Its odd because what you are saying is the polar-opposite of what I hear from hobbyists. And what I've seen and experienced myself in agencies. The hobbyists I've met who discussed this, told me that they specifically go to indies in part because of punctuality and reliability. A girl working for an agency doesn't care about her rep as much as an indy does. Anything I do reflects upon nobody but ME. If I screw up, its on me. With agency's blame is shared and nobody knows whos fault is whos. Furthermore, clients used to arrive all the time saying things like, 'So how was supper' and I'm like what? 'They said you were eating supper and that's why I had to wait 15min after I arrived...' No, its because they texted me mid-way through an aptmt they knew I was in to tell me to kick the guy out asap because I had one 5min after this one is scheduled to end. I of course, refused and pointed out that I not only need a nice shower and to get dolled up again but I need time to unwind. I'm sorry you had such awful experiences (assuming its true, I'm not denying you, I simply don't know you and knowing the possibilities, I take things with a grain of salt. My skepticism is not personal, but general) but it is in no way the norm and it wouldn't make sense that it would be. If this was regular practice of indies, we wouldn't stay around long. It would be like agencies, a revolving door. Girls would advertise, get a slew of bad reviews for unreliability and tardiness, not be able to book anymore while everyone is trying out the new girl. Our reputations make or break us. Those who aren't reliable, are outted and no longer do well. My advice, do your homework, check out reviews and recommendations and go from there. Yes, I do know of some indies with this rep... and that rep is well known and they aren't doing too well.
Also.. I cant help but take a bit of small offense to what you are saying, although you may not realize that this could be drawn from your statement. By saying "Back to the Agencies for me...Nice to know somebody is in control. " you are suggesting that a woman needs to be 'controlled' by someone, be it an agency or a pimp, in order to be reliable. I'm no hardcore feminist, I embrace the differences between men and women and how we compliment each other, a statement like this is... do I really have to say? I'm in control of myself thank you and the only time things aren't in control is when I have someone messing with my business. My reputation is great since going indie... the few things that were complained about before with me, which were that I was a clock watcher and that my cel kept buzzing and I had to answer certain ones, were all because of the agency insisting upon both. Since going indie, the opposite is said, 'Shes no clock watcher' being repeated and no cel complaints. I know this to be true about other girls who had left agencies and gone indie so... I don't know, your experience and statements seem strange to me. If this is genuine, I wish you better luck in future. I don't know the reps of the girls you mentioned so I cant comment but do your homework and I'm sure you will be happy with a good indie and not have to deal with the many cons of dealing with an agency. I have nothing against agencies, my comments are only out of surprise hearing that what I know as the PROs of seeing indies are the CONS for the first time.
Well, have a good day everyone.
