Is escorting becoming a hobby of the rich?

[Lucky66]

Diamonds slow suicide with £70 for 30 mins £120 an hour, is this the demise of this once big agency who now rank 3rd in the north east, or is punting becoming a rich mans game?
Those prices used to reflect seeing a well known girl who offered excellent service, who worked Independent and provided comfortable discrete places of their own to work from for the extra charge. Am I wrong ? Is this the demise of this industry in the north east, charging nearly 8 times the average hourly rate, probably tax free !!

[Tiger63]

Doubt it mate....guys wont pay.....well this one wont anyway

[portable]

How do you rank an escort agency?

[Rod trotter]

No likey.....dont pay , simple, her prices willl soon come down

[TJ2015]

How do you rank an escort agency?

I'm sure someone will come up will a very complex formula

[Reeson69]

Diamonds slow suicide with £70 for 30 mins £120 an hour, is this the demise of this once big agency who now rank 3rd in the north east, or is punting becoming a rich mans game?
Those prices used to reflect seeing a well known girl who offered excellent service, who worked Independent and provided comfortable discrete places of their own to work from for the extra charge. Am I wrong ? Is this the demise of this industry in the north east, charging nearly 8 times the average hourly rate, probably tax free !!

It's never been particularly cheap but I'm sure the prices haven't gone up as much as other pastimes.
I was paying £50 for half an hour in the mid-nineties so a £20 increase in twenty years doesn't seem too steep.
There'll always be girls for every budget and having never used an agency I can't see how Diamonds prices will affect my punting, despite me not being rich.

[captainsc]

I agree the prices haven't moved much in the 20 years I've been doing this. There have always been the £130 an hour girls and if you're happy with their service then you'll most probably pay.
It isnt necessarily the hobby of the rich, unless you want to have numerous appointments every week!
Most will do it as often as you can afford and to the level you can afford.

[greychap]

Agree with the both 2 last posts.

I was paying £60 for 30mins 25 years ago and that did not include OW services were more basic, that is why I cannot give Diamonds a hard time over this but I think the punters of the North East probably mainly on here just are not used to having any increases.

I don't think punters need to concentrate too much on them, there will always be cheaper out there, wether your rich or poor there has always been a selection of different types of punters with different types of budgets.

I still think if they had just put everyone up to £60 rather then some at £70 it would have gone down better.

I don't think many will keep the rate at £70 I think it will be reduced to £60 so it is nearer to £50.

[Lucky66]

It must just be me then, but as a loyal diamonds customer for 7 years I am out!
My belief is you market yourself and try not to upset your customer base, without custom any business is doomed. I would now feel i am not getting the best girls for what i believe is excellent tax free hourly rate. I do agree with grey chap there is much better for £50 Independent. Only my opinion. Plus there was much less opposition years ago.
Thanks for the responses as its good to hear differing views. 

[greychap]

It must just be me then, but as a loyal diamonds customer for 7 years I am out!
My belief is you market yourself and try not to upset your customer base, without custom any business is doomed. I would now feel i am not getting the best girls for what i believe is excellent tax free hourly rate. I do agree with grey chap there is much better for £50 Independent. Only my opinion. Plus there was much less opposition years ago.
Thanks for the responses as its good to hear differing views.

Change is not always a bad thing but it depends how it is done, forget the punters on here and imagine if someone just come across Diamonds on google for the first time and had a look at there site plus a few others, With the price increase for this type of area they need to market there brand on the type of punters they are looking for now with the changes and to get those punters biting, the website must look inviting to justify the new changes and the photos need to improve.

Im a big believer if your not the cheapest around then you must have more to offer by how your market brand looks. First impressions are everything especially attracting new punters.

Least there making the flats better which is a start.

[JodyJensen]

Change is not always a bad thing but it depends how it is done, forget the punters on here and imagine if someone just come across Diamonds on google for the first time and had a look at there site plus a few others, With the price increase for this type of area they need to market there brand on the type of punters they are looking for now with the changes and to get those punters biting, the website must look inviting to justify the new changes and the photos need to improve.

Im a big believer if your not the cheapest around then you must have more to offer by how your market brand looks. First impressions are everything especially attracting new punters.

Least there making the flats better which is a start.

Photoshoot booked tomorrow 

[James999]

Photoshoot booked tomorrow

What the fuck's that got to do with anything apart from touting

[TJ2015]

What the fuck's that got to do with anything apart from touting

I'd guess its a response to greychap saying:

"Im a big believer if your not the cheapest around then you must have more to offer by how your market brand looks. First impressions are everything especially attracting new punters"

I think Diamonds are saying we are trying to change the way our brand looks by having new photos done

Of course I could be wrong and they're just touting   

[JodyJensen]

Apologies, no intentions to tout, I was simply responding to greychaps mention of improved pictures

[James999]

Apologies,

If you have internet access and can express yourself (Assuming it's nto someone from Diamonds pretending to be you) then why don't you have and run your own AW profile, they are Free and you can keep 100% of the money you earn as opposed to paying pimps?

[JodyJensen]

If you have internet access and can express yourself (Assuming it's nto someone from Diamonds pretending to be you) then why don't you have and run your own AW profile, they are Free and you can keep 100% of the money you earn as opposed to paying pimps?

I do both   

[James999]

But if a pro$$ie is half decent she quickly gets a stream of regulars and doesn't need to pay a pimp

[vw]

But if a pro$$ie is half decent she quickly gets a stream of regulars and doesn't need to pay a pimp

Yes the pimps try and make the girls dependent making out they do more than they do, and they protect them so well.

[JodyJensen]

Some clients like agencies, some like independents. Everyone has their own preference and I'm fine with that.

[vw]

Some clients like agencies, some like independents. Everyone has their own preference and I'm fine with that.

Thats a very regional thing for the NE, everywhere avoids the pimps like the plague everywhere else in the western world, as long as it works where you are that's OK.  Have they finished the personal alarm project they mentioned when the devil stuff was going on !

[James999]

Some clients like agencies, some like independents. Everyone has their own preference and I'm fine with that.

So you have not built your own client base of regulars, why do you think that is, service / attitude / body or something else?

[JodyJensen]

I'm sorry James but I'm not sure where I've said that I don't have regulars and why a thread about 'escorting becoming a hobby of the rich' has became a 'why isn't holly independent' thread?

As I've said, I simply posted a comment in reply to greychaps comment about the agency's website, in particular the photographs.

[James999]

I'm sorry James

That's ok, but why do you post as Hollydiamonds and not your independent profile name, that is assuming it's you posting not someone at diamonds pretending to be you 

'why isn't holly independent' thread?

And if you are Holly then shouldn't that read "why I'm not independent"

[JodyJensen]

As my name on here up until recently was my previous working name when I was at diamonds exclusively, 'Jodydiamonds', and I asked admin to change it a few weeks ago to 'hollydiamonds' as it seemed a sensible transition.   

And no, it shouldn't read that as its you asking me, not me asking myself

[James999]

No, you made the title up and it was about YOU (or Holly) the fact that you use the "third party" would imply that you are not holly but someone pretending to be her, and advertising for diamonds, after all if holly were independent then she'd post in her right under her own name not one advertising diamonds.

[JodyJensen]

Holly is also my independent name so it isn't a big issue to me. If anyone wants me to clarify that I am who I say I am, the next time a client who comes on here sees me (and I don't expect you to disclose your name that you use on here to me), I'll log in myself in front of them 

I'm not sure how else to prove it apart from perhaps different IP addresses, but I have no idea on that sort of technical stuff

[greychap]

No, you made the title up and it was about YOU (or Holly) the fact that you use the "third party" would imply that you are not holly but someone pretending to be her, and advertising for diamonds, after all if holly were independent then she'd post in her right under her own name not one advertising diamonds.

She probably is from Diamonds a lot work independent and for the North East agencies it seems to be quite common in that neck of the wood and I should imagine her name "Holly Diamonds" is so we recognise she is commenting on my points I put across.

[greychap]

Holly is also my independent name so it isn't a big issue to me. If anyone wants me to clarify that I am who I say I am, the next time a client who comes on here sees me (and I don't expect you to disclose your name that you use on here to me), I'll log in myself in front of them 

I'm not sure how else to prove it apart from perhaps different IP addresses, but I have no idea on that sort of technical stuff

So I take it Diamonds have been reading all this still and making some positive changes, do you know what else will be happening?

[James999]

different IP addresses, but I have no idea on that sort of technical stuff

What an odd thing to bring up, not exactly something someone who knows nothing about that technical stuff would bring up 

[portable]

And if you are Holly then shouldn't that read "why I'm not independent"

Nope, her grammar is correct and indicates nothing suspicious. She's referring to how it would actually appear if it where a topic written by a punter, i.e. they would write it as "why isn't Holly independent?"

Why are you diverting the topic based on this weirdly pedantic and incorrect observation?

[greychap]

Nope, her grammar is correct and indicates nothing suspicious. She's referring to how it would actually appear if it where a topic written by a punter, i.e. they would write it as "why isn't Holly independent?"

Why are you diverting the topic based on this weirdly pedantic and incorrect observation?

I don't think she was on here touting she seen me mentioning about them getting rid of the crap pictures on the website and improving things and she informed us on here. Not a big deal really.

[vw]

What an odd thing to bring up, not exactly something someone who knows nothing about that technical stuff would bring up 

Everyone knows the 7 layers of the OSI model, TCP/IP is just a protocol within that.  Remedial stuff really

[greychap]

What an odd thing to bring up, not exactly something someone who knows nothing about that technical stuff would bring up 

Not really James, IP's etc have been mentioned on here before on different topics etc so she just making a point it can be checked from when she first registered I should imagine.

[portable]

Not a big deal really.

Exactly.

And as a follow up, I'm curious about this exchange.

If you have internet access and can express yourself (Assuming it's nto someone from Diamonds pretending to be you) then why don't you have and run your own AW profile, they are Free and you can keep 100% of the money you earn as opposed to paying pimps?

I do both   

But if a pro$$ie is half decent she quickly gets a stream of regulars and doesn't need to pay a pimp

Some clients like agencies, some like independents. Everyone has their own preference and I'm fine with that.

So you have not built your own client base of regulars, why do you think that is, service / attitude / body or something else?

So... Where did you get that from? 

Let’s clarify. You state a presumption: “a decent escort has regulars” to qualify a question that didn’t need qualifying in such a manner. You could have just asked “why use the agency since you need to pay a pimp?” That’s your question. You get an honest, clear answer:

“Some clients like agencies, some like independents. Everyone has their own preference and I'm fine with that.”

So how does this reinforce your presumption about a good escort having regulars? It doesn’t refute it, doesn’t prove it. And you then go on to insult her with no cause. And even if she answered in a way that somehow did prove that she doesn’t have regulars, why the probing insult in a thread about the price of punting, based on a tangent that you went off on apropos of nothing? 

Are you just twisting things hoping she’ll get angry so you can justify your clear dislike for her? (Despite her being a totally random stranger to you) That’s the only thing I can read into this baffling set of comments. Please correct me if I’m wrong. 

[portable]

It's never been particularly cheap but I'm sure the prices haven't gone up as much as other pastimes.
I was paying £50 for half an hour in the mid-nineties so a £20 increase in twenty years doesn't seem too steep.

But was £50 for half an hour considered expensive then? If so, then keeping it that way has maybe brought it down to what it arguably should be as an average. Was £50 back then the equivalent of £70 now?

[vw]

Are you just twisting things hoping she’ll get angry so you can justify your clear dislike for her? (Despite her being a totally random stranger to you) That’s the only thing I can read into this baffling set of comments. Please correct me if I’m wrong. 

Watch out White Knighting really gets the inner James666 going !

[Third Man]

fuk sake, holly, and iv never met her, was so obviously answering grey chaps questions and james was and is being an arse.  A forum bully like so many forums have and will continue to have

[vw]

fuk sake, holly, and iv never met her, was so obviously answering grey chaps questions and james was and is being an arse.  A forum bully like so many forums have and will continue to have

But you havn't replied on this thread, do you have 2 accounts ?

[Third Man]

But you havn't replied on this thread, do you have 2 accounts ?

What the f are you on about

[vw]

What the f are you on about

You said you were replying, but there is no reply on this post !

[Cuntminion]

Everyone knows the 7 layers of the OSI model, TCP/IP is just a protocol within that.  Remedial stuff really

I have a homer fridge guard next my homehub in case hackers try get into my interweb

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[Third Man]

You said you were replying, but there is no reply on this post !

What? I said holly was replying, cant you see that

[vw]

What? I said holly was replying, cant you see that

Think I added a word when I saw that, sorry anyhow Third Man !

[Third Man]

Think I added a word when I saw that, sorry anyhow Third Man !

no probs mate!