Single Agency Owners

[Sam Club]

I have been reading on the Two Gringo site about issues surrounding single agency owners.  I thought that this would be a good topic to discuss here.  Mark Turner who has an agency in Cartagena is single and according to his post he is a player - meaning he has more that one girlfriend.  Is that important when deciding on which agency to use?

[Pete E]

... in response to Single Agency Owners, posted by Sam Club on Apr 13, 2005

It doesn't have to be a problem but could be.Is he competing with you? Is it driving girls away ?
My opinion,guy owners understand the guys better,the women less.But then the women can have sort of a cover each other pact.AND,guy owners  are less likely to get uptight about a girl in your room.They got one in theirs.
A male employee could be a fox in the henhouse too.One guy used to set guys up with his girlfriend,even go along on dates to translate.Help her get the guy to buy her stuff.That could make you feel pretty f--king stupid when you figure it out.Some guys might be better off not knowing the dumb things they did.They might never come out from under their rock again.The fifi Le Piew syndrome.I saw a Colombiano,wearing a shirt covered with grime,sweet talking this chica in a bar.You could tell he thought he was gods gift.Guess he doesn't have a mirror.The chica wasn't buying it,like heard this bullsh!t before,probably from the same guy.

Pete

[OkieMan]

... in response to Re: Single Agency Owners, posted by Pete E on Apr 15, 2005

The Colombian guy wore a shirt covered with grime-- really?  I thought they were suppposed to be into dressing up for the chichas?  Maybe he was low class or something.  Well, I certainly won't be wearing griming shirts or anything.  But, then again, I won't be laying the BS on  real thick either. Well, not too thick! ha  I guess we all try to "put our best foot forward".  But, some guys and  women are just out and out deceitful!  I hate that!  I see no benefit in that.  I am basically a "tell it straight", kind of guy.  But, naturally, I want to leave a good impression with the ladies.  Well, for now, I am keeping my fingers crossed about this trip, and this calena.  Who knows?  By the way, Pete;  do you have a digital camera?  I will be bringing a cheap, disposable camera.  They can take good pictures, but I also don't want to worry about getting an expensive camera stolen. But, I thought it would be kind of cool to have some digital pictures that could get put on a computer, and I could email them to myself, or other friends and family.  Who knows, maybe you can explain to me how that picture trail site works?  I don't know anything about how that works, but I have enjoyed seeing some pictures that other posters have put on it.  See you later.

                                  OkieMan

[pablo]

... in response to Single Agency Owners, posted by Sam Club on Apr 13, 2005


Sam,

I read the post you are referring to and did not come to the same conclusion about Mark being a "player" merely because he was dating more than one lady.  Although your question may have some merit is that your real motivation and why the post here concerning an agency owner's post on Gringotalk?

[Sam Club]

... in response to Re: Single Agency Owners, posted by pablo on Apr 13, 2005

I have no hidden agenda!  However if a man or woman has more than one girl/man they are dating without informing them of each other (as noted by his comments) is that not a player?  I am not using the term player as a negative...shit, I'm a player, but I don't own an agency either!

[pablo]

... in response to Re: Re: Single Agency Owners, posted by Sam Club on Apr 13, 2005


Okay but from your initial post you were accusing Mark of being a player because he had two novias.  What he said was that he was dating two women.  I don't think a player is one who doesn't inform a lady he is dating to another dating interest unless he has made a commitment to one (both) or the other.  One woman describes a player as someone who uses women for sexual pleasure, and doesn’t care about their feelings or having any type of committed relationship with them.  What I got from Mark's post was that he was simply dating two women.  In my opinion that does not make him a player, besides I don't even think the women he was referring to were members of his agency.  He certainly did not say they were agency members.  What would you expect for a single man in Colombia to do, agency owner or not?  Any guy that has been to Colombia knows how many women there are available to choose from and it might be hard narrowing it down to just one lady.  Pursuing a relationship with both isn’t a negative thing like you said.

I think it would have been a better question without the accusation/slander and leaving the agency owners name off of your post.

Enough said.

[Sam Club]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Single Agency Owners, posted by pablo on Apr 13, 2005

No Enough is not said!  I stand by what I said!  Don't think I am a typcial poster!  You may be surprise to learn a few things!  If you personally have a problem with me, so be it!  But I would hope we could meet face to face someday to talk about this problem! ;-)

[pablo]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Single Agency Owners, posted by Sam Club on Apr 14, 2005


Sam,

Really?  You were accusing Mark of being a player based on your incorrect interpretation of his trip report stating that he had two girlfriends.  I wanted to point out to you that he said he was dating these two women and that they were not identified as women belonging to his agency.  Had you not mentioned Mark's full name in your post your inaccuracies would not have bothered me so much.  Since you did, and that Mark is a friend of mine and is unable to post here at P-L (he tried to register here but never received a password reply from Patrick) I was going to defend him.  

Now, is your last sentence a veiled threat?  Let me give you a piece of advice.  If you are going to make a post about someone, make sure it's accurate, make sure it belongs on the appropriate forum, make sure it's not slanderous, omit the name, and be man enough to admit you made a mistake rather than "I hope we meet face to face to talk about this problem".  And one last thing...

Get a life.

[Sam Club]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Single Agency Owners, posted by pablo on Apr 14, 2005

and you have a life???  What a joke!

[pablo]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Single Agency Ow..., posted by Sam Club on Apr 14, 2005


Sammy,

Is that the best come back you can do?  You might want to brush up on your put downs like your facts.  Here, let me help... www.corsinet.com/braincandy/insult.html

[Patrick]

... in response to Single Agency Owners, posted by Sam Club on Apr 13, 2005

There's far better things to take into consideration in your search than the agency owner's marital status.

You should worry much more about your ability to communicate with the women.  Study Spanish.  Consider taking a night class in a local college if you can.

I took 15 units of Spanish in night classes and learned much faster that way than I did studying on my own.  If you can achieve a high enough level of fluency you can totally bypass the whole agency thing.  That's what I would do if I were in the hunt right now.

[kented]

... in response to Non issue, posted by Patrick on Apr 13, 2005

There is no doubt that the discipline of a formal Spanish course is the quickest way to gain a command of the language.  You need to understand the grammar to not make lots of mistakes.  

I think agencies serve a vital purpose since most gringos have more money than time and need a quick way to meet a lot of ladies but if you have lots of time or live there, agencies are not the best option.

I think the opportuities to play in LA are so considerable, I personally would eliminate a single guy who runs an agency.  With all the possibilites to pay lots of money for very little service (or poor quality / quantity intorductions) I would not consider this.

[Sam Club]

... in response to Non issue, posted by Patrick on Apr 13, 2005

Not sure if you were addressing that to me about learing spanish - but I have spoken spanish since I began talking at the age of 2.

[valuedcustomer]

... in response to Non issue, posted by Patrick on Apr 13, 2005

Even the best agency will cater to hard core players, as long as they have the cold cash.  This does even more damage to your dating environment.  Answer:  Learn Spanish, avoid agencies.

[Calipro]

... in response to Single Agency Owners, posted by Sam Club on Apr 13, 2005

It has been my experiance that guys that are overly concerned about who the agency owner is doing and how often he is getting it....well....the reason they are so concerned is because they usually aren't getting any themselves, IMHO.

The way I look at it. If your main competition is the agency owner, you should be doing real well with the ladies in Colombia.
hehehe !!

I never met Mark Turner but if he is as dashing as the rest of the agency owners that I have met- NO PROBLEMO !!!

The only thing important when deciding which agency to use is: 1) How good looking the women are? and 2) Can they get them to show up in a timely manner?

I'll do the rest!