Pays / take the money and take your chances
[QUOTE=Mbgbe696;2789551]Referances from other providers who have seen you and if called by another provider will verify who you are and that your safe and someone they would recommend.[/QUOTE]I'm of several minds on the 'reference' issue. I appreciate the providers' concerns about physical safety and law enforcement. I also appreciate the customers' concern about safety, law enforcement, robbery, extortion, etc. On both sides: pay / take your money and take your chances.
Like politics, this isn't beanbag. On the 3rd hand, to paraphrase Marshall Field: give the customer what he / she wants. The customer is not always right, but is most of the time.
Everybody: Pays your money and takes your chances. We are all adults.