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.  

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.  

If you booked before she raised her rates, even by a day; email her and confirm the old rate.  

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.

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.

That means he's the Host of the Newbie Board.  

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.

the strawberry is red >>>>>
so i'm pretty sure its not just me

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.

...which is what Debbie said. My desktop shows it as red. My kindle shows it as a dark orange.

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.

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