$350 is the new $300?

[Milo Janus]

I've contacted a few providers on RM and they now quote $350!!  STOP IT!

[TorontoDrew]

I will only pay it for some guys.  I always bookk multiple hours and would like a lower rate for subsequent hours.

[Luv2play]

You can still get top notch guys for under $300 in certain markets like Montreal.

[Mutt]

Could just be those specific guy(s), but at least in the U.S., inflation is very real. I totally believe that U.S. providers' expenses are going up just like everyone else's & that eventually they'll react by increasing their rates.

[+ Pensant]

Recently quoted $500 for two hours with a hot, tall, hung and young provider in Seattle. Decent rates still available.

[Skip]

$500 is pretty normal…what I count on….250 for “massage” . Only fair … 

[+ KensingtonHomo]

We've mostly been getting $300-$350, but Montreal was cheaper before the exchange rate. 

[+ azdr0710]

I just now used the forum search function at upper right and entered the single word "rates".....here are the 400 pages that resulted going back to pre-September 11......

https://www.companyofmen.org/search/?q=rates&quick=1

really, this rates hand-wringing thing isn't some new and strange phenomenon..........really

Edited June 19, 2022 by azdr0710

[dcman]

All the providers I have talked with/been with lately have charged $300Hr $500for 2 hours.  This has been the rate for really top of the line tops.  I try to book 2 hours when I can to benefit both of us.  Try to make whatever deal you can a win/win.

[+ DrownedBoy]

On 6/18/2022 at 8:16 PM, dcman said:

All the providers I have talked with/been with lately have charged $300Hr $500for 2 hours.  This has been the rate for really top of the line tops.  I try to book 2 hours when I can to benefit both of us.  Try to make whatever deal you can a win/win.

This is a good tactic. Once, a guy quoted me 350 an hour, I offered 500 for 2 hours, and he accepted (good time too). Offering more money, even if more time is involved,  is a great motivator.

[robberbaron4u]

$500 is the new $350...I shall wait for the recession, thank you.

[pubic_assistance]

On 6/18/2022 at 5:39 PM, Milo Janus said:

I've contacted a few providers on RM and they now quote $350!!  STOP IT!

Stop what ?

Inflation ?

Speak to your members of Congres who never seem to have a problem with the Fed printing more money every time there's a crisis. ( Thus creating a NEW crisis for the middle class who struggle to keep up with the decreased dollar value )

[Spiritualadvisor]

1 hour ago, pubic_assistance said:

Stop what ?

Inflation ?

Speak to your members of Congres who never seem to have a problem with the Fed printing more money every time there's a crisis. ( Thus creating a NEW crisis for the middle class who struggle to keep up with the decreased dollar value )

Let’s hope that they will start the money printers soon because if they don’t, it will be very bad for most people in the near future, especially when savings are depleted at the end of this year and inflation continues to rise. It’s better to kick the can down the road for a bit longer. 

[Kevin Slater]

Moderator's note:  let's keep politics out of this thread.

[TorontoDrew]

I have one guy I've seen who raised his rate to $350 and a week later it was back to $300.  Everyone finds a price point that gets them the number of clients they want to see.  For some, they get enough clients at $350.  Law of supply and demand.

[pubic_assistance]

Kevin doesn't want me to mention politics...so let me just say this:

Events have lead to inflation .

Inflation means prices change.

$350 today is the same as $300 in 2019

Decreased value of the US dollar means you need more of them to be paid the same as you were two years ago.

Same way your $300 is the same as your $200 fee back in the early 2000's

Inflation sucks.

[Skip]

If $50 is a deal breaker then stick to the internet. Had a ribeye in a restaurant lately? Or at home. Hiring is a luxury. Luxury has it's price.