First Agency Willingness to Negotiate (A Trend?)
A first time for everything, especially during an economic crisis: this local incall/outcall agency sent over one of their ladies for an hour, she showed up looking a little less, let's say "appealing," than her pictures indicated, so I politely thanked her and offered a modest cancellation fee. She flipped open her cell phone and after some quick chatter with the agency, made a proposal to me for either a half-hour appointment (at more than half the typical fee, of course), or else a small (Mr. Grant) discount on a full hour, but with no more than one release. This agency has never in the past budged on either time or fee, so I have to assume that the phones aren't ringing and they're eager to at least cover their overhead.
A first time for everything: we're all spending more for gas, more for Pike tolls, more for health insurance and pills, and if there's anything that counts as a luxury, it's paying 250 or 300 for an hour (not to mention the cost of gas to drive to a location, if it's incall) for an hour of fun (assuming the provider is in a decent mood and the website picture isn't a gross exaggeration). So finally at least one agency has figured out that's it's better to have even a small referral fee coming in instead of no fee at all.
I'm wondering which of the Sexy Six in Boston is going to have to fold or drop their rates for a while during these economic hard times (mean that only one way).
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