Supply and demand. A seller will charge the maximum of whatever he/she believes a buyer will pay.
No different than any other business. If you own a successful business than you are no different.
It's the buyer who controls the market so it is the buyer ultimately responsible for the prices.
Hagglers who are a small minority of total consumers are 100% expendable. Welcome to capitalism 101.
Originally Posted by Windinhishair
I think hagglers make the buying process worse for everyone, I know someone who would try to haggle at Goodwill. Beside that, Supply and demand is a good point.
But if we are going off supply and demand, then any body type that advertises is not in truly high demand. There are millions of every body type for both genders.
And there's only so many things a human body can do, and most providers already do it all, so there isn't much supply and demand there so...
I guess my real question is what is the cause of the steady price increase? Has it become more expensive to live here locally?
Flakes are a good reason, and I can empathize with that.
And you strike a good point, it is the buyer who ultimately controls the climate of prices but we are also dealing with a service that is almost more addictive than drugs. A service that customers would, sacrifice family, job, even government positions for. It is very easy to exploit the customer.
I guess I answered my own question, if the buyer wants it bad enough, they will pay any price for it. Especially if the sellers work to inch up fees up over the long term.