Hello. Long time reader; first time poster.
Not to dump on Shane, but I thought I should share my experience. I value the honest posts and feedback on here, and I’ve benefitted greatly from y’all’s guidance on masseurs. It’s about time I paid it forward.
Unfortunately, I find myself in the camp of those blown off by Shane. I was in LA for a day a couple of weeks back. I decided to take the leap and book with Shane because of the positive feedback from those guys who had met him. I reached out a week in advance to schedule him, and we had a great chat exchange leading up to the day of the massage.
I flew into LA that morning and headed to the OC for some business meetings. I reconfirmed with him, and we were set to meet after my meetings. I finished my meetings early and texted Shane that I could meet 30 minutes earlier if he was available. That’s when it all unraveled.
He responded via text about 20 minutes before our appointment and said he was with another client and he would text me when finished. About 5 minutes before our appointment, he sent me a text, explaining that a client got aggressive with him, and he had to call the cops. He then asked to postpone our appointment. I told him I could postpone for about 30 minutes. Beyond that, I would have to cut my losses and head back to LAX airport.
To my surprise, he called me a few minutes later to apologize and ask if I could reschedule. He offered to comp the massage if I would reschedule. I reiterated to him that I was only in town for that day, and that I could wait 30 minutes for him to settle things. I asked him to keep me updated, and he agreed.
That was the last I ever heard from Shane. I sent him a couple texts later that evening but no response. My texts show “delivered” but not “read.”
I was completely bummed to miss him, but in the back of my mind I wasn’t too surprised. In all fairness, I had read the forums here, and I had been warned.
However, this is now the second bad experience I’ve had in CA (SD & LA) in the last four months. I’m beginning to think I’m cursed on the west coast. LOL
