I reached out to him recently for an outcall. First he quoted $600/hour. When I told him that $600 was above my budget, he went down to $500. I quickly realized that he was out of my price range, so I politely told him I’d have to pass. By the time he went down to $350/hour for an in-call, I had already confirmed an outcall with another provider who was in my price range.
I’ve never negotiated over a provider’s rate, and I wasn’t trying to do so in this instance (honestly, I was caught off-guard when he started lowering his rate). For those of you who’ve had good experiences with Mathianis, would you say that the experience is worth the higher rate? I might give him a try if I knew that he offered something special that the $300/hour providers don’t.