What you pay for in addition to the girl:
[QUOTE=Sammy_T]Most of the posters that pay 800RMB are paying for MONGOLIAN girls, not farm girls ...[/QUOTE]That, and probably a couple of other things that figure into the higher prices. Namely convenience. We are talking here about the Maggies / Hard Rock / SanLiTun area girls, right?
1 - The girls marketing there speak enough English to deal with the average non-Chinese speaking laowai, correct?
2 - Getting them from Maggies / Hard Rock / SanLiTun means not having to leave the expat bar scene right? I am talking about the 'scene' here more than about location. I.e. type of bars and type of people one is used to and likes to have around when having a good time.
3 - Though location IS yet another convenience. I am sure any laowai can follow a decent description as how to get from his hotel/office to Hard Rock / Maggies / SunLiTun and vice versa. Most won't even need it as they have been to ChaoYang anyways for a beer. How many on the other hand are keen on following some description of mine saying "well, you know ... it is this one non-descript street heading North from Dongzhimen Station past the bus terminals and then down the road the next non-descript intersection left and then accross the next intersection again between the appliances stores. Have a nice day."
4 - Time. Maggies, Hard Rock, SanLiTun are all very well known and spread by mouth throughout the expat community. Anything else will require research. And thus time. Many of the mongers posting here have a day job I assume. And many of the visitors ... well, they are on a schedule to begin with.
5 - Did I mention the language thing? Oh yes ... I did under 1. Well, can't hurt to repeat. I also like this little fact that language skills pay off also in this profession :D
Now, the bar scene (actually any bar scene) in general is not my cup of tea, but that's a very personal preference. And I am also lucky enough to speak enough Chinese to get myself into troubles (and out again). Thus the above hold little added value for me.
But that's just me.
I can fully understand WHY a non-Chinese speaking expat laowai and even more so why the average short time expat visitor pays the prices mentioned in their posts. It is not just the girl they pay for. It is the convenience when it comes to language, location, time and accessability.
I am glad I also have the other option of going for cheap and let's call it more rustic encounters. But I also pay for this with time, effort and the usual game of hit & miss.
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This thread makes no sense
[QUOTE=Sammy_T]Farm girls can be easily found in Beijing for 200 - 300 RMB. Just look in the area outside the Hard Rock.[/QUOTE]
While it's true that there were reasonable choices on 3rd Ring a couple years ago, these days the SWs in that area are scarce and unattractive, according to my experience (as well as another monger I PM'ed about this). I went out there a few weeks ago and found one tout and one independent near Kunlun, and one somewhat older woman near Lufthansa who was both tout and provider. I wasn't interested in the girls she showed me, so I took her because she had an OK attitude (and I was determined to not go empty-handed). I think I paid 300 but I forget. None of the above women were attractive. There were no SWs at all in front of Hard Rock, and there were a few more unattractive ones south of Hard Rock. This was around 11 PM on a weeknight.
I'll post more comments about Beijing in the Beijing thread, stay tuned.
This thread makes no sense, for several reasons. First, as we can see, only a tiny fraction of the comments here are actionable (e.g., details of done deals including locations and prices). Second, all the China threads (other than Beijing) are already serving the purpose of helping people get good prices for reasonable quality and service. Third, anyone with sensitivity to Chinese culture can see that the mere title of this thread is in bad taste, and, contrary to popular belief, it matters. Result: this thread winds up just being a grounds for pissing contests and vague generalities, sorry.
Proposal: Get rid of this thread, and start a new thread called "Beijing - Mandarin-speaking Providers". This would be useful because the Beijing thread is dominated by non-Chinese speakers. By having a thread about Mandarin-speaking providers in Beijing (meaning, Chinese providers who don't speak English), we will have a place to help each other explore the lower-cost segment of the market (as we already do in the threads other than Beijing).
Night Cat - This thread makes no sense
Actually it was started in response to a new self professed expert who claimed every other monger was paying way too much and he knew better than anyone else how to get cheap sex. He could have tried to dominate this thread, but seems to have dropped off.
I think the Beijing Mandarin speakers thread is a good idea. - Alex