So... Chicago has always been the Go to spot, but sadly over the past year and especially the past few weeks it has been HOrrible.. Is it just me? Or is every body cheap and rude now?? I hope it's a faze , ladies have y'all ran into the same problem?? and why do girls nowadays charge so little??? Don't they realize if the going rate is high that the guys have no choice but to pay the going rate?? It's like they expect street prices on the Internet. I need answers lol

Economy is still bad.  still lots of people who is unemployed.  you have to lower the price a little if you want work and be paid.  guys usually just wack off if they can't afford the ladies so it makes sense to lower the price some and have appointments.

Posted By: Encoreent

So... Chicago has always been the Go to spot, but sadly over the past year and especially the past few weeks it has been HOrrible.. Is it just me? Or is every body cheap and rude now?? I hope it's a faze , ladies have y'all ran into the same problem?? and why do girls nowadays charge so little??? Don't they realize if the going rate is high that the guys have no choice but to pay the going rate?? It's like they expect street prices on the Internet. I need answers lol

I suspect the bad economy may also have caused more women to turn to providing as a source of income.  In theory, this would serve to increase supply and tend to keep prices lower.

However, I've been looking at other cities occasionally, and with the possible exception of the higher priced ladies and New York, I'm not sure the trends in Chicago are particularly different.

I can't really tell for sure from your post if you are a provider or a hobbyist.

Finally, I would suggest that the individual ladies have a better feel for their own markets, pricing, etc, than either you or I do.  Some that I have met are very sharp small business women.  They are all less concerned with the market as a whole than with how they can set and structure their own pricing to make moe mone now and in the future.  They know when their phones ( or emails) ring and when they don't.

BTW, reading your posts reminds me of some stuff I read long ago on the origins o labor unions.

It sounds like you're whining Encoreent You should be happy that you are getting amazing women for such a wonderful discount (bad economy, bad economy, and again bad economy comes in to play) If you want to see every 1K/hr to 2K/hr girl - go for it! You obviously have more money than the 90% of most guys who can just afford a 400-600 girl and with that, you most likely will get a better performance then  the plethora of centerfolds and porn stars that charge ridiculous amounts for what you can get with certain dark horses in the industry. Do your research and you will find fabulous women that will double the time frame by keeping her rates down and get more traffic. Good luck!  

Posted By: Encoreent

So... Chicago has always been the Go to spot, but sadly over the past year and especially the past few weeks it has been HOrrible.. Is it just me? Or is every body cheap and rude now?? I hope it's a faze , ladies have y'all ran into the same problem?? and why do girls nowadays charge so little??? Don't they realize if the going rate is high that the guys have no choice but to pay the going rate?? It's like they expect street prices on the Internet. I need answers lol

Really?  I wish the rates were low.  Where can one find these magic low rates, besides Backpage?

You must think that the economy is great and that every client has won the lottery.  I wish that were the case.  I'd hobby more often.

BTW - the hobby is a luxury, not a necessity.  Your advice to raise rates is genius.  Let us know how it works out for you.

Whaaaaaat?!..

Most ladies charge $$$-$$$$ an HOUR!

I don't get your logic, and quite honestly, you're way off with whatever point you're trying to make. Nobody lives in a fantasy world.

This post is a hoot. Providers who tour Chicago should have no room to complain.Locals pay the rate more times and it seems like it's being a little taken advantage of. Instead of relying on only Chicago
to pay your bills go to a few other areas. If you don't like the rates here you should go somewhere else .
You will be surprised and thankful for Chicago when you find the rates in other areas aren't  near the ones in Chicago. If I were posting about rates, I would not be complaining too much it is a sign of greed.

I must be shopping in the wrong places because i see the opposite happening.  Prices going up.

SP

It's so poorly constructed, that your point(if there is one) is lost in the mess. Most providers in Chicago are now $$$+ and that is more than enough, especially in this economy. It is going to take several years before the money flows as it did a few years back, the economy needs to recover and unemployment needs to decrease. Do you even live in America? WTF

Hi CTP,

Check out Abby, the next time she's in town A quality session @ the price of $$, well at lest that was the price during her last two visits!!

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With exception of one person who behaved less than gentlemanly by scheduling and pulling a NCNS, every single person who contacted me was respectful, provided screening info without playing 20 questions and did not make any "negotiation" attempts.

I did post visiting rates slightly lower than my usual NYC rate but nowhere near what you describe as "street prices on the Internet".

When tours go not as well as anticipated, it is usually best to take a moment and see where you could have possibly made a mistake, not trash residents of the city you have visited.

Lina

I think $300 was the standard rate a year ago and now see a lot more $350s.

I've noticed that many ladies who had rates og 3 or 3.5 a year ago now post 3.5 and 4. Thankfully, the practice of honoring "grandfathered" rates is alive and well, but the higher posted rates have cut down my seeing new ladies.

But I am thankful I don't live in Vegas, LA or NYC, where rates are .5 to 1.5 higher than Chicago.

With all due respect to "Encoreent" [whose writing at times verges on the "incoherent"], I have to agree with other posters who disagree about low provider rates in Chicago.  My hunch is that bargain rates only signal bait-and-switch, upsell situations and other tiresome rip-offs

Not only is Chicago more costly —particularly in terms of value for money— than many other major cities, but law enforcement concerns are greater, leading to complications and hassles for the, um, customer.  

I'm sure that there are those who will insist that all these innovations are necessary, but when I lived on the West Coast, there was never any need for "verification" and all the related skulduggery and subterfuge  we know so well here.  The 2-call system was essentially all that was required.

But I would not be surprised to hear from some that we are living in a perfect world except for the fact that  prices are not high enough.

Many young ladies willing to work below the market to get reviews so they can charge more.

Met with a one time reviewed lady that charged $$ and hour for a $$$$$ quality date. She also had the best body I have ever seen. Met another one review lady who charged $$ for the best greek I have had. Met another unreviewed lady (have had many misses doing this) that charged $ for the hottest 1/2 hour from maybe one of the 5 hottest lady I have ever met. No way I could have gone an hour. I did visit and review her for her $$ multiple times hour. Best hour I can remember even from some much higher priced ladies. There are always ladies trying to make a name and charging less. With only 1 or no reviews, you run the risk of getting a 2 rated visit. So, I believe there are risk/return cost adjustments.

The marketplace of, um, providers is indeed dynamic and operates according to a set of rules that follow well-established principles of economics as well as a logic of their own.  I wouldn't be surprised to see some of these ladies listed on the NASDAQ —with futures contracts trading on the CME and CBOE.  If it's good enough for Facebook, why not for the many lovelies reviewed on TER?  Indeed, why not TER itself?  Talk about online social media sites!

Sounds like an agency handle. That's the first thing that hit my mind after reading the post.

Bravo, Mike Hammer —once and always the ace private eye.

Thanks, but not exactly rocket surgery.