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That, or providers will leave the market for lack of new customers and not enough regulars. For example, the method in which I came into hiring is using the internet for a variety of reasons - including discretion and ability to maintain a level of anonymity. Also, to research and make as safe a hire as possible (safe having more than one meaning). I will not be the guy who goes to a bar or cruises any place for a provider. So, I would be a new customer lost to a provider with whom I have never met. I will be left with those relationships I’ve already established and could conceivably pay a premium to them up to a point (which I think is part of what you’re getting at), but I would also hire less overall based on my current circumstances and budget. So I wouldn’t be adding extra dollars to the endeavor, just paying more for fewer engagements.

Oy vey. This may be a mistake. I’m going to limit this comment to that of economics since I’m a nerd when it comes to that sort of thing and got an undergraduate degree in it. (Note I said undergraduate - not a Ph.D!! Ha!) That, and I have no need to be right and wish providers and clients the safest of successes - however they might be defined to them. First - supply and demand is, of course, fundamental to economic theories. It’s basic enough for most folks to understand. If supply goes up and demand stays constant, then it should drive prices down because the number of purchasers of a product has not increased, but the availability of that product has increased. And, of course, the reverse is true. What I see in this instance is not really a change in supply or demand, but instead a “constraint” upon the system or marketplace for connecting the provider(supply) with the consumer(demand). Sort of like if you suddenly closed down a stock exchange. The supply of stock is there and the potentialpurchasers of said stock are there but their vehicle (I.e organized exchange; their efficient way of connecting) is removed, negatively impacted, or is reduced in some way. They are left to connecting through their existing known relationships but have limited access to providers they have no current knowledge and/or connections with. Over time, though, they will develop ways to “find one another again.” Now, if the passage and reaction to this law had happened more slowly, perhaps it could be argued that the market could have adjusted with large numbers of providers leaving the market to reduce supply, but basically this has happened relatively quickly, and I think it’s safe to assume that the supply of providers is relatively the same. I think it’s also safe to assume that the demand for providers has not changed. So what has and/or will change? It’s the way in which providers and clients can easily connect and transact business through online platforms. Making it more difficult; reducing platforms and ease of contact has an impact on BOTH sides - I would argue equal impacts - it reduces opportunity for the provider and it impedes choices for the client. Therefore, I would expect prices to hold constant if it’s equal. This is at least until the marketplace finds a way to adapt - and I believe it will. How soon is hard to guess, but it will. In the meantime, I would expect providers to become more reliant on their “regulars” and those “regulars” will be potentially less distracted with other options in the meantime. Anyhow, I could be wrong. I don’t claim to know everything, but I do think that the OP’s premise that demand will be going up is misled (or at least doesn’t acknowledge the factors mentioned here) unless the online portals used to connect providers and clients make up a small portion of the market, which I doubt. Bottom line is I believe that the law places a constraint on the industry which has impacts on both sides of the supply/demand equation. And this will hopefully be the extent of my contribution of another long-winded post on this thread. Thanks for indulging an Econ nerd if you even read to this point. Cheers and best wishes to all!

Fantastic decision! So glad you did. Very special fella for the discerning gentleman, I say!

Damn that’s a nice bulge. Damn! And the answer, is I’d sure as hell give it some serious thought and then hope he’s not a “clock watcher!”

So I take it that you, “took the plunge?” I think that’s how you phrased it.

I enjoy poppers when I bottom AND when I top. I am fortunate in that, in general, they do not give me headaches. It totally magnifies the entire experience for me. The only downside is it can close up my sinuses. I’ve found a couple shots of Flonase before play helps with that. As far as using them, you have to develop your understanding of your own tolerance, but I can hit them pretty hard and heavy personally. That wasn’t the case initially, though. They just relax me and put me in a place where I am totally focused on my senses. You might experiment with them while jacking off - that’s fun too.

All things considered, he may not be able to travel outside state lines. Probably best to plan a trip to, “The Sunshine State,” to arrange a meeting. It’s a new kind of “in-call only.”

I have to admit. I’m a little envious of you fellas who are in situations where engagements longer than an overnight or day are possible as you need to consider things like “downtime.” It’s not something I can presently ever imagine being able to enjoy, but it’s fun to hear that it does happen. And well, I guess you never know. Maybe an opportunity will present itself. Best wishes on your multi day engagements!

Ha! I see what you did there. Clever!

In the cases where I’ve known people to pay with large quantities of coins and the business has accepted them, them have required the party paying with the coins to put them in the most efficient format for deposit (I.e. rolling them themselves) prior to accepting them as payment.

I’m not aware of any law that places a limit on the use of pennies, but many businesses have policies on how many coins they may be willing to accept based purely on the practicality of accepting them. You probably know that our Federal Reserve notes (bills) begin at $1US. While we have single coins for $1 and $0.50, they are rarely used and have relatively few in circulation. So we really only worry about pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters for coinage. Now back to the more important calculation...how many pounds/tons of pennies to hire @VictorPowers for a weekend. Imagine the look on the face of the bank teller when that request is made.

So an overnight would equate to roughly 2/3rds of a ton of pennies. Better keep working on those deadlifts, brother.

I would say yes I have and yes they do. Anytime a provider gives you more of their time than agreed (their most valuable asset) with no additional expectation, then they have provided a gift or token of genuine appreciation . This has happened without my requesting or expecting it. I also see 12is12’s point that it has seemed that there is a sense that we should expect more of ourselves as clients than of providers (not saying this is universally true, but there is definitely an undertone of that which I’ve picked up on as well). Part of that is healthy - to always seek to do right regardless of what the other party does, but it shouldn’t mean you become someone’s doormat (not saying that’s a largely held belief that clients should be abused, just speaking to 12is12’s observation). The idea that this is only a bottom line business to the provider/escort may be true for some (and if you’re in business, the bottom line is what you live and die on), but if you believe that is the ONLY thing that matters to the provider, then I think you really do place the provider in a different category than providers from other service-related businesses. Perhaps that’s true. I just don’t think it is. I know many service-based businesses where the providers remember their clients in special and thoughtful ways which cost the provider to extend courtesies or gifts with the aim of solidifying the relationship, creating loyalty, or just because their is a genuine connection. I own a service based business and we do special gifts, events, and outings for our best clients - individually and collectively because they’ve treated us so well and we want to show appreciation. I personally have received some very nice gestures from providers in the form of time, but also other things in our meetings (and after) where the provider wanted to make me feel good and appreciated. It was very nice and I sincerely appreciated those gestures. I have also reciprocated in some instances if it was natural to do so.

Based on the OP’s original statement I was under the impression that he wasn’t logged in. Which was the cause for alarm. Wouldn’t that/shouldn’t that be equivalent to being an unregistered user??? Perhaps I’ve misunderstood.

The suggestion that several have made to contact an insurance broker is a good one and one I would make as well. These brokers are able to shop multiple carriers, and a good one can help compare coverages side-by-side, including financial ratings of the prospective companies. The thing to know about Lloyd’s of London, as has been suggested, is that it is not an insurance carrier, but instead an “insurance market.” Essentially a risk profile/portfolio is assembled on a particular asset and a price for transferring that risk to investors in that market is charged. It allows for a fully customizable product, and is often used to insure assets where no other standard insurance products exist. Another thing I’ve observed, which underscores the benefits of using an insurance broker, is that insurance companies are often pricing the cost of assuming risk based on their overall risk portfolios of all the risks they have assumed as a carrier - and not simply on the individual customer’s claim history. For instance, it could also be that State Farm has more risk exposure in condominium policies in their current portfolios than they wish to maintain, and in order to balance them with other risks, they will raise premiums to deter new policies from being written for the same types of policies and/or to “shed” (for lack of a better word) some of the current policies that will look elsewhere for more affordable options. They may also choose to stop writing policies all together for a certain type of asset based on their risk portfolio. At the same time as this is occuring for State Farm, another carrier may also be attempting to increase their policy count in the same risk category and will lower the rate of premiums to attract those types of policies. Our insurance broker prices the risk on all of our policies annually to a variety of carriers who share solid financial ratings at identical coverages. This helps reduce the chances that we float along paying higher premiums due to conditions that aren’t related to our individual claim history, but instead other factors and objectives that an individual carrier might be pricing into the cost of providing coverage.

What. Thuh. F&$k. What a boss! Impressive.

As expected with nearly all clickbait - so much wrong. Ha! Decent conversation starter, though.

Ha! Shhhhh. An HBIC like Babs (Head Bitch In Charge) will cut you for mentioning such things. Be careful!

And that’s called “Str8 Trading???”

Say what? This is a thing? I feel like I’m reading a foreign language. For the less “enlightened,” what is this exactly so I understand??? Hooking up with prisoners and the like? Sorry, if it’s obvious to everyone else, but I hear echoes of Charlie Brown’s teacher....

No needs remain to be met for this woman on Maslow’s Hierarchy...what next? Clone the pooch.

Uhhh, I think he’s referring to the face. Nose, specifically.

Well, apparently they were hiding in plain sight to my blind eyes! Ha! I am thankful to have had them pointed out. I enjoy reading and learning. For the most part no one takes themselves too serious and can take a joke. Humor can be hard to convey in words. Most forum members seem to have a good handle on it. When they don’t, my approach so far is to keep my mouth shut....errr....I mean, fingers still. ;-)

Thanks so much! I knew it was there somewhere, and I would feel like an idiot when it was posted. They certainly didn’t jump out at me. Nevertheless...one of those burning questions. Hope it is helpful for someone else as well.

So, I have read the forum for several years and started contributing more in the last year or so. I am very thankful for reading the insights of so many and I’d like to take the opportunity to express that, sincerely. I also recognize that discussion boards have rules. Many times I will read experienced and long-time posters reference the “rules”’of the forum. I’ve sorta picked up on several of them - some are common sense. And then some seem to be handed down. I am inherently a rule follower. The other day I was searching for these “rules” - clicking all over the forum links to discover them. Forgive me if I am inept in some way, but can someone point me to where they are written? I want to respect everyone and do my best to abide by them. Just imagined they would be assembled in one place and readily accessible. Perhaps they are hiding in plain sight - which I suspect. I finally decided to ask and risk the embarrassment of being pointed in the obvious direction assuming my folly might help others. Cheers!