Hi all,
New poster, long time 'lurker'. Anyone got any advice on asking for discounts with a regular? I see people on here saying that there are discounts being handed out right left and centre but I can't see how this situation would really come about. Is it always for the lady to instigate it, if so where is the business sense in thinking 'this guy keeps turning up at full price, better offer him the chance to pay less money'. And if it's for the guy to initiate, how does that conversation go?
What I'd be looking at ideally would be seeing the same lady twice a month for 2 hours each time for what amounts to 80% of what the normal fee would be - she still gets a good income and from a punter that she knows will be on time, clean, (relatively) normal, I get a few quid off. In any other business this sort of thing would be a nailed on no-brainer but not sure how actually to approach it - I'm thinking that rather than in person, after the next punt just message her with the offer, if she says yes great, if she says no, I gotta move on? Would be a shame though, she's pretty amazing (as evidenced by my willingness to spend 4 hours' worth of punt cash on her a month).
P.S. I have searched the forum but it just seems to be kind of taken as read that these things happen without any comment on how that might actually come to be the case, so sorry if I've missed this being discussed previously.