coriolis888

Oh, good.

I don't mean to be argumentative, however, the above post does not reflect reality. The poster reminds us that we are in a big recession then goes off to offer an unrealistic alternative of going to a sex club and/or using free hook-up apps. He further says that the provider sets his rate and that clients must accept those rates. Again, not realistic. If a provider asks for too much money, most clients skip over and find a different provider. If too many providers ask too high a rate, and continuously gets turned down for the high rates, provider rates will come down. It goes both ways. The recession hits the client and also hits the provider. It is just a matter of time before providers realize that their rates are out of line with reality.

Greed or lack of good judgement! His new $800 rate will chase off a good portion of clients he would have met had his rate not doubled as it did.

"$400 is TOO MUCH" It depends. If the escort keeps his word and performs as agreed, the price is okay. However, too many providers spend time on their telephone while with a client. Many providers cannot get hard because they just finished with a previous client prior to meeting the current client. That situation is a disservice to the client. Many providers use stolen photos or use old photos that do not show the way the provider looks currently. In that case, I think the provider is charging too much. Many providers short the time they agreed with a client. One hour is sixty minutes, not twenty or thirty minutes. However, time shortages happen often without an adjustment of the fee. Many clients insist on being paid upon arrival. When that happens, the provider has very little incentive to keep the agreement with the client. The provider has his money and the client is at the will of the provider whether the contracted services with be met as agreed. So, is $400 too much? It depends on the above and other facts and circumstances not covered above.

Very nice, indeed except for the bleached hair in a couple of the photos

They may not be the only reason rates have increased but the OF phenomenon has certainly had an influence on the increase in rentmen fees. Times have changed. An OF member can do very little work (one of two films a month - or less) and earn a percentage of monthly fees paid into their account at the OF system.

It is possible I underestimated my friends time spent putting up his OF material. However his take from OF is in excess of $100,000 annually. All he does is make a couple of movies each month and sometimes does not make two movies each month. The bulk of his money from AF comes from his portion of the monthly subscription fees that is shared with him. If you compare making a couple of films (or less) each month compared to having to place an ad on rentmen and maybe get clients and maybe not get clients. Plus lots of wasted time he spent while relying on rentmen for his income. No comparison. OF is easier and less work than escorting from rentmen. No question, OF took a big bite into escorting from rentmen.

Regardless of the OF percentage being shared, the OF member gets a fair amount of money for a lot less work and time than escorting. Escorting is clearly more time consuming and more work than OF gigs. I have met an OF member who makes in excess of $100,00 annually just for making movies and putting them on OF. That amount does not compare to earnings from escorting. Of course, not all OF members make that kind of money, but many do.

In the meantime, the OF owner is raking in $9.99 monthly for little to no effort. Considering the unknown number of clients that pay $9.99 each month for almost nothing is quite a nice income to the OF creator.

Many who have OFs accounts do so well, financially, they do not bother to escort. Face it, for the talented and good looking, OF is a game changer.

Over the years, I have been to Brazil and other places in South America more than one hundred times and I do not know what a Ghetto gay is. Even though the quality of providers that are available in most Brazilian saunas and elsewhere is a lot lower than it was just a few years ago, there still are some good looking providers available. Remember, due to various reasons (coronavirus and monkey pox, etc), many gay meeting places went out of business. In consideration of the fact that you do not know nor experienced that era or time when there were many providers and places where superb providers could be found, you have no personal comparison with what is available now. Anything you experience will be new and will likely be pleasant because you did not experience the way things were before the unpleasant changes. Like A. E. Housman once wrote, "All things may end, for all began; " And, yes, hiring in Latin America is definitely cheaper than hiring in most other areas of the world.

NO LINK on rentmen?

Do not forget about ATM machines located in various places throughout Zurich. There are many ATM machines located within walking distance of Paragonya.

Or, 100 Swiss francs, which is fairly close in value to the euro (currently, slightly higher in value than the euro). Although the euro is often used in Switzerland, the official currency in Switzerland is the Swiss franc.

It is not only Canada with a time wasteful immigration system. Prior to Coronvirus lockdown for most travel, I went to Sydney, Australia. I had to spend about three hours in a long line to clear immigration. After I showed my documents, the immigration office said that someone should have told me that I could have used my Global Entry card to clear immigration almost immediately, depending how many were using the machine. I thanked the office and remarked that nothing in the terminal nor on line says that Americans can use Global Entry in Australia. He agreed it was strange about no mention of the G/E.

The "provider to a few select" is lost in a world of make believe dreams. Realistically, what other provider out here has the demands even remotely similar to this provider? I have known many providers over lots of years and never saw such a bizarre ad. EDIT: to add, as a reminder, the requirements of this provider: "I am professional, engineer and hypnotherapist, smart, intelligent and beautiful, I am a rolex not a casio, I enjoy meeting sucessfull and smart guys, gentlement. I enjoy dinner, hanging out and smart conversations. I want to share time with sucess guys, not into ordinary guys."

You might go for it. However, given his "over the top" requirements of a client, you might be rejected if you contact him. Here is what he has posted in his ad and what he expects from a client: "I am professional, engineer and hypnotherapist, smart, intelligent and beautiful, I am a rolex not a casio, I enjoy meeting sucessfull and smart guys, gentlement. I enjoy dinner, hanging out and smart conversations. I want to share time with sucess guys, not into ordinary guys." Not many will pass his rigid test for an expected client.

Time will tell after his ad shows few or no reviews. He is selling a product - - himself - - - not a fancy car. If he will only let himself be hired by young and bright people, that cuts into his client supply inventory, big time.

I cannot help but relate his opinion of himself to the famous author, Oscar Wilde, "to love oneself is the beginning of a lifetime romance."

Of course, he is entitled to be discriminatory when accepting offers from clients. However, he comes across as someone who thinks he is better than most folks. If he is trying to make money as a escort and expects to find only the "cream of the crop" of clients, he has a big disappointment in store for himself.

Or a typo!

Time marches on, even with escorts.

Like said above: "Been on RM since 2017 but no RM reviews and no info on this forum either." Something is not right about this ad.