do you guys ever get things like this??

[Michael Wayne]

a text comes through (revealing clients' mobile phone #) it says essentially , "you available?" or ,"avail. in tampa now?" Notice there is rarely if ever a first name given or even a hi or a hello. I am getting slammed with these type requests lately. I do repond with , "Hello. Mikey here. can I get your first name? I offer 100% discretion but not anonymity. r u looking for in or out? I usually book 24-48 hours in advance by appointment but can do spur of the moment if that is all you can do. thanks" Most of the time there is no further communication but 1 out of ten become good clients. It seems in todays' world you almost HAVE TO take bookings via text. To not do it would be to hurt biz. tough to tell which inquiries are genuine and real though. thoughts appreciated. http://www.rentmen.com/mikeyusatop

[bigvalboy]

tough to tell which inquiries are genuine and real though.

 

I think you have a very sensible system. Sounds like you can weed out some of the scams and flakes. Nothing is fool proof, but at least you have been doing this long enough where you can protect yourself and your time to some degree. I text for almost all communication. It is essential. I rarely abbreviate when I text, that seems so impersonal to me.

[josephga]

best text messages to me are those that go something like this. afternoon joe have some free time this afternoon are you available for a 1 hr massage my name is ****

 

I don't respond to one word texts like. hi, hello, sup. available? now?

[bigvalboy]

best text messages to me are those that go something like this. afternoon joe have some free time this afternoon are you available for a 1 hr massage my name is ****

 

I don't respond to one word texts like. hi, hello, sup. available? now?

 

Totally agree Josephga..Seriously, how hard is it really to spell out a sentence.

[josephga]

to cut down on time i even have allot of pre typed templates . a rates template, address template, services offered template all i have to do is copy and paste

[bigvalboy]

to cut down on time i even have allot of pre typed templates . a rates template, address template, services offered template all i have to do is copy and paste

 

Clever...never thought about that! We haven't talked in awhile...You been good?

[josephga]

Looks like i'm going to have to have allergy testing done. still breaking out and itching all over. The nipple piercings are going well no problems with those so far

[bigvalboy]

Looks like i'm going to have to have allergy testing done. still breaking out and itching all over. The nipple piercings are going well no problems with those so far

 

Dear God...still dealing with the itching? That must be miserable. Now the nipple rings, at least that is working out!

[unsub2O17]

So what do you do if you don't have a texting plan??

[josephga]

its horrible my skins pink all over feels like over exposure to sun but i havent been tanning or in the sun. only thing they know is that its not contagious

[josephga]

So what do you do if you don't have a texting plan??

 

you can call them

[+ Travis69]

Looks like i'm going to have to have allergy testing done. still breaking out and itching all over.

 

Might be hives. Had them once due to stress. Totally covered my back and upper arms. Went away in a few days.

[Guest jhmp]

half the txts from new clients I receive look like: "free now?" or "want fucking?"...

[josephga]

Might be hives. Had them once due to stress. Totally covered my back and upper arms. Went away in a few days.

 

mines all over if i don't scratch it just stays pink and itches. i'm going on week 3 with it. they have ruled out poison oak, poison ivy & scabies. they think it eczema contact dermatitis. i've changed washing detergents, body lotions, steroid creams, hydrocortisone creams. even took a bath in bleach water

[Guest JackF]

To answer your question: Yes, I get these all the time. I prefer to have a little more detail rather than "hi, u free?, avail?, avail now?, like to suck big cock?" I mean honestly, is that how we are perceived by some folks or is that how they communicate to anyone in this side of things? It would be interesting to find out.

 

This weekend I had a guy, after a series of text exchange, after I had asked him to share a little about himself, say: "Remember, you are a prostitute no matter how you try to spin it." Needless to say, I didn't respond after that. How rude and inconsiderate? Talk about a turn-off.

 

Even though I explicitly state in all my ads that I prefer email for initial contact, if I do get a text it has the following: where the client is located (city, not room #), when they want to get together, their name, how long, describe a little about themselves, etc. I don't meet with someone who refuses to give me their name, room # until I arrive, is rude to me, or won't tell me anything but a short word or two. I'm not asking for your social security number and DL #, I just want to get an idea of who I'm meeting before I meet you. I don't think it's too much to ask.

I also feel that texting is very limiting. You can only type 180 characters at a time, so you can't truly convey a lengthy or normal conversation with those limitations. It's far easier to chat on the phone or email rather than text everything. It's also annoying when you have the guys who text you, then you don't respond within 1-2 minutes, they send multiple "?" "?" to your phone.....

 

Mikey -- I do feel like Tampa has those kind of texter guys, whenever I put my travel ad there, I get tons of those texts; it can become quite frustrating at times. Sometimes you have to go with the flow, though, in order to meet more people.

 

 

Hope that helps!

[JoeyBryant]

Here's how to make it happen

[Juan Vancouver]

Personally I do not like text messages to book a session. I find not only that they are impersonal and don't let me understand the character of the person I am dealing with, they are also incredibly inefficient. In order to book a session through texts, which would take three minutes tops on the phone, sometimes you have to be glued to your phone with an endless two word answer conversation for a few hours.

 

now ?

Hey, thanks for writing. Yes, I could meet you today, maybe not now, but in an hour to two. Would this work for you?

hung

I am 8 by 6 uc.

in2

Well, you can see all my likes and dislikes in my ad.

forgot who you are.

 

I have seen escorts go through this for hours with a single client ending in no booking. I think text messages are a wonderful tool to let someone know that you are a little late, or to communicate short messages, but they are awful to have entire conversations, specially business conversations about intimacy. If I receive a short text message enquiry I answer something like:

 

"Hi, thank you for your interest. I would love to meet you and I could maybe meet you a little later today. I don't give information through text messages, though, so could you please call me or let me know when it is good to call? There is nothing sexier than listening to your voice! =) Talk to you soon. Thank you."

 

If he answers "hung", then I just ignore him and move on. It is possible that he is a genuine client, but if he is relating to me like this, then my guess is that this is not the kind of session that I am looking for, anyway. Most clients, however, either say that they are at the office and that they can call me at whatever hour or call right away.

 

Once a session is booked, once we have made a connection and I have a feeling about who this person is, I have no problem if he texts me to ask an extra question that he forgot to ask on the phone or if he makes changes to the session through texts. I am in the business of engaging in intimate communication with my clients, not the business of porking faceless people in an assembly line, and for that reason protracted conversations entirely made of mono syllabics are not my communication style of choice.

 

It perhaps has diminished the amount of money that I take home, but it certainly has not hurt my business; my business is a happy, fulfilling one; I love what I do, and I will do anything in my power to make sure I feel this way.

[Guest JackF]

Personally I do not like text messages to book a session. I find not only that they are impersonal and don't let me understand the character of the person I am dealing with, they are also incredibly inefficient. In order to book a session through texts, which would take three minutes tops on the phone, sometimes you have to be glued to your phone with an endless two word answer conversation for a few hours.

 

now ?

Hey, thanks for writing. Yes, I could meet you today, maybe not now, but in an hour to two. Would this work for you?

hung

I am 8 by 6 uc.

in2

Well, you can see all my likes and dislikes in my ad.

forgot who you are.

 

I have seen escorts go through this for hours with a single client ending in no booking. I think text messages are a wonderful tool to let someone know that you are a little late, or to communicate short messages, but they are awful to have entire conversations, specially business conversations about intimacy. If I receive a short text message enquiry I answer something like:

 

"Hi, thank you for your interest. I would love to meet you and I could maybe meet you a little later today. I don't give information through text messages, though, so could you please call me or let me know when it is good to call? There is nothing sexier than listening to your voice! =) Talk to you soon. Thank you."

 

If he answers "hung", then I just ignore him and move on. It is possible that he is a genuine client, but if he is relating to me like this, then my guess is that this is not the kind of session that I am looking for, anyway. Most clients, however, either say that they are at the office and that they can call me at whatever hour or call right away.

 

Once a session is booked, once we have made a connection and I have a feeling about who this person is, I have no problem if he texts me to ask an extra question that he forgot to ask on the phone or if he makes changes to the session through texts. I am in the business of engaging in intimate communication with my clients, not the business of porking faceless people in an assembly line, and for that reason protracted conversations entirely made of mono syllabics are not my communication style of choice.

 

It perhaps has diminished the amount of money that I take home, but it certainly has not hurt my business; my business is a happy, fulfilling one; I love what I do, and I will do anything in my power to make sure I feel this way.

 

 

Beautifully stated, Juan!

[JoeyBryant]

now ?

Hey, thanks for writing. Yes, I could meet you today, maybe not now, but in an hour to two. Would this work for you?

hung

I am 8 by 6 uc.

in2

Well, you can see all my likes and dislikes in my ad.

forgot who you are.

 

 

Here's my version:

 

now?

Now what? Are you asking about my ad?

how hung? thick?

Are you trying to engage me into sext? Because I don't do sexting.

in2

Stop fucking wasting my time or I'm going to call your phone service provider and report harassment

silence

 

In order to get a professional response, I have to receive professional responses. You're being polite when they aren't even returning the favor. In most cases however, I would not be bothered even to respond to the 1st text message.

 

I'd be like, "I need you to call to verify that you are not a under-age minor as a new texting law has just been passed"

[Guest joeburger]

mike i agree with you and want some kind of introduction and a heads up like 24 hours. but now a days with texting being the "it" thing, i deal with it also. i have gotten some good clients out of it but it's not the way i would like to do business, i must be old school. those that can't plan ahead and text at the last minute are hit or miss, i don't change my schedule for those. if i'm not "avail" right then and there then they should plan ahead.

[SteveEscort]

We all get them Mikey

 

I get the "Hi", "Avail", "Tight arse ?" "How big" texts and I ignore them. It's just guys wanting a wank over a text, then the requests start for pics.

[rickp]

Simply responding, "Please call if you'd like to set up an appointment" usually works well and weeds out people who are not serious.

[JoeyBryant]

Simply responding, "Please call if you'd like to set up an appointment" usually works well and weeds out people who are not serious.

 

Yeah, I use that 99% of the time if I sense something fishy. But if they persist I escalate to Plan B.

 

However, with text becoming increasingly popular...it's starting to become the way of setting things up. I may text with someone for a few exchanges and then ask them to call and confirm the morning of. Generally not a bad idea in 2012.

 

I'm okay with texting. Just not sexting.

[rickp]

I will text with a client I've already met, and even set up a new appointment via text; but if it's someone I don't know yet, I need to hear the voice.

 

That's just my personal rule.