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I never negotiate a lower price for the first meeting for exactly the reason you state. Ultimately though I am looking for providers who I would see multiple times. If the first session goes well, and I feel a rapport, towards the very end of the session I say something vaguely like: "This was great; I hope you had half as much fun as I did. Don't answer this question now, wait until I contact you next time about getting together again. I'd like to see you more in the future, but my rate for guys I connect with on a regular basis is $X. Think about it, and let me know the next time I contact you what you think." His response either in the next few moments after or the next time I contact him, will determine if I see him again. 100% agreement, but I do state when we initially contact exactly what I am looking for. "I know your profile says top, and I am only asking this because I think you are so hot and your profile is so in sync with my desires otherwise, but I am a top, and I ma looking to x, y, z. How does that work for you?" If they say no way, then that's that. But I have met many great, talented, fun providers who are great at doing things you wouldn't expect they would do from their profiles.

Sounds like Mr. Volkov is a gentleman. Kudos providers who try to make all this a little less "transactional."

No, they wax the sack of someone whose name and address you send them and just send you photos afterward. It's a great way to get revenge on someone -- and more importantly, much less painful. 😉

Just that sometimes a business plan doesn't want as many clients/sales at possible but rather includes methods to focus on one target audience at the exclusion of others. And those can be great business plans. For example, some luxury brands could definitely charge less for some of their products and sell more units and still maintain some profit; the AARP could change its name to the American Association of People Over Thirty-Five to get more members and increase membership; or Apple could show more office and family situations in their ads in order to attract more purchasers who are not creatives and who do not :"think differently."

Isn't it also just dumb to pay someone one one two hundred dollars more for the exact same service and almost similar looks, simply because they are "instagram, onlyfans, or porn famous"? Also, there's "The Number Two Factor":

My physician took me off Vengador and put me on Lipitor.

Totally agree. I keep looking for a guy like this who is into finsub.

Yes, yes, YES! Just like the car accident that slows down traffic in all the lanes on the opposite side of the expressway from where the accident occurred--we all want slow down (if not actually stop) and gawk and take in all the sordid details in all their glory. Sex, theft, fraud, scams, extortion, tiny penises: There are eight million stories on Compamy of Men, and this is one of them.

Top of the list for most plastic surgery for a 22 year old?

It's a great business model if you want to weed out customers who take pride in being misogynist and ableist.

Oops. Thanks. My bad. LOL. 🤪 I think hermenteutical has to do with intense study and interpretation of the principles and processes of farts, starting with the Ur-text: "Beans, beans, the musical fruit., The more you eat, the more you toot."

OMG. Get over it, don't be so fragile. Three inches of height! Somewhere around 4.5% of his height. Really, who cares? Now if it was dick size, 3 inches could be between 33% and 50+%, and I would totally understand your concern! 🙂 When a comment on a provider is solely based solely on some small number -- as opposed to important issues involving meeting in person and assessing such unquantifiable qualities as personality, performance, character, pleasantness, comfort, danger, cleanliness, etc., well, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

And it always gives me a chuckle when guys think they make themselves more masculine by questioning the masculinity of other men. 🤣

Suddenly it's crystal clear! So if a provider's profile says "sing/dance" they potentially may be "sing OR dance" as opposed to "sing AND dance", so don't assume the latter until you get clarification...BUT they may indeed be "sing AND dance," so don't let your hopes die until you get clarification!

I didn’t even know he had a different name. I met him recently with his current name. He said no to bottoming. He was a good top so it was all good. He used to be Stephen_Top. Given he changed his name to StephenVersTop, I think it's reasonable to assume he now bottoms...but given he told you he doesn't, I think it's reasonable for all of us to be totally confused. 😉

Who?

When you search, be sure the small pull-down to the left of the magnifying glass says "Everywhere."

Even guys who could host many times prefer to go to a provider's place especially for a first encounter. Yes. And sometimes even meet the room mates under the right conditions. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more.

Sometimes it is "useful" to think about and discuss ideas and themes and memories without naming names.

Who? Links?

And do you tip your physicians and dentist, or do think their service is not exceptional?

I thought the question was about "pornSTARS." SOME content creators and SOME studio performers are pornstars.....but just because a performer has done studio porn (and even gotten their name on the video" doesn't make them a "star".

Yes, I tip all of those GENEROUSLY, But to repeat @Luv2play directly above for double emphasis: None of them make hundreds of dollars an hour.

You mean as opposed to the other two Bruce Beckhams in NYC on Rentmen?

Tip? Do you tip your doctor? lawyer? architect? At hundreds of dollars an hour, a tip is inappropriate -- unless you just like to throw money to the wind at every opportunity.