DateAMan must either be independently wealthy (11 new provider reviews in March), or he's placing a bunch of bogus reviews in his quest for $100 in Flooz. Either way I doubt he's supporting his hobby via investments made in the stock market. With buzzwords like recession and slowdown looming large on Americans I wonder if a lot of us other guys are laying off the hobby, laying off the high end providers (400+ hourly) in favor of MP visits, or just hobbying with less frequency - once a month instead of once a week.Disposable or discretionary income seems directly related to hobbying. A guy heavily invested in Nasdaq stocks, who has probably lost between 40%-80% of his portfolio's worth in the last year, well that guy probably isn't too fired up to be tossing around Benjamins for BBBJs.I live in L.A. and providers here are not inexpensive. The median price for an hour of escort incall is 300 dollars (5 dollars a minute if you think about it, or roughly 60 times minimum wage). Providers don't really like to deal with careful shoppers like me but I have to wonder if they really think their lower extremities are made out of gold?It's hard to blame providers, demand drives pricing, and if the average - good gals are gonna charge 300, then the divas are gonna charge 400-500, and the porn stars are gonna charge 1/2 your estate. From what I hear and read, the girls with good reviews charging in the 250-350 range get enough calls that they can either A) Do lots of daily volume or B) Increase pricing and still have decent business.So the questions I pose are: Hobbyist - Have you cut back on the quantity or quality of your hobby due to the uncertainty in the U.S. economy and stock market?Provider - Have you noticed a drop in calls and/or business in the last several months? Has business dropped off enough that you have considered lowering your rates or advertising/offering specials such as a bargain matinee (discount at a certain time of day), or greatly reduced prices for preferred regular customers?P.S. To Zara/Billy/Lana/Daisy and other rip-offs - The worse the economy gets, the more likely a guy is to do his homework (no business for you) and the more likely a guy is to not take rip-offs lying down (retaliation).