Being in retail for over 30 years, Monday has always been the day to handle customer complaints.  So I thought I'd institute a new PS board feature; the Monday Rant, or as Jay Leno used to call it, "What's my beef"?  This is an opportunity to vent on any subject, hobby relate4d or not, that's pissing you off.

So let's hear what's getting your panties in a bunch!

The prices between British O/N European O/n and USA 1 hr is not much

I got a rather nast email off Photogirls regarding a PSE prices when she travelled to the UK from US, and I politely asked her if them rates were available when in USA,

lets face it it was $750 per hr for a top name

here its $3000 for 2 hrs

Hey Ed
Are you doing OK? You have been through a lot recently and really concerned about you.
Dan

Well - I just can't figure how some of these ladies are not willing to adjust their rates in these trying times - especially since we've seen the 300 club and several super hot PS's who are very reasonable.......for example....I had a date with Zeina Heart the other day....her rate is unreal and I realize that she is an exception but c'mon!!!!!??????  She is gorgeous!!!  Some of these ladies need to get off their "high horse"!!!!

However, If folks are willing to pay then more power to 'em!

C

Hanging in there... I think God is fucking with me.  I was staying with my brother-in-law, but he's losing his house because his wife is now in a nursing home.  So I'm now staying with a friend who's remodeling her house... I tripped on a 2X4 and tore a rotator cuff and twisted my knee.  Ya gotta laugh, if only to keep from crying! lol

My only gripe is people preaching/ordering others as to what they should & should not do....I know passing judgement is the American way, but people are going to do what they want, without seeking the advice & consent of anyone.....I'm an adult, & the 5 porn stars I'm seeing next month are adults, we are able to make the decisions best for ourselves as to what we do in the bedroom....

Your last statement took the words outta my mouth, which has been exhuasted many times over.  The price is not too much if people are willing to pay it.  I know girls who can't pay their rent charging 500/hr that were charging 2000/hr less than 8 months ago.  It's a sad thing to see.

I still charge the same amount since I entered into the business, and I haven'y slowed down very much at all. Sure there has been a slight slide but not to warrant a change in pricing.  

Thats what really burns my panties is when guys email me for my rates and I give them the price, and they come back ranting who they saw and for how much.  I am happy for you, but that doesn't make me change my price.  If a girl isnt willing to adjust her price it's probably because she doesn't need to.

My rant is guys being all pissed because some girls don't lower their rates...Hell I want a Bentley but I can get a Ford for a lot less, so Bentley you better lower your prices in these hard times! hmmmm maybe you've got something there but most likely you'll want if free if they do lower the price.

At $500/hr they can't make rent?  Much of the civilized world doesn't get paid $500/month.  Most of America gets by on $600-700/week.  

In fact I know this one well known porn star who insists on getting 1k per hour and will not budge..She calls me one day complaining that she has no money and barely can rub two nickels together..I told her I know three guys that would see her immediately but they cannot afford her rate of 1k per hour but would do either 1k for two hours or $700/hr..She turned down their offers..

The guys did not rant they just moved on to a different well known porn star..It's a women's right to charge whatever she wants but they should not complain about not having any money..Just like a guy should not rant and rave to the lady if she will not lower her rate..Too me the reason why a porn lady has no money is because of the decisions she made in her life..

As my dad always says "You can't fix stupid".

D

Just trying this rant thing on. It feels good to get some things off my chest, so I'm pissed and I'm not going to take it anymore!!!!....

OK, nothing pops into my mind to rant about, life is pretty good at the moment, but I'm all about the process. I'll get back to you maybe next week....

Even Bentley's aren't selling as well as they used to due to the recession.

And I know of at least one A-list girl who lowered her rates from 3k to 1.6k due to the recession. So it does happen and it might have been solely due to the economy or it might have been due to a combination of that and public complaints.

As for why some girls won't lower their rates even though they're not doing as well as they normally would, well it's likely due to ego and how they perceive themselves as being worth a given dollar value. And despite decreased profit they stick with that price no matter what as they can't bring themselves to lower it.

-- Modified on 4/28/2009 7:49:25 AM

I think this is correct. It's one thing to lower your price on what you think is a unique item on eBay. It's quite another to lower it on what you think is a unique item -- yourself.

The girls who stick to their rates, in my opinion, deserve respect, not condemnation. They understand that, when you boil it all down, most physical relationships have a monetary component to it -- overt or not. To wit: The most important determinant in predicting whether couples will marry is their economic status and how closely it mirrors each other's.

So, our beloved escorts are fully aware of the money = love paradigm and just run with it to the point where they don't even have to bother with the marriage end of it to ascertain their worth as sublime females.

To compromise one's rate is to take a blow to the ego's solar plexus. Therefore, steadfastness in the face of less buying power from fans is perfectly understandable.

Doesn't have two nickels to rub together, but turns down multiple appointments at $700 per hour.  I guess we're not talking about a Harvard graduate here...

There's one and ONLY way to get lower hourly rates and that is to stop paying sky high rates for these girls.   Supply and demand will bring prices down.  When people stop paying, prices will be adjusted according to what the market will bear.  We keep paying and there is no reason to drop prices.

I've paid $1,650 twice in my career for a PS, and thinking about it now, I must have been out of my fucking mind.  For that $1,650 I could have had 4 amazing GFE sessions, at $400 per, that blow away these 2 PS experiences, and would have had $50 left over for a nice dinner.

The only girls I would even consider paying that kind of money to are Brittney Skye and Jennifer Aniston.   Britt may be retired and Jen is not a porn star or provider

In my opinion, $1,000 should be the price cap, regardless of who the girl is

And while we're talking about salary caps, baseball players should have their ridiculous salaries capped at $1,000,000 too.  Now the Mets and Yankees are crying that they cannot fill the stadiums due to high price tickets?   Fuck them too and maybe they'll both end up bankrupt too...

~Does being horny count as a good reason to lower your rates?  hope so...xxxx

I HATE YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO SEE ZEINA HEART WHEN I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO O/C TO SEE HER!

(okay....just kidding! -- although I am HELLA jealous, I can't wait to get the details on your appointment!  Please PM me to fill me in, as I am checking her website to see when she'll be back in the LA area!)

get off unless they jerk themselves off! It's so ridiculous. Some babe or babes or combination of babes has been sucking you, fucking you, taking it up the ass and you still have to jerk your fuckin' dick to cum? Does sex turn you off so much the only way you can actually orgasm is if you do it yourself? That's taking narcissism to new heights (or is it lows?)!

There. I feel so much better.

$11 and change to replace a stupid lil plastic lugnut cover.  That's $11.50 EACH!!!!  They only come in packs of 5 (presumably cause each rim on my sports car has 5 lugnuts) so the MINIMUM I'd spend would be $60+ dollars w/ tax and shit.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??  For little plastic pieces of shit??  Get the fuck outta here.

And since you HAVE to buy the 5 pack, and since I'm missing a total of 7 now (mostly through the car washes) I'd have to spend almost $130 but end up with ones left over.

For God's sake will porn producers stop showing us the guy's face when he's about to come?  No one, and I mean NO ONE, cares.  And when you have two women in a lesbian scene with a strap-on, we don't need to see one sucking on it.  We know it's not a real dick and it's just not sexy.  Having the two girls fuck each other silly with it--now that's sexy.

Watch out Debi. The manufacturers of erection-enhancing drugs are very shady and dangerous. And you represent a direct threat to them.

That shot of the guy's face goes back to John Holmes who used to scrunch his face all up before he'd blow his load. I thought it was stupid then, and it still is. It is a horrific turnoff.

The other is when guys scream like little girls when they come, or make any kinds of stupid noises.

The fact that no PS or escort for that matter will visit the Huntington/Charleston, WV area (and believe me, I know the reasons why). But, damn, can't a brother get a lil love once in a while without a 4 or 5 hour road trip?

~I like it..!!!!!

~FYI....most of the time it"s a fake POP face, done only for use in "soft" versions of the movie..tHE Camera is always on the actual pop, and face of the receiver.But I agree, I have always had to hold in my giggles, when they know they need to GIVE POP FACE.....It's more comedy than anything else...In a playful moment I have even been known to put a wet finger up THEIR ass...just to mess with the male talent...NOW THATS FUNNY!

I think your cap idea is a little backward. If a ballplayer is worth a million a year he ought be giving BJs to all paying fans. LOL

Not all the ladies doing this need it to make ends meet. Some just do it to buy luxury items much the same as ballplayers making several million a year do comercials. Do they need the money?.....no! but if they get the right price will they do it?...hell yeah. If not no big loss to them.

Ah Debi ... what a resource! All that sweet oozing sexuality there for us to enjoy and bring out of her. And now the kind of behind-the-scenes insights about the magic of porn movie making! I'd pay this girl's rate just to sit in bed with her in the nude and hold hands while talking about the industry.

Of course, she would have a free hand to hold something else in that case were she so inclined.

Ok, how about telling the director/camera-guy to pan the whole body when the girl is having an O.  They usually zoom in on the face of the girl while presumably, her body is shaking in all its glory.  If you're telling me it's for softcore, then edit that part out for the HC version and put in the whole body shot.  In general, I'd like to see more whole body shots or more whole room shots.  Yeah, you don't get the zoomed in close-ups of dick pile driving an ass.  That's great in some cases, but even 30 seconds of the same in-out without context makes for dullness.

Maybe I'm jaded.

~YES...I too am a bit Jaded as far as visual needs,I know now how to combat that problem...MAKE MY OWN MOVIES!!!!!!   and it's the best thing I have ever done...shoot what I like to see, and hopefully include myself in as many as I can...want to join me? AND NO BOY FACE POP SHOTS.....

I'm totally in, with qualifications Debi. No into pain, either giving or getting. Not into male homoerotica. Otherwise am a fount of ideas and would love to be used as your talent for whatever purpose you like.