Views on Backpage escorts.

[apetrain]

What you guys think about Backpage escorts? I have seen a few on hear wasn't the best of experiences some cant even speak English and have high price tags. As in the previous discussion about Adultworks is going downhill. Whats your views on Backpage and is there anything I should be cautious about on backpage. 

[DonDickDraper]

I really don't know why people say "adultwork is going downhill". To me, adultwork plus this site are the best way to punt. AW has the best search functionality, it's easy to navigate, and all the girls worth visiting are using it. Vivastreet comes close, but it's far more open to b&s in my own experience, since girls create adverts on their instead of profiles like on AW. AW requires consistency, those other sites don't.

Use AW +UKP and you'll have a good time most of the time.

[hw189]

Never booked a girl off Vivastreet or Backpage. I just don't see the advantages of using them over Adultwork. I like to search for particular types of services offered, women, price range, etc etc. All of this filtering can easily be done in AW but not in Vivastreet or Backpage. Most of the adverts on Vivastreet / Backpage don't even mention what services are on offer for each lady / advert. Plus, a lot of the photos and profiles on VS and BP seem fake / scam / too good to be true to me. So, I'll probably never use them.

[poseidon]

Never used Vivastreet or Backpage. They sound like craigslist style sites where the ads can be misleading or so vague that you waste time trying to find out over the phone whether the WG is genuine.

As others have said, use UKP + AW. Find girls you like on AW then copy their user number (e.g. search '2438309' at the top of this page if the link is External Link/Members Only...). You will see all reviews for the WG and be able to make an educated choice as to what to expect from the punt. If she has no reviews and you still choose to see her, do leave a review for the benefit of punters in the future.

[Chow95]

I used to use backpage over AW, but when you've got your feet settled on AW such as your account, it offers so much more consistency than backpage or vivastreet.

[scutty brown]

there's a strong suggestion that some of the dodgier big city pimps are moving their adverts from AW and even Vivastreet to the more transient media such as backpage.
Because of the way the adverts are presented it makes the girls a lot harder to track as they move around.
You can expect that the backpage adverts are likely to have a higher proportion of conscripts than AW

[BillyBlueHat]

What do you mean by the way ads are presented on BP makes them harder to track? You have to choose a city so there when girl get moved to another city you can see their movements?

there's a strong suggestion that some of the dodgier big city pimps are moving their adverts from AW and even Vivastreet to the more transient media such as backpage.
Because of the way the adverts are presented it makes the girls a lot harder to track as they move around.
You can expect that the backpage adverts are likely to have a higher proportion of conscripts than AW

[sparkus]

I've had one good punt (reviewed on here as Nina Ebony Charing Cross) via BP, though that was b+s. Another b+s on there saw me walk (ebony gal in similar area, nowhere near as thick as the pics).

Vivastreet just seems full of Sergei and his photoshop skillz.

[scutty brown]

What do you mean by the way ads are presented on BP makes them harder to track? You have to choose a city so there when girl get moved to another city you can see their movements?

Its very hard to link backpage adverts to follow a trail - move to new location=new advert, often with widely different details
With AW and to a lesser extent VS the same advert gets reused when the location changes, making following a girl's progress much easier

[Jimmyredcab]

I really don't know why people say "adultwork is going downhill".

It depends how long you have been using Adultwork.   

Currently it is full of lowlife Romanian skanks and headless photos, it is like walking through a minefield with a sack over your head.

One of the reasons that I am semi-retired from punting. 

[scutty brown]

It also depends on where you are in the country
Take Lancashire as an example
299 profiles on adultwork, the nationalities break down as
Eastern European 25 (a third of these are abandoned accounts)
Thai / Chinese 6
USA 1
Black African 2
Rest are UK / other (including South America)

obviously some of these will be false flagged, but the fact is, EE girls only make up around 10%. I suspect its due to the way the local police work

[hw189]

there's a strong suggestion that some of the dodgier big city pimps are moving their adverts from AW and even Vivastreet to the more transient media such as backpage.
Because of the way the adverts are presented it makes the girls a lot harder to track as they move around.
You can expect that the backpage adverts are likely to have a higher proportion of conscripts than AW

The reputation of VS and BP is more likely to decline, especially if this is happening. It will just make Adultwork more popular amongst seasoned punters as VS and BP will be filled with more and more scammers and pimps. It is already easier to identify these scammers and pimps through a combination of AW and UKP, even without having to contact the girl in question.

[apetrain]

I'am looking to book soon and there's this lady from US with a banging J lo body. On tour in London shes on backpage. A elite expensive escort. Sounds tempting to book but with no list of services and no feedback section its a expensive gamble. As you guys said never trust backpage. Don't think ill go with this one. As I have more faith in adultworks to deliver. Cheers for your advices guys

[hw189]

I'am looking to book soon and there's this lady from US with a banging J lo body. On tour in London shes on backpage. A elite expensive escort. Sounds tempting to book but with no list of services and no feedback section its a expensive gamble. As you guys said never trust backpage. Don't think ill go with this one. As I have more faith in adultworks to deliver. Cheers for your advices guys

There's good and bad everywhere, including Adultwork. Escort reviews and feedback on Adultwork can easily be fabricated too. Its just that its easier to root out the bad on Adultwork than what it is on VS or Backpage (what I find anyway).

If you really fancy meeting this lady that you mention of, an enquiry and a little chat with her wouldn't go amiss. Even if you get to the meeting stage with her and she looks nothing like her advertised pictures, you can always walk out and then report back here. You must have the will and determination to walk out though. After all, they can't all be bad on VS or Backpage.

[apetrain]

There's good and bad everywhere, including Adultwork. Escort reviews and feedback on Adultwork can easily be fabricated too. Its just that its easier to root out the bad on Adultwork than what it is on VS or Backpage (what I find anyway).

If you really fancy meeting this lady that you mention of, an enquiry and a little chat with her wouldn't go amiss. Even if you get to the meeting stage with her and she looks nothing like her advertised pictures, you can always walk out and then report back here. You must have the will and determination to walk out though. After all, they can't all be bad on VS or Backpage.

   

I actually spoke to the lady today. I was polite and inquiring and shes quite rude and full of oneself through texts and phone call. Also she increased her price from  £250 a few days ago to £300 a hour today. To me first impressions count and politeness. If shes rude like that I only presume what the session will be like clock watching and rushed. I doubt I will meet her there's better options on AW.

[scutty brown]

£300?
tell her to fuck off
a dose of realism never hurts

[mrhappypants]

I have a number of examples of girls whose profiles are deleted almost immediately after I have listed them on the "So...whose taking one for the team?" Thread on the London board.  Pimps are taking notice and, I suspect, moving dodgy profiles off AW where they draw the attention of this board.  if I am right this makes BP and VS look better, but make it more likely you will be led to a rip off using them to source punts.