Amps are a much safer place to
hobby in general than booking
an indie from the web
(especially from websites like
escortalligator or adultsearch).

Normally busts at spas & amps
are from a male officer posing
as a customer then arresting the
girls/owner for prostitution.
Mongers are seldom the target of
an amp bust. Unless you're
dick deep when the popo busts
thru the door, it's difficult to
make a charge stick in court.

I have a friend in San Antonio that
was in the middle of a massage
when the amp was busted.
The cops just told him to get
dressed and leave with no
refund.
In my 20+ years of hobbying,
I havent heard of one story where
a monger on the table was arrested
or convicted of solicitation.

In order for the PD to do a sting
at an amp like they do with hotels
and websites, they would have to
get an undercover female cop
hired at an amp or set up an entire
storefront massage parlor.
Both would be a near logistical
impossibility.

Amps have a well established
underground recruiting network.
The girls are usually recruited
from the major China-towns
in the US and fly to a different to
city to work. They also bring in
girls "fresh off the boat" from
China or other Asian countries
with the same work/home city
setup.
This is done on purpose to thwart
undercover cops and to give the
massage girls anonymity and
safety by not working in their home
town. It also makes the worker
much easier to control/exploit.

Once hired, the work situation
is less than desirable (for
an undercover cop) but extremely
profitable for the amp girl.
They work 7 days a week, upwards
of 10-12 hours a day. Most girls
work from 2 weeks to a month,
some girls 6 months or longer.

They live onsite in cramped shitty
quarters, sleeping on a couch or
massage table with only a few days
to a week's worth of clothes.
Often times the boss/mamasan/
owner is horrible to the amp
worker creating a hostile work
environment.

Let's suppose a police woman
agrees to deep cover and gets
hired or a vice squad takes over
an amp.
The undercover police officer
would then have to give massages
to fat, sweaty, stinky, dirty, hairy,
ugly men while doing their best
to avoid getting groped, felt up and fingered.
That alone has "sexual harrassment
lawsuit" against the police department
written all over it.

Is a cop really going to allow some
random dude to paw at her for
a full 30 full minutes and then
call in backup to bust him on the
flip when they negotiate extras?

And once they bust their first
monger (or first few), the gig is up.
Word of a bust spreads like wildfire
on the boards. The amp would be
outed within the first few hours.

Much of the communication
with an amp girl happens during
the massage portion of the visit.
This communication is completely
non-verbal, so the girl doesnt need
to speak any English.
When a guy touches/grabs the
girls privates before or during
the massage it tells the girl
he's not a cop and he's down for
a happy ending or better.
When the girl teases/touches the
guy intimately (butt, crack, balls,
johnson, b-hole), it tells him she
is ok for L1 or better service
on the flip.

An undercover cop would never
tolerate being felt up or fingered
by some random dude on a
massage table for a full 30
minutes.
If she stops him, he knows the
deal is off. If she arrests him,
the charge will only be for
misdemeanor indecent
sexual assault and not the new
Texas solicitation felony.

Also, an undercover agent giving
said random fat ugly dude a
table shower and soaping up his
junk in the process ?
NOT GONNA HAPPEN !

So yes, more hobbyists are
reverting to spas for adult fun.
You just show up whenever you
want (I have even been able to
text a girl and show up after hours).

No background checks,
no waiting for multiple references,
no advanced booking,
no sitting in a parking lot for 30+
minutes after your appointment
time waiting for a provider to get
ready or finish servicing some
dude that overstayed his welcome.
No being flaked on by said provider.
Also in my experience...
no BS drama happens at the amp.

Worst case scenario, you get a
shitty massage from an Asian
granny that wants $60 for a
jack-hammer Rub-N-Tug special.

Best case, you'll get a Super intense
GFE fuck-fest from a 20-something
modelesque K-girl or Latina that
has giant boobies, plump
curvaceous hiney and a tasty
hairless kitty.

Also, rates for indies have
dramatically increased over the
past 4 years. Indie service hasn't
gotten better across the board to
meet the rate increase.
In fact, just the opposite.
For a well reviewed indie in TX,
the average going rate is
$300-$400/hr.
The amp experience hasn't
increased in price much if at all.
Most 1hr door fees are still
$60-$70 and L3 service can be
negotiated on average for $140.
GPS still happens in amps and
indies, and yes, I've walked out
in both situations.

I dont say these things to be mean.
I'm just trying to be as honest
and factual as possible.
I still see indies quite a bit, and am
well reviewed myself, but I always
have an amp researched and ready
to fall back on just in case of a
NCNS or cancellation, which has
become much more frequent in
the past few years.

Happy Hobbying
JW