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Originally Posted by Chica Chaser
Another thing is the fact that there some ladies out there who are simply unable/unwilling to spend the time necessary screening clients and keeping their schedule straight. Certain organizational skills are necessary to do the job that some don't possess.
Before you jump all over me, there are several threads of ladies asking about hiring out the screening and scheduling for themselves.
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I'll start by saying I prefer indies.
That said I think there is a role for agencies. The problem is there are so many
bad ones the whole lot gets a bad rap. The biggest problem from a customer side is they don't hold their gals to high standards as far as what constitutes a quality experience. You can imagine the whole laundry list of things this entails.
Beyond quality of experience, the biggest complaint I read from guys about agencies is the whole, "well she isn't getting all of the the fee." It is the classic, but short-sighted, "cut out the middle(wo)man" strategy people have worked since the beginning of time.
As many indies have reported on these pages, often they spend well over an hour (excluding travel time) prepping for a date (screening, advertising, scheduling, participating of SHMBs, etc.) for every hour of date time, not to mention actual out of pocket advertising costs. The agency provides a valuable service and deserves its "cut."
As for why I like indies, primarily it is because I get a better feel via predate coorespondence as to who actually shows up at the door.