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Abebexs
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43 posts, Rate this user		 27-Sep-09, 04:33 AM (PST)
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"Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
 
   Abebe

Over the last few months, I've been intrigued by a dozen or so providers, many of whom claim to be "5 star" and yet there are no reviews for them. The fact that many others have pages of reviews, makes this seem a bit odd. I guess I could pick one and TOFTT, but being a newbie, am I missing something? Is there a way for them to block reviews or is it a hassle to be the first reviewer?

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rforre1
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66 posts, Rate this user		 27-Sep-09, 11:08 AM (PST)
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1. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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   I've been wondering the same thing - not taking the time to count but I would guess 80% of the ads don't have reviews. One could suspect that mongers don't want to publicize a good find and increase the competition for her time, but given all the scammers and lousy performers I'm suprised there aren't more negative reviews. Anything to encourage them off the site would benefit us all.

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TL_LURKER
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23 posts, Rate this user		 27-Sep-09, 11:31 AM (PST)
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2. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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   most girls use the "5 star" idea as a marketing gimmick, that way they can charge more. I've seen bad reviews removed from a girl's review section (one I wrote for Whitnie Grace disappeared after 1 day). If you do TOFTT please submit a review, some of us do use them.

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BigBill click here to view user rating
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662 posts, 5 feedbacks, 10 points		 27-Sep-09, 07:45 PM (PST)
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9. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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   Was there a reason for the review being deleted?

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shortbus
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83 posts, Rate this user		 27-Sep-09, 11:59 AM (PST)
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3. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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I am thinking it is a sign of the economic times. Not as many hobbyists partaking these days. Time are really hard out there, not as much cash flowing these days. Take it for what it's worth but a lot of people are cutting back on there hobbies. Just MHO

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Mrdiscrete click here to view user rating
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113 posts, 1 feedbacks, 2 points		 27-Sep-09, 12:32 PM (PST)
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4. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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If a provider has no reviews, I would question the "5 Star" claim. IMO no reviews usually means they're new, either new to RB or new to the business. Every now and then I'll TOFTT and submitt a review. It's no hassle to be the 1st reviewer but you do have to do it from a different page. Sticking to the well reviewed providers takes away a lot of the guesswork.

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WolfAndCub click here to view user rating
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867 posts, 18 feedbacks, 33 points		 27-Sep-09, 01:26 PM (PST)
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5. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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"The gravy has been fine until now".

If read some of the ads carefully you’ll find that quite often they are claiming to provide five star service, not they are a five stars.

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NealDown click here to view user rating
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5423 posts, 41 feedbacks, 77 points		 27-Sep-09, 04:15 PM (PST)
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6. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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If you have VIP membership log in there and search by rating. Only those with the necessary reviews and scores will be rated as 5-star providers.

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nbcruiser
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7. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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   Sometimes, this may indicate that the highly rated providers in question have achieve a certain level of success in their businesses. In some cases, these providers, though still advertising, are seeing mostly their regulars. As a result, the number of new reviews drop significantly.

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culoassman click here to view user rating
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3888 posts, 27 feedbacks, 48 points		 27-Sep-09, 06:55 PM (PST)
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8. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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   I think it's the refugees switching over to RB from CL... that may be new to RB. You may want to see how many times their ads been "viewed" to get a perspective on their newness.

c-man

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torrie58
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10. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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   i only have been on here since mar.but i noticed all the new hot young ladies with out referances but prices as high or higher than alot of the reg.if its the econamy why are ther prices so high?they might think we over here have more money? on cl and cv their prices were not as high buyer beware ?

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11. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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Girls claiming to be 5-star: Whatever, it's marketing.

Lack of reviews: Could be lots of guys are thinking like you. If no one TOFTT than no reviews of newbies.


brother, can you spare some change?

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12. "RE: Mysterious Absence of Reviews"
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LAST EDITED ON 27-Sep-09 AT 11:04 PM (PST)
 
Let's try this as an explanation. Men and women communicate differently.

1) A fine example of this could be use of the term "GFE".
Guys define as certain menu items.
Women define as an 'experience' you'd only get from your GF.

2) Another example is the use of the term 5 star.
Guys on rb expect this to be based on ratings within rb or another site.
Some women expect to deliver 5 star as all are exceptional and she is giving you her 5 star. (either that or their management/advertiser uses the phrase to get one's attention)

My advice to you would be to ignore a lot of the fluff in the ad copy and . . .
...see if you like the photos.
...see if you like the reviews. If none, TOFFT or avoid.
...make an appointment.

After that it's all up to you.

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