Isn't 400 dollars for a hour too much for New York standards?

[marylander1940]

2 hours ago, cany10011 said:

I understand your point. The escort should put the need for uber in their advert then.  It's extra time back and forth that I don't need to deal with. Would be better to know upfront... that way, I can skip their ad. 

 

Skip their ad? 

Most clients don't even read the entire ad,,,

back and forth? Picture damn engaging in endless texting with several clients at the same time. 

[cany10011]

37 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

Skip their ad? 

Most clients don't even read the entire ad,,,

back and forth? Picture damn engaging in endless texting with several clients at the same time. 

I‘m not most clients

[marylander1940]

32 minutes ago, cany10011 said:

I‘m not most clients

how would they know you're for real till you send an Uber to pick them up because you're not playing games? 

[xyz48B]

2 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

how would they know you're for real till you send an Uber to pick them up because you're not playing games? 

I don’t like the negative assumption out the gate.

We’re supposed to, as clients, assume providers want to please us and not simply ca$h in on horny men.

Providers should approach us as real potential clients who are actually interested in hiring.

Maybe if instead of skepticism out the gate we approached things with a bit more magnanimity, it would make the whole experience less bileful.  

[+ goosh69]

Get over it.

[xyz48B]

1 minute ago, goosh69 said:

Get over it.

Insensitive remark.

Were guys charging $300/hr in 2002? That was the pre-COVID rate for some. In 2002, I wasn’t even sure I knew what masturbation was, so I definitely wasn’t up on the rack rate for escorts. But something tells me it wasn’t $300/hr.

[socurious]

19 hours ago, MscleLovr said:

Not to equate escorts with consumables, but to illustrate my approach to spending my money…

I’ve paid more than $400 for a wonderful meal. I’ve done that in NYC, Paris and London. I have no regrets. But I wouldn’t pay that for an ordinary meal each day.

Similarly I’ve paid much more than $400 for a night’s stay in numerous 5* hotels around the world. But I’d never pay that to bed down in a 2/3* hotel.

Personally I enjoy sex regularly and I generally like the BFE. Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to have some really nice, handsome guys as my boyfriend. But when I’ve been “between boyfriends”, I’ve hired. Price was never my main concern. What I wanted was a guy with model good looks and a muscled body who was sexually compatible with me. 
 

If I were to calculate the number of orgasms versus the cost, I’d guess that I’ve often had great sex for less than $400 an hour, sometimes much less. I’ve also had great sex for more than $400, just as I’ve had merely adequate sex on a few occasions. 
 

With the general cost of living in NYC, and the rate of current inflation, I’m not surprised that enterprising young men now ask $400. 

You sound rich.

[xyz48B]

10 minutes ago, nycboi said:

You sound rich.

And to a degree out of touch with what average folks face.

There are some who would say that all life’s pleasures just, rightly, aren’t for all people. I’m not one of them. But they’re out there, and sadly more numerous than we’d like to admit to ourselves.

[Alex93108]

I’m happy to announce that most European airlines have resumed their full schedule - so whatever - I for one am not tied to the New York market 

The rates are what they are , the higher prices mean much more dillegent vetting 

Edited March 3, 2022 by jetlow

[Skip]

4 hours ago, nycboi said:

You sound rich.

It's a rich man's sport...

[xyz48B]

2 hours ago, Skip said:

It's a rich man's sport...

Does that make me athlete?

To your point – I find that kind of dismissive and supercilious. 

[mike carey]

3 hours ago, Skip said:

It's a rich man's sport...

24 minutes ago, xyz48B said:

Does that make me athlete?

To your point – I find that kind of dismissive and supercilious. 

Really? I thought it was an Abba reference. Oh, wait, that was 'A rich man's world'! Silly me.

[Skip]

Lot's of jealous mean old queens on this post... 

[xyz48B]

26 minutes ago, Skip said:

Lot's of jealous mean old queens on this post... 

What makes you say that? 

[xyz48B]

4 hours ago, mike carey said:

Really? I thought it was an Abba reference. Oh, wait, that was 'A rich man's world'! Silly me.

🎵 Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight*
 

 

 

 

*Or before. I’m not picky 😂 

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

11 hours ago, nycboi said:

You sound rich.

And with that comment, you don't.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Bottom line, not everyone can afford everything.  That's life.  Those who can, do and will.

Don't shit on people who pay less and, conversely, don't shit on people who pay more.  Same goes for escorts and their rates.  If it's not to your liking, just move on.  Have some couth.  Don't belittle.

A lot of the posts on this thread say more about the poster than the original question.

[Alex93108]

I'll end on this note. It's a piece of wisdom my former manager imparted on me some years ago. 

i was a young impressionable 23 year old who had just moved to New York at the time.  [ Looking back I wish I had more sex too - I was far too proper and conservative] .

 I was living in a partially subsidized apartment in Manhattan with roommates. At the time, my starting salary was VERY LOW - and nearly panicked when I walked into a supermarket [ The Food Emporium?] to look at the price of milk and orange juice.  How is this going to work?

I was working in  a job that was part salary + part bonus + part commission - and i was concerned about how I was going to live ( I frankly I thought the salary component was unrealistic). I voiced these concerns to my manager who I was close friends with. 

I thought maybe I need to cut back and trim expenses. 

His answer

"You shouldn't be worried that milk costs X and orange juice costs Y etc.  Cutting back is not the solution"

You see the solution, Jetlow…….is to just make more money. That will solve all of your problems.   Its the New York solution to all problems really -  just go make more money.

 

So for those cringing at NY rates either

1) Make more money

2) Hire elsewhere 

3) Pass

 

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Just now, jetlow said:

1) Make more money

2) Hire elsewhere 

3) Pass

 

 

Fucking genius.  

Simple.  Effective.  Mature.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

14 minutes ago, jetlow said:

[ The Food Emporium?]

 

And the pedantic in me wants to know if it was the old FE near 68th and Broadway.

Back in the day, I'd buy candy and then go across the street to the movies.

[socurious]

45 minutes ago, Benjamin_Nicholas said:

And with that comment, you don't.

Naaaaah you don't need to be rich to hire. Just smart enough to save and spend your money.

I only make nearly ***k a year. Pretty much boderlike middle class for New York standards. Poor here is when you make under 35k-40k yearly or something like that. In another state that would be middle class I think. PD. Just edited my annual earnings from work. Waaaay too much information hehe

Edited March 3, 2022 by nycboi

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

5 minutes ago, nycboi said:

Poor here is when you make under 35k-40k yearly

The poverty threshold for Manhattan back in 2018 was nearly $60k.  

And it's changed since.

[socurious]

14 minutes ago, Benjamin_Nicholas said:

The poverty threshold for Manhattan back in 2018 was nearly $60k.  

And it's changed since.

Someone who earns 59k a year is poor in Manhattan? Ummm. Maybe it depends where in the island. Manhattan is more expensive below 96th street while above is not as much. It gets more pricy in Tribeca, NoHo, Hudson Yards, Nolita, etc. Edited: Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, Hamilton Heights have decent and even nice areas but also many hood ones. 

Edited March 3, 2022 by nycboi

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

7 minutes ago, nycboi said:

Someone who earns 59k a year is poor in Manhattan? Ummm. Maybe it depends where in the island. Manhattan is more expensive below 96th street while above is not as much. It gets more pricy in Tribeca, NoHo, Hudson Yards, Nolita, etc. Edited: Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, Hamilton Heights have decent and even nice areas but also many hood ones. 

Source (2018):

https://www.6sqft.com/a-salary-of-58450-or-less-annually-is-considered-low-income-in-the-new-york-metro-area/

[HoseMaster]

14 hours ago, goosh69 said:

Get over it.

I would have to debate that one.  I highly doubt the average rate in New York was $300 twenty years ago.  If you put in the same calculator with a more closer number of the time of $200, it probably shows a little more accurate number: