Economics lesson: it's the dismal science, not rocket science. I know most of y'all hold your own in the real world on a professional level...so what the hell's up with all the fuzzy math?Good Stuff!
Boys: If the rates are too high, then just don't see that girl. If you don't think she's worth it, don't pay it. Wait for a special or find a substitute. If you can't find a substitute...well, that's why her price is high.
Ladies: If you aren't getting any calls, lower your rates or run a special. If you're getting too many appointment requests to comfortably field, raise your rates. You don't have to be a Barbie to make above-market rates and being a Barbie doesn't mean you can be successful at below-market rates.
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I have zero desire to wade far into this lovely thread but the rate/hr = profit/hr is incorrect -- I'll explain why. Onei mentioned incall costs, so that of course is one. But for every one hour appointment, a lot more happens behind the scenes. Y'all want a pretty face and clean sheets, right?
So...speaking for myself, I take about 90 minutes to get ready for an appointment of any length and about 30 minutes to clean-up both myself and the incall (an hour if you cum in my hair!) Throw in the time and pain in the ass factor associated with screening and setting up a date with the vast majority of boys and I'm looking at another 45 minutes of email/calling/etc per session. You might think that's high, but I counted all of the time spent with screening/prepping/etc for NCNS, last minute cancellations, screened but never booked, etc. Manicures, laundry, shopping for more toiletries and candles, emails to regulars to keep up flirtation, board stuff/marketing stuff is about five hours a week. So if every one hour of "work" translates into 4.5 hours of general labor, that puts a going rate a lot lower. For my rate, that puts me at $57/hr (not including incall costs).
Sure, I still wind up with a rate many people would be thrilled to pull, but my earning potential as a provider is far more limited than a goddamn engineer. I've known a variety of providers over the years and it's rare to find a provider that's pulling multiple sessions a day most days a week. The exceptions I've noticed are for new providers (which fades) and agency girls (less take-away earning, higher burn-out rate). THEN there's the fact that many providers are mothers, students, or possibly working another gig, so their availability is even further limited, further limiting their earning potential. Oh...then there's the whole hobbyists are a set group in any city and the hobbyists that want to bone a specific provider are even further limited...it's hardly an endless demand, even for the hottest girls. Oh. And menses. And "hooker-flu" a.k.a. a cold/strep/bug every six weeks. Making out with strangers is like being a kindergarten teacher. Wait...
If providers were legitimately pulling the numbers that y'all are throwing around in here, you'd see much nicer incalls, far fancier lingerie, red soles on black pumps, many more girls entering the market, and many familiar faces retiring early and asking for bartering opportunities with money managers and venture capitalists instead of mechanics and handymen. Originally Posted by JennsLolli
no shit sherlock. I never would have figured THAT out even though I actually take the time to try and figure out what people are saying and NOT be arrogant, condescending and accuse them of being delusional liars.
"Ladies have noticed there is an eerily high correlation"
I am and have always been very involved in numbers. Do you have valid statistics to back this up? Has there been any surveys, tangible data, compairitives to support this claim? If not, this honestly sounds like a very biased spin to support your position.
you know that is a good Idea and I personally wouldn't mind doing a sort of social survey on that subject. I just wouldn't share the results with someone who felt the need to not only call me a liar for no reason but was arrogant and condescending enough to accuse me of saying shit to "support" a position that's NOT even MINE.
What you fail to realize is that MOST girls-who do give a special rate-ask us SPECIFICALLY not to state the rate given. And honestly, you are 120/200 posted...you would not be considered on the high end at all.
Yes so that a big fucking NEON sign right there that I am not expressing these view points for myself. and considering you took the time to look that up you probably did so cause you thought I wasn't in that range and was just needlessly venting or "bitching" because I don't understand. well you were wrong. Obviously
and Hello I know that little trick too, you who SPECIFICALLY acts like a representative of a donkeys ASS so NO I DON"T in fact "fail" to realize that.
High volume is a misnomer and I discussed this in a previous rebuttal. Time in the saddle negates any "high volume". And honestly? Most of us have fucked each other by proxy after a short time in the hobby anyway... Say you see 3 guys a day...and they have seen 5 girls a month...do the multipier and we all cross dicks theoretically anyway...
you really didn't bother to try and in any way absorb what I said did you? either that or your brain translates sense into non-sense.
what I said has Nothing in anyways to do with a worry of "crossing dicks" or even the other argument of lower the risk of "getting" something. do you even take the time to understand what someone is saying before you reply...
This might be true for the full time provider. But how many girls only use this as a part time gig, or jump in-meet their goal-and leave? What it says to me is the full time, or long term, provider will battle with all her heart and soul to keep the rates high so she doesn't have to work as hard....that's understandable. But its also understandable that we (the tricks) might not feel its our responsibility to pay more than is necessary... Just sayin'.
you know what this says too me....you don't give a shit. I almost wanna ask what your idea of "necessary" is but there is no need. especially since it's pretty clear you have no respect for me to take the points I mentioned seriously.
and if your so big on facts and numbers did you even take the time to try and get an idea of how many ladies are full time providers but oh wait that doesn't just apply to FT ladies it applies to any lady who providing is her sole source of income.
i'm not sure why you equate higher prices to mean doesn't have to work as hard. that's clearly a biased opinion if I've ever heard one
AS I prefer OC's this doesn't apply to me that often. And you keep alluding to the fact that taking a few $ off rate is taking a girl from the Hilton to Motel 6...I find that laughable. Your "scenarios" tend to be written to only support your views
you keep alluding that adding a few dollars is "unnecessary" when you don't even what what IS necessary.
you keep saying these are my views but they are not.
I don't find this laughable.
I'm being serious and sincere about how other ladies feel and your being obnoxious disrespectful and laughing
Honestly? Your prices are in the range of "High Volume"...I don't see your current asking rates as being outrageous. i assume you mean to say Not in the HV range... otherwise your sentence doesn't make sense and is contradictory
you keep pointing that out as if the validity of what I say hinges on MY rates... OH wait yea your working from the inaccurate mindset that I am speaking for myself as if it NEVER fucking accured to you that I am not.
No one can predict the future...a year ago 100-120 HHR was the norm, now its edging towards 150-160+...sorry, that's not inflation, that's price gouging....
a year ago gas was cheaper too, a year ago some apartments were cheaper too a year ago my medical insurance was cheaper too...these aren't frivolous minimal brush aside doesn't have that much of an impact things
if you don't realize inflation is rising then you are apparently SO financial stable that you don't even notice. or you are the one spinning things to support Your view point
Absolutely...as expressed above...heres what you are missing. We are not SAYING you have to lower your rates....we are saying we will see those with acceptable rates & fully realize not every girl, or even the majority, will join in. And as I have heard ad nauseum how very "busy" every HDH is I don't know what the fuss is because a few guys say 'NO MORE MEATLOAF FOR ME MA"!! And refuse to pay... Now, what I DO find exceedingly funny is when I see a supposed "I get all the business I need at my HDH rate" scrounging through ISO and replying to several cattle calls...makes me wonder if they would just knock a bit off their rates if they would have sufficient fundage to keep from trolling the want ads...
My ATF started on BP...she is now in the financial industry & lives on the West Coast...just sayin'. Now since YOUR rates are within 95% of the CBC request, what are you bitching about?
first off what you said in no way was a response to that question i posed.
second I'm not bitching
third you would fucking know that if you took TWO fucking seconds to get out of your ass and pay attention to what I actually said from a non judgmental non biased view point. but apparently you are fucking incapable of doing that.
and you have the nerve to accuse ME of being biased???
Confused...WTF did you say? I am in and out of the hobby....but basically see the same girls (who still play) that I was seeing 4 years ago...so I guess the answer to your question is a resounding YES in my case...
if you were confused by what I said then don't bother giving an answer since clearly you don't know what that question is. though frankly you've been doing that the entire time. writing response to shit you get even take the time to absorb let alone get.
Hows this for benefits? My ATF got gifts every visit...from nice bottles of wine to a pair of 1/2 carat diamond earrings...yeah, its true...a girl I am rather fond of I took out for two recent '"dates" out of the hobby...spent in excess of $300 on EACH date...cause I consider her a friend as well as a provider...have helped numerous times with real life issues...but then you get labeled as a romantic or worse. Now, those are NOT the kind of thing one comes on and says "hey if we happen to become friends through our sessions, I'll be a REAL friend to you and not just a client"...but am guessing that's what you mean?
No. I have no fucking idea how you even got to that story or analogy from what I said. those two point aren't even in the same quadrant let alone the same grid. that has nothing to do with "what I mean"
Its really not a negotiation, and you really don't represent anyone other than yourself...get real. We as the consumer are saying prices are moving too high & we will only pay so much...its a decision each girl will need to make for themselves. Maybe they make it public, maybe they PM CBC members (as several have to me), with fair offers...they just don't want it publicized. There is no true HC or PM...its fantasy....
oh I'm sorry I mistakenly thought all this bitching and moaning you CBC guys were doing was an effort to achieve some sort of real goal or affect a change I didn't real that all the bitching and moaning was just that. My bad. I was trying to help and open up a honest dialog and actually give a shit about what's important and reasonable to both parties. I believe if you want change communication and giving a shit are key but thanks Toyz as the rep for CBC for clearing me of that apparent delusion that all the cbc whining meant something. y'all keep repeating you won't pay more, you don't have to, prices are outrageous we can walk away. this isn't a negotiation give us what we want. then fucking walk away. you say you'll walk away but only bitch and moan about "rising prices" but have no respect or desire to work something out that both parties feel comfortable with.
first of Y'all by that I mean you GUYS took what was a joke and made it a thing. Pussy mafia
Hooker church is not a fantasy, it's not a joke, and unlike you I was sincere. and YOU are a representative of a donkeys ass if you can take the time to see that. but if you wanna see everything as "fantasy" then be my guest. the mentally ill tend to do the same.
you really don't represent anyone other than yourself...get real
Yes I do and I was being real and sincere AND respectful but you wanted to come in and try and put down everything I was saying most if not ALL of your responses didn't even coincide with what i was saying.
you know at HC claire spoke about you said you were really smart and sarcastic I got the impression she respects you and I respect her and I mistakenly thought what you were a level headed intelligent fair individual with a tendency to play devil advocate. thank you I suppose for breaking me of that line of thinking before actually letting that settle in my mind as truth.
throughout this entire response you've had a shitty attitude towards me, for no damn response when I made my response it was in a sincere respectful way with completely valid points which you ignored and you came in with your arrogant condescending attitude accusing me of being dishonest, biased, full of myself and apparently delusional about the realness of something that I started.
since you and claire have a report with each other why don't you ask her since apparently I'm just a dishonest delusional biased liar. unless you don't respect claire enough as person (as clearly you have none for me) to tell you the truth.
you know, for Years I have put up with other people's shitty attitudes/behaviors towards me and you know what I eventually realized... I don't Have to put up with other people's shit attitudes towards me. so you know what? I won't bother making the mistake of coming to with valid points of discussion in any attempt to open a respectful line of communication for the benefit of both parties ever again. as you've made it clear you don't give a shit. and you know what pisses me off even more you were all respectful, nice and even playful in your responses the Mia christie and Jenns but to me you just acted like a representative of a donkeys ass.
I won't talk to you anymore henceforth all I ever have to say to you is
My responses are in pretty purple above. Originally Posted by Toyz
no shit sherlock. I never would have figured THAT out even though I actually take the time to try and figure out what people are saying and NOT be arrogant, condescending and accuse them of being delusional liars. Originally Posted by Secret_Amore
Very fare rates IMHO and around the same range I look for. For me if a lady had a 180-200 hr "special" that would make more inclined to schedule even if I didn't have the funds budgeted at the time.
My ranges and they are not concrete.
hh $100-$160
hr (rare) $150- $250
1.5hr (Super Rare) $250-$350
2hr (Whats that) $300-$400
I tend to hobby from specials, wants, needs, and my wish list.
My 2cents Originally Posted by Austins1hobby
I was told you responded that you treated me in the same manner I treated you.Do you realize how often you say "I'll bet you do this" and then fill in some make believe future or history?
that is a lie. there is nothing I said that was as shitty as you treated me.
I suppose you got all defensive and wrote a long winded sarky remark that probably denied that you were giving me shit and turned the tables around on me meant to knock me back or suggest i deserved it. and probably in typical bully fashion suggested that because I didn't swallow your shitty attitude towards me I must be weak, butthurt, overly sensitive or some other turn of phrase and you did nothing wrong. even though you insulted me, accused me on being dishonest, a liar, and delusional. yet my initial post to you had none of that.
you know even though Whispers is a horrid tyrant bully who likes to terrorize the ladies on the board a quite a few people try and tell me in person he's really nice, respectful, completely different yada yada. I suspect even, long before he fully started acting and treating the women the way he does now he started out more selective picking and choosing who he would give shit to...just like you are now doing. Originally Posted by Secret_Amore
Love Mia!!But some of us love to "do a thing" but that is in danger of coming across wrong unless you pay serious attention to context. In any case some of us prefer to be actively involved in all parties pleasure. Give me NURU any day.
He didn't mention me either! I guess I always think "FS" when I read these threads. I think FBSM is the best!! The guys don't have to do a thing. Originally Posted by Jessie Austin
Do you realize how often you say "I'll bet you do this" and then fill in some make believe future or history?That is the danger of communication that isn't as "human" and face to face. It is easy to not come across in e-mail or forums as you are in real life and easy to interpret someone as completely different as they are face to face. I've been guilty of both and victim as well.
Basically you make up shit to fit what you want to believe. Take a moment & see if this isn't true. Originally Posted by Toyz