david,
to answer a situation you just put forth...
If I have two possible p411 clients ask to see me within a relatively close time frame, if one is an actual appointment request, I book with him first. (over someone who has simply just sent me a message on P411 or a pre-screen)
If both are appointment requests, I ask if either are flexible with their time.
If both a just messages, I work with them on the time.
OK's are OK's. Yes, I do look at the OK's and if they are providers I know, especially like my doubles partner, or THN, or Jules, Redheaded Julie ect...then I usually know they are pretty cool guys and if they can't work with my schedule to see me that day, then they will find time to book with me at a later time or especially on another day.
Originally Posted by tntangie
If they are p411 appointment requests for around the same time frame, that is a good idea to see if one or the other are flexible on the time. I was just giving an example of if you HAD to schedule with and see one, most providers, regardless of who the OKs are from, are going to schedule to see the one with the more recent OKs than the one whose last OK was 6+ months ago. Even tho you really will never be 100% sure about a client, the more recent the OKs, the better your comfort level is probably going to be.
The guys you might to be concerned about are the ones who keep their p411 and eccie profiles separate, as they obviously have something to hide. Now, I am sure that a provider or Gina herself will correct me if I am wrong here: The sequence of getting an OK on p411 is like this, he scheduled, he showed up, he respected the provider's time and her person, he had and gave the proper donation and he had clean hygiene, period.
David...now I get your point. And thanks.
It is not completed appointments per se, but refreshing the Okays from providers I have seen in the past. I did not / have not considered that. Maybe they would accommodate my Okay request again to keep them up to date. But without the financial incentive of my fresh visit, I never considered asking, thinking it was an unfair burden on them.
Originally Posted by johnjay
Providers are not
suppose to update their OKs unless you see them again for an appointment, but as we all know, what you are suppose to do and what you do are not always the same, although that may work if you go that route, especially since no one will actually know but the two of you if a provider grants you an update to her OK if you did not actually see her for another session. If you try that, you better not get caught and you know what they say about secrets, if more than 1 person knows, it is not a secret anymore!
Back to the original topic, I prefer p411 for references rather than just giving a couple of the ladies names, because I do not have to give names (1 less step in the process of setting an appointment), and most providers have a preferred method of contact for reference check and I gave another provider another type. Not to mention that ANYONE (LE, ect.) can sign up for free account on eccie, but not a member of p411 as they have to be referred by at least a couple of current and active p411 members. Another thing is if a client/provider is a bad person, steals or B&S, as long as they keep in between the lines of the forum guidelines, they can keep their account on here, but on p411, Gina and her staff take those things seriously and kick the person from p411. Even so, before making that drastic step, Gina is very good at smoking out members with an agenda who give false info to try to tarnish a name to further that agenda.