Can we drop the confusing code for listing costs?

People want to be vague in case
1) they think they paid a high price and don't want to be ridiculed as a chump (admit it, we have all overpaid at some point; yet we still ridicule others for doing it)
2) the dancer gave them a special rate (it's not always SS when she says "don't tell anyone; this rate is only for you") and you don't want to create a floor of guys coming in telling her "well I _know_ you do this for $X"

Reviews aren't the Amazon website or the JCPenney catalog where you can go in shopping for specifics. Strip clubbing is a hunting expedition - reading reviews just lets you know where the game is and whether you'll be bow hunting ($) or need to bring the big guns ($$$$).

I agree. The $$$ code is unclear and unnecessary. Tell us how much you paid ($250, for example). If you don't want to tell, just don't tell. Don't be an annoying douche.

Good point. It’s probably best to either say what you paid - or to not say anything regarding price.

I just use $ or $$ to mean money. I never considered that there was an actual rate associated to it.

It would be hard to use that code to represent a $30K rain making spree.

How about the guys that paid 60 or 80 cents for extras? .6 and .8?

"It would be hard to use that code to represent a $30K rain making spree."

Ace!

theDirkDiggler, I assumed that .6 and .8 mean $60 and $80 (i.e., everybody normalizes to $100). Perhaps that was overthinking things.

Cashman1234's point to just say things is probably the most brilliant idea. We all know it could be fiction anyway!

You shit the bed on this one

Looks to me like escort code: $=$100, $$=200, $$$=$300 and so on.

I see where this does get confusing because we haven't come to an agreement on a specific format to use.

In 3 of my reviews where I did get extras, I followed the exact format that is used when posting on the USA Sex Guide forums. Using this format, every $ = $100 and every decimal amount represents increments of $10, for example $$.5 would = $250

The very first time I used this format, which was on my review of Legends in downtown Detroit, I got questions about how much I paid. I had to post the exact amount in the comments section. After using the code a second time, I still got a question from Juice about how much I paid. I probably should've stopped using the code format right then.

As for overpaying, I now know I probably did on one occasion. I paid $300 for FS at Players. I was willing to pay that much and I did have to negotiate to get to that price.

With that said, for those of us who do seek extras and want to share that information in a review, I think we should establish that we either:

A) just be upfront and post actual prices

or

B) if we do want to use a code, have a specific code format that all users adapt to instead of each of us creating our own.

Is there a purpose behind using a "code" If you are trying to indicate an actual amount?

^ Anyone at Usasexguide can read reviews, so the "code" i guess is to not make the amount obvious to just about anybody and since it's not explicitly stated, maybe less of a concern for LE? Who knows?

^ With a forum like USASG, it seems to automatically reformat actual prices to a code format. Anyone can anonymously browse those forums and read the reports. If anyone wants to find out what someone actually paid, they will eventually learn how to read the code.

As for here on TUSCL, maybe the idea of using a code isn't all that necessary since you either have to pay to read full reviews or at least contribute by writing a review.

What a bunch of paranoid dumbass especially on that site.

It's funny that they use a code that they expect everyone except LE to be able to understand. And what difference would it make anyway?

Yes, USASG posts are always edited, which is why i don't really post there anymore...

joc,

You state, "they think they paid a high price and don't want to be ridiculed as a chump (admit it, we have all overpaid at some point; yet we still ridicule others for doing it)"

Personally, if I wish to paid any dancer any price, that is my business and if someone thinks I overpaid, well it's my money to do with as I please! Who gives a crap what others think about how we spend OUR money?

Now, if someone is spending welfare money on dancers, then it is my business!

Simple idea -- just leave off the dollar signs.

Donation: 30 / song w 50 tip. No confusion.

I agree with @jackslash -- either tell clearly or don't tell -- your choice.

Yes its dumb. Just like billy joel and frank sinatra. People really think the cops dont know what that means? Or do they think some other people they dont want to know, dont know what it means?

Those are new ones. ^^^
Took me a second to decode.

Use of the "$" or "roses" or whatever other lameness people use to try to "clevely obfuscate" ends up just being plain gay.

This thread just gave me some funny ideas to experiment with LMFAO

The reviews section here is a myriad of different formats, abbreviations, and notations. I think it's because most folks stick with what they're used to. It's not hard to figure out what the different codes mean so it's meh to me.

I think the one point that should be clearly pointed out in the rules regards naming dancers and services. There's a whole other thread about this but I think it should boldly warn newbies (like myself) why it isn't a good idea. I'll be honest and say I didn't think about the ramifications until afterwards. But a clear warning for any others before they make the same mistake would be nice. As it stands now, when writing a review you're not even forced to read the rules. You have to click on the link to view them. And it says be honest and it's ok to go into detail about your VIP visit. But be careful with names so you don't get your ATF in trouble. I don't have any ATF so I figured,doesn't apply to me. I think instead it should clearly say if you go into detail about VIP, don't name names. Or name dancers but don't go into detail. One or the other, not both.

funny thread indeed !

just keep using whatever nomenclature you are comfortable with.
As long as the worlds oldest profession remains, stupidly so, illegal in good 'ol USA - codes will continue. No they are not effective and neither helpful - but appear comforting to the user.

Heck - I never do ITC. Still petrified with the thought of LE, Press and flashlights raiding a club and me staring with my pants down.

"In 3 of my reviews where I did get extras, I followed the exact format that is used when posting on the USA Sex Guide forums. Using this format, every $ = $100 and every decimal amount represents increments of $10, for example $$.5 would = $250"

It's idiotic on USASG, and it's idiotic anywhere else, especially since, even on USASG, it's not used consistently, and people even use different codes.

It's dumb. Here or there. LEO knows what it means, and doesn't care. They aren't using TUSCL and USASG to target the average monger anyway.

I don't understand why escorts or strippers would accept payment in roses.

Wouldn't it be easier for both parties involved to just use cash and let her buy herself flowers with it if she wants to?

^^^ LMFAO! Back when I used to make web sites for escorts I always thought that was a hoot.

I don't include the specifics of what I pay for extras because that's my business and nobody else's. But I do try to share all of the other costs that I incur (cover, drink, LD, VIP or CR entry fee, etc.). This is important information in determing potential value and cash needs, yet it seems that a large % of reviewers eem to be incapable of providing this Intel. Soon I am going to start calling out every screen name who says something like "drink prices were reasonable for the area", which to me is a sure fire sign that the entire review is shit.