Given the outlook for the economy, shouldn't prices drop?
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For Agencies, there may be the odd ‘special’ or ‘featured’ discount. Higher tier/status/ranking ladies may drop down a tier based on less bookings.
Don’t expect agencies to drop their current bottom rates any time soon. There’s ALWAYS someone else with money to spend.
That is the way it works for commodities, as we all learned in Econ 101.
Since the beginning of Economics, people have been trying to extend that concept to personal service providers, but it never has applied. For sex workers advertising on Terb, the best you can hope for is that prices will remain flat during bad economic times.
For survival sex workers, yes prices will drop. But as crude as it is to say, they are a commodity. They aren’t the ones reviewed here on Terb.
You will see more guys discussing and booking LeoList ladies, with all of the bitching about their lousy services. Using an often inferior substitute is classic economics. You will also see more discussion of Asian massage places during bad economic times.
Will the higher priced escorts, independent or agency, make less? Yes. Will they have a sale on sex? No.
Neither will any other personal service business. It is how it works.
Since the beginning of Economics, people have been trying to extend that concept to personal service providers, but it never has applied. For sex workers advertising on Terb, the best you can hope for is that prices will remain flat during bad economic times.
For survival sex workers, yes prices will drop. But as crude as it is to say, they are a commodity. They aren’t the ones reviewed here on Terb.
You will see more guys discussing and booking LeoList ladies, with all of the bitching about their lousy services. Using an often inferior substitute is classic economics. You will also see more discussion of Asian massage places during bad economic times.
Will the higher priced escorts, independent or agency, make less? Yes. Will they have a sale on sex? No.
Neither will any other personal service business. It is how it works.
They survived the Rona… that’s the last time prices were amazing.
I don’t think they cover escorting in Econ!! Especially with the options of OF
Don’t get me wrong… I’d love to see a reduction… just doubt we will. There’s a better chance at seeing gas prices under a $1/L before we see a real price decrease.
There will ALWAYS be demand. The supply is something we’ve all heard related to the tenure of this profession.
I don’t think they cover escorting in Econ!! Especially with the options of OF
Don’t get me wrong… I’d love to see a reduction… just doubt we will. There’s a better chance at seeing gas prices under a $1/L before we see a real price decrease.
There will ALWAYS be demand. The supply is something we’ve all heard related to the tenure of this profession.
I think @Patron is right, the prices will probably be flat if there is a recession. SP's expenses are likely not going down (like rooms, clothing, etc.), and demand will probably stay the same. There might be more competition, but I doubt we'll see a race to the bottom so someone can be a higher volume provider.
Now, if we have a 1930's economic meltdown (which Trump seems determined to create), all bets are off. That would be massive deflation, and we'd all be fucked...
I suspect prices from sex workers are a lagging economic indicator, that will only move if there is a severe contraction in discretionary spending. Basically any price drop will require a large number of clients to actually reduce spending, the providers to notice the drop, and an individual provider or agency to decide to drop prices. Right now we're at, "Let's see how this plays out." If there's only a minor economic rough patch providers are likely to ride it out at their current price point.
As was said, premium providers may drop prices, agencies may have more specials or encourage providers toward lower price tiers. Some providers may go to a lower tier, probably with an agency move. I also suspect more marginal providers may opt to complete on price. However, unless there is a real economic disaster I suspect that mid-market, and lower mid-market, will likely remain the same (more or less).
I've already seen pricing dropping for popular girls on LL. Whether it's permanent or only when they are super slow.....who knows
It seems condos more than houses. However, difficult to see big drops in this people depot. But who knows?
Ironically named, for this site, Nominal Rigidity exists. This is also called Price Stickiness. Everyone is loathe to drop their prices - think housing, your wages, your desire not to pay more even if you could afford to - thinking that their price is always just around the corner.
Nominal rigidity - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Personal opinion is that it is not bad yet. We haven't entered a recession, employment is still not bad and there is nothing to indicated 'badness' today.
