My air conditioner  just went, after 5 years. I had to purchase a new one at a cost of $ 300.00. It will probably last me  5 years or more. The average  cost for one hour with a provider is about the same. While I love to partake in provider sessions,I  am feeling  the  effects of our negative economy .Even  my clients are asking for better rates . I'm beginning to double think the biweekly sessions, and cutting them down to monthly. Any opinions on providers rates being a bit steep nowadays?.this is not  to complain,or  criticize. We all have a right to  ask, and pay what the market will "bare" , but  is it  getting out of hand , or is it fine   by all. Tony

I wondered just what the average pricing was for incall escorts that are popular with TER reviewers.  To answer this question I took the set of all Los Angeles and Orange County incall escorts with profiles updated on or after April 1 of this year, who had nine or more reviews, and whose profile gave a price for a one hour session.  There are 68 escorts in this set.I calculated average appearance and performance scores.  If there were 20 or fewer reviews for an escort I used all reviews.  Otherwise I used the most recent 20 reviews for each escort.The average incall escort (popular with TER reviewers) has a one-hour session price of $291.32, an average appearance score of 7.22 and an average performance score of 7.40.Yes, the better escorts do tend to charge more.  The correlation between price and appearance is 0.62.  The correlation between price and performance is 0.48.  Interestingly, the correlation between appearance and performance is 0.56.  It is possible that this last number says more about reviewers than it does about escorts.The regression equation is (coefficients rounded):price := 42.61 * appearance + 17.59 * performance - 146.37Some escorts are priced well above this amount.  Some are priced well below.  Knowing the equation will help you find the (relative) bargins if you are so inclined.--modified by Mathesar at Thu, Apr 26, 2001, 15:43:53

If you want value, go to Canada!!!!! With the exchange, you can get a GFE for $100-200 per hour depending on location. Diamonds in Niagara Falls offers the best value that I have seen. Drwine

Perhaps there's light at the end of the tunnel according to Mathesar's post below.  If I recall correctly (& there's no garantee of that) he posted statistics based on the same criteria approximately 30 days ago, & the average price was something akin to $301.16 (Mathesar is not only our resident math expert, but he is precise as well)  If the rate of decline continues at the same pace you should have your new A/C "paid off" by the time it needs to be replaced.Sorry about the bad joke..my sense of humor must be a bit weird today.

I beleive that standard economic theory will hold here. I remember in 91-95 that rates WHERE lower not just because of inflation over the years but because providers lowered rates to bring in business. I have cut back because I don't find the value at $$$ - $$$$$ and more is that good among the women I have seen. There is only so much that a woman can do for me that is hundreds or thousands of dollars better then $$$. I've had some of the best for $ and $&one-half (or zero, if they really liked me (has not happened now in years)) then the most money can buy. It all seems to depend on attitude and intimacy for me.

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I'm a relative newcomer to this hobby, but your last sentence I can't agree with more. The problem is until you try someone, even if you're familiar with all the reviews, you never know beforehand how those two items will be for you with that person. Unfortunately, my expectations also will vary with $ so while objectively the experience may be similar, I may not perceive it to be so subjectively. Oh well...I guess I'll just have to keep trying...

Don't think that rates will come down that much.  The 91-95 prices many cleints so foundly recall were just as we came out of a recession, but also beofre the Internet.  The Net created demand by allowing easier access for clients and better verifiaction of providers. Before it was through agencies, word-of-mouth, street hustling and the back of the alternative weeklies, which limited the number and quality of clients to the most determined, and scared away many potential occasional clients (once or twice a years) becuase of the hit and miss proposition that entails with hooking up with an unknown without and reviews to go buy.  Now the Net allows unparalled access to middle class men, the biggest and most desireable market, not the rich super players with their Heidi;s Gilrs connectuions, and we since we no longer have to cruise the Strip, call random, unverfied ads form the backs of the weeklies and engage in the business prelim that many of us found degrading.The Net provides for pictures, even if many of them are fact, and it offers data in which to based purchase decisions. It's like buying a car, gentlemen!

No that we have all the math provided above, I'm sure we're all just that much more in the dark.  In response to the original post, I don't expect provider rates to go down just because there's a down-turn in certain job markers - like the tech side where I was until recently employed.I guess if the whole economy took a dump and there were broad layoffs and cut-backs arcross all employers, then I might expect the provider rates to dip some to accomodate.IMHO anyway.- aka G.K.

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