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Who is Maykul?

Mmm sounds spicy.

Ok, here's my improvement: in the 22 years I've been escorting the industry has not supported my raising my rates, not once. I charged $XXX/hour in 1999 and I charge the same $XXX in 2021, and I could not realistically charge more, nor could I have charged more in say 2009.
 
However, West side Lawyers charged $350/hr in 1999 and are charging around $800 or even $1000/hour now. I don't want to charge $1000/hour, but the fact that male escorts are basically locked in to charging the same rates for the last 22 years, indicates that we are under-appreciated, even though OF COURSE I know we are greatly appreciated.
 
The improvement I want? I want male escorts to be paid more. Not the same as female escorts, which these days are, what, $500/hour? more? but more than we were in 1999, that would be nice. But I can't bitch, I'm doing fine. Or I was before the pandemic.
 
Other Improvements? I guess I wish more explicit reviews returned, though I understand why they can't.
 
I've never had problems with clients not showing up, or rather it's happened so rarely I won't complain.
 
I think RentMen is basically a good site. I know people complain, but I'm just grateful they don't charge RentBoy prices and that RentMasseur doesn't charge MassageM4M prices, so no complaints there.
 
Legalizing it SOUNDS like a good idea, I'm just afraid that might make it more likely my family and friends might find out, and they would not understand.
 
I was resistant to Venmo/Zelle years ago, and in fact lost a client as a result, but I bitch about it less these days. I prefer cash, I also realize that we are moving away from cash.
 
I'm sure other improvements will come to me the moment I hit "post reply". :-)

His name its about his name

But since every male is born with a foreskin, how about leave it the way it was meant to be!

For now, name not needed. However, as Maui says, details of how he perpetrated the scam could help. I wish it hadn't happened.

Well, the beautiful thing about the market is that it’s saturated and you have a choice as a customer.

A three-way? With them? Yes please ?

I'm happy so many of you have found a favorite but sadly for guys like me - who are into beefier more traditionally masculine/rugged types - it's a veritable desert. Aside from Rob maybe. IMHO a lot of the guys out there look like Instagram fitness models.
 
Also, 2020 was a bust for me because of Covid. I'll roll over to 2019 and say that the best erotic was Sergey - who doesnt advertise currently. There was another guy - Two Sides of the Coin - a really handsome, muscular silver daddy who was fantastic but he disappeared too. Oh well, maybe 2021 will be better.

It’s called being discreet.

It’s called being discreet.

Good thread. The conventional wisdom is when the economy is bad prices go down. First more people get into the business to make ends meet so there is a supply glut. Second, with the economic uncertainties people will pull back on spending. The pandemic has thrown a whole other layer to that with people forgoing massages due to social distancing concerns. I got to believe business has not been good over the last couple of months. I’ve definitely cut back but did sneak out to see one of my regulars last month and he confirmed business has been really bad. He used to see 2-3 clients a day and more on the weekend. Now it might be one a day or several days with none. His price hasn’t changed, I don’t think him lowering his rate would make a difference right now since he already charges a reasonable rate.

So I just posted a long response to the "masseur best practices thread:
 
https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/masseur-best-practices.137163/page-7
 
However, it goes both ways. I'm quite certain masseurs here have a similar list of polite requests.
 
Feel free to post them

Definite outlier.
 
are / were you also a masseur yourself?

not sure how to word this so it doesn't sound too bad but....
 
There are some ads which im like how the HELL are you charging that much
 
But when guys like us pay it, it enables them I guess

Call me a critical thinker, but I would assume if they are getting paid that much over their advertised rate, than they did more than just a massage with their client.
 
Consider it an indicator that the masseur May be persuaded to do more than a massage. for the right incentive, of course.

Call me a critical thinker, but I would assume if they are getting paid that much over their advertised rate, than they did more than just a massage with their client.
 
Consider it an indicator that the masseur May be persuaded to do more than a massage. for the right incentive, of course.

Call me a critical thinker, but I would assume if they are getting paid that much over their advertised rate, than they did more than just a massage with their client.
 
Consider it an indicator that the masseur May be persuaded to do more than a massage. for the right incentive, of course.

Good god those lips!

If I were you I'd probably start with masseurs you had connected well in the past and see if they're open to doing/exploring this with you.

I had a very nice experience with him in Feb. looks like photos. Really good massage. Would definitely see again!

It is, but this line of work is quite “personal”, and regardless of the reason, the provider has the right to discriminate.
 
I’m black, and I’d rather a provider be upfront with his racial preferences, rather than string me along with shady innuendo.
 
I personally wish providers would just state their age, race, and body types preferences up front. It would save them time from getting unwanted requests from potential clients, and would save potential clients from wasting time reaching out to them. Honestly, everyone would get what they want, with appropriate transparency.
 
Nothing is more nerve-wrecking than trying to figure out “context clues”, to determine if a guy wants a man my age and race on his massage table.

Over the years I hired, I was asked for my stats a few times. I always answered honestly, and a couple of times I offered to send my pic. I think being open and straightforward helped the dates go well.

Only two private pics now. Both of the face.
No more tool or ass

Canada, of course, collaborates with the US and the UK at many levels even swaping data.