Contacting Clients: Is there a Statute of Limitations?

[+ Charlie]

I continue to get regular solicitations from Michael's Boys in Amsterdam, even though I haven't used them since May 2001 also.

[Chuck50]

I guess its no worse than telemarketers but I guess they do call more often HUGS Chuck:-)

[nate_sf]

Unless it's a holiday card or something like that, I think 18 months is too long, if you haven't been in touch regularly during all that time. I would think 6 weeks would be the right amount of time for offering a friendly reminder if there was going to be one, but anything beyond that is a bit much.

 

Personally, I don't ever contact clients after the fact to try to drum up appointments, unless I'm contacted first. It just seems like it would be an invasion of privacy, or at the very least could be annoying for the guy if for whatever reason he didn't want to get together again. I feel if they want to get together, they'll get in touch when they're ready. Not sure how common this is, though....

[Guest DevonSFescort]

I don't usually think it's my place to initiate contact with clients under most circumstances, unless I'm planning a visit to their city or we've established some kind of "keeping in touch" rapport where I know it's clearly okay to do. If he was just letting you know he was going to be in your city (assuming he lives in Europe or somewhere not local to you), he may have just been emailing all his clients in your town without regard to when he last saw them (depending on how he keeps track of his clients' contact info). If he lives in your area already then I think it's tacky for the escort to initiate contact to suggest an appointment.

[ad rian]

>If he

>was just letting you know he was going to be in your city

>(assuming he lives in Europe or somewhere not local to you),

>he may have just been emailing all his clients in your town

>without regard to when he last saw them (depending on how he

>keeps track of his clients' contact info). If he lives in

>your area already then I think it's tacky for the escort to

>initiate contact to suggest an appointment.

 

Worse than that, he was writing to tell me the dates which over the "Holidays" he would be in the city in which he ostensibly lives! After 18 months, why assume I would even be there then or anytime especially considering I never met him in that city!!

[ad rian]

I just received an email from a European escort that I had an experience with in May 2001. My only prior contact was once when he called to get the immigration story "straight" for a visit to another American "friend". Isn't that a bit much to contact a client 18 months later to suggest an appointment? Is business that bad these days?

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Contact

 

It is my recollection that Article IV, Paragraph 3, Sub-section A of the Rule Book states that telephone or personal contact is always inappropriate unless it is first initiated by the client and then only in response.

 

There have been many amendments to the Rule Books since the rise of the Internet. At the last convention, it was decided that concise and polite follow-up emails would be acceptable, but only when contact was encouraged or requested by a client. However, such contact should be appropriate and the Rules clearly show that acting as indicated in this instance, that this particular escort acted in violation of the proper standard of care.

 

This breach of conduct has been brought to the attention of the EC Enforcement Branch and you may rest assured that the young man in question will be dealt with appropriately.

[ad rian]

RE: Contact

 

>This breach of conduct has been brought to the attention of

>the EC Enforcement Branch and you may rest assured that the

>young man in question will be dealt with appropriately.

 

I want to know more about the punishment you have in mind!

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