96 positive reviews tells you why 96 people were 'pleased.' One bad review gives you hard facts as to why you might not be.
Sure. All in the balance. But let people make up their own mind instead of putting someone on a voice-of-majority pedestal. I always look for a bad review, even with Amazon, before buying something. Then I decide if it would affect me or not. Often it won't. Other times I am pleased it saved me from the persuasion of the isn't-it-lovely brigade.
Same crap on TripAdviser. Someone has a nice holiday and they rave about Krygoslovakia and the nice restaurant food. They weren't bothered about the lift not working cos they were on the first floor or just enjoyed the exercise. Those relying on their recommendations
alone will be sorely disappointed if the lift is a key factor for them.
So in the interests of balance to all the bumpers saying how dear Michelle is
usually 'wonderful' I'm going to bump Bangers' review. And if people don't read page 1 then they will still have that balance to make up their own bloody minds.
Long time lurker here, but I feel it's time to finally break my duck to post a review for my fellow punters.
1st up, is the one and only Michelle Independent; one of the most well-reviewed and popular WGs on AW, UKP and UKE sites. Having read all the hype about her beforehand, I wanted to see what the fuss was all about.
I sent her an email via AW last month, regarding a booking which was meant to happen today during her June London tour at West Brompton. She replied, and suggested a different time than the one I initially asked for. And if I agreed with the change of time, I can send her the booking request, which I did and she confirmed it herself. Great, everything was sorted out and I waited for the day of our supposed meet with great anticipation.
However, on the day of our supposed meet... Things did not go exactly as intended. I send her a text this morning to confirm our booking, told her who I was. Instead of receiving a text back with the address, postcode and all that, I received an apology to say she didn't have any booking at that specified time, and that I must of confused her with somebody else?
Already, I was getting a bad vibe from this, but I decided to press on. I insisted we did email one another on AW and we confirmed the date/time. Tried to text her with the photo of our emails, but it didn't go through.
Even after she denies it with a seemingly, standoffish attitude, I clarified again with my AW profile name and the exact date we corresponded through the emails. She apparently checked her emails, and still believe she did not receive any booking requests from me. Then the last straw came, when she said she may be put me on the block list...
I'm a nice guy in general. I've been wrong numerous times before, but I usually just let things slide and move on. Life is pretty short enough as it is. But on this occasion, I feel this negative feedback for Michelle is well-justified and deserved, in addition to the one I left on her AW profile.
And Michelle if you're reading this, just remember you brought this upon yourself. You could have honored this booking, but you choose not to and instead decided to feign ignorance about it, pretending we never corresponded each other. If there was some reason you didn't wish to see me, I would have preferred a straight, honest answer, and I'd accepted it with no hard feelings. But you messed me about, which I do not fully appreciate.
I'm sure you're a wonderful lady, and the guys who have seen you, had a wonderful time with you. Well done to them. But on this occasion, you made a blunder, which you should have owed up. I know you're pretty busy, I can imagine the tons of emails you receive on a daily basis, but this is no excuse.
I'm aware this review isn't likely going to deter new clients, but I thought they deserve to know about the off chance of them getting mess around like this.
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Topic: Michelle Independent - June West Brompton tour (meeting never happen) (Read 23630 times)
