Am I the only one who thinks a bad review from a person that's been banned should be removed from the showcase? My no came long ago from an asshat that was banned shortly after.. I did see the guy but the review was WAYYY OFF.. after talking to some of you it seems that asshat no review is stopping some of you from seeing me.. I assure you I'm not homely and don't smell like an ashtray. Nor are my services bad.. what are your thoughts? Banned no review removed or not?
I'm assuming you are talking about the review by XL. His account was disabled at his request. He was not banned. The review would not be removed in either case normally. There are some extreme cases where false reviews are pulled but usually we just mark them fake and move on.
I'm not denying seeing the guy but I am saying dude is a total jerk.. and he was banned for a little while.. I left the hobby and didn't keep up.. if that keeps one away one loses out.. I'm personally better than ever.. and refreshed from the long hiatus.
We don't remove reviews 99.9% of the time. This is not the .1% exception. The lady is welcome to dispute it in COED and should do so in the area that the review was posted.
I would hope that most gents use discretion when determining to see a provider based on reviews.
For me, I look at recency, frequency, and consistency. If the negative review was within the past six months, I'd probably stay away. If there were a string of positive reviews around the same time as the negative review then I'm more inclined to schedule. Everyone has their off-days. If there is a string of negative reviews and there seems to be a trend, then I'd stay away. Having a bad day is one thing but to be consistently bad is unacceptable.