While I'll acknowledge that the fifty dollar shopper is likely much different from the four hundred dollar shopper, by my observation, there's less difference in the bracket that most of us here are in. That is to say, I don't believe there is much, if any, difference between the two-hundred dollar shopper and the four-hundred dollar shopper.
It is also my humble opinion that _some_ of the four-hundred dollar providers are simply buying into their own advertising, or deferring to their narcissism. I'm thinking here of the FOTMs and the new, young providers. They often suffer from more than a little GPS. They come out of proverbial nowhere, but with no justification whatsoever believe they're the best thing since sliced bread. And wagging tongues line up around the corner, bolstering their exaggerated sense of self. It doesn't affect me. I don't do FOTMs, and don't often play with under-thirtys unless they exhibit some atypical level of mental maturity. And it's definitely OK that we don't all like the same things. Vive' le difference.
I've seen a couple of four-hundred dollar providers. I can say with absolute honesty that I did not have twice as much fun as with the two-hundred dollar ladies. I also highly doubt there are any fifty-dollar shoppers here. They work the asphalt, not the boards. So that's a "straw man" argument. Most of the gents I've conversed with here, or on other sites, know the "lay of the land," know the "going rate," and the "standard level of service."
Is a twenty-four hundred dollar provider twelve times more fun than a two-hundred dollar provider, or six times more fun than a four-hundred dollar provider? Hard for me to say as that's not my playground. It's likely apples vs oranges. But my logical side says no. I don't believe there's as much one-to-one correlation as you seem to have implied. It's the illusion thing again. Different kind of shopper at twenty-four-hundred. I also wonder just a little if twenty-four hundred dollar providers have long lists of cant's, wont's, or dont's.
ST>>We all have the right to set our own price and decide how we run our business. Your price determines what class of gents you are advertising too...
Yes; ladies absolutely have a right to set prices and decide how to run their business; same as any business in the real world. But some ladies don't have a business instinct, or any training or information. Without any guidance or research, they establish rules or pricing with very little logical or justifiable foundation. They're making it up as they go along. They just think it sounds good. But they don't know what they're doing or why they're doing it. Or worse; they *think* it addresses a particular issue that's important to them when it really doesn't. I'm speaking in generalities here, with no one specific in mind. So if anyone thinks I'm talking to or about them, just cool your friggin' jets. Keep in mind I've been playing, reading and observing the hobby since 2004. I've seen a lot of things, seen a lot of people come and go; some quicker than others. If a gent suggests *anything* regarding prices or practices unsolicited to a lady, then generally the response is ugly if not violent. So the smart guys avoid the temptation and don't say schyet. Dad used to say "Son; there are two kinds of experience; the hard kind and the bought kind." And I've got plenty of both. If the lady won't ask, or can't take experienced advice from another lady, then it's at her own peril. But that's a conversation that's better served out of the public eye (obviously?) so the lady can have the conversation, and not feel as if she's being held up for ridicule. While there is always room for personal customization of ones business model, there will also be certain things which are cold, hard fact. And no amount of sass or narcissism changes those.
I still believe there is NO difference in the class of gents in the two-hundred to four hundred window, and probably a little beyond that.
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