I don't understand providers that charge more for outcall than incall, but then also charge a transportation fee. Paying more for the outcall IS the transportation fee.

is that the upcharge for outcall is to cover the additional time involved in travel, and the transportation fee is to cover the cost of travel.  Rideshares, taxis, and even gas aren’t cheap.  

 
Anyway, it is what it is.  If you don’t like a provider’s fee structure, find someone with a different one.

of products have begun adding a "fuel surcharge" to their products to cover the higher gasoline prices for transportation.  Why would it be unreasonable to impose a fuel surcharge to cover the higher price of transporting pussy to your hotel room or residence, whether it be by driving themselves or paying higher taxi or uber rates?  There has always been an upcharge to cover the provider's travel time to get to your location from the center of town or her starting point.  That's why in some Asian and European cities the upcharges may increase with the distance you are from a fixed starting point.  

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There's hair, nails, a little more makeup to look sharp....maybe even something nice to wear in public, even though it'll recyclable for another date but hey...you want her to look nice, don't you?
And needless to say the time going and coming, gas etc...etc.

If she's working from an incall location, she can schedule appointments closer together -- or at least has the potential.  But when you request and outcall the block of time is larger so that is an opportunity cost (whether eventually realized or not.)    She'll price on the assumption that she has the potential to lose some business to the larger dedicated block of time.

Traveling takes extra time, and parking is usually never free.

Like I have told you before.. Get a fuckin' TESLA or at least a plug in hybrid.  Or even better.. MOVE... East coast ain't that bad Florida, Virginia both great states to live... California is going to HELL in a hand basket, and so is TEXAS - for different reasons altogether.

I love SoCAL! I’m not complaining. I have lived in NY, FL, they’re great states. I visited VA it’s not for me. Thanks, but no.

Too bad you won't consider FL.. LOL.. I am moving there after my fuckin' working life is over, which can be as soon as I reach my financial goals.. I love Loudoun County VA, but place is fuckin' expensive as shit..  Fuck Va.. Love it.. But too costly.. $$$ can go a long way in FL.  Yeah DeSantis is half crazy, but then again who isn't these days.. LOL.  

 
If you can handle humidity you can handle FL. That's the bitch..  

 
I was in SoCal in 2019. Also went to Bay area.. Just too many homeless people. Very  heartbreaking.

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I lived in Orlando, FL & it was lovely, but I am not a fan of humidity. Yes, there’s a lot of homeless in SoCAL, but the weather is perfect year round. Your life is never over. Just press reset. I am considering a Tesla. Happy Friday! I’m off to be a beach bum. The hard part is deciding what beach to bless today…Del Mar, Solana, IDK maybe Oceanside.

Little to no make up needed. I change to the dress & heels when I get there. Lol

If you can't afford $7 gas, you can't afford a Tesla.

You are going to have to explain how you arrived to that conclusion... ?? This better be some genius explanation, or you better be high on weed..  

 
Go !!!

Lets compare buying new cars (best case for Tesla.)  Lowest 2022 Tesla is $47k.   One of the cheaper new cars on the market today is the Mitsubishi Mirage at $15k.  Difference is $32k.  Mirage gets 39 MPG average.  For $32K and at $7 gallon gas you can buy 4600 gallons and therefore get 180.000 miles.  The average person in the US drives 10,200 miles per years.  So you can buy gas for your Mirage with the money you save from not buying a Tesla that will keep you on the road for 17 years.  This assumes Tesla charging is free and you don't have to replace the batteries in 17 years.
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Now if you are strapped for cash, you would maybe not buy a new car at all, or buy a used car getting even more miles/yrears from the thousands saved.
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Tesla is a rich idiot's virtue signaling car.  

Tesla's remind me of that South Park episode where all the Prius drivers smelling their own farts

Here's the problem with your statements.. You do make a sound case for not buying TESLA, but you are cherry picking facts that are most suitable to your case.  

 
I never said you had to buy a brand new car.. You said it..  I've never bought a brand new car, and unless I win a lottery or something for 10s of millions of dollars, I don't think I ever will. It makes no economic sense.  Let someone else take the depreciation, I will buy a car that's yr or two yrs old.  

 
So lets say you buy a $35,000 TESLA, you can finance it at fixed rate from your local Credit Union, and you got a fixed liability.  Yes, it does cost to charge it a bit, but not that much.  You buy a regular car at $20,000, yes your payment will be lower than paying on $35,000 loan, but you still got variable expense of having to pay for gas every month.   What happens when the same gas goes to $10 / gallon or $12 / gallon?  

 
Secondly, I also included Plug In Hybrid in my choice of vehicle, which I personally think is a smarter choice than Tesla. They are not as expensive as Tesla, and also some of them are a lot bigger cars, and not ultra compact cars like Mirage. Not  to mention it does have a huge tax credit (up to $7500). that reduces your tax liability dollar for dollar.  Also, there are tons of cars to choose from..  

 
Lastly, the more people buy into the idea of driving PEV or EV, the cheaper they will become.  As long as you can make the economics work in your favor, I think, one should strongly consider buying it.  This clearly is the direction in which things are headed.  Do you know there are even Hybrid Trucks now..  

 
I am personally considering buying a Hyundai PEV close to Thanksgiving.

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Fester is the official Board Buffoon.

LMAO.. I haven't studied much of his posts.. I don't partake in P&R board anymore Maybe I should come and start posting..  

 
I did put a considerable time in trying to make a respectful and cogent argument.

Hybrids make a lot more practical sense.  But it's a hard case to make for longevity.  You can pick up 20 year old gas powered used Toyotas that still run fine.  Any battery technology lasting 20 years?  
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As far as gas prices going up in the future, of course.  But so will grid electricity.  Because they are going to have to burn coal, gas, or oil which make up about 25%, 25% and 25% respectively.  Wind and solar are still only 10% globally and obviously unreliable due to weather. The brainless greenies shut down nuclear (which also currently accounts for about 10% globally.)  
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So really depending where you get your electricity it could track oil prices.  And the generation capacity and grid infrastructure really isn't there to support a totally electric transportation system.  That'd all cost trillions.  Someone has to pay that, and it'll be in the electric bill.

The man posts cartoons as arguments.  He's a non-entity.  

Doesn't even know what a cartoon is. That was a gif. THIS is a cartoon.
Apparently I've done this to you so many times you've got PTSD, Fester.

Quite honestly,  based on my research, the price of replacement is a huge impediment right now.  For the car that I am looking at, the battery is about $10,000, but the car comes with 10 yr / 100,0000 mile warranty. The batteries are expected to last anywhere between 10-20 yrs. So the longevity hardly is an issue.  

 
Most experts expect the cost to go down in coming yrs.  Remember when the flat screen TVs when they first came, they are $4k-5K. Now you can buy one for under $500 which is like 100 times better than what we could 20 yrs ago.

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If the prices come down, of course that would change the evaluation.  But we were talking about spending 40K today.  Nobody is going to hand you back that money in 5 or 10 years.  It is spent today.