The new sosua is cool as youll make it do what it do BUT nostalgia sosua was MAGICAL
[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2736753]Everyone must do what works for them. And if they like it, I love it. You and I have options and we don't have to pay those asking prices. Girls know this by how we treat them and they respect that. I would like to ask if you are a "veteran"? And if so, do you like the "new Sosua" as some have put it?[/QUOTE]The new sosua is cool as I make the best of it BUT the old school Nostalgia Sosua 12 yrs ago was a magical place. Its a reason why folks still talk about it to this day with myself included. The best way to describe it (excuse my Vegas analogy again) is the folks that remember when the mafia ran Vegas before corporate america took over. Til this day I still here old folks in Vegas talk about how when the mafia ran it, customer service was better, the food was better, the hoes was proper etc. And that's how its going to be with those that had a chance to experience nostalgia sosua and this new sosua. Alot of OGs got hundreds of pictures where they reminisce of the days when ladies would dress up like theyre going to a prom not this dress with tennis shoes bullshit. You could get drunk with two ladies in your room all night long and have less likely of chance of having your shit stolen when you wake up in the morning because they were focus in enjoying the night and having fun along side with you. The price was MORE then reasonable as ladies would give you the girlfriend experience not just to try to get a quick money come up BUT they were seriously auditioning to become you girlfriend and or wife. Theres men that I personally know to this day that found a female in sosua during the nostalgia era that are still married. Now all of that is gone.
So why do the OGs complain and yet still come back to the SU? Because some things haven't change. I love the fact that even after 15 yrs I can still have a good meal at Bailey's or lounge at my favorite bar where I still speak to the same bartender. Fuck the whole climate change bullshit as the beach and ocean still looks gorgeous as ever with your favorite beach bar still standing strong even after all this covid non-sense. The expat community has grown ten fold in helping each other as you meet new cool folks everytime you come down. So I notice the happy medium. Half the OGs that predominantly live down there or come down there on the regular sticks to there network that they can trust and the other half will come for maybe 2 -4 days tops just enough to relive some of their nostalgia memories at their favorite bar etc but be out before he gets too frustrated from having these young hunny dips continously quote him ridiculous prices, AND that's with him speaking fleunt spanish and knowing the culture.
And that's where the frustration returns because even in the nostalgia era the most hardcore puta wouldve drop her guard and her prices down once she knew that you spoke spanish and / or understood the culture. Not these new hunnies. Its that Goodfellas "Fuck You, Pay Me" time as you really can't knock their hustle because theyre getting those prices majority of the time as folks that are new to sosua accepts it as the norm and the oldschool accepts the new sosua as some bullshit when it comes to the "ladies".
Meanwhile the other intangibles (favorite bar, beach, expats) keeps them enduring the frustration as they come back from time to time just to try and relive that sosua magic they once felt in the nostalgia era. And what an era it was.
It's more than the weight, though.
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2736844]And I would go as far as to say most are even uncomfortable or shameful trying to bargain for a cheaper price.
Funny thing. I went to the jewelry store in the states a couple of weeks ago. I asked to see a necklace. It had $4700 written on the tag. Dude fooled with the calculator and said with the sale price it will be $3940. I said and what is the weight of it? He said 26.4 grams. I said and what is the spot price of 18 K gold today? He did not know so he got the manager and she looked it up online. It was $41/ gram. (Of course I had already looked it up before entering the store.) I said so you are expecting people to pay 4 times what this thing is worth?
She immediately cut the price to $1900. I laughed and exchanged contact info with the manager and left the store. How many people have gone in there and paid the $4700 for $1100 worth of gold? Or better yet jumped at the supposed "discount" price of $3900 which in actuality is over 3 times the value? All I can do is shake my damn head.[/QUOTE]Well, not arguing about the typically ridiculous jewelers markups, but how fair is this example? There was a lot of labor that goes into designing and making this piece (unless it was a POS necklace, in which case I don't think you'd be interested, LOL).