xyz48B

Like a Rorschach test, of sorts. Too much thought renders a useless result. 
Oh, come on! Who doesn’t think Larry David is a living Adonis?! 🤣 

Tsk tsk.
@nycboi– You must learn. The escort denizens deserve it! They’re entitled to. You should be happily handing your money at $400/hr over to them. If not more!
You’ve asked a forbidden question. You’ll be told if he can get $400/hr, it’s not too much. Just like Jeff Bezos making his fortune while Amazon workers can’t pay for basic necessities. Bezos can get it, so it’s not too much. 

@HoseMaster

To answer your original question: Nope.
$400 sounds about right for an undeniable hot provider in NYC. Post-lockdown and inflation I expected it to hit that benchmark in the major markets (LA, NYC, Miami). 
Now with that out of the way, would I pay that? nope. I have a great well-paying career with full benefits etc etc etc, but at times frugal when it comes to how I spend my money. Especially since I'm getting near to the my 30s. So, when I have my monthly "play money" I like to treat myself sometimes by booking a provider. Within that I have my own personal budget with the max being $300. 
What I've noticed over the past year or so are new providers out of nowhere starting at $400 and even jumping up as high as $1000. That's not my lane, but if providers get that regularly I think thats great and kudos to them. Like @JECmentioned a few posts above, now with Fans pages the provider has complete control of their business. Instead of escorting 24/7, a higher price point can filter out the regular headaches the job entails, meanwhile generating greater income (and fun) from Fans. 
Also like @latbear4blk has mentioned there's other avenues to find fun. I mentioned in another thread that lately I've been having most of my fun with guys I've recruited $ on Twitter, Instagram and sometimes Grindr. Less headaches and I don't feel like I'm stepping on egg shells when laying out what I'm looking for. Not sure if the pandemic is to blame but I've had much more issues trying to book guys over Rentmen, with guys having piss poor attitudes and short fuses. 
In the end, if a provider asks for $400 in major markets it's probably because he can/is getting that fee and I think thats amazing, it's just not not my cup of tea (or in my dedicated play budget). 

It is. It’s disappointing when we end up paying and aren’t satisfied…Especially disappointing if we pay a premium. At a certain point, there’s a diminishing return on investment for satisfaction. I don’t need to pay a premium just because some guy has done porn; in fact, my experience with guys who’ve done more than several porn shoots (not “big” names, but still) has been more the more entitled crowd. The guys who are “just” escorts have been much more down to earth and less caught up in their own glam. At this point, I’m not interested in paying for a porn star. He won’t be as gloriously manicured and stage lit when we’re together anyhow. 

There are tropical penguins! Maybe not PV-far north, but there are indeed tropical penguins. And I’m betting they poo – tropical poo too! 😂 

@xyz48B November I think is the most expensive month, but agree Summer there would be brutal. 

That sort of behavior and willingness on the part of RM to support it really renders the reviews useless.

@xyz48B I went to PV in November for the first time and loved it.  It's beautiful, the food is fantastic and there are men (and things to do) there for men of all ages and body types.  Strongly suggest you give it a try.

@HoseMaster

NaturalLY SMOOTH for me all the way.  I like to rub my partner’s body, and definitely like it smooth, and not like a cactus or porcupine if they shave.  Someone naturally smooth is very hard to find I’ve found.
if it looks like this, I’d throw up, and wondered when the gorilla got in my bed and immediately think of beastiality.

I realise with clients I have to be on time, so I really try hard with that. Also where I do most of my massages I have the space for the time booked (plus around 15 mins either end) so I do have to be careful to start and finish on time especially if another masseur has the space booked afterwards.
If I’m seeing a client on an outcall at their hotel or apartment then I usually turn up on time (max 10 minutes late) but I’m flexible about when I leave (if they’re ok with that) so it always goes on longer than planned, sometimes by over an hour because I lose track of time especially if there’s no clock visible. I don’t wear a watch, never owned one. 
I remember one time I’d been booked to meet a client and another provider at the client’s hotel. It was about an hour drive away. The plan was that the other escort (who I knew) would start with him first and then I’d join them for the second half of the session. The client wanted a one on one session and then a 3some as part two. Fine, so it was planned for me to join them a couple of hours after they started.
At the right time I set off from home and feeling very happy with myself I arrived at the hotel exactly to the minute at the right time (no waste by being early 🙂). I had the room number so I went to the door and knocked. Assuming they’d be on the mid session break and ready for me.
I could hear some scrambling going on as bodies moved quickly and then the door opened slightly and my escort friend appeared around it, I assume naked as he didn’t open the door far. “Jamie… er you’re early??” he said. “Oh am I? I’m right on time, it’s 2pm we said didn’t we?” I replied. “Yes 2….and it’s only 1pm now” he said “we’re not ready for you….can you wait a bit?”. “Oh sorry….er..yes, no problem, I’ll be downstairs, text when you’re ready” I replied. 
In my anxiety to not be late or waste time on a longish journey I’d misread the time on my phone, and in my car. I simply hadn’t noticed the hour being wrong and I was indeed a whole hour early for the session.
I waited downstairs in the hotel bar while they finished part one. When they were ready (at 2pm) my escort friend texted me to come up. The client thought it was funny I’d been early and had to wait so it was fine. A good session was had and I guess at least I wasn’t an hour late. 
I still have trouble understanding time though. It wasn’t until secondary school (aged 11 or 12) that I could read a clock face and on that occasion obviously I had trouble even with a digital clock! 
 
@keroscenefire With difficulty! As you can see above…is the answer to your question about how I manage in a ‘through-time’ world. I set alarms on my phone and am very careful with checking times for bookings. But being ‘in-time’ is an advantage in many ways because you’re always really present in the moment. I’m always open to explore (there being no agenda or timeline to keep to) and I discover things serendipitously by just being curious and having the inclination to wander off without any plan and see where I end up. 

@azdr0710, it’s always me. 😝 

Professionally, I follow this axiom: “Early is on time. On time is late. And late, don’t even bother.”
More casually, depending on who and what, I’ll either arrive a minute or two early, or “fashionably late,” which means like 30 minutes after I’m told whatever it is “starts.” If I’m going to a cookout or something similar that’s running at a friend’s house all afternoon into the evening, I don’t show up at 2pm, especially if they say “around 2pm.” I’ll probably come between 3-4:00 but stay a few hours. On the other hand, if they say they want to get started around 2pm but need everyone gone by 6:00 for some reason or another, then that affects when I’ll show up.
It’s situational, but the more I think about it, the more I realize I have this way if approaching it that’s clearly systematic, but something that I “just do.”
@Jamie21– Do you take the same approach to time with clients? Or do you see those “work-related” times as something more binding? I can imagine sometimes an appointment is flexible, but others, time is of the essence…

Too many photos

Like a Rorschach test, of sorts. Too much thought renders a useless result. 
Oh, come on! Who doesn’t think Larry David is a living Adonis?! 🤣 

Yes, I would rather hire guys who take a selfie instead of those who get a photographer to enhance their looks.

It is. It’s disappointing when we end up paying and aren’t satisfied…Especially disappointing if we pay a premium. At a certain point, there’s a diminishing return on investment for satisfaction. I don’t need to pay a premium just because some guy has done porn; in fact, my experience with guys who’ve done more than several porn shoots (not “big” names, but still) has been more the more entitled crowd. The guys who are “just” escorts have been much more down to earth and less caught up in their own glam. At this point, I’m not interested in paying for a porn star. He won’t be as gloriously manicured and stage lit when we’re together anyhow. 

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Just like the predicted $5+ per gallon of gas in the US based off the Ukraine crisis. It’s an excuse to drive up prices. The market isn’t completely “free” with groups like OPEC, although they want us to believe things are out of their “hands” when situations arise. 

Below the belt and unnecessary! 

 
Does @xyz48B need reaffirmation? 
Does he have a reading comprehension problem when he disagrees with others? 
I don't think so! 
 
 

Please don't listen to AOC!  Climate change doesn't happen like that!!!

1000000% this.
 I am hesitant to hire a guy who has a robust online presence. Not only is his time “valuable,” but his whole air about him changes. I’m not hiring him to make him happy but the other way around.
There once was a day when service providers saw providing a service as something honorable because they SERVED people with their work (service). It seems a lot of these providers who have online outlets don’t see it that way. They’re doing us a favor by coming down among us hoi-poi.
There once was a day when the working mentality of service providers was “the customer is always right.” In escorting, it seems the escort sets the terms of satisfaction, and if you don’t like it, move on.
There’s also no recourse for refund if you’re unsatisfied. Imagine refunding a client…Escorts want a deposit. What do I get if he didn’t live up to his ad? I get to leave a bad review on RM that’ll get taken down if he appeals. Ohhhhhh. Scary. He still has my money. And I still had a shit experience. And he still wasted my time and money, which I could’ve potentially used on a more fitting escort.

1000000% this.
 I am hesitant to hire a guy who has a robust online presence. Not only is his time “valuable,” but his whole air about him changes. I’m not hiring him to make him happy but the other way around.
There once was a day when service providers saw providing a service as something honorable because they SERVED people with their work (service). It seems a lot of these providers who have online outlets don’t see it that way. They’re doing us a favor by coming down among us hoi-poi.
There once was a day when the working mentality of service providers was “the customer is always right.” In escorting, it seems the escort sets the terms of satisfaction, and if you don’t like it, move on.
There’s also no recourse for refund if you’re unsatisfied. Imagine refunding a client…Escorts want a deposit. What do I get if he didn’t live up to his ad? I get to leave a bad review on RM that’ll get taken down if he appeals. Ohhhhhh. Scary. He still has my money. And I still had a shit experience. And he still wasted my time and money, which I could’ve potentially used on a more fitting escort.

Falling asleep during M4M Economics 101…