Total Cost at Yoshiko (with Soda)
[QUOTE=CheekyFella;6443014]I made an appointment yesterday to see Soda before she rotates out. I had another fun session. But as I am getting dressed, she commented that I had only given her $. 6 where she regularly gets $$. This was news to me as I have never donated that amount. So something is up at Yoshiko.[/QUOTE]This is a little strange. When I saw Soda one time last year, I remarked that the girls down at Crystal were trying to get a $200 tip (on top of the house fee) and that I would ONLY go to Yoshiko from now on because of Crystal's "price gouging". Soda's response to that was total agreement and she told me outright that $240 (total, as in $80 House Fee + $160 tip) was a very appropriate cost. She even seemed offended that those girls at Crystal would be so bold as to ask for more! Maybe the Tampa Aera Korean Koffee Klatch has had more meetings on the matter and decided that it's time to bow to all this "inflation" news and hike their prices.
The one question I have to ask [B]CheekyFella[/B] is if you paid a TOTAL of $160 for a 30-minute session, because (under the long-standing pricing) that WOULD be $200 total (as in $60 House Fee + $140 tip). If you did pay a separate House Fee of $80 for an hour session, could Soda have been confused and thinking that the $160 you gave her was supposed to also include the House Fee?
If they're really trying to hike the tip rate by $40, I simply won't pay it. Rather, I'll tell them that I've always paid $160 tip and that's all I brought with me. Take it or leave it. Considering my drive to Tampa is about the same as Orlando (although I-4 to Orlando is MUCH worse), I'll just quit Tampa altogether and settle for a wildly more hedonistic time at Milk Massage for $200 TOTAL (for 45 minutes).
Inflation or supply and demand
[QUOTE=DrWilly;6443832]This is a little strange. When I saw Soda one time last year, I remarked that the girls down at Crystal were trying to get a $200 tip (on top of the house fee) and that I would ONLY go to Yoshiko from now on because of Crystal's "price gouging". Soda's response to that was total agreement and she told me outright that $240 (total, as in $80 House Fee + $160 tip) was a very appropriate cost. She even seemed offended that those girls at Crystal would be so bold as to ask for more! Maybe the Tampa Aera Korean Koffee Klatch has had more meetings on the matter and decided that it's time to bow to all this "inflation" news and hike their prices.
The one question I have to ask [B]CheekyFella[/B] is if you paid a TOTAL of $160 for a 30-minute session, because (under the long-standing pricing) that WOULD be $200 total (as in $60 House Fee + $140 tip). If you did pay a separate House Fee of $80 for an hour session, could Soda have been confused and thinking that the $160 you gave her was supposed to also include the House Fee?.[/QUOTE]There is definitely inflation creeping in everywhere. Recently I paid $11 for a lunch meal at a drive through and that's some crazy ass shit. Personally I'm not going to throw a fit over an extra $40 for pussy. Consider this, if we lived in an area of the country not blessed with an abundance of parlors offering extras, you would pay $200 plus the house all.
Day long. There is one factor we cannot escape in Florida. Tourism. That means out of town swinging dicks come with cash. If 10 guys walk in from out of town and don't bat an eye at the higher prices, but a local walks in and says "awe hell naw" the girl might drop the rate a bit, they might say no dice. Yeah I have heard the boycott talk, I have heard let's all refuse to pay. Then one afternoon your dick is itching for some Asian ass and you will pay $200.
Really, at a parlor you're most likely safe, generally gals aren't drug addicts, and they are cleaner than street pussy or hotel escorts. So for me it.
Is still a good value at $200 plus the house if the service is top notch. My opinion, but I respect the irritability towards higher costs.
I respectfully disagree. Hold the line on over-charging
I respectfully disagree. We DO need to hold the line on greed. $10 to $20 is inflation - $40 is greed! People that overpay hurt us all, and their reasons are actually excuses. Happy to pay the normal rates for good service anywhere, but I'm not funding their Lexus and townhouse for nothing! They will always happily take the $. 60. At least until YOU train them not too. Soda and all the girls at Pine Tree & Palace take $160 WITHOUT a word and a grateful twinkle in their eye! Just my thoughts.
Monger on!
[QUOTE=YellowJacket;6443931]There is definitely inflation creeping in everywhere. Recently I paid $11 for a lunch meal at a drive through and that's some crazy ass shit. Personally I'm not going to throw a fit over an extra $40 for pussy. Consider this, if we lived in an area of the country not blessed with an abundance of parlors offering extras, you would pay $200 plus the house all.
Day long. There is one factor we cannot escape in Florida. Tourism. That means out of town swinging dicks come with cash. If 10 guys walk in from out of town and don't bat an eye at the higher prices, but a local walks in and says "awe hell naw" the girl might drop the rate a bit, they might say no dice. Yeah I have heard the boycott talk, I have heard let's all refuse to pay. Then one afternoon your dick is itching for some Asian ass and you will pay $200.
Really, at a parlor you're most likely safe, generally gals aren't drug addicts, and they are cleaner than street pussy or hotel escorts. So for me it.
Is still a good value at $200 plus the house if the service is top notch. My opinion, but I respect the irritability towards higher costs.[/QUOTE]
No Table Showers in Tampa / Hillsborough
[QUOTE=Trav;6449753]Will be stopping in Tampa. Just reading the Orlando board, are there any spas similar to MILK or King here in Tampa. They seem to do an awesome foreplay in the table shower room. TIA![/QUOTE]Short answer is a simple NO! Longer answer is "Not by a country mile! Not even close! Drive to Orlando!"
For one thing, "[u]assisted showers[/u]," of any kind, (table shower or stand-up shower) are prohibited by Tampa City and Hillsborough County Ordinances. [u]You will not get a table shower in Tampa or Hillsborough County[/u]!
You [b]CAN[/b] get table showers in Pinellas County (St.Pete or anyplace across the bay from Tampa), but few of them include participation by your attendant beyond washing you (thoroughly) with their hands (while otherwise still clothed and definitely NOT getting on the table with you). So... take your rental car 80-90 miles up I-4 and go to Milk Massage, New Day Spa, King Massage, Orlando Day Spa, U-Massage, Ocean Star (Kissimmee)... (help me out here guys... am I forgetting any hot-spots?).
One other oddity worth pointing out is that most of the better AMPs in the Tampa Bay area seem to be Korean, while ALL of the places in Orlando are Chinese. Take that for what it's worth if you're at all familiar with the differences in cultural tendencies among those AMP girls.