Thank you, Theredmilf, and yes you are right some SPs do accept references, and I can go through the exercise of gift cards, etc, to make things anonymous. And thank you for commenting in general on this forum, it provides for better discussions...
Just for the record, I don't even suggest that requiring ID's of some sort, in light of the wild west situation as per your comment, is unreasonable; And im not on the receiving end of things, so i understand that safety is paramount; it's rather in lieu of a better arrangement.
Clients ultimately have (not you particularly) to entrust our personal information that can used sinisterly, whether we get a service or not; Clients don't want (not all, of course, but many) to give that, privacy and all, for the same reasons that you don't to just meet a client off the street type thing (not literally). In addition, few bad apple sps ruined the screening by having their personal information blasted in the internets, to quote W.
And that is the disconnect and the reason Leo exists, warts and all. There is a market for the last minute client, with SOs that can't just arrange themselves etc. Plus the clients who swore off deposits because of bait and switch, pure scam, which ruined it for you professional SPs.
Since this whole thread started with a member who wanted to put the work in for some type legitimate listing's, I seriously meant it, clients should get reviewed as well. This forum alone serves as a place to add legitimacy to well known members which words we take seriously, as an example.
Also would make them think twice to post a bad comment, because you know, the drywall was cracked in the corner, like it matters...
Lastly, on a lighter note, I've been eyeing your ads for quite a while now, besides few other sps from tryst, so I guess I'll have to do the work to meet you
Cheers.