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Kendall

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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #45 on: 11 April 2017, 06:09:46 pm »
Quote from: CCadine on 11 April 2017, 05:41:52 pm
Agencies requesting ID are doing it to cover their own ass legally.

If I had an agency, I would request ID. And if it were a place with lots of raids, targeted investigation from the Police etc - I would request full proof of working rights in the UK.

There is no need not to trust a reputable agency with your identification. Many request bank transfer for fees rather than cash.

Them knowing who you are is a positive thing. When you get chopped up and put in a bin with an unidentifiable body and only blurred images you've photoshopped to the point of people not recognising it's you, or go missing and never return from a booking - you are probably going to wish that you gave them your ID so you could easily be identified as per a Police investigation. They are the first point of call for information if your safety is compromised, it's very stupid not to give them your real details if anything were to ever happen.

I think your safety is past the stage of comprised if as you so elequantly put it "chopped up and put in the bin" I'd rather trust forensics or scooby do to solve the mystery of who killed the prossie than trust a pimp/agency with my personal details. I'd rather the client hand over their details to the agency when wanting to book.
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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #46 on: 31 May 2017, 12:24:07 am »
Like a lot of girls I started out with an agency - what a horrible way to operate! It was all night shift, they expected me to sit in a car and wait for bookings to come in until 5/6 in the morning. The problem was often there were no bookings coming in! I'd spend whole nights out and not take home a penny. The girls that worked the phones worked alternate weeks and one of them didn't like me for some reason so she'd never give me work, which meant a whole week with no income.
But by far the worst was how often they ripped me off. Clients who paid by bank transfer were a nightmare because the agency would always find a reason to not pay you the full amount.
Looking back it makes me so angry that the took advantage of my naivety, and no doubt are still taking advantage of newbies throughout the North West!
If only there were more reputable agencies that could be promoted here for new girls.
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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #47 on: 01 June 2017, 10:42:28 am »
I'm both agency and independent and although I actually really like my agency because they are extremely good, reading this makes me realise just how lucky I've been. On the one occasion a booking has gone seriously wrong for me, they were so helpful, gave me all the advice I needed, rang to ask if I was okay, gave me the details of my nearest REACH centre and asked me if I was okay to work and to take as much time as I needed if not. I even had a problem with a stalker after I went independent as well, so it was nothing to do with them, but when I told the owner she immediately rang me to ask if I was okay, despite her being away on holiday, and asked me to tell her everything that had happened and then gave me advice on what to do and even helped narrow down who could be causing all the issues for me by using her own knowledge and connections. But having read this thread I would definitely be extra vigilant if I ever changed agencies for whatever reason.
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Justine

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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #48 on: 01 June 2017, 10:55:44 am »
Quote from: QuinnAmour on 01 June 2017, 10:42:28 am
I'm both agency and independent and although I actually really like my agency because they are extremely good, reading this makes me realise just how lucky I've been. On the one occasion a booking has gone seriously wrong for me, they were so helpful, gave me all the advice I needed, rang to ask if I was okay, gave me the details of my nearest REACH centre and asked me if I was okay to work and to take as much time as I needed if not. I even had a problem with a stalker after I went independent as well, so it was nothing to do with them, but when I told the owner she immediately rang me to ask if I was okay, despite her being away on holiday, and asked me to tell her everything that had happened and then gave me advice on what to do and even helped narrow down who could be causing all the issues for me by using her own knowledge and connections. But having read this thread I would definitely be extra vigilant if I ever changed agencies for whatever reason.

I should bloody think so too! Agent rings girl on books to check she is still alive and in one piece. Agents get a lot of bad press and often rightly so but any person running an agency has a duty to support and look after the escorts as it is the agent who has accepted the booking and the girl has little or no say in who she is booked with.
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QuinnAmour

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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #49 on: 01 June 2017, 05:15:51 pm »
Quote from: Justine on 01 June 2017, 10:55:44 am
I should bloody think so too! Agent rings girl on books to check she is still alive and in one piece. Agents get a lot of bad press and often rightly so but any person running an agency has a duty to support and look after the escorts as it is the agent who has accepted the booking and the girl has little or no say in who she is booked with.
Haha true! But I mean they reminded me of things I hadn't even thought of like to avoid washing until I'd had a chance to be seen at REACH (gross but necessary)
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« Reply #50 on: 16 August 2017, 11:35:36 pm »
I think most agency owners you cannot trust and in my time of working i have only come across a couple of agency owners that were fair but you would not always know this until later and by that time they could have all your details. I would not want an agency now days having my address and un blurred photos but i also have to spin it around to another angle if an agency takes you on with no id or address or anything then where is the safety if anything went wrong and they had to report you missing and if there running a business your banking the fees etc and there doing things a bit legit by them paying tax they should really also have a copy of your passport etc to check your above age and not illegal in the country and what happens if the escort robbed a customer he comes back saying he is going to police and you have no details for the escort.

I would not want to give my details to an agency because some owners are dodgy and criminals but i understand why they want your details but this is why i choose not to approach an agency for work because most will want your id.
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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #51 on: 04 April 2018, 06:25:46 pm »
I had a terrible incident with an agency. I gave them a copy of my ID in good faith, and then when I left, they refused to take my pictures down and sent me threatening messages, where they threatened to contact my family, my university, etc and tell them what I was doing for a living. In the end, i had to contact the guys who made the website, and I also contacted the police (who were actually very understanding about it all). I also worked for another agency in London, where the owner demanded he 'test out' the goods. I shan't repeat what I said to him here, but it wasn't pretty. In my experiences, agencies are greedy, and very rarely give a damn about the girls.
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« Reply #52 on: 22 April 2018, 12:11:10 am »
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« Reply #53 on: 22 April 2018, 12:14:07 am »
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« Reply #54 on: 15 May 2018, 05:20:14 pm »
I did go to the police, and they said there was nothing they could do. I ended up contacting the website host and getting it removed through there, but it was a bloody stressful experience.
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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #55 on: 11 July 2018, 10:24:56 am »
When I first moved to London it was my first time working in the UK so I didn’t know what to expect. I joined two top agencies in London (the pretentious ones that don’t let you charge less than £300 an hour types) and because I was 20 at the time, young and “exotic” they both courted me. Turns out both agencies have grief amongst each other and both let me go because I wanted to be with two agencies. They just see us as commodities without considering us as actual humans. I would say to anyone agencies can be good to try when starting off but keep your personal best interests in mind.
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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #56 on: 12 July 2018, 01:50:02 pm »
At the beginning of the year I worked for a popular local agency (I freelanced before) and to be honest they did nothing to protect me, had their favourite girls who got the lions share of the work and failed to pass information about clients (about what they were like). I'm now back to being fully independent and frankly it is difficult to get a name for yourself to start with but persevere the benefits more than outweigh the negatives. And I get to keep ALL of my hard earned cash, not just a third of it!
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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #57 on: 22 July 2018, 07:21:41 pm »
Some of these experiences sound really terrible! When I was looking for an agency to join one thing I noticed was really bad photoshopping of escorts, like warped backgrounds and stuff! And some shocking web design! I guess that pales in comparison but wow such bad taste lol! The agency I joined have been good so far, don't take a third and pay for ads for the escorts. It's not as busy as I would like though, maybe only the cutthroat ones are busy, but at least I can do indie work too if and when.
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« Reply #58 on: 31 July 2018, 04:52:57 pm »
I just wouldn't work for an agency again. I also think agencies are a dying breed, because alot of people prefer going to independents now.
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Re: My personal bad experiences with agencies
« Reply #59 on: 04 September 2018, 03:03:00 pm »
When I started I worked for 2 local agencies. Turned out both were actually run by working girls. I barely got any bookings and the ones I did get were guys I would never have seen as an independent (all wanted services I did not provide). I would meet numerous guys after I'd gone independent who told me they'd tried to book me through these agencies, but were always told I was busy. I can only guess the women running these 'agencies' were using their websites to bring themselves bookings and only giving away the bookings they would not do themselves.

No way would I work for someone else again.
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