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I'm guessing your question at the end isn't serious, but just in case it is here's the answer: When Ellen DeGeneres' talk show aired, she had a shop that sold various things and one of the things she marketed the most was underwear with her name on the waistband. She frequently gave underwear to handsome male actors who appeared on her show, and they would have conversations about how great her underwear was.

Link above doesn't work for me. I assume this is the guy? https://rentmen.eu/CoreyJack

When I started hiring frequently around 2000, rates were almost always between $150 and $200 per hour. Today that would be between $268 and $358 per hour. It's probably not that difficult to find someone who charges $350 per hour, but at least where I live I don't think I've seen anyone charge under $300 per hour for quite a while.

Seems like a lot of money to spend to just blow someone. Did you search the forum for previous discussions regarding him? Here's one, for example:

Or don't do those things if you are operating on the DL. I wouldn't care if someone threatened to show photos of me to my friends because the only photos someone would receive from me are the ones I would put up on a site like Adam4Adam. Typically I don't have full frontal shots that show my face, but obviously someone could attempt to put the face photo and naked torso together to "prove" it's me. That never really mattered to me, though, since no one would be surprised that I'm gay and that I look for sex with men online. No one deserves to be blackmailed (obviously). I'm on the side of those saying that it makes more sense to call the blackmailer's bluff by indicating you will contact law enforcement if they continue to harass you after you block their initial number. Never give into a blackmailer's threats by giving them money. Why would anyone assume that someone who is willing to do that is a man of his word who will stop the blackmailing after they get the money they want? All paying their demand accomplishes is identifying you as someone who is so worried about their threats that you are willing to send them money.

I'm confused by your post. On the one hand, you applaud the breakdown of stereotypes when it comes to older men being as sexually desirable as younger men, but then you close with the stereotype that younger men are "likely cocky and unpleasant" while older men will "almost certainly (provide) a more enjoyable experience."

Got gas at a Costco in northern California this past weekend. $4.99 per gallon. Costco is usually much closer in price to other lower priced stations in the area (typically within 10 to 15 cents per gallon), but the closest price I noticed at any competitor this past weekend was $5.47 per gallon.

Friendboy.pro's warning is this: "When call or text him, tell you found his info on Friendboy.pro site! If a guy asks for a gift card or for a cash-app - the best will be to stop communicating with him and to send a note or a comment on Friendboy.pro about a potential scam artist NEVER SEND ANYTHING TO STRANGERS" I don't interpret this warning as having anything to do with payment methods after you've had a session with someone; rather, it's a warning not to send money to someone who asks for it after a mere inquiry about his service.

Thank you. That's exactly what I did two decades ago with the college student I hired frequently over the period of a couple of years, along with tipping him more generously than I did providers whose rates were more aligned with the market.

I remember having more of your nervousness when I was new to hiring. I'll just throw out some ideas that will hopefully calm some of your anxiety: There definitely aren't police stings in San Francisco for men hiring escorts online, assuming you don't go after someone who looks too young (and I don't even know if law enforcement is using their resources to address sex exploitation like that), so I really don't think there's a reason to be concerned with law enforcement here. I cannot speak to the other cities you listed. I think a far bigger concern would be to choose some shady character who attempts to harm/extort you. Since you mention your career could be at risk if this came to light, it doesn't take law enforcement for your hiring to become public knowledge. There have been previous threads here about providers who attempted to blackmail clients after having gotten personal information about them using their phone number, address, real name, etc. I personally never worried about this because I didn't care if my family found out and don't think it would have impacted my job, but if you are in that position my recommendation is this: Stick to guys with a proven track record of providing services and getting positive reviews. I'm not talking a few 5-star reviews on Rentmen, which can be manipulated quite easily by a shady alleged provider. I'm talking about following forum advice and hiring guys who have a positive reputation amongst members here. Now that I attempted to minimize your anxiety a bit, I will perhaps raise it with this somewhat scary tale from my past: I called a phone number in an escort ad on Craigslist 25 years or so ago and the number I called was answered "San Francisco Police Department." I hung up. I got a call back and got a "lecture" from someone saying I should be careful about what I was doing because I could get in trouble. I don't think the call back was from the police. I think some vigilante was just playing games and trying to scare people who were hiring escorts.

I'll be the contrarian here. I think there's a lot of justification/rationalization on this site regarding rates and quality. I actually don't think that higher rates necessarily equates to a better quality experience. Some of the worst erotic massages I ever had were from guys who charged the most. One of my favorite escorts (whom I hired many times) was a college student who set his rates so low that I always tipped him very generously. My other regular had rates that were average at the time. I also used to hire off Craigslist quite a lot and had many good experiences with guys whose rates were on the lower end, and a few times I hired guys with higher profiles for a higher rate and didn't enjoy myself nearly as much. One of the worst was a "porn star" who just seemed haggard and very well may have been coming down off a meth bender. I'm not saying that I never enjoyed myself with someone whose rates were towards the top of the tier; I'm just saying that my enjoyment historically has had little correlation with how much I was paying.

Maybe it's the early hour (damned insomnia!), but I am already confused by this thread. Is the question whether the guy pictured in the ad actually the person advertising escort services? Or is the question whether those photos actually depict a real person? Is the response a confirmation that the photos are of a real person? Or is there a suggestion that the guy pictured in the ad is the one actually advertising? I ask because I assume the issue at hand is whether this is a legit escort ad and not yet another one with stolen photos, but the conversation so far seems more about identifying that the photos belong to someone.

I recently developed an interest in a show called "My 600 Lb Life." I'll admit that it's mostly morbid curiosity that got me hooked, as I've never previously encountered people who weighed so much. I'm only mentioning the show here because a lot of these people have to travel many miles to a clinic in Houston, so they are driving for days and staying in hotels. I've yet to see an episode where someone broke the bed, and given the show's obvious desire to exploit its subjects I'm sure they'd include that if it happened. I've also never seen an episode where someone cannot get down a hallway in their wheelchair. I have seen episodes where the person had to get a different room assignment because their wheelchair wouldn't fit in an elevator, which sort of surprised me. I guess ADA excludes some smaller hotels from having to comply with certain things that would be extremely costly, like replacing an elevator? I think all larger hotels do have rooms specifically designed for people with medical needs, and I'm guessing that this woman simply believes that all rooms in all hotels should be designed to accommodate her extraordinary needs just as she thinks that she shouldn't have to pay for a second seat when flying coach and that instead everyone's fares should go up in order that airlines can change their seat configurations such that every seat will accommodate the morbidly obese.

I checked out Hunqz last night. I think there are fewer than 10 providers in the San Francisco area. Most of them also advertise on Rentmen, and the one I'd never seen before didn't appeal to me. If more providers move their ads to Hunqz and cancel their Rentmen ads, I'm sure the clients will follow. I don't know anything about Hunqz, but Rentmen's demise (or, at least, the loss of their monopoly of the market in the US) wouldn't be a bad thing as far as I am concerned.

I interpreted the preceding sentence as the "something new," meaning being discreet/not sharing many details was the something new for Coolwave. "Oddly enough, he asked for discretion. I told him I’d try something new."

I used to host a lot when I was a renter. After I bought my place I started preferring to do outcalls.

Seriously? The guy has been discussed here so many times, including in a thread that's still getting replies where is being compared with another Los Angeles area escort. Easy enough to find his ad if you want to look: https://rent.men/Rainer

I don't know why your clients haven't posted reviews for you, but I have never submitted a review on Rentmen because I don't have an account there. I used to submit reviews on the previous incarnations of this site, though. One question for you: If you'd like you grow your business, why don't you include a link to your Rentmen ad in your profile here?

Why even respond to what's obviously a scam message?

Hugh Jackman escorts? What's his rate?

Jarrod definitely has that right, but is exercising that right here, in a forum that's largely made up of clients who hire escorts, wise?

The sad thing is that if the guy finds out that people know the fake photo he's using, it's easy enough for him to steal someone else's photo. Similar with a phone number -- easy enough for a scammer to simply get a new phone number when he realizes the one he's currently using has been identified as belonging to a scammer. That's why I hold these two things to be true: 1. Caveat emptor. Ultimately, we as clients are responsible for verifying the legitimacy of the providers we contact. This is especially true since in most locations where clients live, sex work is not legal. If you hire some other business professional and they cannot or do not perform the work paid for, at least you have some avenues of recourse. With escorts you just have to chalk up your loss/bad experience as an unfortunate thing from which you hopefully learned something to avoid having it repeated. 2. Rentmen really should at least verify that the photos used in ads match the identify of the person paying for the ad. At least that would cut down on some of the thievery. But, again, it's clear that Rentmen will only act after someone else brings to their attention that the ad is fraudulent. By that point it's too late for the clients who have already been scammed or, worse, assaulted.

I don't see how using CashApp can cause someone to be able to drain your linked bank account, unless you are very sloppy with your account credentials. I'm not saying this because I'm fond of payment apps (I prefer to pay in cash for escorts or masseurs), but based on what I've read it doesn't sound like someone receiving money from you on an app automatically has the ability to take other money.

A couple of times I arranged a meeting through a manager/scheduler, unbeknownst to me. In both cases I discovered this after showing up for the appointments, and the guys explained that because English was their second language they preferred having someone else schedule their appointments.

Someone saying they are available the rest of the day doesn't mean you shouldn't try to set a specific time (more or less) with them. It sounds like you were driving some distance to get to the guy, so I get that it might have been difficult to give a precise time. Based on the screen shots, though, it sounds like the client anticipated you being there much earlier and your interpretation was that it didn't matter if you arrive within an hour or several hours later. Maybe some clients would be okay with that, but I expect that a lot of guys would be irritated sitting around waiting. The wording of "I have a couple of things to do first" doesn't even say much. Does that mean I have to wash my dishes and take my dog out to pee, or I am in the middle of painting my house and then have to do my grocery shopping for the week? Again, I expect that a lot of guys would assume that someone who has "a couple of things to do first" means a few easily accomplished tasks, not something that's going to take a long time. All of this could be avoided by you actually scheduling an appointment. Sorry if the above has already been addressed by someone else. I haven't read all of the back-and-forth in this thread yet.