Greed or good Business sense?

[The Lone Wolf]

I note on saafe that a lot  of SPs are gonna raise their prices for Eid ( Monday or Tuesday) due to high demand, some by £20 and some by £50.
True, there will be high demand in places like Bradford, Blackburn, Luton etc, but this doesn't happen for Xmas, Easter Hanuka etc?
Raises a lot of questions, will the raise apply across the board?
How will they tell on the phone who's who?  Is it discrimination or just good business?

[Strawberry]

I note on saafe that a lot  of SPs are gonna raise their prices for Eid ( Monday or Tuesday) due to high demand, some by £20 and some by £50.
True, there will be high demand in places like Bradford, Blackburn, Luton etc, but this doesn't happen for Xmas, Easter Hanuka etc?
Raises a lot of questions, will the raise apply across the board?
How will they tell on the phone who's who?  Is it discrimination or just good business?

Wow and yes I agree something like this comes with complications, also if busy why not apply the charge to everyone or not at all? I need to go read about this.

Ok had a look it seems some SPs in areas of high Muslim populations, envisage a busy day so will charge extra. Their posts suggest it would be across the board, some claim to be able to identify Asian callers by accent, I know this isn't true plus accent is not a faith identifier.

[Blackpool Rock]

I note on saafe that a lot  of SPs are gonna raise their prices for Eid ( Monday or Tuesday) due to high demand, some by £20 and some by £50.
True, there will be high demand in places like Bradford, Blackburn, Luton etc, but this doesn't happen for Xmas, Easter Hanuka etc?
Raises a lot of questions, will the raise apply across the board?
How will they tell on the phone who's who?  Is it discrimination or just good business?

Well there's no discrimination if they raise prices across the board, as for good business well that's a matter of opinion depending on what they want to achieve.
If they increase prices and are still fully booked then I guess they will class it as good business sense (As a punter i'd say it was profiteering  ), however if it puts punters off and the number prepared to pay drops off then they could make less money than if they had kept their standard rates so bad business.
Alternatively if their aim is to maximise their revenue / work ratio then it makes sense to increase rates in anticipation of a surge in demand but half of these girls can't seem to even calculate their rates correctly eg 30 minutes £80 and 1 hour £140 but 1 hour 30 minutes £240 

Anyway how about we turn this on it's head and ask if it's quite due to Ramadan and business has fallen off why not do a price reduction to drum up business, now that would be good business sense 

[The Lone Wolf]

Wow and yes I agree something like this comes with complications, also if busy why not apply the charge to everyone or not at all? I need to go read about this.

Ok had a look it seems some SPs in areas of high Muslim populations, envisage a busy day so will charge extra. Their posts suggest it would be across the board, some claim to be able to identify Asian callers by accent, I know this isn't true plus accent is not a faith identifier.

I agree, I guess if they can adjust their profiles to reflect the price increase in time the. fair play to them....still seems like raqueteering to me.....I mean, theyre gonna be very busy anyway, why the need for a price rise?
If not, don't know how they'll tell who's who on the phone? (unless they give the SP their salams) 
Imagine the punter turning up and being told... "sorry love, it's £150 not £100.."

 So Strawberry, if you were a bradford or Luton lass, anticipating a mad couple of days, would you hike your price?

[Strawberry]

I agree, I guess if they can adjust their profiles to reflect the price increase in time the. fair play to them....still seems like raqueteering to me.....I mean, theyre gonna be very busy anyway, why the need for a price rise?
If not, don't know how they'll tell who's who on the phone? (unless they give the SP their salams) 
Imagine the punter turning up and being told... "sorry love, it's £150 not £100.."

 So Strawberry, if you were a bradford or Luton lass, anticipating a mad couple of days, would you hike your price?

Exactly you just said it yourself - "They expect to be busy".

There are times I can expect to be busy, but in my experience that can be difficult to actually predict for certain. Patterns can change, I've tried manipulating rates for certain times eg quite times,  or to funnel in bookings between particular times or dates. I found it didn't work, caused more confusion than anything so simpler to stay the same.

Hotels I believe vary rates around events and busy periods.

[Romeo Sensini]

I note on saafe that a lot  of SPs are gonna raise their prices for Eid ( Monday or Tuesday) due to high demand, some by £20 and some by £50.
True, there will be high demand in places like Bradford, Blackburn, Luton etc, but this doesn't happen for Xmas, Easter Hanuka etc?
Raises a lot of questions, will the raise apply across the board?
How will they tell on the phone who's who?  Is it discrimination or just good business?

Ever tried to get a taxi at Xmas?

You can of course and it will most likely be driven by someone who doesn't celebrate Xmas but is happy to charge double because the passengers do.

[Bum Lovin Criminal]

Well there's no discrimination if they raise prices across the board, as for good business well that's a matter of opinion depending on what they want to achieve.
If they increase prices and are still fully booked then I guess they will class it as good business sense (As a punter i'd say it was profiteering  ), however if it puts punters off and the number prepared to pay drops off then they could make less money than if they had kept their standard rates so bad business.
Alternatively if their aim is to maximise their revenue / work ratio then it makes sense to increase rates in anticipation of a surge in demand but half of these girls can't seem to even calculate their rates correctly eg 30 minutes £80 and 1 hour £140 but 1 hour 30 minutes £240 

Anyway how about we turn this on it's head and ask if it's quite due to Ramadan and business has fallen off why not do a price reduction to drum up business, now that would be good business sense 

Totally agree with all that Mr Rock, but the above will never happen..
One thing is sure, if they raise rates in those high Asian areas, they're going to be rakeing it in...but worn out.

I imaging the travel agents are going to be busy come Thursday morning with SPs booking fancy holidays..

[Hed Master]

Ever tried to get a taxi at Xmas?

You can of course and it will most likely be driven by someone who doesn't celebrate Xmas but is happy to charge double because the passengers do.

I get your point Romeo, but the two aren't comparable.  At Xmas pretty much everyone in the UK is at home pulling a cracker/wishbone/beer out the fridge/feet up watching Dr Who.....working on that day should come at a premium when you don't have to...

The month of Ramadan and Eid is neither here nor there to most WGs, just another working day, albeit a hellovalot busier..in high Asian pop areas,
So whacking £50 on top.(London, £20 elsewhere) is pulling a fast one on our fellow Pakistani punters...

I guess Sergei's around the UK will be hitting the BMW showrooms first thing Thursday morning...courtesy of UKPunters

[winkywanky]

I note on saafe that a lot  of SPs are gonna raise their prices for Eid ( Monday or Tuesday) due to high demand, some by £20 and some by £50.
True, there will be high demand in places like Bradford, Blackburn, Luton etc, but this doesn't happen for Xmas, Easter Hanuka etc?
Raises a lot of questions, will the raise apply across the board?
How will they tell on the phone who's who?  Is it discrimination or just good business?

Technically speaking that's a cartel, and against EU Law.

Let's take them to the Court of Human Rights! 

[peter purves]

I note on saafe that a lot  of SPs are gonna raise their prices for Eid ( Monday or Tuesday) due to high demand, some by £20 and some by £50.
True, there will be high demand in places like Bradford, Blackburn, Luton etc, but this doesn't happen for Xmas, Easter Hanuka etc?
Raises a lot of questions, will the raise apply across the board?
How will they tell on the phone who's who?  Is it discrimination or just good business?

So who are these SPs who are going to increase their prices?

I ask because in some way the Eid celebration is perhaps bigger than Ramadan and I would expect most not to be working on that day the equivalent of a major Bank Holiday in the UK?

Cheers!!

[TPreston]

Hotels I believe vary rates around events and busy periods.

As us regulars on the SA thread know all to well due to constant hotel use. It's common sense supply and demand but Manchester/Liverpool when there is a midweek football game on or a massive concert/event ie. Spice girls this weekend - prices often double from there average price for that day of the week. 

The patterns on average are based around weekdays usually for major cities. Sundays are always the cheapest day. Saturday always the most expensive. Monday, Thursday and Friday the 'average'. With Tuesday and Wednesday a bit more expensive presumably the most busy days with the business crowd.

When you're using hotels as often as I am for meets you get a bit of a knack for it all. And I instinctively meet regulars on a Sunday as better hotels are often going for similar prices to more standard chains. The exact same room can be 3 or 4 times the price 24 hours earlier.

[HarryZZ]

It's certainly not unprecedented, Tontober exists because of the pre-Christmas lull and in my home city there's often an influx of girls around race meetings whom I suspect charge a premium for those couple of days.

[Gordon Bennett]

I remember when virtually everything had a fixed cost but unfortunately over past few decades "dynamic pricing" has become the norm. Given that everyone nowadays seems to charge whatever they can get away with based on the demand at that particular minute/hour/day it's no surprise if some escorts try and cash-in. Personally I'm not convinced this Eid stampede to prostitutes is actually a thing and this is just a load of tosh or perhaps a clever trick by an escort to make her rivals raise prices and drive business towards her own boudoir.

[Jayne_cobb]

So I googled Eid because I only had the barest idea of what people were talking about.  So the gist of this is that muslim punters have been abstaining during Ramadan, so once it's over (eid) there will be a stampede to get paid for pussy?  Re google Eid should be a time of family celebration and still being charitable (does seeing an escort count as charity?) 

[SO595]

They'll charge what they think they can get away with.  Not just for Eid, but generally.  Prices also go up on tours to a more expensive area, around big sporting events etc. 

It seems a bit cynical, but so does hotels charging more because there's demand.

As punters we either pay the going rate, look elsewhere, wait a couple of days, have a wank instead, or whatever.

[scutty brown]

a lot of the EE girls in Blackburn are in the cheap trafficked £70-80 area, prices are controlled by the pimps not by a discussion on SAAFE.
Most of the trade with the muslims is 15 minute P&D anyway. I doubt the prices will go up - the pimps will just rub their hands over the increased volume and force the girls to work harder, even if they end up with sore parts

[Rocket Scientist]

Used to have a EE Regular based in Whitechapel, East London.  Whitechapel has high Asian/Muslim population.  She'd typically holiday during Ramadan and return back to work for Eid. Given that many of her clients were local, it's good business sense. Enjoyed her stories of Asian/Muslim punting habits

[Bonker]

Punting prices will soon become the same as airline tickets. Dynamic adjustment by the day and the hour. Pay extra for showers, condoms...drinks... munchies.

Maybe even price per body part, £10 per tit
£25 for mouth etc

[scutty brown]

Punting prices will soon become the same as airline tickets. Dynamic adjustment by the day and the hour. Pay extra for showers, condoms...drinks... munchies.

Maybe even price per body part, £10 per tit
£25 for mouth etc

and pay by the kidney if you upset the pimps