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01-04-18 05:53 #24550
Posts: 444Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Now, let's look at what the local provider is going to do with your C150? Is she changing it into dollars? I think not. Did her cabfare get more expensive? Nope.
The dollar is stronger in Colombia, because US currency should really be called "OPEC exchange coupons" or "petrodollars. " It is the world reserve currency because OPEC sells its oil for US dollars. You want to buy OPEC oil, you got to change your Euros, Sheckels, Yen, Renmenbi, etc. Into dollars first. (And THAT is why the US arms and defends Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and even the Syrians helped the US liberate Kuwait, and why the USA Reserve Bank can print up dollars like your local pizza shack prints up coupons.) Dollars are scarce in Colombia, because the USA Is buying less Colombian oil, so they are more valuable. But none of this really impacts chicas, because most of what they buy is made locally and not imported using USA Dollars.
Now, let us factor in the monger's fixed costs. When the exchange rate changed, did the monger's air fare become cheaper? No, the price of jet fuel went down, but air fares did not, since airlines contract their fuel purchases months/years ahead of time, and they are taking the opportunity to cover losses from the recession. Did lodging become cheaper at the mansion? Nope.
Someone mentioned inflation. There IS inflation at work behind the C150 to C200 creep, but is not that the cost of living in Colombia has gone drastically up. If anything, it has gone down, as the diversion of national resources to security have been reduced, thanks to the insurgency winding down. Goods and services can be transported around the country without risk of guerrilla ambushes on the highways, etc.
What has inflated is the number of gringos coming down there. As the country is perceived as more "safe", the more timid monger will come down. As the dollar gets stronger, the more cost conscious monger will come down. As more mongers come down, word-of-mouth advertising kicks in. More newbies, especially newbies with little mongering experience and who were easily impressed, meant more guys amenable to the C150 and the upsell to cab fare. They had no idea about the metro, or that the cab ride back to Bello did not cost C50, so the slide to C200 is a recent development.
I am not opposed to rewarding a provider for a memorable experience. I have been very generous to chicas when it has been warranted. However, I don't want to pay C200 for an experience I can have elsewhere for C75-100, and doing so will make the mansion chica consortium as unresponsive and complacent as the Detroit Department of Motor Vehicles Employees Union.
A few years ago, the mansion did not control the supply of providers. They came when they wanted to come. This led to an uneven mix of chicas / providers. Some nights, not enough chicas, while other nights, too many chicas, and they weren't even earning their cabfare. The management went to an invitation-only system where the providers needed either an invitation from management or the guests to get entry. Some chicas used to come to the mansion several times a week under the old system. Now, some wait weeks for a call from management or regulars.
I strongly agree with Mr.Enternational. When the exchange rate goes back to favoring the COP, we will be stuck with a new price point. Fewer mongers, especially the easily impressed, free spending newbie, will stop coming, we will be stuck with a new price point, and in the end, the chicas will suffer.
When the dollar bought more pesos, I didn't change my spending habits. I just came down to Colombia three, sometimes four, times a year instead of two times a year, or one time a year if went to San Jose. I didn't give my favorites more each time, but I did give them more opportunities to earn, and more opportunities for me to bring them a gift.
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01-04-18 04:55 #24549
Posts: 15926Originally Posted by Manizales911 [View Original Post]
Exact thing happened in Brazil. When the exchange rate was almost 4 to 1, 300 reais for $77 many guys did not mind paying. But when that shit fell to 1.52, all of a sudden that same 300 reais turned to $197.
There was no way I was going to Fase 2 when it was 1600 pesos to the USD, but when that shit went to 3000 pesos to the USD I went to check it out. If it falls back to 1600, then this cheap fuck will never see those portals again.
P.S. It is only costing you less under the assumption that the punter is arriving with USD or a currency that has gained over the CO Peso.
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01-04-18 04:04 #24548
Posts: 4026I promise to continue following your advice about staying away from the place, but not because I am unable to pay what it costs.
Originally Posted by Manizales911 [View Original Post]
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01-04-18 03:46 #24547
Posts: 202Apples and oranges.
Originally Posted by Manizales911 [View Original Post]
To me when I'm in country I focus on the currency of that country. If I was happy with USA prices than I would stay home.
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01-04-18 02:53 #24546
Posts: 2467Originally Posted by Chesscat [View Original Post]
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01-04-18 02:39 #24545
Posts: 5466Originally Posted by ZumZum [View Original Post]
Calle 14 #43 F-65.
No experience with it, but it's the only one I know of in Poblado.
There's also Motel Ibiza in Itagui, along the autopista. Most taxi drivers know it. It's expensive, about 100 k for 6 hours, but rooms are top notch.
For a cheaper route, there are a few very low end places in Mayorista on Carrera 50 A around Calle 81.16-17 k for 2 hours. Expect the bare minimum.
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01-04-18 02:18 #24544
Posts: 13Originally Posted by Chesscat [View Original Post]
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01-04-18 01:08 #24543
Posts: 323200 k
I can confirm that there is a concerted movement towards asking $200 k. I got tired of it, and started offering 50 k for a straight up BJ, which offer was not accepted.
Originally Posted by MedellinGringo [View Original Post]
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01-03-18 20:37 #24542
Posts: 5Love Motels in Poblado.
Hi,
Would be very grateful if someone could recommend some love motels in Poblado, having trouble finding some, only found places in Centro so far.
Thanks!
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01-03-18 18:05 #24541
Posts: 265Originally Posted by Lou32 [View Original Post]
I did have a tendency to do many of the same girls over and over again each time. Seems to me that some guys get grandfathered into a rate.
And the new guys get charged more. Because you aren't the first guy I have heard say that the mansion chicks want more than the standard 150 K.
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01-03-18 17:48 #24540
Posts: 284You also may want to ask the clerk to write down the name and number of the cedula in case of robbery or other troubles.
Originally Posted by ElMechanico [View Original Post]
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01-03-18 16:47 #24539
Posts: 334HBM CEDULA check
Originally Posted by Wolf662 [View Original Post]
El Mechanico.
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01-03-18 14:06 #24538
Posts: 334Originally Posted by YippieKayay [View Original Post]
El Mechanico.
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01-03-18 09:12 #24537
Posts: 6Headed to Medellin.
I'll be there on 2nd to the 12th let know if you want to meet up, its more fun when your with other people. PM.
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01-03-18 02:34 #24536
Posts: 4026It's usually makes thing easier but I sometimes pretend to be able to speak when I want to avoid certain subjects.
Originally Posted by Balboa [View Original Post]