of the donation request adjustment?

So I was seeing a provider before her rates increased and was told her new rate increases did not apply to me.
Since I saw her for dates in the past and was a regular client.
 

When I raised my rates last year, I simply grandfathered in my regulars. I never mentioned it to them and, honestly, I'm not even sure any them realized that I had made any changes lol.

15 minutes ago, a provider I hadn't seen in over 2 years ago and I had recently scheduled an appointment emailed me to make sure I knew what her new donation was.

I know each provider is different, but you have not seen her in over two years.
So I think that is the reason for her making sure you knew the new donation rates.

Since you 2 already know each other well,  just ask her if you're grandfathered in
XOXO,  
TL

But I never found out until she carelessly mentioned it in casual conversation.  She knows I can't afford it and I'm grandfathered in at the original rate.

I agree

Yes, I don't think it would be at all inappropriate to send an email, and ask if you are grandfathered in, or if you will be paying the new higher rate. Communication is key, to making sure there isn't an awkward situation. Hopefully you will be grandfathered in

Wtf are you talking about?

And in both cases they notified me when I contacted them

They are very different concepts. One is a change in price that's posted, another is essentially charging per service sometimes before, sometimes during. Not sure why you'd conflate the two.

To be honest, one should never expect someone to maintain their same rates over several years. All businesses raise and lower their rates as they see fit, to what the market will bear.  Some businesses change their rates depending on how good a customer you are, and some treat everyone identical.

maybe i'm lucky; maybe i'm a really, really good client; maybe i'm so non-descript that i fall through the cracks; but when it comes to raised rates, i have always, always been grandfathered by every woman i see on a regular basis.

the thing i love about you fancy is that you have the courage of your convictions.

br>

Three hookers that bother me today on this subject...

FG doesn't have a grasp of anything, except perhaps his own dick, and he most definitely does not have a grasp of the obvious

If I have seen her recently enough to even remember her rates, I expect to be grandfathered. If I can't remember her "old" rate, most likely it's been long enough and I am not "regular" enough to expect a grandfathered rate.  BTW I have a very short memory where it comes to how much I paid. Anything longer than a couple of months and I don't really remember an extra fifty bucks or so.

You never know what your talking about or what to say either.
Then you wonder why, I call you a weak old man?
Well maybe calling you a man might be a bit much. Lol

time. If I am going to the dentist, starbucks, paying my phone bill, restaurant, etc. and they raise their prices, I'm certain they won't be grandfathering me in to their old prices either.  

It must be something your use to doing on your dates.

sorry baby you would think they would have the courage to post their objections here

and i'm sure, like when starbucks raises the price of their coffee way over what you want to pay and you go across the street to seattle's best, you won't mind when your loyal clients go see another provider instead.

I hear you actually love DATO, so shush.  Now go back to your closet, Puffy.

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I totally agree! I call "Bullshit" to grandfathering OR "grandfathered rates.

good rule of thumb gagambler.

Is it worth talking bringing up a petty few extra dollars while possibly irritating a good client that you would like to keep seeing?

Regulars is defined as truly that- see me on a regular basis... once a week/biweekly/monthly/bimonthly.  If they drop off and come back a year later, I will usually drop a little for them too.  Seems like good practice to me!

... so I wouldn't know if they've raised their rates.  It would be incumbent on them to inform me that their rates have gone up.  Then it would be up to me to decide:

I hardly consider myself a regular if even a few months have gone by.  

once in a year? Your idea of regular and my idea of regular are vastly different.

I am not surprised either.
You are kissing so much ass and you don't have time to read much. Lol
My views are clear and posted below.

as i say, if a lady needs the extra $100 from her regulars, more power to her finding another regular, because she's losing my original $500 by not grandfathering me.

i agree if she's my regular i don't look at her web site, so it would be up to her to tell me she's raising her rates on me.  

On which point?  The one about you loving DATO?  Or the one about your being in the closet?  TS Sasha wants to know.

I think you need to wipe your face after kissing so much ass.
Then you will understand my comments.
You lost me with this comment and you can't be that stupid.

...You're saying that anyone who sees Sasha is gay.  Keep insulting all groups - can't wait to hear you trash AA.

Personally, I think a woman should charge whatever she wants to, and that she doesn't "owe me" anything or any other customer for that matter. I will make me determination about whether or not I think I want to see her at that price. Now if a woman wants to reward me for either being a regular customer, or helping her get her business off the ground or simply likes my (slanted) eyes by leaving my rate alone while raising it to others, that is certainly appreciated and a fact I will take into consideration when choosing who to see on any given day, but she most certainly doesn't owe it to me.

I don't mind taking heat for my views and have been very clear about them.

lol gagamber, don't know if you saw it but i'm calling them hookers now.

Ava,
 Your a class act unfortunately many others may not operate as professionally as you and prefer
to start all kinds of drama. When it is very simple and cut and dry just to inform us of the update
and then it just becomes a matter of choice to accept and continue or just move on.

and for that i apologize.

exactly my feelings.  charge what you want.  i'll patronize whom i want, in large part based on what they ask for in donations.  

That is always a possibility and concern, but if the price isn't that dramatic of an increase people do not mind a subtle increase in most business prices. Most ladies aren't going around increasing their rate by 1,000 dollars, they are keeping it at market level.  

"If I can't remember her "old" rate, most likely it's been long enough and I am not "regular" enough to expect a grandfathered rate."

though i just discussed with another frequent poster on this board the fact that a lady in our market who has been in the market for a while has increased her rate by...are you sitting down? ... 50%!