Is the 48 hour period. I thinks it indicates a post is 48 hours old, then after 24 hours, it goes back to black.
I'm not a newbie but there's a lot of great people who post here that give great advice. And forgive the alias but given the question, it's probably best.
I booked a dinner date with a fine lady I've seen before about 10 days ago. The date is next week. I just noticed that she increased her rate for the date by $200 after I booked the date with her. I'd like to to hear some opinions from others as to the proper way to to handle this? Would I be expected to pay the new rate?
-- Modified on 3/15/2016 4:37:10 PM
A $200 increase is substantial enough to warrant a clarification. If you send a polite email saying that at the time of first contact her ad said X and that you noticed her ad now says Y (and could she please let you know her expectations for her time), she will tell you. If the new rate is now in force, you have the option to cancel.
...gift I expect, is the one it was, when the date was confirmed.
I would, however, contact her, and let her know that you noticed a gift increase, and if this applies to your date, which was booked before said increase. In addition, I am sure she knew her gift would be increasing during your previous date, so she have mentioned this to you.
In all honesty, if she says the new gift is expected, I would cancel. Obviously, you enjoy her company, and she would be cutting off her nose, to spite her face.
Hugs and Kisses,
Kelly
If you booked before she raised her rates, even by a day; email her and confirm the old rate.
If you booked any time after she raised her rates. It's your fault for not checking the rates when you booked (it's an honest mistake and you shouldn't feel bad about it) and you should pony up the extra 200$.
You are not a regular to hers so I don't think you're entitled to ask for the old rate if you booked after the raise.
The real question is: do you wanna ask anyways and possibly ruin any future dates with her? I think you can ask her if you really feel uncomfortable with the rate difference. If the money isn't a big deal to you, then why bother? If your budget doesn't fit her new donation requirements, just come clean and tell her you just noticed the rate increase and cancel.
I'm sure she would understand. And if she feels you deserve the old rate then leave it up to her. Otherwise I think haggling is lame.
Follow OLT's advice and send a polite email. If she says you must pay the new rate, I agree with Kelly, cancel, her loss. If you booked a date at a given rate, current at the time of booking, you should expect to pay that rate, regardless of what happens in the interim.
LLAP,
Swim
That means he's the Host of the Newbie Board. 
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the strawberry is red >>>>>
so i'm pretty sure its not just me
...which is what Debbie said. My desktop shows it as red. My kindle shows it as a dark orange.
The post time stamps are are in bold black for the first 48 hours, red for the next 48 hours, and not bold black afterwards. It's a way for the board moderators (back before TER admin took over moderating the boards) to know how old a post is at a glance. I suppose it works for the TER moderators too.
As Debbie said, swim is the "host" of the newbie board. The newbie board is the only board with a host. When he posts on other boards, his name is in black.
The only other names you will see in red are official TER names such as, "TERAdmin," TERSupport," "DiscussionBoardAdmin," "SportsAdmin," etc., and they rarely post.
why do some people's timestamps next to their post title display as being red?
Is the 48 hour period. I thinks it indicates a post is 48 hours old, then after 24 hours, it goes back to black.
Posts between 24 and 48 hours old turn red. Before that they are bold black. After that they are non bold black. It was a tool for moderators so they could see at a glance if there were new posts on an older thread. There are no volunteer moderators now, but TER admin moderates the boards and may still use that as a tool.
-- Modified on 3/17/2016 7:32:55 PM
Version A.
1. You saw her rate >10 days ago, Rate-A.
2. You booked her 10 days ago at Rate-A.
3. After that, she changed her rate to Rate-B = Rate-A + 200.
4. That's when you noticed it, after you booked at Rate-A.
Version B.
1. You saw her rate >10 days ago, Rate-A.
2. You made the appointment 10 days ago assuming Rate-A (from an old ad, from TER Profile, whatever).
3. "I just noticed, after I booked the date, that she increased her rate" to Rate-B = Rate-A + 200 "but I'm not sure when she increased it."
What is the actual timeline of who knew what when and noticed what when?
I didn't have to ask. She sent me a note apologizing for not notifying me and assuring me that the increase in her rates would not apply to this date. Then she asked if I had any clothing requests. My kind of lady.
If she needs the donation, she may. I feel that rates shouldn't fluctuate by hundreds like that. Because it probably angers guys. It seems like women can be cartoon characters and just pluck numbers out of the sky. Basically, her call volume probably went up and she feels that she can get more money. But if the new contacts will not pay her increase, or her interest volume drops, then she will. Unless she has another job or a sugar daddy.
The best thing to do is ask her about the changed rate and find out if you are on the new rate or the old rate. The main thing that you don't want to do is going into the meeting and thinking that you are on the old rate, and you are not. Like the saying goes sometimes, it better to ask forgiveness than permission.