[QUOTE=Globotto;1350963]I think its a scam to get the man to want to just get it over with as soon as possible with absolutely terrible dis functional performance. She pulled out her phone and told me she is calling Mafia pause Police. The access to GFE's was what offset all that and made it great to be here.[/QUOTE]Kudos for being brave and doing the right thing. Most punters would have just paid up chalking it to experience. From an individual point of view, even if you know she's bluffing, a 5% risk of a run-in with some goons is not worth 500-1000 baht savings. However, paying them the full fare for intentionally botched service only encourages this sort of behavior.
My last freelancer pickup from Sukhumwit (many months ago) also did a no-service full-fare dance and threatened me with police or mafia (to which I threatened her with my equally imaginary Jakuza pal). Once they start on this road, it's a no-win situation for both. Back in the good old days, if the relationship was not consummated, a 200 baht cancellation fee used to be sufficient.
Bangkok is pretty much dead for GFE-type deals with freelancers. Sure, it's still possible to run into an occasional good experience, but only 3 years ago (in 2009 and earlier) decent experiences were pretty much the norm for 1000 baht, any night of the year. For quite a long time I've been walking the Sukhumwit freelancer stretch and realizing there are only leftovers, no notable new arrivals (girls who used to work before in the good times, and fewer of them as days go by, better quality ones quitting faster than the dregs).
Bargirls are expensive and not a great value anymore. Two drinks, a barfine and a 2000 baht ST easily come out to $100, which is a basic hooker quickie price virtually anywhere (in Amsterdam RLD, a session is 50 Euro, cheaper). It used to be the case that in Bangkok Farang-oriented scene you'd get a far better service than elsewhere, but that is no longer the case (to be fair, it's still better, but not dramatically).
There exists the 400-800 low-end Thai-oriented scene, with girls looking better than most Sukhumwit freelancers & bargirls, but that's almost always the strict wham-bam-thank-you-mam prostitution which exists the world over, with BJ being a negotiated extra and leisurely GFE impossible.
Pattaya lives on, however, and while the Beach Road freelancers do not look all that amazing, they still provide a very decent basic service, tend to be friendly and available for extended-stay arrangements, and are a great value at 500 baht. It used to be the case that freelancers in Bangkok and Pattaya were similar service-wise (but there was a rougly 2x price difference) , but that no longer holds. For a serious monger with the option of going to Pattaya, there is no point even looking in Bangkok anymore, except for specialist establishments (like Mango or Tulip) , or very expensive better-looks, average-service places (Rachada massage parlors, G-clubs etc).
