I wished to know and ask advice on if  any of you ladies take a small deposit let say 10 pounds phone credit for at least first time clients before you confirm a booking? Do you find this method works or you end up alienating genuine clients i have recently been receiving a lot of tw's and stupid text messages

Do a search for 'deposit' here - it's not common, and it does put some clients off, but some people make it work. 

Can I just ask if all those phone topups will get used?x

Thanks guys i will give it a try yes i think 10 is too small

Unfortunately, tw's and silly texts are part of the course. 

With regards to texts - I always say to anyone texting that I need to speak to them (as I can't be arsed with all the back and forth text this, text that - it does my head in) and in most cases the silly texts never come to fruition, do they? 

As for asking for a deposit, that's entirely up to you but I personally never have done.  You haven't said if it's for outcalls or incalls but it's a matter of trying to do stringent checks on outcalls  beforehand.  It's explained here on the site, home page I believe. 

I also ask where they got my number from. If it's aw then I ask them to complete a booking on there. 

For example, had a call yesterday, he made a booking for today and my gut instinct told me he's a tw so I asked where he got my number from and he said aw so I then asked if he is registered on the site.  He said he was,  in which case I told him to make a booking using the aw booking system. 

Guess what, no booking............ 

Of course, it's not always like that as not everyone is registered on aw.  I find the tw's and silly texts seem to come in groups.  You have none for a while and then they all come out of the woodwork and it's so damn frustrating but sadly it's part of the course, groan! 

cheers Alex and everyone I was generally going to charge a deposit for both incalls and outcalls,even offering a small discount on the normal fee.I have found this does not work,so I like the suggestion of  being stringent on landlines for outcalls and on aw asking them them to book.Thanks guys.

The only problem now is less and less people have a landline.