When i do connect with one, i make sure to tell them, if they don't match the pic in the ad..I will leave. This usually weeds out the bait n switch bitches.

All in all, i've had pretty good experience with the girls on CL.

I had dealt with 2 bait n switch bitches and true to my word..I left.

Pissed off as they were...I didn't give a fuck!!!

"ASS, GRASS OR BLOWJOBS"

thanks!

regarding eros guide, i find it slightly useful, but there's no way (at least that i know) to verify if a provider advertising there is legit, so i tend not to use it as a source...

what are your thoughts about them?

what bubble have you been living in?
LE will and does chase all the pieces of the puzzle as they usually leads to something else.
And le has justification for spending tax dollars as both homeowners,biz owners dont want hookers, cruisers, johns, and pimps within reach of their place.

nailing johns is easy for the le to say to the public, " hey, we are doing something about crime. See the numbers!" It maybe window dressing arrests/crime fighting but its real and ongoing.

But you don't see them doing that, do you?

No, I didn't think so.

Federal or state LAWMAKERS would handle the laws re changing/shutting down CL.

Local or state POLICE are who will arrest you in a prostitution sting.

Police can vigorously pursue prostitution, while the lawmakers wrestle with how to remove prostitution from the web without raising a bunch of sensorship issues.

Using this reasoning would lead one to conclude the same thing about RB, since it is a venue for similar advertising. Or am I missing something?

I do read Craig's list occasionally, but if I see someone interesting I google the phone number to see if they also have ad's on sites like RB that include Reviews. I won't see anyone that does not have reviews, or positive comments in 411 forums. If Google shows nothing but phone search engines, MOVE ON.

But, there's a BP girl I've been considering yet there aren't any of the positive indicators that give a comfort level and I'm holding off because going in blind is stupid, IMHO.

On the issue of whether CL is a target, just last night I decided that to get some further comfort level about seeing a lady who's been inboxing me here, I ran a couple of searches and bingo. Found a high profile sting that she'd gotten snared in based upon her prior CL ad where apparently she no longer posts. But, only after she learned the hard way. Also found other threads here that were discussing her when she was a CL provider also and overall ended up with a thumbs up assessment so she's on the list. Plus, though she migrated from CL to RB, she's now an established RB provider.

Research: it works. If it doesn't yield positive results, move on. You really can't undo a mistake that can result if you're going on guesswork instead of solid intel and the net result may be lots worse than just wasted hobby bucks.

One of the most entertaining TOFTT reports I've read recently in a slow-down-for-the-car-wreck sorta way was by an experienced guy who nevertheless despite research and being rather sophisticated ended up in a dicey situation. The comments in reply to the TOFTT report pretty uniformly gave a sense of "better you than me..." and "holy smokes, that can happen even to him..." and "dude, that bites." Yeah, no kidding.