Reverse Bookings on AW - am I missing something?

[5qwerty80b]

TLDR - do some SP’s not understand the RB process? Or do they use it to hack punters off intentionally?

Some time ago (pre UKP membership ) I placed a RB on AW. It was for an out call to a hotel near the Notts/Derbys/S.Yorks borders. Looking at local pricing indicated about £180/hour. The booking was for an hour, late afternoon or early evening. Planning ahead I put the RB in 5 days ahead.

So what response did I get?

Bid 1: £250, girl was in Carlisle and said I’d have to pre-book an Uber for her both ways and pay a deposit. Dream on darlin’

Bid 2: £200, girl was in Nottingham and only does outcalls. Promising.

Bid 3: £180, girl said she’d love to meet me but I was a bit far from her so would I mind going to hers for an in call, even though her profile says out calls only, she was in Manchester. Nope.

I accept bid 2 a day beforehand and start messaging to arrange. £200 for a 1 hour out call, which was what her normal rate was. All agreed, or so I thought.

Two hours before the meet I get a message to say that she’d planned her route and realised it was nearly 1 hours drive each way. Consequently she would have to charge her hourly rate of £100/hour, so the meet was now £400. I replied saying that if she only did out calls surely she expected to travel some distance unless she only wanted very local meets which I assumed she wouldn’t want to do. She didn’t have any caveat about travel costs on her profile nor mentioned it in her messages. I said I couldn’t do £400 and said I’d leave it. She replied saying she’d already booked child care and would still have to pay for that. She’d also fuelled her vehicle up unnecessarily to meet me and put off other potential customers. She was quite snotty about it.

I apologised saying had I known the £400 price tag I wouldn’t have gone for the booking. The message went unread, as did a subsequent message so I assumed I was blocked.

The girls from Bids 1 and 2’s profiles disappeared ages ago. I’m not surprised.

Girl 3 is still around because I put another RB up last week and she bid again, but in the same message said she couldn’t attend because I was too far away. It was this that reminded me of the previous bad RB experience.

Does anyone else get this with RB’s. I just sometimes wonder if some SP’s don’t understand how the process is supposed to work? Or were my expectations set too high? In fairness, I have had some success with RB’s but maybe we tend to remember the bad ones more than the good ones.

[l1mpd1ck]

I've had success with RBs over the years.

However, here are some observations:

- the more specific you are in your RB about your wants/likes/dislikes the more likely you are to get some responses you want
- a lot of girls don't understand the system and bid what you suggested and only later realise it
- London outcalls work pretty well
- outside of London things are a lot more variable
- incalls rarely get any interest

[5qwerty80b]

Hmmm, thanks.

I am pretty specific, however there is a particular SP who frequently and sarcastically responds to my RB’s saying something to the effect of “you don’t want much, do you”?

Price wise, I’ve had bids well in excess of the ‘prepared to pay price’

My most common gripe are the SP’s who are clearly too far away to complete the booking.

[Colston36]

Hmmm, thanks.

I am pretty specific, however there is a particular SP who frequently and sarcastically responds to my RB’s saying something to the effect of “you don’t want much, do you”?

Price wise, I’ve had bids well in excess of the ‘prepared to pay price’

My most common gripe are the SP’s who are clearly too far away to complete the booking.

For some years I worked for a very famous man in the marketing business. He once asked "Do you know the secret of success in this business?"  "What is it?" I replied. "Charm", he said.

Very few people in business have been taught this. And certainly very few escorts. They often turn to the job because they have no other skills or opportunities.  Just as we turn to them because we can't find what we need elsewhere.

[Newtothisstuff]

Reverse bookings are guaranteed to get some dopey replies.  Some girls with empty diaries will just bid on everything and if they're accepted, they'll look to see how far away the booking is.  Others just look at distance and ignore your price and requests. They just see you're in range and seem to pick a number out of the air.
Every so often though, you do get a decent booking from an RB.  I found it was more miss than hit and stopped bothering with them.  Why pay AW a fee for 95% of the replies to be total garbage?

[GoldTop]

Reverse bookings are guaranteed to get some dopey replies.  Some girls with empty diaries will just bid on everything and if they're accepted, they'll look to see how far away the booking is.  Others just look at distance and ignore your price and requests. They just see you're in range and seem to pick a number out of the air.
Every so often though, you do get a decent booking from an RB.  I found it was more miss than hit and stopped bothering with them.  Why pay AW a fee for 95% of the replies to be total garbage?

THIS 

[5qwerty80b]

Reverse bookings are guaranteed to get some dopey replies.  Some girls with empty diaries will just bid on everything and if they're accepted, they'll look to see how far away the booking is.  Others just look at distance and ignore your price and requests. They just see you're in range and seem to pick a number out of the air.
Every so often though, you do get a decent booking from an RB.  I found it was more miss than hit and stopped bothering with them.  Why pay AW a fee for 95% of the replies to be total garbage?

Yeah, that seems reflective of my RB experience. Maybe there are more SP’s out there that are air heads than business women 

The last 3 RB’s I have placed found me at the anticipated time slot knocking one out with a box of tissues nearby as I browsed my preferred porn channel.

[gbyld87]

The last 3 RB’s I have placed found me at the anticipated time slot knocking one out with a box of tissues nearby as I browsed my preferred porn channel.

So what you're saying is RBs are actually a decent way to save money? 

[5qwerty80b]

So what you're saying is RBs are actually a decent way to save money? 

I suppose I should be grateful to the flakey air heads that respond to RB’s for saving me a load of dosh 

Though AW make a bit out of the deal at my expense.

But I guess I could make a failed RB more authentic by wanking in to 20 quid notes and flushing them down the bog 

[rudolph hucker]

I've had mixed results with RBs.
The main thing you have to remember is that pro$$ies are not the sharpest tools in the box otherwise their career path would be focused elsewhere.

[5qwerty80b]

I've had mixed results with RBs.
The main thing you have to remember is that pro$$ies are not the sharpest tools in the box otherwise their career path would be focused elsewhere.

I don’t entirely disagree with you but some negotiate their prices up with the offer of tempting extras with the skill of someone with an MBA 

[RedKettle]

I don’t entirely disagree with you but some negotiate their prices up with the offer of tempting extras with the skill of someone with an MBA 

There was a time I used them a fair bit.  My experience was they worked quite well in London, although still with many idiots responding, but total waste of time elsewhere.  Perhaps would be OK in Birmingham or manchester but never tried.

[jimbobted]

Yeah I've had some good successes with RBs. There's always a lot of crap to wade through. Usually work best in London but I've had success in the provinces too.
I've had a couple of bargain priced overnights that were really good fun (not just the shagging), some decent three hour bookings, one so so two hour booking and one disastrous overnight.
Oh and the entertaining time I was setting up an overnight with one who had a professional career. She get all snotty with me when I walked at £250 for a 10 minute coffee after work the check the vibe out  .

[5qwerty80b]

Oh and the entertaining time I was setting up an overnight with one who had a professional career. She get all snotty with me when I walked at £250 for a 10 minute coffee after work the check the vibe out  .

She asked £250 for 10 minutes in a coffee shop? 

Or have I misunderstood?

[jimbobted]

She asked £250 for 10 minutes in a coffee shop? 

Or have I misunderstood?

Yep exactly that. Her standard rates started at £250 for 15 minutes. An hour was something insane like £600 and an overnight £4k or something stupid, but she bid on my overnight at £600. I'd put in the RB that I'd want a chat over a drink or something to ensure compatibility. She's all cool with that, we arrange to meet for a coffee after work. Then she says "Oh just to avoid any awkwardness I charge my standard rates for social meets blah blah blah".
So I clarify "You want me to pay £250 for a 15 minute coffee to check we click?"
"Yes. That should be obvious"
" "
Then she launched into a tirade about I'm a lawyer you know, don't try and book girls you can't afford etc etc etc  .
Just left her ranting into the void and chuckled.

[londonman]

For me, reverse bookings are selling a service that Adultwork can't reliably provide.

I put a recent one out with three key needs: up to 2 miles from a fixed London postcode, £160 p/h and natural boobs only. AW should be able to filter the first two given the form that is filled in. The third need was written as free text in the box, so should have been read by the ladies bidding.

Received plenty of replies: fifteen in two days. None remotely fit my criteria. One lady wanted to charge £300 for the hour. Another was based in Dorset. Enhanced boobs seemed to be very common.

And AW have the nerve to charge us - success or fail !   

[scutty brown]

............with the skill of someone with an MBA 

you mean thick idiots........

[salazar]

My gripe with RBs are that SPs only have AW reviews (extremely untrustworthy) and hardly nothing on UKP. I already had a disaster in Manchester a few months ago. The SP had decent (few) reviews on AW but was a total nut job IRL. Added to that, she was the only bidder who replied to my follow up!!!
I've got one in London now, maybe it's because it's August, I really haven't had that many bids as other times of the year and hardly any of the bidders have reviews on here.
Oh, a redlight to avoid (not just for RBs) is when a deposit/ travel money is requested. I know its obvious but it's easy to fall for it!