mature_guy

Definitely over 50 here! I miss Knob Theater in San Francisco, but pre-COVID still frequented Steamworks in both Chicago and Berkeley. There are a couple of bookstores I still frequent when I'm in those locations (pre-COVID, since I think most have closed their backrooms/theaters), but I do miss the days when I was in my 20's in San Diego and it seemed that if you had 15 minutes free there were several adult bookstores where someone would take care of you. Memories....

Not to highjack the thread, but I have haven't had much luck getting image search to work from RM? Any suggestions? Thanks!

I had an exchange with him about the RM reviews and what he's saying makes sense. I'm aware of it happening before (someone making multiple profiles to leave bad reviews) and RM removed the reviews. From our exchange he seems like a very nice guy, very sincere and serious. Maybe he just needs a few good reviews here ?

Thanks harlow. Unfortunately he wasn't available when I had free time, but we are going to try again when I'm back in Tampa. His responses were a bit delayed, but professional and courteous.

That's true marylander. I've certainly had good times with guys who received an occasional bad review, but it looks like Alex had an off week.

But.......what's odd here is that some reviews I saw earlier are no longer there. Is that a RM thing?

And back-to-back negative ones. Even the three star one has negative text comments. Oh, well, moving on.... The Raleigh area is either feast or famine.

In graduate school I think. Twinks don't usually do anything for me, but my usual Raleigh guy is out of town so I thought I'd try something new. His RM reviews are a bit concerning, but I'm never sure how much to trust those.

https://rent.men/cAlexx

Any one with information on this young man in Raleigh?

Thanks!

I play it by ear. If they look like the want to avoid me, or I see panic in their eyes, I'll pretend I don't know them. I find that most are okay with being recognized, but they probably wouldn't want the details of how we know each other to be public. However, there is a guy I see often who I have encountered out with other clients. He always says hello and has even introduced me to his companion a time or two.

My dentist knows that my professional career was in the investment business. Some time ago I was in his chair for a teeth cleaning when he started to ask me questions about equities.

 

I asked him if this cleaning was going to be free. That stopped the questions.

 

Why invite the provider to dinner to discuss real estate? If he wants your time, shouldn't he be the one doing the asking? (and the paying?) Value your time as he does his.

Been there. I'm a lawyer but got tired of all the questions and people expecting me to give free advice, so I started introducing myself as an undertaker. That usually stopped the conversation really fast, except once when a younger guy seemed to get really excited about talking to an undertaker.

Very little information on the young man so far. I'll see him over NYE weekend and write a review.

Well remember: one can still pay for an ad, and then freeze it, and pick up where they left off. E.g. if I have 17 days left, I can freeze til January 2nd, and still have 17 days left. I renewed my ad last Sunday (and you stand correct, I did get a client from it the same day). It’s part of RentMen’s Covid safe mode.

 

And yes, by technicality it’s only $80 a month...but it’s not just the price point that matters. It’s the fact that spending a lot of leg work responding to inquiries when guys are either:

 

A) using the platform to kill time/boredom between family/down time from work (which usually results in last minute cancels or no call/no show)

B) making appointment requests, but then they having to cancel due to “my mom/kids/wife/hubby/Mary Poppins” showed up or “work is crazy this time

C) letting paid ad time go un-used because nobody is contacting to begin with. When it could be put on hold and places during a more opportunistic period.

 

So after a few days or couple of weeks of the above, I’ve lost any holiday spirit I could conjure up. Worn down from getting my hopes up, and really just want to either freeze my ads or take down my number (which I’ve often had to do on 4th of July, Thanksgiving, and likely Christmas and New Year’s next). Memorial and Labor Day or more of the same, except it’s not as lingering as the winter holidays.

 

Just today I had to explain to 2 individuals, as to why they should be compensating me for having to re-neg and cancel their appointment requests (Both which were faults of their own and nothing I was aware of). I said, out of courtesy, you should have the integrity to pay me for the expected earnings that you created, since you had to cancel for reasons that weren’t discussed at time of booking (one said work/kids, the other said work flying him out early to save the company money).

 

They wanted to reason and say that I’m not worth $50-100 just to text about stuff. I had to remind them: I am 1 person, not a big company with multiple employees and customers. If you contact me and have me spending my time coordinating schedules, packing bags, thinking of ways to try and make it work and they fall thru...I don’t get paid.

 

And I also told them: that Rentmen ad you contacted me on; costs me money. This phone you texting me on; costs money. The car I would drive and the hotel I would book; costs money. So don’t tell me that my time spent arranging an appointment that YOU initiated isn’t worth being paid for. Some guys are even sending me pictures of themselves, and still not following thru.

 

That is asking a lot considering I would spend more time exchanging messages with people, than actually meeting people if I didn’t have a deposit strategy.

Is the client compensating for canceling a rare occurrence? I had to cancel an appointment recently due to an unexpected (and unwelcomed) change in my schedule. The few times over many years that this has happened I always insist on sending the escort something, usually $100 or so. I've never thought about sending the entire fee, but I feel that sending something is appropriate. Easier now with Venmo, PayPal, etc., but back in the day I thought nothing of slipping a few bills or a check in the mail. Is this not common?

bump!

I hope so!!! ?

https://rent.men/collinaimes

Any information appreciated. Thanks!

I have some very good memories of Heath from 10 or more years ago. I missed Adrian coming back into the business, but did see Dylan's ad. Too bad I couldn't take advantage of seeing him again.

Very nice and gorgeous man. Massage was on a bed. Massage was average but he is nude and you can touch and he manually releases.

I agree, average massage in my hotel room but with a nice release at the end. His body is worth the price of admission and he's okay with touching and didn't seem to mind a little oral attention.

Thanks Trick and jtwalker. I'll have to give them a try

Resurrecting a previous post. Anyone with information on https://rentmen.eu/funcoupleorlando

Thanks!!

I asked a kid on Grindr about the fuel pump emoji. It's weed - buying, selling, or using depending on how it's used.

bump.....one last try for recommendations or cautions....Thanks!

Dudes, TEXT. Most guys don't keep up with e-mail.

email, text, rentmen message.....nada.....

Sent him an email and never responded

That was my experience as well