Is it bad that I always insist on cash?

Not at all. You are probably smarter than all of us...

Oh I doubt that 

Glad you got paid, Alex.

One more thing to be aware of is that it's always best to redeem Amazon gift cards as soon as you get the code, as they can still be refunded to the buyer otherwise. I think they are valid for 10 years so you (obviously) don't need to actually spend it straight away!

Don't include me in that haha. I insist on cash no matter what and i mention it twice on the phone plus on all adverts. Anyone trying to pay with other methods when they see me i know are scamers.

Me too cash only!!!! I learnt in a very stressful way but got my money and more in the end.

My first month when i started out 2 years ago ....an out call but he came to get me, 20mins into the journey i ask for my money and he says sure you take bank transfers dont you ?
I was fuming and said no i do not and you know it, he said okay i have cash at home.

Got to his house and he did this long winded oh where is the money now .... and came up with half my rate ,  so i said i'll give you half the service then .....he then suggested he pays other half by bank transfer and handed me the phone to talk to the "bank " and give my details myself 
Stupidly i spoke to some lady and gave my bank details.....waited 10mins and no money...... I say lets just get this over and done with for half the time .... he said okay he wants a blow job only in the dark and did NOT want eye contact ,i  was like fine ........I didnt realise he had taken note that i got my bank card out of my phone wallet to give details to bank and while i had my "eyes down" in the semi darkness with loud music in background he was going through my bag and phone and taken my bank card.

when his half time was over , i checked my app and still no money, so  i asked that he drops me home. Just as we leave his place he takes a "call" and has to go home so will drop me off at a cab office and will pay the fare as he has account with cab office. I get in the cab and ask cab driver to stop at petrol station to get a drink .... take out my phone and no bank card !!!  .......i call him and ask him where my card is , he goes i dont know what you mean .....i call the bank report my card stolen and ask the cab to take me back to his place .... this is now 2am and i tell him i am on my way to his place , he threatens me not to come as his sister is back and will call the police, i tell him she needs to call the police as i was robbed.

I arrive at his place ring the bell and start banging on the door, he rushes out and throws my card out at me and tries to shut the door and i put my foot in the door and tell him i have just looked on my app and he has spent £90 on my card already and i wont leave till he pays that ....... i push my way into the home , grab the house phone and dial my number and save his home number ........i tell him he has one week to pay back what he used on my card plus £100 for the stress , pain and suffering or I will either come back to his home or  call his home number when mummy, daddy or sister are home and tell them i need my cash and why ......
Glad to say i got my money back from bank as i had informed it was stolen ( the git had used my card for online gambling )

He also paid that back too as well as the extra 100( met him at local library ) .......Im sure the gentle reminder i texetd every night for the entire week helped with that process.

Didnt know about this site then or would have put his details up as a warning.

After a while you realise cash is so much less of a hassle and less stress, I also use Cashapp and had no problems with them but none of them like this industry and its in the small print so nothing we can do, its just bloody annoying!

The reason most payment processors don't like adult stuff (and those that accept it charge higher fees) is because we are one of the highest risk transaction types for chargebacks.

1. Card holder fancies viewing some porn
2. Card holder pays for some porn
3a. Card holder has a wank, once the urge is gone decides the wank wasn't worth £10 so rings back and claims his card details were stolen and does a chargeback
3b. Card holder's wife sees the transaction on the statement, goes mental, card holder claims his card details were stolen and does a chargeback
4. Payment processor has to give the money back to the credit card company, costing them admin fees

The sheer amount of disputes means a lot of processors just decide it's not worth it. Plus for those based in the states, it leaves them legally vulnerable due to idiotic FOSTA/SESTA laws.

Back to the first rule of sex work: Get The Money First

I was caught out last week and underpaid by £20.

My fault, I was too busy meeting and greeting that I forgot to get it upfront  The guy clearly hadn't even bothered to read my profile as he didn't know my location, then asked me my name in the booking and paid with the wrong fee at the end.

By the time I remembered, we were in full swing and it would have been awkward to ask at that point.

He said he'd book again this week with the outstanding fee he owed but heard nothing yet...

Cash only within 5 minutes of the booking. If there is no cash that is the end of the booking. I cannot believe that people are accepting bank transfers or Paypal. Madness!