Condidering increase competition in the businrss due to retrenchments and demand dicrease fue to both retrenchments and shortage of disposible cash..... the punting cost will go down. The only question is how many punter will be able to punt...

On 2018-06-06 06:52:19 Ladylover007 said:
@Meg

You will definately not stand there for long. I'll drive to that corner, pick you up and take you home with me :)

On a serious note. You are not standing on a street corner asking people for money. I for one have a great deal of respect for you and all ladies in this industry for working hard to be independent and shape their own futures without looking for hand-outs.

Come on guys, let's repect the ladies for the people they are and the service they provide. Afterall, what would we do without them?

What a amazing complement.
Thank you so much.

On 2018-06-06 08:14:40 peterb said:
Ok, so where do we start...

I was sitting at a venue last week chatting with some ladies who were complaining bitterly about how quiet things have got.

This transpired:

The venue does not give a rats arse about anyone, you, as punter, pays entrance fee (which goes up often), you buy drinks (which go up often), the ladies pay levies (which go up). We get pissed off as there are fewer ladies going round. The ladies get pissed off because there are fewer gents turning up -- vicious circle.

Then there is the option of choices. If you don't like it get a job!!! Not so easy for these ladies who have been in the industry for a couple of years. They are used to the income and the lifestyle that they have created for themselves and going to find an office job for 8 to 10 grand a month is not going to cover their expenses. Not to mention the whole HR issue of what you have been upto for the past x years as well a BEE now days.

Not easy ladies -- I take my hat off to you

That's true, we can't even say what we did as our previous job... I forgot about that!

On 2018-06-06 09:20:08 peterb said:
"The problem here is that certain punters see punting and therefore the ladies as a commodity."

Unfortunately, they are a commodity. Its all physical, I browse, see a hot set of pics and the call is done. I go to a venue/ club, if she is what I want on that day it done

That's punting

@peterbe

That's maybe your view of punting (and a fucked up one I might add).

I for one visit a wg or mg for much more than just the physical. Good company, a GFE, intimacy, intelligent conversation etc etc. I have been privileged to meet some amazing woman via punting.

Sorry but you only get those things from a person, not a commodity

While the economy is cyclical, experts seem to agree that the current downward spiral is likely to be quite severe and prolonged.

This means minimising expenditure and putting in more effort to maintain or increase income is the name of the game (all games) for at least the next 2/3 years. Everybody is more price sensitive when it comes to buying all goods and services.

I still don't understand the whole big fuss regarding petrol prices going up ever so often...

the filling station up my road has NEVER increased their prices for as long as i can remember...

whenever i request the attendant to fill R500 petrol into my car's tank i always get R500 petrol and he has never ever asked me for more money!!! LoL.

On 2018-06-08 18:58:00 suzook said:
I still don't understand the whole big fuss regarding petrol prices going up ever so often...

the filling station up my road has NEVER increased their prices for as long as i can remember...

whenever i request the attendant to fill R500 petrol into my car's tank i always get R500 petrol and he has never ever asked me for more money!!! LoL.

But he has given you less petrol.....
Rocket science?

I take it you haven't noticed the 'LoL' at the end.

Was meant tongue-in-cheek.

Lemme guess... rocket science???

On 2018-06-05 13:12:00 Deee340 said:
Almost R16 for a litre of petrol, R12.60 to the dollar, Water and Electricity up, VAT up, Income Tax up...Ladies, it's time to buckle up (yeah irony in your case, get it? Unbuckling belts) and hold the prices. If sh*t continues like this, hell you might have to drop the prices. Time to monitor your bookings and act accordingly i.e. reduce prices before someone beats you to it. Those extras, yeah, time to standardize them as part of your packaged deal.

Thank me later.

You're forgetting that these ladies are normal human beings like you. The petrol prices also affects them, everything affects them as much as they affect you. Reducing prices would be beneficial only to you and not the ladies. If I may ask you this, If your boss came up to you and reduced your salary in these trying times so that the company can meet the targeted profits, would you accept that? I don't think so because this is exactly what you're asking the WG to do. Its unsustainable mate.

On 2018-06-08 18:58:00 suzook said:
I still don't understand the whole big fuss regarding petrol prices going up ever so often...

the filling station up my road has NEVER increased their prices for as long as i can remember...

whenever i request the attendant to fill R500 petrol into my car's tank i always get R500 petrol and he has never ever asked me for more money!!! LoL.

Hahahahaha loool,and they never say 500 fuel is now 553 *dead*