Especially considering the number of silly phonecalls you can get from advertising on there! They'd have to pay ME ?14.99 a month (but I know it's worked better for other girls, so.)

Hopefully they will give it up as a bad idea when noone else advertises

I'd rather spend it with Pnet I have had some response from VS but as everyone else has found it's mostly 'amateur' clients - guys who think it's an extension of AFF or a dating site and not a serious buisness. Plenty of withheld numbers, fantacists, texters and "I can't get into your website/don't have any time/credit to phone you/haven't read your profile" etc.

Viva still boast "free ads" and indeed "free personals".

By the way I have been approached in my real persona by serious scammers on that site regards some property I was looking for. You know "I need a deposit up front before you see the house to weed out timewasters but I won't cash the Western Union payment in unless you do wish to take it on".

Being perhaps quite ignorant I have never even used Viva Street nor did I know about it until recently.  But I tend to read a lot of horror stories even from the clients.  There are probably opportunities but at what effort? 

I was disappointed when they put the prices up but for me it's been very worthwhile actually. I do get TW's from VivaStreet but less TW's than I do from AW.
The guys I see from Vivastreet are usually professionals on lunch break/self-employed. I have had to remind a few of them to pay before the 'action' commences though - quite a few seem to think the norm is to pay afterwards.
I put an ad on Pnet for a month and got nothing  Don't know why...Could be my photos weren't very good (working on this)
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I must admit I've had a few 'professionals' call from VS, unfortunately with them being busy all the time they often can do same-day only and the time they wanted to see me was already taken, or will text/email at short notice and by the time I've got the email (I've not managed to get into VS properly on the Blackberry and their notifactions can be delayed by hours sometimes) the opportunity has passed. My feeling is that they are running their own business where they are 'incharge' a lot and forget we are in business too so why aren't we available for them. That's not to put anyone down but simply how it comes across. Could be wrong.

On this subject always makes me smile when someone thinks explaining their job, profession, business(usually professionals) etc will mean I trust them or make them more serious/genuine than others. My experience in life and work is that I have met guys from all walks of life, accountants, solicitors, Drs, Nurses, handyman, shelf-fillers, farmers, binmen. I can quite honestly, confidently say that profession/job/standing in society tend not to have much bearing on whether a person is genuine, respectful or trustworthy. I've had just as much trouble from professionals as other lines of work in life, and met lots of nice guys from all sorts of backgrounds.

I've had just as much trouble from professionals as other lines of work in life, and met lots of nice guys from all sorts of backgrounds.

It's true. Like also the 'AFF' guys mentioned above, I think it's easy for guys who scout for sex online a lot to get a little mixed up or not be entirely clear on how escorts 'work', as it were (as in we tend to like simple email/phone conversations with clear questions and straightforward answers, plus a booking made that fits mutual schedules). I do get quite a lot of chatty, "Hey babe, I'm 32, 6'1 and a Sagittarius - what are you looking for in a man? PS I have a big penis" kind of emails which half the time do not result in a booking and half the time are just genuine guys not sure how to go about setting up a paid sexual encounter. For me, anyway, I do NOT need a CV and photo! In fact, my best bookings come from guys who just want a chance for a bit of mutual character assessment pre-booking because they're familiar with the idea that I will f*ck them silly as long as they turn up, clean & polite, and pay!

I agree Strawberry that someone's occupation generally has no bearing on what sort of person they are. In this job we meet loads of men - some are nice, some not so nice, nothing much to do with occupation.

Yeah I'm in Scotland  I have been trying out different places to advertise, so I will definately give AlbaLadies a go - I had a look on there and it looks lovely, very well set out.

Haha Emily, I get those emails all the time - reading like something on a dating site! I don't think anyone who has ever sent a physical description of themselves has ever followed through with a booking! The worst are the ones who ask for a discount because they are 'good-looking' . wtf!!!.

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