I MISS THE CAPITAL LETTERS. Originally Posted by BaconmanI DO IT FOR YOU BACONMAN !!!
NICK has reviews going back three years and they’re ALL IN CAPS. That’s his thing, jeez let him have it. They’re also pretty fucking entertaining too… isn’t that what this hobby is about? Originally Posted by stic1989I agree. What does it matter if it’s all caps. I can read it as easily in caps as lower case. To each his own. As for not quoting a rate I am the same way. If it’s a stated rate in her ad or webpage I will list it. If it isn’t then I coincided it a negotiated price between the provider and I, so won’t give the rate.
I simply don’t know why, when asked, he refused to just provide the fee schedule. Seems like a normal, if not necessary, part of this board’s existence. Originally Posted by Bubba_3000Here's the reason behind not giving the rate. Let's say for example I see someone who charges me 300 but I've seen her for many years and now she has her rates at 400. That's none of anyone's business and I don't want the text from her saying quit giving my grand fathered prices out.
I disagree. Your “grandfathered” rate is exactly that, yours. I have no expectation of provider’s prices being standardized. It’s LITERALLY retail and our job to price shop and compare. so you get $300? I get quoted 400. Either I want that specific person bad enough or I don’t. Seems kinda simple to me. Originally Posted by Bubba_3000We can agree to disagree. I don't care what Joe Blow pays. But there's people who like to name drop and think they deserve the same rate. All a person has to do is contact the person who you want to see and find out the rate. That's how I find out.
We can agree to disagree. I don't care what Joe Blow pays. But there's people who like to name drop and think they deserve the same rate. All a person has to do is contact the person who you want to see and find out the rate. That's how I find out. Originally Posted by BaconmanI agree. I negotiate and try to be fair. I don’t ask what others pay when I contact someone as I don’t care. I know what I am willing to pay and if we can agree to services and a price I will see them. If we don’t I move on. It’s OK to ask what the donation is but I don’t think someone should be chastised for asking, nor not giving what their donation was. My expectations from the encounter may be different than someone else’s so the negotiated rate might be different. That is why, as I said, I will only mention a rate if they list it in their ad although it may or may not be the rate I received on my encounter. As Baconman said some of us have been around a long time so we have regulars that we have been seeing for years. I am upfront with guys that message me asking for rates that I have no idea what their current rate is and do not want someone messaging them that I quoted them a lower rate and they expect the same.