Knowledge awaits those who seek
[QUOTE=Nrlmus;2817896]I repeat what I mentioned on the Rio board. The more you send newbies to read high volumes of text and do searches, the higher prices YOU are going to pay in Scandalo.
Usually people don't take kindly to being lectured or send to do something. So you rest assured that most of them wouldn't heed to your suggestion. Nobody likes to be brushed off. That's called poisoning the well. Do you know how many PMs I got following me expressing unhappiness on the open forum from people that were blown off by being suggested to go and read up? 4. That's a lot.
One of the reasons prices go up is because newbies don't know any better. There is nothing worse for price gauging then to be arriving to the new country where everything is much much cheaper and not having a correct benchmark.
If, let's say, someone tries to give a newbie an unreasonably low benchmark in anticipation that that would help keep the ladies' rates down it would only make the situation worse. Once newbie feels that nobody accepts his offer, he'd just get frustrated and end up paying the girl's ask because it's still going to be dirt cheap compared to his Boston, Paris or Sydney. Because of that soon enough you'd be paying what he paid. The more newbies know the better it would be for the old timers in the long run. That's why I think sending people to read War and Peace and telling them to learn how to search is self-defeating and hurts all of us.[/QUOTE]I'm one of those guys who writes long novels after each of my trips (currently finishing up my latest) it is filled with a plethora of info and insights.
If you fail to read and just ask random questions you really are doing a disservice to yourself as a newbie.
I answer PM members send me but usually they ask about something in my report and have good focused questions I don't mind answering.
Newbies generally won't speak or understand porto and don't know the lay of the land and little things like ATMs and so on.
So if you're already booking your flight and getting your airbnb or hotel it really falls on you to READ the reports so you get alot of good advice and intel about other things than just women like the fact that the seasons are the inverse because Brazil is on the other side of the equator and so SP becomes really cold after September so you better bring a jacket or get a airbnb or hotel like the grand hyatt with a heater to keep yourself warm or you're going to have a bad time.
As a newbie, they wouldn't even know to ask or think about something like that so if a newbie READS then he will be way better off because they will gather alot of useful info that will make their stay the best possible since it's a brave new world they are entering.
If a newbie spends $700 USD on a girl in SP for an hour session in scandallo (I've seen it happen) then so be it. Girls in SP know this is not normal but they'll take it that's for damn sure. The most expensive girl I can think of charges $400 USD for an hour. a friend of mine had a girl try to tell him that she meant 700USD instead of 700BRL when he was going to pay and he knew that was stupid and it was his first time in SP. I never got anything like that and usually i can get girls for 600BRL on a good day
I know some guys who are really well off that wouldn't pay a girl more than $500 USD for 3-5 hours.
So that newbie throwing down more dollars than sense will not last long and he will not affect anything other than some girls bank account and his own.
A newbies bad spending habits isn't going to rock south america's financial capital and largest city suffice to say.
What it ultimately comes down to, is how that newbie's experience is going to be. Usually when they don't read they have a subpar experience and think we're all crazy for signing such praise to SP.
Going back in November for my 7th trip and will be reading all the reports til then in case things change or interesting intel comes in.
Scandallo in the afternoon.
I have read many of the posts but I am still not sure about the best spots based on my limitted time.
I have never been to Sao Paulo. I only have a couple of days in Brazil but I am taking my return flight out of GRU. I do want to see scandallo and maybe visit one or two touristic spots.
My plan so far is to get into sao paulo from Rio on a Sunday around 12 pm. I have to be back at the airport for an 8 pm flight. I will probably have to head to the aiport around 5. 30 pm. Which I think should be enough to get to the airport on a Sunday since I will only have carry ONS on me and highest oneworld airline status for maybe priority check in.
Here are my questions:
1. does the GRU airport has baggage storage?
2. The website says scandallo opens at 12 pm. Is it possible to have quality girls there? If on a busy night there is 200 girls, what the count between 1 pm and 5 pm? If its less than 20 girls may not worth it.
3. What others termas would be good options between 1 pm and 5 pm?