My comments on pricing / Supply and Demand
[QUOTE=Marconista]@ Amjeck.
Really? Where have you been?
In all the bars in Burgos or in EDSA Entertainment Complex, even in LAC you dont see many "punters" compared with the number of ladies. What you and I see as hotties may differ of course, hence guess we are both right!
On the other hand, I dont agree with Genkisiguru.
The barfine in EDSA increased from 1000 to 1200 a couple of years ago, and the girls have always asked 1500 for ST, and in LAC you can easily get a girl for a ST for 1000 (I met one cute one that hangs out in LAC in DiA and we both chatted about LAC before she suggested 1000 overnight).[/QUOTE]Hey Guys,
I'm glad my comments on pricing have stirred some interest. Let me state that I have been to PH exactly one time, and I've done exactly two girls in PH, so my comments were based on a tiny bit of first-hand experience, and more on prices mentioned consistently in these forums as well as my discussions with experienced mongers when I was in the market.
Also, my comments about Manila sex pricing seeming high were more in the context of things like PH per capita income, wages paid for non-sex work in PH, and what ST sex costs in other countries, like the US. 2, 500 pesos (US $55) for an overnight or 1, 500 for ST seem like a lot to me if viewed in this kind of purely economic analysis. 1, 000 seems more reasonable, although still somewhat high in this context.
Re: my comment about cartel pricing and supply and demand, I was speaking in terms of raw numbers of buyers and sellers in the market. How many potential "sellers" and potential "buyers" are there in PH on any given day? On a more micro level, the few nights I was in LA Cafe, there were about 5 girls (sellers) for each guy (buyer). Yet each girl told me the same pricing. There was no price competition. This is "cartel pricing", as we all learned in college economics class.
However, based upon my own limited experience in PH and from what I've read and heard from others, I think that Amjeck is correct that things are more competitive when buying in the "hottie" segment of the market. When I was in LAC, maybe there were 200 girls and 50 guys. But about 150 of the girls did not pass my minimal qualifications. So that left 50 girls I'd consider for P4P. The same amount of qualified sellers as buyers. I'd say maybe 10 of the girls were "hotties" to my taste. So, clearly, the competition shifts to the girls' (sellers) favor in the "hottie" market segment.
I'm looking forward to my upcoming second trip to PH, which will be several weeks and cover several areas of the country. I'll be curious to see if / how these "market dynamics" shift among the various locales.