A baht saved is a baht earned
[QUOTE=Bill Miami]It wasn’t the 200 Baht, you missed it. I did it because it was the principle of the thing and the fact that I had a 1,000 or more other options at 500 Baht.
By the way, she was fantastic and I have been with her 30 or more times now, which adds up to a savings of 6,000 Baht and growing by the week. But, then again, if she was not great, it would have only saved me 200 Baht.[/QUOTE]Good to know you are a man of of thrift [i]and[/i] principles. This is a trait often lacking in the mongering community!
And, don't worry, I didn't miss anything important in your post. [i]Chok dee![/i] ;)
Some musings on negotiating and prices
[QUOTE=MauiDude]I am glad you are getting the prices down some so if I just negotiate then I am not the only one. But it is difficult for me to negotiate and too much of it then I don't feel like being with the girl.
But I did pay 1500 for a girl from walking street and one hot one I paid 2000.
So I know I over paid but now I am just walking away from them
I will in the future just tell them what I pay and take it or leave it. So thanks for your guide in what you are paying.[/QUOTE]
Just some musings on this topic...
You can't really blame them for trying to quote a higher rate and see if you go with it. Negotiating for P4P isn't like negotiating a price of a used car, I try to pre-empt a negotiation by not asking how much, but just asking her if she wants to go with me for LT (I always LT at night) and then say 1,500 Baht. Most of them will say ok for this, some say "tilac, 2,000 baht...". Sometimes I agree to 2,000, but not very often. If she says something ridiculous I smile and say "I am not japanese"...
Keep smiling and make it a fun process, getting angry and "playing hardball" isn't going to do you any good in her eyes since once the negotiating is over then it will be followed by you getting to know her very very well so no need to create a bunch of bad will and hard feelings.
If a girl likes you and wants to go with you then she will get the negotiating over with pretty quickly, if she sticks to a silly price then this means she isn't that interested in going with you. It's not necessarily personal, some of the girls specifically look for japanese customers and have done their hair in a way that japanese men like etc so they don't want to go with other farangs.
I think the more time you spend with a girl before you bar fine her, being nice to her, buying her a drink or two, fondling her a bit this makes for a better price. (Alcoholic ones, a girl that asks for one of the "lady drinks" gets ditched instantly.)
Generally prices are higher and girls are more likely to try their luck early in the evening since there is a good chance another farang will come around if you don't take her, and also since if you take her out she loses the money she makes on drinking with customers, from dancing, etc for that evening.
Obviously being sober and showered helps get a better price too...
I think it's reasonable if you pay a bit more if you expect her to do both you and your GF since that is more work for her than if it is just you that she goes with. However, when I have taken out two girls from the same go-go they have never come down from the standard rate when I have said it's less work for them since they are two... :)
Thank you for the amazing update
[QUOTE=Bill Miami]Well gentlemen it has been a long time since my last post, so I thought I would.[/quote]Thank you Bill. Very informative and useful post.
I can't believe that before joining this forum Pattaya was not on my list of things to see in Thailand. I have now cancelled the Northern part of my trip just to spend more time in the South and in Pattaya (I have done Nth Thailand about 10 years ago anyway, so the new experiences that Pattaya has to offer will be much more... ah... cultural).
Haha, yes the rose tinted glasses syndrome
[QUOTE=GregLondon] When reading these forums keep in mind that guys being guys tend to remember, and retell and often embellish their best experiences and quietly forget the less interesting ones LOL.[/QUOTE]Haha - Greg, I know what you mean - one tends to either put on rose tinted glasses or focus only on the negatives for reviews depending on the outcome of the whole experience.
I have to admit on my limited 'blow-by-blow' posts for Melbourne (where I live), I often leave out details that are perhaps pertinent because of my overall feeling from the experience, and because I tend to waffle and start writing a novella on the experience otherwise.
I still can't quite wrap my head around the THB 500 ST. That is as cheap as a packet of cigarettes in Aus. Oh Thailand, I can't wait.