[QUOTE=Dan Wesson]That was more or less the point I was making. No small group of over-tippers can jack up the "rate" for all. Besides, I don't provide obscene tips. Also, I don't reward providers that expect or dictate what the tip should be or provide second rate performance, I avoid them.[/QUOTE]
This is all fair enough. I am not picking a fight with anyone and these are not outlandish statements.
One caveat is that many of us are reacting out frustration from personal experience, where a good provider started up'ing tip expectations and/or lowering service expectations, and where the providers themselves are transparent that someone else gave her a better deal so her benchmark just raised.
Unlike restaurants and dining out, there are far fewer AMPs, SWs, and escorts -- it is a much smaller economy and the actions of a few have a bigger impact.
To those who have said it, you are 100% absolutely right that it is your business and your prerogative what you tip.
Will offer this little anecdote... I have enjoyed going to some clubs in the south which offer $5 lapdances with as much mileage as anywhere you'll find. These places rock! Imagine an entire room of undulating waves of brown rounds -- all girls grinding as far as the eye can see.
The girls there are making as much money as any LD club (maybe not PVD brothels but your typical LD club). How is this possible? Because clubs where they're charging $20-$30 or now as much as $40-$50 (!!) for lapdances, the girls are sitting around 90% of the time. And they're paying for every hour they're there.
Imagine a place where as soon as she is done someone is yelling "git over here!" for any available girl -- none of this soul-crushing having to proposition guys and being rejected 9 out of 10 times. From what I am told, that is the worst part of being a stripper -- not the dick rubbing.
But in these clubs, you do NOT overtip. Do that once and you will find out why (yes, I learned the hard way). I can't imagine many make that mistake twice.
Am I suggesting $5 Handjobs?? No, of course not. But it is worth noting that when buyers cooperate, prices can be kept low without ruining anyone's life in the process (i.e., we're talking about women making as much money as up here and being happy with the process).
