We are always getting asked to tell our adventures, even by LE in some places we go. And the women come on to my husband and his partner. I have seen a few do it in my presence but they back down when they see my "LOOK".
Dog has become synonymous with bounty hunter all over. Very few people don't ask about or mention him when they find out who we are. I have to admit, we have used some of the same tricks to get people in and were doing it long before the tv show came out. In this way it hurts us because people are becoming familiar and so skeptical with some of the things we do.
If we are hunting for someone elses skips we don't have as much of the honesty level as we do with someone I have bonded personally. A lot of the other bondsmen treat most everyone they have on bond as low life scum and no respect at all. They have tricked them in only to arrest them and collect the fee to rebond them, even when it could have been handled differently. That makes it even more difficult, especially when they tried to fix it the first time and messed up again. If someone calls me that they are unable to get to court either the day of or before they miss, I will do everything in my power to get them continued. Even if it's only a day or so after I will still try. If the court won't, I make arrangements to do a rebond. Of course this is with people that aren't really running, they just messed up. I want to make money like everyone else, but I get repeats and referrals because I am up front when I write the bond and up front when I deal with them afterwards. If I feel like they are pond scum bottom feeders who have no intentions of meeting the requirements of their bond, I leave them in jail to start with.
Kathy