Hey when I wanna see someone I just wanna call and get it on. I'm not gonna schedule days in advance much less send a deposit like I'm applying to buy a Bugati or something LOL. You girls really get me laughing when you think your soooooo special that guys will jump through all these hoops and meet conditions when all they have to do is call someone else. In case you haven't noticed there's competition in the hobby.
Originally Posted by glad_he_ate_her
Yeah and you probably are the type that would call a girl up from San Antonio, have her drive to Austin, then stiff her because she wouldn't settle for a bait and switch routine (ala "how about a quicky").
So yes there's plenty of competition out there but you make it self evident that there's also plenty of douche-bags as well.
If you call a girl and know she is driving a long distance to see you and expect her to settle for a quicky, you really are just polluting the hobby.
That said the obvious lesson for Ezra here is twofold. Be sure you've agreed on the meet terms up front and that unfortunately there will be people like this who will screw you (figuratively). But for every one of those there's 10 nice guys
The deposit suggestion is a good one (for long trips) but I personally wouldn't do this as I know that the same problems apply to providers as it does to hobbyists. But if I was the girl and the hobbyist was new I wouldn't drive that kind of distance without a deposit unless I could really verify that the guy's an ok Joe so to speak.
Ezra, sorry this happened to you.
As for those bashing Zabrina Sarafina, you are jumping to conclusions. Where did she say she would use that info herself? She only stated the obvious. If you know you are going to screw over a provider you should be smart enough to use non-personally identifiable information. She is right, it IS stupid to do otherwise. Might as well rob a house and leave your business card behind.