Hi Fortitude,
My expectations are not any higher as the rate increases.  What I would expect for that price is to spend my time with an exceptional good looking woman.  Performance consideration based on previous reviews is secondary, however I'd never pay 2K an hour for any provider...not when I can receive the same treatment from providers that are in the $$$ to $$$$$ range.

my $.02.
-R

I would think that price almost has to factor into expectations.  If a Rolls Royce automobile was the same in all respects to a Ford Escort who would pay the thousands of dollars extra to own the Rolls unless the buyer's only purpose was to demonstrate to everyone that he had enough money to be able to buy that vehicle.

Once you get over $$$ price has no link to quality, except for porn stars, where price links to how hot of a star they are.  When you pay over $6 a minute, GFE is typical, beauty should be stunning, attitude should be excellent, and skills should be superb.  If you are paying 10$, then you are a sucker and are paying Rolls Royce prices for a Lincoln.  The Lincoln is a great car, but paying triple the price will not improve the ride.

Does a Mercedes really feel that much better driving down the highway than a Camry? I does make more of an impression when you tell your friends, but close your eyes and most feel very much the same.

Price vs. expectation: My expectations would go up as the price goes up only as far as the details are concerned. A lady charging a higher rate may see less people thus giving her more time to pay attention to all the details(atmosphere, your likes/dislikes in terms of what she wears, music, and so on) that would contribute to the "total" experience. I haven't found any difference in the physical aspect and price. Sometimes you really feel comfortable with a person and everything flows smooth as silk and sometimes you don't mesh and things become cumbersome no matter what the price.

The agency you refer to seems to come highly recommended as safe and reputable on your local board. I think that sometimes in a city where there is a large amount of business/tourist travel there are alot of people that may willing to play a premium to insure a pleasurable experience in a city they may not be to familiar with(and may not have the time or know how to do the needed research) rather then take a chance on saving alittle money and walking away disheartened.

Snow

My experience has been limited to plus or minus 50% from the "market price" for a given city. What I have observed is that performance is at an extremely high level at market price, that it does not improve significantly as price goes up, but does markedly decline as price goes down. It's a lot like wine pricing and quality.

So whenever I am seeing someone in a higher price range, my expectations about performance are not higher. If I was totally logical, I would never pay above market price, but I usually decide who I want to see before I check pricing.

"Même une belle femme peut vous donner seulement qu'elle a"

An old French expression for "Even a beautiful woman can only give you what she has"

I agree that at the median price and above there is little correlation between price and performance, but that performance falls off rapidly below the median.  However, at any price there is tremendous variability.  It is probably not reasonable to somehow expect there there will be ever better sex if you just spend more, the basic point of the French quote.

The French may not be the best of allies, but they do seem to know about sex.

When I was dating, I had a bit higher of a suggested gift on the surface.  HOWEVER, I never watched the clock, so in the end, it all worked out to be the same as market.  Astute gentleman could see past the wording in my advertisement and I got repeats and excellent reviews.

What the difference was that I was super duper duper low volume, the most dates I ever went on was six in a month. (I am lucky in that I've always enjoyed a primary OTHER income.) ALWAYS I went on dates that I believed I would truly enjoy the guy's company.  

More often than not, I brought along a small token gift, often I would bring sushi dinner as I preferred the intimacy of eating in.

I think the most important thing about my style that even though I practiced safety (other than bbbjtc) was that I tested MONTHLY, every orafice every possible STD whether or not I had symptoms.  Drove my docs crazy as I've always been covered by insurance, but that's what I pay for.  It took three tries before they figured out that the oral Chlamydia test was the PINK tube ON ICE, but I made certain that they were doing their job and doing it correctly!

Always clean and still testing even though I haven't dated in this forum for a few months.  (serious "monogamous" boyfriends count as contact in my book. I test for his sake as well as mine!!)

Well, it's sunny here in San Diego and we're all off to the beach for some boogie boarding mania!

Elise  [email protected]

Simple Supply vs. Demand.

If the price is too high the phone won't ring.

If the service is good, OR the name recognition is high then the higher price will NOT scare away clients.

And hey, if we all had unlimited income, don't you think WE'D spend extra to be with someone famous we'd seen before that the rest of us peasants couldn't afford?

That being said, I would rather pay a little extra to get a better service (I'd go $ higher for someone with an amazing rep, maybe even $1K for someone like Sasha from NY (one of these days.......).

Makes me think of that old Brewster's Millions movie.... remember when he had to work at blowing $30 million fairly quick?  Hell, most of us could do that on a weekend bender in Vegas with a couple of huge suites and a couple of dozen high end providers (Best... Party.... EVER!)

I have found that price versus performance, as a "general rule," are somewhat tied together. The quality vesus price ratio ("QPR") generally remains fairly even. That said, there are always exceptions to the general rule. I have seen a few ladies that in my humble opinion, have their donation rates a click too low for thier superb performance. I have also seen a few who should lower their donation a click based on the less than expected performance. Perhaps TER should have a category for QPR in the review section!!

Additionally, you have different markets being able to carry higher rates. Just look at Las Vegas for example. You pay more than you would elsewhere for the same (even though many would argue that the level of performance across the board in Las Vegas is also higher, too). It is usually up to the market conditions, like any commodity, to even it out, but very few ever last that long in this hobby so it doesn't have a significant impact.  

And like the wine analogy which Rick refers to, there is the theory of diminishing returns. Once you hit a certain dollar amount, the quality versus price ratio becomes hard to justify for the minimal increase in performance. Is a $400 bottle of Screaming Eagle close to seven times times better than say, a $60 bottle of Duckhorn "Estate" Cabernet?? I don't think so. It may not even be twice as good. This is also applicable to audio equipment, as all as many other things like autos, etc. The only justification for the higher prices is ego and exclusivity, which given human nature are justifiable reasons.