Vin Marco

[Brock O]

5 hours ago, Vin Marco said:

My man, as of this morning, the nail is in the wall... after 10 weeks, I'm just going to hold the ship 🛳️ steady... these were taken this morning. On Friday I will take some photos in San Diego ( Blacks Beach ) and then I'll be all over Southern California until Nov 8.
Again, looking forward to seeing many familiar faces and some new faces too 😁

The photos posted to my Twitter are of much higher resolution. 

*(Reminder:  Book my stalker ticket to Blacks Beach)*

[myophile]

Get ready, boys! Vin / Danny will soon be on the road — maybe to your town — looking like THIS! He says he’s never been this big and this cut, and I believe him. You could shred cabbage on those fucking abs. Am I biased? Oh HELL yeah. 

Edited April 15 by myophile

[builder boy]

Not bad 

[myophile]

1 hour ago, builder boy said:

Not bad 

Really? Find me somebody else in the biz with a more impressive physique. I’ll wait.

[builder boy]

Sean Costin for starters.  Not sure why so offended lol 

[myophile]

17 minutes ago, builder boy said:

Sean Costin for starters.  Not sure why so offended lol 

Still waiting …

[+ ApexNomad]

4 hours ago, myophile said:

Get ready, boys! Vin / Danny will soon be on the road — maybe to your town — looking like THIS! He says he’s never been this big and this cut, and I believe him. You could shred cabbage on those fucking abs. Am I biased? Oh HELL yeah. 

He looks amazing! I hope he’s doing well. His absence has been missed here.

[TMB]

So I'll just say that I had a disappointing interaction with "Vin", and the quotes are because I think I was texting a bot (foreshadowing!).  I reached out on RM and was directed to a cell number.  I texted and was surprised to have an immediate response.  Had a long, wide ranging exchange over a couple days which was really nice. He complimented me on seeming like a cool person, showed that he entered my name in his contacts (there was come confusion with someone with a similar name).  Told me several times he would get back to me shortly with times to meet during his visit.  After two days of exchanges, silence, even after a prompt "Hope your day was good!".  OK, fine.  I texted him today, 4 weeks after our original exchange and after he was in my area and said "Hey, why did I not hear from you?"  Got a rote response back about his travel dates.  Asked (as I had researched) about "Danny" in the second person "e.g. Why did Danny not get back to me?"  After 20 min, no response.  So, I cannot comment on Danny as a person, but I believe he is using a chatbot in his texts.  So be aware.   

[+ Gar1eth]

I have never met Vin. But years ago I had a few friendly exchanges with him. During those exchanges -he was always very friendly. I always regretted that he was straight. (I'm not saying I never hired a straight guy. But as far as I can remember I never knowingly hired a straight guy). Plus on top of that -I am a top and not a bottom. 
 

In the days of yore-there were two guys that I think were often compared to Vin.  One was  a guy named Caesar (and I can't remember his orientation/preferences). Since I preferred gay (or if I had to bisexual) versatile guys who kissed-I'm not sure if Caesar fit my parameters. 
 

The other guy was named Matt Miller. In later years he moved to the UK and became a personal trainer there. He even had a very brief reality show. I met Matt once. At the time he was in a bulking phase which I wasn't extremely happy about. But he was a very nice guy. 
 

But going by the current pictures of Vin-he's probably surpassed what I remember of Caesar and Matt. 

Edited April 20 by Gar1eth

[Whatsupandstuff]

I think Vin identifies as Pansexual these days or maybe even a sapiosexual or both

[+ Gar1eth]

20 minutes ago, Whatsupandstuff said:

I think Vin identifies as Pansexual these days or maybe even a sapiosexual or both

But probably still only a top. 

[Simon Suraci]

Danny is one of those rare special providers in the world. Not only is he a beautiful bodybuilder, he’s a good person. He is always kind, honest, straightforward, and respectful. Funny, smart, tactful, generous, emotionally intelligent, and patient too. He demonstrates that he really cares about people, not just those hiring him. I consider Danny a personal friend.

Whether he is straight or anything else is irrelevant. His personal life, thoughts, and attractions are his. Not yours to know or pry or speculate about. All that should matter to a client is that he does his job well. Based on all the things clients have to say, he is doing his job very well, and has been for many years.

Danny doesn’t care about the gossip or drama here. He doesn’t care about reviews or building a reputation here either. He has already cultivated a loyal client base over many years and their word of mouth is solid gold. He’s one of the good ones, among the best. So to hear some suggestion that he is using a chat bot here makes me question the person writing it, not Danny. 

He, like many of us, are juggling constant communications every day. We have a plethora of discussions here about all the nonsense messages from unserious clients, and also all the normal message volume from good clients. Danny checks in and makes an effort to connect with people on a personal level, remembering their birthdays or sending messages specific to each client when something reminds him of them. It puts me to shame and I thought I was doing pretty ok. But not compared to the standard he sets.

When he doesn’t get back to you in a short window of time or give exactly the answer you want, cut him some slack. At least he is getting back to you. He’s a dedicated professional. A lot of the guys you message won’t get back to you at all! Adjust your expectations and be honored that he is making time in his life for you. You need him and people like him more than they need you. They don’t have to respond. They don’t have to take every client because they earned credibility doing good work for many over a long time. Part of that credibility comes from the thankless work of handling his communications professionally and making sure to get back to everyone, even when it’s a pain or he isn’t thrilled about it, but he does the work anyway.

You would be LUCKY to spend a few hours with Danny with his busy schedule and limited availability in the cities to which he travels. Relax and take a breath. Lighten up. Have patience. If you are so fortunate to meet with him, you will thank yourself for maintaining some modicum of perseverance to go through the booking process. It may take a few messages. No, he won’t necessarily be available exactly when you want him to be. That’s life.

There is a lot to say about a lot of providers here, and some of it might be well deserved criticism, but Danny does not deserve flippant comments like these. If you’re trying to damage him in any way, good luck. There are too many people here who have seen him way too many times with way too much satisfaction for the comments here to carry any weight. 

And yes, by the way, he is strictly a top. No serious client or decent human being cares what his sexuality label is, or what he does with his own free time. Enjoy him for the experience he delivers to you on your time. That’s what actually matters.

[myophile]

I’ve known Danny for many years, have seen him many times, and am in contact with him by text probably twice a week. I can attest that it is Danny himself I communicate with, not a bot. The idea that he operates via chat bot, or is directing someone else to do so, is frankly hilarious. As an aside, this seems to be a common “idée fixe” among some forum members, who are convinced that their unsatisfactory interactions with providers MUST be due to the sinister manipulations of “pimps” (human or computer-generated) behind the scenes.  

Edited April 20 by myophile

[TMB]

So I appreciate the responses about the great interactions others have had and I do not deny your experience. I'm glad that was your experience.  What I am telling you about is my experience.  200-something exchanges on text over two days, with 4-5 promises of letting me know that day when he could meet with me (and me telling him it's cool, I'm flexible, don't sweat it) and then, with no time offered and after an inquiry about how he was doing a week or so before he was arriving in my area, nothing.   And when I checked in after his time here to say "hey, did you actually arrive?" a quick but fairly rote response like "well of course I was there, why didn't you think I was".  Well, OK.  I was respectful, not rude, was complimented by him on how nice I seemed, was told I was added to his contacts.  I'm not sure what happened or why it happened but it happened.  I think it's important to share the experiences that we've had, truthfully, for others to decide how they want to move forward with providers.  You may not want to hear about my experience or may not believe my experience, but it was my experience.  The only way it makes sense to me is that I was interacting with a bot.  If I wasn't, then that's not too great either.  

Edited April 28 by TMB

[CuriousByNature]

57 minutes ago, TMB said:

So I appreciate the responses about the great interactions others have had and I do not deny your experience. I'm glad that was your experience.  What I am telling you about is my experience.  200-something exchanges on text over two days, with 4-5 promises of letting me know that day when he could meet with me (and me telling him it's cool, I'm flexible, don't sweat it) and then, with no time offered and after an inquiry about how he was doing a week or so before he was arriving in my area, nothing.   And when I checked in after his time here to say "hey, did you actually arrive?" a quick but fairly rote response like "well of course I was there, why didn't you think I was".  Well, OK.  I was respectful, not rude, was complimented by him on how nice I seemed, was told I was added to his contacts.  I'm not sure what happened or why it happened but it happened.  I think it's important to share the experiences that we've had, truthfully, for others to decide how they want to move forward with providers.  You may not want to hear about my experience or may not believe my experience, but it was my experience.  The only way it makes sense to me is that I was interacting with a bot.  If I wasn't, then that's not too great either.  

I'm sorry to hear you had a negative experience.  I've never met with anyone myself, but I do know Vin has a stellar reputation on this forum, and I understand it's very much deserved.  But as you note, your experience was your experience, good or bad.  Only you and Vin can really judge it because you were the only two involved in what transpired.

I am a bit surprised at the 200 text exchanges over two days.  I don't think I've had that many text exchanges in total with anyone in my whole life - lol.    

[TMB]

I've NEVER had that much of an exchange with a provider before!  Hence my confusion.  

[viewing ownly]

1 hour ago, TMB said:

So I appreciate the responses about the great interactions others have had and I do not deny your experience. I'm glad that was your experience.  What I am telling you about is my experience.  200-something exchanges on text over two days, with 4-5 promises of letting me know that day when he could meet with me (and me telling him it's cool, I'm flexible, don't sweat it) and then, with no time offered and after an inquiry about how he was doing a week or so before he was arriving in my area, nothing.   And when I checked in after his time here to say "hey, did you actually arrive?" a quick but fairly rote response like "well of course I was there, why didn't you think I was".  Well, OK.  I was respectful, not rude, was complimented by him on how nice I seemed, was told I was added to his contacts.  I'm not sure what happened or why it happened but it happened.  I think it's important to share the experiences that we've had, truthfully, for others to decide how they want to move forward with providers.  You may not want to hear about my experience or may not believe my experience, but it was my experience.  The only way it makes sense to me is that I was interacting with a bot.  If I wasn't, then that's not too great either.  

I hope that's a type-o and perhaps you meant 20-something and not 200-something? Any sane person would abandon contact with even their own loving family if it became to that extreme an amount of texts in that short of a period of time. Even 20 in two days is excessive. 

I'm with team Vin here that he's a class act from my brief personal conversations in person with him, and I admire his dedication to himself as well as his genuine humble personality. 

[TMB]

To clarify, I'm counting a text I sent as 1 and his reply as 2, etc.  Yeah, it was around 200 back and for texts.  It was a really great convo and I was enjoying getting to know him.  there were a 3-4 breaks over the two days and he re-initiated a couple of times.  Sooooo, yeah, don't know what happened.  And, I think, for me this is the core of the issue and why I've commented.  I've had a couple of providers stop communicating/blow me off (not in THAT way!) before and I've not bothered to comment on it here.  This just seems really weird.   

Eh, he's a busy, popular guy, shit happens.  I'm just curious of others have had or may have the same experience. 

[novaman]

Not sure if anyone posted this link.    Not browsing 10 pages of chat to find out so here goes.    He'll frequently update pics here.

 

BM Profile MuscledVin - # 150690

 

[CuriousByNature]

2 hours ago, TMB said:

To clarify, I'm counting a text I sent as 1 and his reply as 2, etc.  Yeah, it was around 200 back and for texts.  It was a really great convo and I was enjoying getting to know him.  there were a 3-4 breaks over the two days and he re-initiated a couple of times.  Sooooo, yeah, don't know what happened.  And, I think, for me this is the core of the issue and why I've commented.  I've had a couple of providers stop communicating/blow me off (not in THAT way!) before and I've not bothered to comment on it here.  This just seems really weird.   

Eh, he's a busy, popular guy, shit happens.  I'm just curious of others have had or may have the same experience. 

Nobody in my life has ever wanted that long of a conversation with me - hahaha.  I'm obviously not as interesting as you are!  

[+ BobPS]

On 4/20/2025 at 1:38 AM, Simon Suraci said:

Danny is one of those rare special providers in the world. Not only is he a beautiful bodybuilder, he’s a good person. He is always kind, honest, straightforward, and respectful. Funny, smart, tactful, generous, emotionally intelligent, and patient too. He demonstrates that he really cares about people, not just those hiring him. I consider Danny a personal friend.

Whether he is straight or anything else is irrelevant. His personal life, thoughts, and attractions are his. Not yours to know or pry or speculate about. All that should matter to a client is that he does his job well. Based on all the things clients have to say, he is doing his job very well, and has been for many years.

Danny doesn’t care about the gossip or drama here. He doesn’t care about reviews or building a reputation here either. He has already cultivated a loyal client base over many years and their word of mouth is solid gold. He’s one of the good ones, among the best. So to hear some suggestion that he is using a chat bot here makes me question the person writing it, not Danny. 

He, like many of us, are juggling constant communications every day. We have a plethora of discussions here about all the nonsense messages from unserious clients, and also all the normal message volume from good clients. Danny checks in and makes an effort to connect with people on a personal level, remembering their birthdays or sending messages specific to each client when something reminds him of them. It puts me to shame and I thought I was doing pretty ok. But not compared to the standard he sets.

When he doesn’t get back to you in a short window of time or give exactly the answer you want, cut him some slack. At least he is getting back to you. He’s a dedicated professional. A lot of the guys you message won’t get back to you at all! Adjust your expectations and be honored that he is making time in his life for you. You need him and people like him more than they need you. They don’t have to respond. They don’t have to take every client because they earned credibility doing good work for many over a long time. Part of that credibility comes from the thankless work of handling his communications professionally and making sure to get back to everyone, even when it’s a pain or he isn’t thrilled about it, but he does the work anyway.

You would be LUCKY to spend a few hours with Danny with his busy schedule and limited availability in the cities to which he travels. Relax and take a breath. Lighten up. Have patience. If you are so fortunate to meet with him, you will thank yourself for maintaining some modicum of perseverance to go through the booking process. It may take a few messages. No, he won’t necessarily be available exactly when you want him to be. That’s life.

There is a lot to say about a lot of providers here, and some of it might be well deserved criticism, but Danny does not deserve flippant comments like these. If you’re trying to damage him in any way, good luck. There are too many people here who have seen him way too many times with way too much satisfaction for the comments here to carry any weight. 

And yes, by the way, he is strictly a top. No serious client or decent human being cares what his sexuality label is, or what he does with his own free time. Enjoy him for the experience he delivers to you on your time. That’s what actually matters.

Well put! I could not have said it better myself!

[Jeeper84]

He's a gem!

[DMICS]

Back in NY for a short visit throughout the weekend!