THANK YOU Love for bringing this to everyone's attention. It is most appropriate and becoming an escalating problem.
Old-T, there are a couple of points I don't think you and others are aware of...
Second, don't give out information that is not publicly available. If a lady's phone number, e-mail, etc., is on her publicly available ad or web site I have no problem passing that along to a lady as reference contact info. If it is not publicly available I won't pass it along without explicit permission.
Originally Posted by Old-T
There is anoThER board our there that often makes public information that we DO NOT want public, and often difficult for some ladies to have this removed or corrected. I do not give out my phone number until AFTER screening, yet somehow it was made public on there. I requested removal, and it was removed from public view. However it is still in their database, and not long after all that happened my number was made publicly searchable all over the net, by whatever other websites they have database agreements with to feed this info over to. SO, WHAT this means is that just because our info APPEARS public to you does not mean we have actually authorized it to be public. SO clients should never assume its ok to share our information unless we have authorized such.
Third, where I disagree is with your apparent general statement that e-mail is a safer/more preferable way to communicate. The same person who can make a fake phone call could just as well send a fake e-mail. Neither medium is inherently "better". If e-mail is more convenient for you, and you say so in your ads and web site, then that is how people should contact you. But for other ladies it is more convenient via phone.
Originally Posted by Old-T
An email is a control element, a phone call is not. A spur-of-the-moment out-of-the-blue phone call may be more convenient than email, but certainly is not safer. A fake email, that cannot be verified, simply fails screening and that is that. Some yahoo who has my number, particularly if he has failed screening, can potentially cause a lot of unwarranted grief and drama.
And I certainly did not get into this for grief and drama
Circumstances vary, and a guy should read & follow each ladies preferences.
Originally Posted by Old-T
A thousand YES's!