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If they count it before the session and pocket it, it means you're in for a lousy session. n=4, 1.0 correlation.

I remember back in the days before everything went online and escorts advertised in the back pages of the local rags. A few escorts offered "Lunch Specials" for 30 min sessions during office hours. Some would offer to either meet at client's office or elsewhere for a quickie. Rates were regular for the full hour though and after regular work hours, if I remember correctly. I never took anybody up of their lunch special but found it great that there was that option if needed. 

Whatever happened to laying the money on the dresser in plain sight in advance!?!  It doesn't have to be one or the other.  A lot of illegitimate sex workers like to grab and go, and or do very little for 10 min and leave once $ is in their pocket.  $ on the dresser evens the playing field for both.  Usually the provider is younger, faster, stronger so actually that's more than enough assurance they won't be robbed in an exchange.
 
***And why didn't I see everyone else said similar things before replying?  I must have just seen tail end of the thread, lol.
 

I agree with 90% of this. #3 is what I have a difference of opinion on, as I've tried (without success) to do that myself. There are those precious few providers that offer a "quickie" half hour rate, and typically it is 75% of an hour rate for up to 30 minutes of time. This is offered for a couple of reasons by the few that do it. The main one is for the client that's looking to get off very soon and leave. The other is the slim hope that their skills are so great, you'll opt to extend the time if you're enjoying yourself and donate accordingly. 
 

When you go to dinner together, does he expect you to pay the dinner PLUS another hour of his time for company? 
I had that stunt pulled on me in the past.  I do not take escorts to dinner anymore.  

I have been hiring providers for well over 30 years.  (since barely out of my teens!  LOL  JK) 
But since my late 20's. I've never asked for a discount.  I have said No when I thought the rate was too high and not competitive.  I have had providers offer to lower their price.  I have always made it clear when they've offered that I was not trying to get a lower  rate.  It's a business and they can charge what they want.  Their rate is just too high for me.  Period.
Sometimes they insist that they are fine with a lower rate and we see each other. It may be when finances are tighter than usual for them.  When we do meet I usually tip.  I hope  they know the tip is because I appreciate them accommodating me and not because it means I would have paid their original, higher rate.
I have found that a provider needs to be competitive with rates.  In my years of hiring I have never met a provider who is worth 2-3 times the going rate.  That just usually means they are full of themselves.  If the experience is disappointing for me I obviously pay their rate.  If it's a stellar experience for me and they send me over the moon I tip generously and hire them again.

a business plan is just that - and should be altered when necessary.  not wise to make wholesale adjustments tho based on one unfortunate event.  
the easiest way to succeed at anything is look at what very successful people do in that field & copy them.  don’t reinvent the wheel or try to change an entire industry or culture bc it won’t happen.  
in this business, a demand for money upon arrival is crass & immediately sets up the appointment awkwardly.  I would not call that person again.  the custom is payment at the end & I expect providers to be able to screen enough that this should not be an issue.  that said, I usually offer payment at the beginning w a new provider so they don’t have to worry about it
if a provider is constantly experiencing problematic clients & situations , then it would be helpful to look at the way the services are being advertised because it’s not happening randomly. 

Basing your entire business model on a "few bad apples", is an incredibly bad idea.
For the record, I’m not talking to @Jarrod_Uncut, whom I know will disagree and ignore my advice. I’m talking to @Tony_tx, for whom I have a great deal of sympathy. We’ve all been there. Chalk it up as a learning lesson. Think about ways you can avoid a similar situation, without harming your overall business plan.

re; “rape”, sending someone to “collect” the unpaid fee & driving 10 hours for an appointment - none of these ideas or actions make sense in context of the simple act of hiring a provider 
once you’ve been scammed by either provider or client - chalk it up to a learning experience & don’t do the same thing again. if you lost $200-$400 then you got off easy
the vast majority of appointments & transactions happen without any trouble at all.  don’t make it complicated unless you want a complicated situation 

It does? 
What is to prevent the escort from grabbing the money that is on the dresser and leaving after grabbing the money?  It all depends on honesty and honesty is not very strong when it comes to escorts.  

Because it is "classless" and reminds the client that the visit is solely transactional.  Who knows what to expect.  
You cannot logically compare paying a cashier for a legitmate transacation to paying an escort for something that has no recourse if thiings do not go right.  

Just watched it this evening, enjoyed it. Great San Pedro locations, I know the town well.

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