References are a big deal here on ECCIE and I am absolutely sure that hundreds of great, paying clients get turned down for appointments every week. It breaks my heart to think of the men that get discouraged from hobbying all together because he has been turned down so many times by women who, let's face it, are not the safest most reputable characters themselves. SMH!
I see lots of big holes in the whole system and I personally choose not to waste a lot of my time jumping through a lot of hoops, plus I imagine it brings down the clients original level of excitement. It would mine.
Of course, the process is here to stay no matter how I feel about it. I just want to share a way to make it much easier. Lady's would you consider coming up with a code word to give your clients so that when one of our colleagues call us and mention that word, you will know right away who she is talking about? I used colors a little while and it went well. I knew what guy went with the color and could give her a fast, easy reference. I hate little more than dealing with a girl that keeps going back and forth for more imformation.