Quality down, prices up...

[LondonPunt]

I've noticed a lot lately that the quality of massages is going downhill in all the usual haunts,  Soho, Paddington, Waterloo, Blackfriars etc

The price has gone from £30 to £35-40 for 30 minutes and £50 to £60 for 1 hour.       Extra's used to be bog standard £20-40 and now the usual Waterloo gaff and Soho want £30-40 for a basic massage.

Pre-COVID and during I got HE for £20 and much more.  Now they want £100 for any mutual touch or topless.  For those prices, you can get a decent escort and have sex. Talking of Escorts, they've gone from £120 hr to £150 per hr and the service is far far less than what it was.

During lockdown I had some of the best punts of my life, mostly young Brazillian girls who have now dropped off the radar and gone on to other things.  Now the quality is just expensive, scam or B&S.    I get that costs have to go up, but why the lucksture attitudes from these punts at the same time and the pure audacity to ask for more, for less?

Anyone else feeling like punting less to see if they drop there prices in response to shocking attitudes?

[stayer]

It's been years since I've had a massage as I only do FS, but here I see that £200ph hour has become common. I'm not surprised as WGs have been hit with a double whammy: their living costs have risen (electricity, gas, rent, etc) whilst they see fewer punters who themselves are cost cutting, so they have to raise their prices to make ends meet. In the currrent economic climate a WG with a good reputation will probably survive.

[magnetico]

The stream of prossies from Poland and Romania to London has drained out since Brexit, so the few prossies left can simply ask for higher prices.

Offer and demand...

[Colston36]

Prices have gone up more than overall inflation warrants. Almost doubled since 2015 I suspect. A consequence of Mr. Johnson's Brexit I imagine. Bristol where I am voted 69% against that idea. Ah well.

[Hobbit]

Prices have gone up more than overall inflation warrants. Almost doubled since 2015 I suspect. A consequence of Mr. Johnson's Brexit I imagine. Bristol where I am voted 69% against that idea. Ah well.

It wasn't Mr. Johnson that signed off on Brexit, it was Mr. Cameron I believe who was prime minister at the time.

Brexit has had a huge impact on prices and work Labour in every sector. 90% of people would agree it was a bad idea when most of the trade that comes into the UK was from overseas and unless the country actually invested in internal growth it was never going to be a success. Even Mr. Bean knew that.

[GingerBoy11]

Inflation!

Isn't everything going up, as it always does!
I guess when WG prices go up it seems more severe cause its normally by £10. . .whereas you coffee or sandwich sneaks up in smaller increments! haha

[JustaPunter]

Prices have gone up more than overall inflation warrants. Almost doubled since 2015 I suspect. A consequence of Mr. Johnson's Brexit I imagine. Bristol where I am voted 69% against that idea. Ah well.

Nothing to do with Brexit.

And awful lot to do with a 2 year Pandemic and Billions of ££ being handed out and not repaid.

[JustaPunter]

It wasn't Mr. Johnson that signed off on Brexit, it was Mr. Cameron I believe who was prime minister at the time.

Brexit has had a huge impact on prices and work Labour in every sector. 90% of people would agree it was a bad idea when most of the trade that comes into the UK was from overseas and unless the country actually invested in internal growth it was never going to be a success. Even Mr. Bean knew that.

If it was anything to do with Brexit then inflation would have gone up before the Pandemic.

You can’t close an Economy for nearly 2 years and expect things to carry on as normal.

I know grafters that moved to the UK in the mid 00’s that Voted Brexit.

Not a single Eastern European worker that I know has left the UK.

My niece and nephews are Italian, they have had zero problems since Brexitc one being an NHS Nurse and the other is part way through an Apprenticeship.

Also this Brexit talk is largely irrelevant to the average person, it might make things more complicated for those who import and export things to the EU.

Arriva is still owned by the German Government

The French still own London Electricity

London is still the playground of Millionaires and Billionaires from Countries with real money

The EU is still skint due to decades of mismanagement and largess.

[PilotMan]

If it was anything to do with Brexit then inflation would have gone up before the Pandemic.

You can’t close an Economy for nearly 2 years and expect things to carry on as normal - Every other major economy is recovering post covid, why is it that the UK is not recovering?

I know grafters that moved to the UK in the mid 00’s that Voted Brexit. I know EU grafters that moved to the UK in the 90's and have left for Australia, Hong Kong or gone back to their home country, they all voted remain. One of my best pals lives in Sweden (he's British), every time he contemplates coming back, he can’t justify it

Not a single Eastern European worker that I know has left the UK. Just sticking with the official ONS stats, rather than anecdotal evidence - the UK has lost a net 330,000 EU workers since Brexit.

My niece and nephews are Italian, they have had zero problems since Brexitc one being an NHS Nurse and the other is part way through an Apprenticeship. Why would they have any problems. Anyone who was resident here can apply for EU Settlement Scheme.

Also this Brexit talk is largely irrelevant to the average person, it might make things more complicated for those who import and export things to the EU. Just because the average person doesn't see the impact of Brexit, it doesn't mean they aren't affected, or that’s it’s irrelevant. Every single person in the UK is affected either directly or indirectly by Brexit. Over 90% of employees work for a small business, one in ten of those will export. Over 40% of exports by value to the EU are by small businesses. Larger businesses that can afford to have set up a trading arm / hub in the EU to get around the problems. Smaller businesses don't have the resources to do this. I stopped exporting due to the amount of problems with goods being held at customs and not being able to get them returned or to their final destination easily.

Arriva is still owned by the German Government

The French still own London Electricity
London Electricity hasn't existed since 2006 - What does this have to do with anything anyway? Around 40% of our FTSE 100 assets and revenue are from the EU - so what

London is still the playground of Millionaires and Billionaires from Countries with real money Real money, as opposed to GBP, which is what? Monopoly money. The UK has now stopped the arbitrary Golden Visa Scheme and is replacing it with one that is much more merit based on people who can significantly benefit the UK economy

The EU is still skint due to decades of mismanagement and largess. ONS again – averaged EU debt across the 27 member states as a % of GDP = 89.8% the UK is worse than the EU average at 105.6%

@ JustaPunter  most of what you state appears to be either anecdotal and / or not supported by evidence from independent / unbiased sources.

You sound like a EuroMoaner, you got departure from the EU, why are you still moaning about it?

Those of us that wanted to remain are just getting on with it.

[jamiekinkxxx]

@ JustaPunter  most of what you state appears to be either anecdotal and / or not supported by evidence from independent / unbiased sources.

Those of us that wanted to remain are just getting on with it.

Love the facts you havwe supplied in your response PilotMan 

[PilotMan]

Love the facts you havwe supplied in your response PilotMan 

I know, I'm kwality 

I have even got a BS number (that could be BullSh1t or British Standard)

[jamiekinkxxx]

I know, I'm kwality 

I have even got a BS number (that could be BullSh1t or British Standard)