Rent.Men Reviews are Pointless

[jtwalker]

I have hired a few highly-reviewed people who have been a complete waste of time.  A couple of them have tried to solicit reviews, so I suspect that is how they drive the numbers up.  Bad reviews tend to disappear.  Even I will no longer leave bad reviews after receiving threats from 2 of the 4 people I gave a bad review.  The threats were stupid and irrelevant, but I don't see the point in stirring up trouble just to slap a bad provider with a bad review.  I doubt I'm alone in this.

Beyond reading the actual text descriptions, do you find any value in RM reviews at all?

[Ronin512]

I find a little value when I send the rm reviewers a direct follow up message asking for a little more details.   Many will respond and I find that feedback help and sometimes a little more measures and balanced than the initial review which may have been written in front of the provider.  
 

those that don’t respond I put in a less reliable category 

 

hope that helps 

 

 

 

 

[+ KensingtonHomo]

It seems my experience is different than yours. When I read the reviews I look for similarities between the reviews to see if there's a pattern in what the clients are saying. That can be helpful. 

Can you say more about how the people you hired were a "waste of time?" 

[+ Pensant]

I find the presence of positive reviews with notes to be helpful, especially those reviewers with a few years of membership. That said,  I’ve engaged newbies with no reviews who have been great.

[TorontoDrew]

I don't trust the reviews with no description.  As long as all the comments don't sound all the same I have found them to be helpful.  In my reviews I say exactly what happened.  I've been asked for a review but was always honest.  I don't review a less than stellar experience as it's not worth the aggravation of them whining about it.

[+ StLouisOct]

I always look at them, including the written comments provided by some clients, and I take into consideration the negative ones. It’s all part of good research. 

[+ keroscenefire]

I think it's good to reach out to someone who wrote a review to get a better sense. As for me, I use Uber rules and pretty much do 5-stars or none at all. So even when I give a five-star review, it's not always a 5-star experience. And I'm happy to provide context.

[Medin]

I take the RM reviews with a grain of salt.  I always try to leave (honest!) reviews but realize I'm often in the minority.  One provider I met several months was supposed to be hung like a horse and multiple reviews said the same.  When I met him I was surprised to see he was the size of a thimble.  I always thought an honest review helped the client community and never understood why anyone would intentionally leave a dishonest review which ends up hurting all of us.  Probably the same people who leave a 25% tip in a restaurant after they received terrible service and the wrong food. 

[manorbrown]

3 hours ago, Pensant said:

I find the presence of positive reviews with notes to be helpful, especially those reviewers with a few years of membership. That said,  I’ve engaged newbies with no reviews who have been great.

...agree 100% about success rate with un-reviewed newbies...have had great experiences with newbies...the inverse is also true...have had some mediocre to poor encounters with highly reviewed/rated escorts...

[peter831]

I also pay more attention to the reviews with comments and where the reviewer has submitted different reviews over time. It would be helpful to others if you did not have a five star experience to not leave a five star review. Maybe just don't leave one if you don't want to leave something less than five stars. 

[coriolis888]

As Margaret Hungerford said,  "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

So it seems, with rentmen reviews and its providers. 

Rentmen reviews supposedly depend on the views and opinions of the person who met with the provider.  

Those of us who have hired from rentmen have sometimes experienced less than stellar performance even from the all five-star providers and vice versa.    

[FewBricksShy]

The fact that RM removes bad reviews, any of them, at the request of the escort makes them worthless to me. 

[+ DrownedBoy]

There hasn't been any change in this trend since RM started requiring membership to leave reviews?

I've made a point to only fully trust reviews made after this spring, when the new rules went into effect.

[FewBricksShy]

@DrownedBoy, if they’re still removing negative reviews even after the new policy went into effect, it’s not a helpful picture. 

[+ StLouisOct]

6 hours ago, FewBricksShy said:

The fact that RM removes bad reviews, any of them, at the request of the escort makes them worthless to me. 

I’ve heard this comment before and I’ve always questioned its accuracy. 

[+ azdr0710]

yes, lots of controversy re: RM reviews.....long-standing discussion here in the forum about their accuracy and the company's policies.....

this forum, and PMs with forum members, is always the best......seems like many RM reviewers are hesitant to answer inquiries....I can think of only one forum member who didn't reply at all to an inquiry I made of him....

if you are in the US, learn to use the hide-me-proxy VPN to read the text (if offered by the reviewer) of reviews beyond those yes/no questions.....a knack for reading between the lines of RM reviews is helpful (only comes with experience)......checking the join-date of reviewers and reading their own profiles (if they offer one) and their past review history can help in determining review reliability.....reviewers who have been around since before 2019 or so are usually reliable.....

still, this place is the best.......

Edited July 1, 2022 by azdr0710

[ShyBi95]

I’ve seen a few times where a bad review does get taken down, have heard from a few escorts that if they push hard enough the bad review will get taken down. This site for sure has been the best place to get accurate info!

[FewBricksShy]

9 hours ago, StLouisOct said:

I’ve heard this comment before and I’ve always questioned its accuracy. 

I’ve seen it happen. Not with my own reviews. I’ve never left a negative one. But guys I’ve been watching have less than 5 star reviews disappear.

[+ nycman]

RM reviews are only helpful when the escort has a shitty score. 
I assume he’s either a shitty escort and/or too dumb to figure out 
how to get RM to remove his crappy reviews. Neither of those traits
is something I’m looking to hire, so I immediately move on. 

Perfect 5’s across the board?
Worthless really, but at least it gets them past the basic first screen.

Edited July 1, 2022 by nycman

[jtwalker]

23 hours ago, KensingtonHomo said:

It seems my experience is different than yours. When I read the reviews I look for similarities between the reviews to see if there's a pattern in what the clients are saying. That can be helpful. 

Can you say more about how the people you hired were a "waste of time?" 

I'm always up-front about what I'm looking for.  I spell it out.  One thing I like is kissing, so I'm careful to always very explicitly say that they shouldn't meet me if they don't like to kiss.  I met one guy with 20+ positive reviews and he barely wanted a hug, let alone a kiss.  The only thing he was into was the money.

Another guy was highly reviewed on RM and the forum.  I was clear that I was looking to bottom and he rushed a handjob and sent me on my way 15 minutes early.  Later, other forum members also mentioned that they have not had the best experience with him, so apparently he is MMV.

I'm clear about what I'm looking for and I have great experiences with others, so its not communication.  They know what they are doing.

10 hours ago, DrownedBoy said:

There hasn't been any change in this trend since RM started requiring membership to leave reviews?

I've made a point to only fully trust reviews made after this spring, when the new rules went into effect.

I haven't really paid attention.

9 hours ago, StLouisOct said:

I’ve heard this comment before and I’ve always questioned its accuracy. 

I've had reviews rejected because we didn't communicate on the platform.  Last time this happened, I sent in a picture of our text conversation and they posted the review.  That said, I have providers that I follow and I've seen their score jump from 4.8 back to 5.0 after a few months, so reviews do definitely disappear.

[+ KensingtonHomo]

1 hour ago, jtwalker said:

o apparently he is MMV.

That sucks. What does MMV mean? 

[+ ButchAtl]

33 minutes ago, KensingtonHomo said:

That sucks. What does MMV mean? 

Milage May Vary, I assume.   Mostly, I think, referred to as YMMV...Your Milage May Vary. 

[maninsoma]

33 minutes ago, KensingtonHomo said:

That sucks. What does MMV mean? 

I assume Mileage May Vary, though I have usually heard it as "your mileage may vary."  Typically it means that if the escort is into the client then that client will receive good service but others to whom the escort has no physical attraction will receive lesser service.

[Chancealot]

I always ask reviewers for specifics to fill in the blanks - often a good review is based on needs of that person which may not be in sync with mine 

[Luv2play]

20 minutes ago, Chancealot said:

I always ask reviewers for specifics to fill in the blanks - often a good review is based on needs of that person which may not be in sync with mine 

Meaning you don't leave it to chance. Lol