If a client has to leave early for a work obligation he told me about in advance shouldn't they pay the provider's full rate? I have a fairly reasonable, standard rate for an hour but if he was the one who was late shouldn't he pay my standard rate? I was also 10 minutes late after emailing him if he was on his way. Kinda ridiculous not to pay the full rate or even tell me?

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I guess you're right. I'm quite irritated. I am not comfortable with date check anymore because of  multiple situations involving my rate and shorting me. Hopefully datecheck can have their clients rise to the level of P411. I trust P411 but datecheck has been awful this past year. I hate to say it because of their clients not paying correctly. I guess if I am leaving with a few less hundred each date and I don't charge much to begin with I will get upset. It's stupid. Please screen and give the appropriate okay providers. I hope date check screens their consumer's better because this is beginning to get silly.

This post is confusing you say he told you in advance he would have to leave, then say kinda ridiculous that he didn't even tell you.  You are also late by your own admission and I don't think it's ethical to charge when you aren't even there.  This makes whatever happened complicated.  But if I understand correctly you were late and he left early, I think if that's the case he shouldn't be made to pay for the time that you weren't even there, and you should be compensated for the entirety of the rest of the time.  SO if you were 10 minutes late to a 1 hour date he owes for 50 minutes.

To sum if HE is late or leaves earlier than the time he reserved, that's on him and he pays.  

If YOU are late or leave early he shouldn't have to pay for time you aren't there, sometimes you can make that up by staying late, but sometimes that doesn't work.  

Depending on how much and what kind of notice he gave as to leaving early, my opinion might change on whether he should pay for that time or not.  If he told you an hour before he pays, if he told you a week before, he doesn't

I agree what you described is unclear.  Assuming he reserved a set amount of time, and also advised you he had a hard back end, if you were a little late I think he could ask for a slight reduction in the rate.  But if it was me, and a 60 minute date had to end at say 50 minutes, I doubt I'd think it was worth getting into the argument.  Maybe just agree to extend the next meeting a little and call that even?

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Don't lowball the ladies if you need to leave early. I'm notorious for leaving early due to my schedule and obligations.  I am seeing them on their schedule (first), then on mine.  They will set aside a timeframe, however long that might be, for me.  If I am late, most ladies can accommodate the delay and allow me to enjoy the alloted time.  If I need to leave early, I am still there on their clock and will pay the rate.  I don't even bring up the topic, since I'd rather have some sweet loving for a little bit than not have any at all.  If she's running late, she will extend the missed time if possible.

If the lady wants the offer me a discount, great!  In the end, I had fun with a beautiful girl who will be a mental distraction all day and that is worth the price of admission.  Besides, there have been numerous times where they stopped watching the clock, so I totally got more in the long run.  Lot more

-poet

You showed up late AFTER he told you he might have to leave early and you want full rate???
Sounds like you are both at fault ... clearly the reason he told you he may have to leave early was to make sure you would be on time!!!
If you had been on time, he owes the full rate - however, in this case, that did not happen.

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Totally agree.

If you agreed e appointment was from 4 to 5 pm, that's the appointment.  If provider is running til 415 pm, then really it should be fair to charge me 45 minutes, not 60.  But to me that's extreme.  The more common manner is that we both pad our schedules to allow for +/- 15 minutes and adjust the start and end time of the session accordingly.  That is, unless client says he cannor extend, in which case the rate should be altered or accommodations given.  

But if a client is late, he misses out on the time if a provider cannot accommodate.  

I don't believe in nickel and diming, though.  If I am 50 minutes into a session, it is quite acceptable to get dresssed and exit.  I am certainly not gonna ask for 1/6 of the donation to be returned.