Valid Reasons for Rate Increase

[+ FreshFluff]

On 6/22/2021 at 11:26 AM, Lucky said:

In my small business boarding dogs, I raised my rates by 11% and still get plenty of business,

Do you charge extra for grooming long coats? Or do you give discounts for being cute? (I’m referring to the dog, of course.)

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[Guest]

he’s asking for a raise lol, just give it to him since it’s not a crazy amount as you said, specially coming from a pandemic where many workers lost their main source of income and have no social securities at all

[+ Lucky]

7 hours ago, FreshFluff said:

Do you charge extra for grooming long coats? Or do you give discounts for being cute? (I’m referring to the dog, of course.)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMpQIGZBlpW/?utm_medium=copy_link

I am the last person you would want grooming your  dog! (And no discounts for cute!)

[+ FrankR]

10 hours ago, jeezifonly said:

(I will, however, accept his offer to rim me for an extra 5 minutes.)

What a generous fella you are!! 😋

[dbar123]

Think of all the money you’ve saved on escorts over the past year… I’ve upped my tipping lately because it seems like the right thing to do

[CheckCar]

As others have suggested, the post-pandemic market is going to be volatile for a while. Those of us who are troubled by rate increases should probably just wait it out for a few months. My hunch is that the market might stabilize sometime this fall. 

[+ Tygerscent]

On 6/21/2021 at 7:05 PM, lonely_john said:

I'm in a similar situation as in the other thread abour a rate increase by a regular provider. Thank God my guy is not doubling his, but he's still proposing an increase on the basis of what he said were "increased expenses" that he didn't want to fully disclose.

I haven't agreed to any increase yet and am still waiting on a more detailed explanation. He's good and I've been a long time regular but I want to make sure that he's not being greedy, so before swallowing any lies I wanted to know your opinion based on past experiences:

• What do you consider valid reasons for a rate increase?
• What percentage or increase amount (on rates of $150 Massage / $250 Escorting ) do you consider acceptable?

 

Here are a few reasons: hotels, airfare, auto fuel costs, car rental: 

 Just to example hotels costs: below are rates for Monday/Tuesday night stays in Manhattan that were up on Orbitz as of Sept 24th 2022.  
 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are more expensive by $50 to $250 more per night and that is before taxes, service fees and the resort/destination feee the hotels charge beyond your Mon/Tue room rate~ 

 Places I usually run for under $200/mon-tuesday night are now anywhere from $350 to $600… much more then usual~ The hotel that used to run a provider $2,500 for four days is now perhaps 1/2 as much more or doubled that price~ 
 
 When the overhead for a business increases, the business increases the costs of its product(s).  What happens if they don’t~?  
 I guess some businesses can cut down on employees and the expenses that comes with them but, a service provider doesn’t typically have multiple employees. There’s more like one or two~ (making exception to FFO etc).
 
 People were complaining about Covid because, it was keeping them at home and away from their jobs… Now suddenly, people are moving back into some facsimile of daily living that tries to fulfill the fantasy of returning to life pre-2020 but, why all the employee shortages, reduced operating hours, quality in services and product availability~? There are various answers.  
 
  The risk factor alone is something of worthy consideration: covid, monkey pox, (in addition to the usual colds and flu or unlikely sti situation). 
  Covid is not just something that happens once in the fall or in the spring… It’s constant and ongoing. A providers risk of exposure is significantly greater than say a healthcare professional who wears a mask with their patients or other businesses that have the option of wearing a mask while they work. Typically you’re not gonna find a provider wearing a mask while they are providing to a given Client~ It seems unethical, immoral and bad business practice to be sick with either monkeypox or Covid, (which are extremely communicable), and see Clients~ Both of those diseases will take a provider out for several weeks… weeks without sick pay or perhaps any other income~ 
  As a handshake requires two hands, Providers are not the only ones getting sick. Clients are as well prone to illness and this can lead to cancelations, scheduling and rescheduling conflicts, permanent illness in some cases that take Clients or providers out of the event altogether and permanently~  
 As the demographics of safety standards and rates of infection (or potential for it), change, so does the availability and perhaps willingness of both Provider and Client~ 
 Not all Clients are single and gay… there is some noteworthy percentage of hiring Clients that are married, straight identifying, have families, children, jobs of any profile, ailing partners/parents/spouses~ Neither getting monkey pox nor the vaccines for it seem a reasonable consideration when coming home to a wife or family members who might not sympathize with a Client’s sexual tastes or the idea that they indulge in something so intimate beyond the relationship at home~ 

  Even if not for covid and health related reasons, as inflation rises, a providers personal costs and business overhead increases as well~ It makes sense that a providers rates would likewise increase~ 
 

 It may feel natural and seem reasonable for Clients to contest and move to drive the prices down. It may happen where some providers lower their rates to bring in business but, honestly what industry has that worked with where driving down the prices resulted in a higher quality product~?

Edited October 10, 2022 by Tygerscent

[arnie]

You state your rate, I accept or move on.  It goes up I may decide to move on or not.  There is no approval/discussion.   You balance your fees vs your activity level to produce the income you hope to achieve.   But from the few escorts that I have followed over the years 2 of which are still active today, I have noticed that 20 years ago they were at maybe 200, which was the equivalent of 300 to 350 today and are now only at 250