Quote Originally Posted by The Sampler View Post
This is where i say it is 'interesting'.

Because it doesn't follow normal supply vs demand economics.
Normally when there's less demand, and much supply prices go down.
Prices go up when theres more demand and less supply.

So it doesn't make sense to me that shops and privates jack up prices to make up for having less customers.

I do know inflation in general is causing cost of living rises for everyone including shops, MLs and WLs.
So i get it, punting costs go up too. But I have noticed that the cost of extras increasing by multiples rather than percentages.

The only thing i can think of that is sustaining this is infact that there is still a similar number of punters still punting and are cashed up enough to cover the gap.
Otherwise same economic principles we would see a supply decrease in the form of shops closing and ladies going out unemployed which thankfully we are not seeing...yet.
I think you are mistaken to think it is a supply and demand business. Good WL/ML can set there rates and get work. Profile the top K girls at Ginza. 8 hours a day booked taking $225 or so an hour. Probably close to $2K per day. 4 to 5 days per week. Now it is quiet. Let's say bookings down 50% then they are on $1K per day. Do you think they will drop the rate, fuck twice as much to make the 2K per day. Not likely. And the shop isn't going to want that either.
There is a lot of good shops doing it tough at present. They need to keep girls working but can't afford to lose good girls for cheap punters. And the cheap shops can't afford to pay good girls to come and work at cheap rates. It is the punter that has to reset. Unfortunately, the good times are over for many.