P411 and TER Whitelist will be the best option for client verifications, providers verification is an NS invented screening processed that is questionable, especially when it comes to privacy, it's borderline violations of boundary...Giving names, phone numbers, e-mails to someone is a bit scary..That's one of the reasons the Professional Hobbyist avoids NS because of that..Providers of NS are not to protective of their clients personal info and freely shares it without permissions from clients...And also Providers Verifications is the LE's playbook, that's why there are so many succesful sting in NS because of it...NS providers trust the verified reviews, which can easily fabricates by LE....

I began hobbying via TER while I lived in Las Vegas.  Back then I was known (or unknown) as "Kreyzy" if memory serves.  When I moved to the Sacramento area in 2007, TER didn't have much local representation.  I found MRB, and signed up there.  Still there was not too much action.  I went into hibernation and about a year later when I checked in on MRB again, it had seemed to explode and became my home until it's demise.  Still TER didn't have much local representation at that time, so I again sat around and waited until NS became the local place to be.

Now, with NS down, I again have nowhere else to be.  I see TER still does not have a Sacramento forum.  Being a part-time hobbyist, I know my opinions are not that important, but I'd LOVE to see TER fill the void that us Sac area folk are in.  What will it take to make that happen, I surely do not know, but maybe a Sac forum would help???

One thing I definitely liked back then (and maybe it's still the same) was the review system here.  

Though I'm not much of a forum presence, it is nice to have one to be a part of and I hope that continues.

--Goss