If a provider posts a touring ad and clearly posts her rate in the ad, why is there any confusion? Blaming a provider for your lack of basic comprehension is not sloppy. Do you honestly expect a provider to list her rates for every single city she tours on her website?
Some cities like NYC, LA, and San Fran have way higher lodging/food/transportation costs than other cities. Typically I've seen ladies increase their donation because of that. If you don't like it, move along. But it sounds like you're just mad because you want her lower rate, so you accuse her of being sloppy.
the ad doesn't say touring rates, or "rates for [your city]."
the doesn't list it as any kind of special or specific rates.
also, and i didn't mention this in the op, one of the woman's hourly rate was higher in the ad than the web site, however her hour and half rate and two hour rate were exactly the same.
so wtf yes i hold women responsible for consistency. a hour is higher on the ad, but two hours is not? sorry but how do i know it's her touring rate?
in my business, if i post $X amount per unit i create, but when you call me i say it'll cost you $2X, will you happily pay that to me with no questions?
sorry but if you ladies are going to ask for donations, then please act like business women and be consistent and clear. otherwise expect confusion from your customers.
Dear Ms. Kane:
I am just wondering if you have had posted discounts in the past and if you have, have any of your customers asked if you would be honoring that if your rates where different than what was posted on your website? If asked how do you usually respond to that question since it is constantly reiterated on your website that any mention of this will terminate the session.
And thus, there is more than one way to LOOK at the situation you outlined. More than one perspective and interpretation.
For instance, I could leap to the conclusion that you interpret the scenario you detailed in the way that best suits YOU ( i.e. she posted multiple rates without explaining why, and naturally you want the lower rate so you're going to consider her rate-posting tactics to be "sloppy"), but I know that isn't necessarily the case. You could be the type, like me, who likes everything spelled out as specifically as possible.
Yet consider that many others already feel that lots of providers' ads are too wordy as is. To them, a rate posted in a touring ad means that is the rate for that location. Simple, done.
Posted By: BigPeterJohnson
i was more inquiring about "what should these women do?"
Each provider should use trial and error to determine what works best for HER. Different strokes for different folks.
Posted By: BigPeterJohnson
i always assume the lower rate, like gaga (as usual, gagambler, for all his hooker glory, is the only one who actually gets the business side of this).
Well, we all know what happens when one assumes lol.
Posted By: BigPeterJohnson
and if the lady says she's charging the higher rate, i will politely point out that her web site (or whatever) says the lower rate. to me, this is not negotiating. this is demanding that a posted rate be honored.
Many/most ladies who tour also have a "home city". The rate posted on her website is her "home city" rate. The rate you see posted in her VISITING AD is her VISITING RATE. That's the sort of thing that many would consider "goes without saying". If she insists upon the rate stated for your location, she is absolutely honoring her posted rate..... for YOUR CITY.
Posted By: BigPeterJohnson
if she insists that the higher rate is in effect, i will reconsider my need to see her. not mainly because of the extra money involved, but it occurs to me that someone who is not attentive to her business practices may also not be so attentive to her job, ie, me.
iow, a sloppy business woman is a sloppy provider. and there's only one place i like sloppy in this whole endeavor.
Again, there are multiple ways to view this. You say "sloppy" while others will consider it "minimalist"..... which is very attractive to many men.
I'm continually tweaking my website and ads based upon feedback. As I already mentioned, it's in my nature to define things in detail and as clearly as I can to avoid confusion. Unfortunately, lots of potential clients find this to be off-putting. Having a large Rates Graph with a column for each city, and a line for each time-allotment was apparently too much..... so edited it. Made it simpler. Yet there's still alleged confusion. (I say "alleged" because I often don't believe they're confused as to my rates, they just want the lowest one they see even though it's not for their city..... the "oh I didn't move my eyeballs slightly to right to see what was clearly posted there!" routine lol)
Some ladies get tired of what they perceive as the bargain-hunters and just raise their rates for EVERY city to the highest rate they'd been charging. And maybe let a few regulars pay their previously-lower rate.
Just like anything else, no rate-posting method is going to work for all the people all of the time.
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