Hi,
As a new teacher to eduFire with my first couple of scheduled sessions ending with a no-show, I’m wondering if there is a place on the site or the forums to report them? I’m not talking about mix-ups, or delays, or reschedules (we all need to be flexible enough to account for those) however, this has been a deliberate no-show 2 nights in a row.

Melissa ! Honey Bee !

The time will come when the “I-do-not-show-people” will disappear. The site is a new-born baby and people are massively interested, but among the huge number there are of course some unserious students. Be patient. What more, summer time is really a special time, in September you will get the serious students for sure.

dont worry

Hi Patrick and Fansisqo,
Thank you for responding. I agree that there will be some no-show’s from time to time and I appreciate your feedback. I was just concerned that perhaps, we could spare others of these fraudulent sign-ups… if there were a central place to list them. Anyway, I enjoy the camaraderie these forums offer.
Best Wishes,
Melissa :-)

I just for the first in 14 sessions had someone not show up. I sent them an e-mail after 15 minutes and they still did not respond.

It was said that some of these who have no profiles are people who are not serious about this.

Patrick is right we are going to get busier when the school year starts :)

I have to say…I was very annoyed at a no-show at 11PM at night! I even emailed them several times in their own language ( love those online translators) with no response. Oh well, it happens, no one is perfect. Like you said those people are not serious & will disappear rapidly.

Yeah, it’s unfortunate. Right now it’s about 60/40 for me, where I am finally getting more showing up than not (big comeback from 4 no-shows in a row). I think it’s just a process of eliminating those that don’t show up, and finding those that will be repeat customers. I know eduFire is working on fixing this problem too, so hopefully we’ll have more luck! :)

@John Williams
I agree – People who don’t fill out their profiles are the ones that do not show up. Also, I’ve been trying to have communication between myself and the potential student before the lesson (learn more about them, what they know, what they want to know, etc)…just getting to know them. The people that respond to me and send a couple emails back and forth are showing up. The people that don’t respond don’t show up. So far, it’s worked out that way :(

it is a very good idea Koichi! I also agree with the idea of reporting the “no- shows”!;)

This has been discussed before and people gave some great ideas such as being able to post something on a profile saying hey this person stood me up, but then that person being able to explain WHY they weren’t there just so if it’s something like for instance 2 weeks ago my husband changed the alarm because he didn’t know I needed to be up at 5:15AM and I slept through my session.

Then we’d be able to identify repeat offenders.

It’s a great idea. I think eventually we’ll start listing no-shows on the student’s profile page. That way when you’re considering whether to accept a new student you can base that decision in part off of whether they are likely to show up. I’m sorry we don’t have that in place yet. It’s coming! :)