Its been the norm that the agents have been price gouging particularly since covid.
Now it seems that with omicron they are starting to suffer.
I did a quick ring around this weekend from E&B and instead of quoting higher than advertising when asked, they were quoting lower. Funny when instead of asking when are you going to arrive, they asked is that ok ?
So the standard advert is around 300 per hour, they will offer 250, but will take 200. I chose not to negotiate and instead tried an older establishment which when I walked in the mamasan recognised me from my last visit over 5 years ago.
The place was so quiet, with only one girl on (asleep in front of tv) I had an enjoyable time pumping the mamasan which I have always wanted to do.
I paid $180 which is their standard rate but got plenty of free extras. (they used to be 250 per hour.