I calculated that by using only 1 WEEKEND date night. $36 for dinner for two + $15 for 1 movie + $5 gas. 4.5 x 56= $252!
Originally Posted by november24
Damn, you're a cheap date!
... grandfather, or drop the rate once we are familiar.
Originally Posted by Zada Knight
To screen the unknown is time-consuming for the diligent providers and once the provider is comfortable with a repeat client, then that effort is less taxing.
I can't research BP enough to satisfy my common sense.
Originally Posted by Brmike1963
The point of this board or hobby is not to make friends with the providers.
Originally Posted by disilene
I disagree. The point of the board and hobby is to find pleasurable experiences within one's price range, which is tigerman's lament.
As for making friends, the problem is not with the making of friends, rather the problem is when one believes that the making of friends with a provider supplants the number one rule which is: The hobby is business FIRST. Those who make friends and respect the number one rule can have good friendships. Those who make friends thinking their newfound friendship moves the number one rule to a secondary position, well, therein is found their error.
Wow, This thread has grown beyond my wildest expectations. Never would I have thought that I would have been responsible for such a thought provoking topic.
Originally Posted by tigerman1965
No man is an island... ijs.