never gone to anyone's place or had anyone to mine without knowing what he looks like. It's not about whether he is "hot" or not. It's about feeling comfortable with the person and making sure there the right kind of chemistry for it to be an encounter he will feel is worth it. For me, the satisfying part of the encounter is that I know he thinks it was well worth it. So I don't like to meet anyone without feeling totally confident about that in advance.

[+ azdr0710]

I don't even make appointments with a client without knowing what he looks like (which does mean just saying no to potential clients who don't share a pic or agree to meet in person first), so I can't imagine meeting an professional escort without feeling sure exactly what he looks like and what he has to offer that makes it worth your money.

 

to be brutally honest, your apparent requirement (or strong request) that a client send a picture of themself to you is entirely unacceptable......I'm surprised you cling to this......

sincere apologies to clients who may be enamored of TTT, but this smug picture request is unusual

[TopTierTop]

to be brutally honest, your apparent requirement that a client send a picture of themself to you is entirely unacceptable......I'm surprised you cling to this......I'm sure some clients don't mind sending one if prodded by you (or may even send one without request), but your apparent reputation is already close to that of prima donna and selfish

The challenge in what you are saying is that there is no motivating factor to change the way I do things, because I am happy with the results. I don't require a pic. I require a client who I am confident will feel like their money is very well spent. If that were unacceptable, nobody would accept it, yet I am very satisfied with the number of clients who do accept it. It's not your cup of tea. I totally get that. That's kind of the point... I don't want to meet clients who find my preferences unacceptable. I want my business to consist entirely of clients who like my style, and I am totally comfortable with there being a segment of clients who are completely turned off by me. I know you can't win them all.

[mike carey]

Is it considered acceptable these days to request a photo from a client? Personally, I've never done this as I always thought this was considered bad etiquette. However, lately I've been hearing this is becoming more common. Is it?

I understand azdr's take on this (although I would have thought he should have said 'unacceptable to me' unless he thinks it is unacceptable in all circumstances which he may), but it doesn't work that way for me. To me it's fine to ask that, but an escort can't expect the request not to affect his chances of being hired.

 

I wouldn't say I'm enamoured of T3 either (I was initially sceptical of his approach, but have since come around to understand it). My thought on JT's question is that it's up to each client to have his own practice on whether to send a pic or not rather than to say that this, or any other request an escort makes is automatically unacceptable. We all have the option of deciding that any part of an escort's profile is beyond the pale and move on.

 

I would not send a pic to an escort if it were the first thing he asked for when I responded to an ad, and I knew nothing about him apart from that ad. If it were a guy I had seen in here and perhaps exchanged comments with in the forum I would consider doing so. In T3's case he asks for either that or a face-to-face meeting before confirming an appointment. Despite my original reservations, I can see his point, and as he says, it's worked for him so far. I would say that threads like this one—and it's not the first time T3's been discussed—are good because they allow people who would reflexively jump one way of the other on an issue to see the reasons why people who take the contrary view do so. In the end, both escorts and clients can have a view that This is the way I do it. If the two sides of any escort/client interaction have an incompatible view of what is possible, they should just move on rather than say that the other is wrong.

[TopTierTop]

The challenge in what you are saying is that there is no motivating factor to change the way I do things, because I am happy with the results. I don't require a pic. I require a client who I am confident will feel like their money is very well spent. If that were unacceptable, nobody would accept it, yet I am very satisfied with the number of clients who do accept it. It's not your cup of tea. I totally get that. That's kind of the point... I don't want to meet clients who find my preferences unacceptable. I want my business to consist entirely of clients who like my style, and I am totally comfortable with there being a segment of clients who are completely turned off by me. I know you can't win them all.

I understand azdr's take on this (although I would have thought he should have said 'unacceptable to me' unless he thinks it is unacceptable in all circumstances which he may), but it doesn't work that way for me. To me it's fine to ask that, but an escort can't expect the request not to affect his chances of being hired.

 

I wouldn't say I'm enamoured of T3 either (I was initially sceptical of his approach, but have since come around to understand it). My thought on JT's question is that it's up to each client to have his own practice on whether to send a pic or not rather than to say that this, or any other request an escort makes is automatically unacceptable. We all have the option of deciding that any part of an escort's profile is beyond the pale and move on.

 

I would not send a pic to an escort if it were the first thing he asked for when I responded to an ad, and I knew nothing about him apart from that ad. If it were a guy I had seen in here and perhaps exchanged comments with in the forum I would consider doing so. In T3's case he asks for either that or a face-to-face meeting before confirming an appointment. Despite my original reservations, I can see his point, and as he says, it's worked for him so far. I would say that threads like this one—and it's not the first time T3's been discussed—are good because they allow people who would reflexively jump one way of the other on an issue to see the reasons why people who take the contrary view do so. In the end, both escorts and clients can have a view that This is the way I do it. If the two sides of any escort/client interaction have an incompatible view of what is possible, they should just move on rather than say that the other is wrong.

Well said. The thing that I find confusing is why it would be the case that anyone who wants to offer a service of an erotic nature, and is finding a satisfactory market for it, should change to a process he is not comfortable with because certain members of a related forum find it unacceptable. I am happy with the response that I am getting. If I were not, I might think "gee, maybe this guy is right and that's why I am not getting the business I want. But since I am getting the business I want, unless there is there a secret licensing committee and I am running a risk of losing my escort license because I am engaging in unacceptable practices, I do not understand why anyone who is not interested in my services feels the need to offer a lecture on the rules of the industry. If my style is unacceptable to someone, can't they just hire someone else instead of trying to make escorts such as myself do business the way they think it should be? I wonder if someone like that also feels that it it unacceptable for an escort to specify a sexual role that he prefers. What if he is a top and the escort is also? Does he send him a message and tell him that is unacceptable or does he just look for someone who does what he likes?

[+ Keith30309]

I understand azdr's take on this (although I would have thought he should have said 'unacceptable to me' unless he thinks it is unacceptable in all circumstances which he may), but it doesn't work that way for me. To me it's fine to ask that, but an escort can't expect the request not to affect his chances of being hired.

 

I wouldn't say I'm enamoured of T3 either (I was initially sceptical of his approach, but have since come around to understand it). My thought on JT's question is that it's up to each client to have his own practice on whether to send a pic or not rather than to say that this, or any other request an escort makes is automatically unacceptable. We all have the option of deciding that any part of an escort's profile is beyond the pale and move on.

 

I would not send a pic to an escort if it were the first thing he asked for when I responded to an ad, and I knew nothing about him apart from that ad. If it were a guy I had seen in here and perhaps exchanged comments with in the forum I would consider doing so. In T3's case he asks for either that or a face-to-face meeting before confirming an appointment. Despite my original reservations, I can see his point, and as he says, it's worked for him so far. I would say that threads like this one—and it's not the first time T3's been discussed—are good because they allow people who would reflexively jump one way of the other on an issue to see the reasons why people who take the contrary view do so. In the end, both escorts and clients can have a view that This is the way I do it. If the two sides of any escort/client interaction have an incompatible view of what is possible, they should just move on rather than say that the other is wrong.

Agreed and I would take it a step further.

 

For me, even a slightly contentious exchange over something like this would sabotage a potential session. What I look for is intimacy and trust. Any hint of a negative vibe would make that pretty difficult because it would be very difficult for me to both feel any real affection and expect any, given that everything else is an unknown at that point in time.

If I'm to be asked for a pic it makes a meeting an instant non-starter and better that I know that before ever inquiring.

[laxstick087]

As long as rentmen allows escorts to delete reviews (favorable or unfavorable) ALL reviews on the site are, in my opinion, WORTHLESS.

I rely on reviews on THIS site BUT only when the reviewers self description mirrors somewhat my own. If the reviewer is a 40 year old stud it is definitely possible that the escorts will relate to me at 76 differently. I frequently find the description of the reviewer more helpful than the actual review.

Totally agree.