On 2025-02-26 15:58:32 Sgorilla said:
I'm not one to rant publicly on a forum, but recently things have gotten a bit out of hand
It has become increasingly difficult to secure a booking. From advertisers not answering calls or messages, to making pre-bookings, to pre-bookings not being honored or cancelled last minute. Or even just replying to a simple question.
I don't know, maybe I'm just getting too old for this shit
You're 100% spot on. Punting has gotten extremely more difficult over the years. Getting a booking is more difficult with longer delays in responses or no responses at all. Ladies are almost never available when they show as available and even advance bookings are often cancelled. Even the established venues will tell you on the day that the lady you booked two weeks ago didn't pitch for work today or her kid got sick or something happened at school etc.
There's not a day that goes by that I don't hear about a punter in my inner circle that got stood up after clearing hectic work diaries for the WG or even already on the way to the booking. I think it's been mentioned before that punters are even making double bookings now to secure a punt in the set time weeks in advance and often even both of those will cancel last minute. Oh and enquiries, now you ask 4 ladies if they're available at a certain time because the response rate is so low or delayed that if you ask one or two, chances are flippen high that you won't even punt because you may only get a response well after the desired punting time. With the proliferation of online content and other scams and the ease of money from it, there's much less dedication to this "job" so to speak.
Crazy times we punting in.
JP69