I did a thread about this after Olga gate. As i posted then i am a pragmatist so will punt through a pimp if i think its good VFM.
In practical terms what this means in my case is i will punt through Parlours and Parties but not Agencies although i did in the past with mainly poor results. As i see it a Parlour and Party always at least provides a WG with the premises to work out of which is a WGs biggest expense, some Agencies at least dont do that yet the WG pays the same or a higher cut to the Agency which of course is simply passed on to the punter.
I always ask Parlour WGs if they work Indie and if they do see if we can strike a deal so what i pay is less than through the Parlour BUT the WG still makes more off me as she hasnt got to pay the pimp a cut.
Punting forums help to monitor pimps, Divine being a classic example, that bloke would stitch his own granny up if there was money in doing so, thanks to this site he knows if he offers bad service it will get on here, and as he and his awful wife proved on Pnet they really HATE negative feedback.
I have spoken to many WGs who have worked in Parlours and others that had gone Indie after working in a Parlour and some have told me they were prepared to pay a pimp a cut of their money because all they had to do was turn up on time and punters were laid on, it was the easy option. Some have also said the pimp tried to put them off going Indie by saying how difficult it would be, but once they had dipped their toe by going part-time Indie on days they werent at the Parlour they found it better than working at the Parlour so went full-time Indie. As ever it depends on the WG and her own personal set-up.