PTY pricing: independents
[QUOTE=Traveler 1952]Cost is about $100 (I did not spend a lot of time trying to bargain, although I'm sure you can.). --Bolero's: This is on Calle 42 in Bella Vista, and the girls there were smokin' hot. All 9's and 10s. It's a small place, so there weren't too many girls, but the ones that were there were worth doing. And doing. My guess is the price is also about $100, although I didn't check. [/QUOTE]Do you guys really pay the indy's $100?
The first indy I took from Veneto a few months ago was $30. Good looking, too. I was with her again a few nights later, paid her $40. A different Veneto indy I paid $40, & $5 tip. (I'm a young-looking 38, tall/lanky, nordic looking, can get my point across in Spanish, and just maybe they're cutting me a break, YMMV, but bear with me.)
I say hold the line on the indys. $50 plus/minus $20 depending on attractiveness, day/time etc. $CIENs are for toda la noche, and/or the hottest chick you've ever seen, at 12AM Sat night at Veneto-- but even then you're cruising for a letdown-- as it seems the chica hotness score, and GFEs, are negatively correlated. You're more likely to get a jaded ice queen, who respects you even less for paying her whatever she asks. (IE: ah, a doormat, pfff, how else can I milk this sucker? )
Even the ugly ones will never stop throwing out $CIEN as their initial asking price (it seems they all have an understanding on this! ), but it's the occasional John who grabs it without question, which ruins it for those of us who want to pay something more reasonable. Well, not that it "ruins it" but it makes it more awkward to settle on something closer to $50. There's no brothel/MP/club etc taking 2/3 of the cut here, & you're already paying for your hotel room. Let's us Johns fight back with our own understanding on this, and keep a united front, as the indy working girls do.
You know how far $50 goes in Panama, if you live and eat and shop like a local? Who else in this country makes $50/hour? I don't believe (most) lawyers or doctors do. The $CIEN intitial asking price translates locally to, [I]"So, are you a fresh off the boat sucker who's both horny and naive? "[/I] If they get one $50 lay a night, they're ahead of 99% of all Latin American women who work real jobs.
It's also best to pay only after the deed. Agree on this first, in the initial negotiation stage, that you'll pay after. If she's not okay with that, [I]there's your sign, [/I] that you're dealing with a lemon, & run don't walk. Don't get her to your room (when you're sure you're gonna get some booty now! ) and then get in a spat over this point. You'll lose, your little head will blink first. Agree before hand, she takes it or leaves it at that time.
In short, for superior mongering, [I]be the man, take charge of the situation, don't be a doormat, and then take care of her as promised at the end. [/I] You'll find these Latin women [I]respect that, machismo is what makes them horny[/I], and you'll increase your GFEs and decrease your disappointments. Doormats pay more and get less.
(Nothing personal Traveler1952, I'm just making the case for keeping a united front on certain issues, in the end it'll make for better mongering)