Yeah I read that in a post just yesterday about the former system ASPD days.
I felt bad posting it for a millisec, but figured you'd be able to handle it. LOL
I'll keep asking for that "Check Your PM's sir!" until I get one.
Originally Posted by fun2come
Ahh...Yes, the old days. I had a love/hate relationship with one of the mods and would see that on a somewhat regular basis. In my hobby email account, if I saw a notification from a certain moderator, I would just laugh and say to myself "what in the hell did I do today."
This has been a good discussion to read through as someone who has been out of the hobby for a while and just now jumping back in since many of the ladies that I was familiar with are now retired and enjoying their rocking chair, I am facing this dilemma myself.
I would never pay a newbie up-charge but I guess for some that would be a useful option. The option of starting out the gate with a lady from an agency would be a good option but when you are trying to build up your reference "cred," there has always been a mixed result as to if independents will accept agency references...which I have never quite understood. So then you basically have to go to the Newbie "Friendly" indys that will be willing to see you but are taking a higher risk by doing so and so I do not see an issue with a little more intensive screening which may include some personal information. This hobby is a risk at every level so as long as they are not asking you for your wife's cell phone number and name so that they can have her vouch for you, I think a little screening like at least verifying where you work through clever and discreet ways, is fine.