Walk outs: Refund or not???

[Westsidex]

If a client makes an appointment, shows up, has a shower then decides not to go ahead wtf should be done??
Is it proper etequitte to offer a refund in full??
I thought perhaps it would be like ordering dinner in a restaurant then changing your mind, in this case you would still be charged full whack???
Please let me know what yer views on this are as it was an awkward position to be put in and I am out of pocket as a result.

You charge for time so therefore every minute of your time has a value. The ammount of time he is there he should be charged. Divide 30 mins by 150 or whatever your charging and an hour by 200 or whatever ,add the two together ,divide it by two and you have the avergae cost per min. then multiply this by how many mins he was there.

simple enough,
Westside.

[Mousey]

Something would have to be seriously out of whack for the client to leg it after the shower!

[Irish Soairsa]

he just got spooked was very nervous

[Mousey]

Ah, rookie punter blues.

..... so when does it get any easier?

[Alana]

Something would have to be seriously out of whack for the client to leg it after the shower!

Believe it or not but there are guys who carry on like this deliberately, first we had the look and go now we have the wash n go
For those tempted to engage in this hobby at elle's abode be warned you will be cheaper at the local pool

[Mousey]

Believe it or not but there are guys who carry on like this deliberately, first we had the look and go now we have the wash n go
For those tempted to engage in this hobby at elle's abode be warned you will be cheaper at the local pool

Pah, your legs are only two foot long - anyone who wants to get away from you just has to walk briskly, yeh durty wee Jock minx

[Alana]

Pah, your legs are only two foot long

Oh were talking sizes now are we mousey ?????????????? ...

[Mousey]

I'll be good

[Alana]

I'll be good

Ahhh theres a good mousey

Elle xx

[Cable87]

Odd enough situation Soaircha, sorry it happened, I guess there's first time for everything, but hopefully not too many more incidences like this.


I suppose that you should just go with your instincts on the matter; I assume that since you agreed to refund him the full money, that you felt that he wasn't just taking the piss or purposely timewasting (or actually just showed up for a shower! ), and that he really just had a serious case of nerves on him that made him too shaken-up to go through with it. If he seemed sincere, I guess it comes down to being a judgement call on your part, and I suppose he was adequately convincing, if you agreed to give back the full money.

I've always gone in with the understanding that once the money is physically handed-over, THAT'S IT-- no refunds, no negotiations. I once had a bad situation with a Red Light District Lady in Amersterdam that tought me this lesson; she actually started YELLING AT ME when I just wanted to spend 70 instead of 100 (the standard basic price as you all know is 50)! The 70 had already been handed over but we hadn't started yet, and I'd really considered asking for it all back & leaving. But I strongly suspected at that point that she would've refused to give me the money back, and there was no point in making any trouble over in Amsterdam, ANY trouble at all and the benefit of the doubt will atomatically fall to the lady. So, I decided to at least give it a try, but I couldn't get or stay hard to save my life. It put me off so badly that I just couldn't get into it all all, and left unsatisfied, angry, and the wallet was 70 Euro lighter.

Even in this situation I'd been through, horrible as it was, I'd still say that technically speaking, once cash is handed over, that's it. And fair play to you for being nice enough to the guy to give the money back, but you'd have been well within your rights to refuse a refund once the money has exchanged hands.