HoseMaster

There was a website called ‘Wayback Machine’ where you used to be able to look at indexed copies of websites, viewed at a given moment in time. However, some pictures or content wouldn’t import perfectly, and I don’t know if the data on a given message forum would all be available/viewable...but to offer my opinion as a worker on this topic....I’m in virtually completely agreement with what I’m seeing above. Competition seemed intense, reliable, but the market for it still strong in the late 2000’s when I first came in. Furthermore, the amount of ‘travel postings’ by given providers was thick....if I posted one in the morning, it was off the first page by that evening. Now, it seems like either a) guys aren’t traveling, or b) they don’t care to come here and post about it anymore.
 
Could be a combination of things, but I think a period where as the reliability and strength of looks of the guys declines; it doesn’t necessarily make it better for the rest of us that are ‘still in the fight’....I think it causes people to lose interest in the hobby, period.
 
One of the things that always surprises me is the number of the guys who are afraid to leave this country to find a better deal. I don‘t care if I get 30 PMs from other escorts saying “WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUGGESTING ______”, but I’ll say it flat and in the open here....there are some deals to be had in Thailand and Latin America. #justsaying. You might have to embrace travel costs and potential danger, but from my eyes, totally worth it.

I appreciate everyone's feedback. I guess the bottom line is that, "it is what it is." I think @John makes a great point about the smartphones which I'd never considered. I guess we forget about those days where flip-phones were the norm and texting was essentially nonexistent thus making an actual (God forbid) human voice call the norm for handling ad replies. I have no qualms in texting at all, but I think it has certainly contributed to the "flake factor" and lack of common courtesy as I referenced in the original post entailing Mike Logan.
 
Virtually every escort with whom I met back then was in his early-to-mid 20s, with most pursuing an education of one variety or another. I myself was in my early 40s back then (am 56 today), and I felt there was a common thread in that each party anxiously looked forward to our hookups (I tended to engage in repeat hires until that escort was no longer in the New Orleans market or retired), and I was incredibly happy with the level of professionalism, courtesy, and maturity of the escorts back then. It's near 180-degrees opposite today, which is why I spend very little time even pursuing the hobby any more. I did encounter one notable exception (https://rent.men/BigEasyStud), but as anyone can plainly see, he moved to Oregon.
 
I'm glad many members are finding the current market to their liking because, from my own perspective (and I see that of several others it appears in reading the replies), it is nothing short of an abject disaster.
 
Again, thanks for everyone's feedback!

Have been hiring for about eighteen years. Currently there is far too much facial hair for my taste. The number of tattoos (arm sleeves, full chest, and full back) has also increased dramatically. Additionally I like lots of muscle which is less in evidence today. I've adjusted to more body hair but the other changes have caused me to hire less and less. I just don’t find many of today’s escorts attractive.

I’d give middling grades then and now. There were more smooth guys but they often were tweezed and shaved but not enough to camouflage this not being natural, not to mention the stubble burn. There are a ton more guys on the market, but there always have been plenty of marginal, misrepresenting, and/or disorganized guys. And more guys means more flakes. It also means many more choices in cities that had fewer than a handful of guys even 5 years ago. There were plenty of no shows and flakes in the old days. You could still get not great experiences from even well reviewed guys. Some of the posters on the other thread had relied on now-retired regulars and, probably forget how flaky random hires can be. The tats, including fairly random collections of tats have been common for over a decade. Providers change but so do clients and almost no one on the other thread (and I suspect this one) will really own that.

There have been several posts lately lamented the lack of availability of escorts fitting certain characteristics (e.g. clean shaven, no tattoos, etc.).
 
Accordingly, I thought it might be interesting for the "veteran" clients who've been hiring for quite a while to quantify their long-term assessment of the current escort market regarding fulfilling your criteria (whatever that criteria may be) vs. what the market was 15 years ago by supplying ratings from 1-10 with 1 being abysmal to 10 being phenomenal.
 
I certainly don't mind starting the ball rolling in stating that I share the frustrations of those members who made those recent posts regarding escorts not fitting what I'm looking for. Magnifying that frustration is the fact that, when a rare one surfaces (e.g. Mike Logan, https://rent.men/MikeLogan, on whom I've recently posted), communication, if and when it begins, ceases in no time flat with no explanation for why that's the case.
 
Hence, my ratings follow:
 
15 Years ago: 9.
 
Elaboration: Back then, I tended to consistently have several ads (even in New Orleans, a notoriously slim market) to choose from, flakes were practically nonexistent, and the meetings I set up, which approximated about a dozen a year, were, with very rare exception, quite fulfilling.
 
Today: 1.
 
Elaboration: I really don't see how it can get much worse, and it's rare that I see an ad in New Orleans, either by a visiting escort or one based there, with whom I would have even the slightest desire to hook up. My last hookup was with a visiting escort based in New York who was Japanese. I had a GREAT time with him, but that's been it for the last THREE YEARS! That's right: One meeting in three years!
 
Anybody else care to weigh in?

More info: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18495038/brett-mycles

Yes, I hired him a few times. Even took him to Hawaii. He didn’t stay in the business very long. Stayed in California for a bit and had an OnlyFans page. Now I guess he found a new boyfriend and is moving to Tennessee.

He hasn't logged on to RM site in quite awhile. Is he still active?

He’s a hottie. I hope he responds.

I guess I caught him at the right time.

It also was the very thing that unfortunately killed him.

Las Vegas. But he was in LA when I saw him.

Yes. He did.

Absolutely correct! If I was earning $200-$300 per hour I would be very pleased....At some point the price outweighs the benefit,
After awhile the number of new clients at a $400/hour will diminish. Get it while you can...there won't be any line to your door.

Good points - However, are the escort rate increases really inflation?
 
Not intending to be difficult, but consider the below:
 
US Inflation Rate Above Forecasts
The annual inflation rate in the US increased to 1.8 percent in October of 2019 from 1.7 percent in September and higher than market expectations of 1.7 percent. The index for all items (less food and energy) rose 2.3 percent over the last 12 months. The food index rose 2.1 percent over the last 12 months, while the energy index declined 4.2 percent over the last year despite increasing in October. On a monthly basis, consumer prices went up 0.4 percent, above a flat reading in September and forecasts of 0.3 percent. The energy index increased 2.7 percent in October after recent monthly declines and accounted for more than half of the increase in the seasonally adjusted all items index.
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Look at the above annual government calculated inflation rates compared to increased escort rates:
 
Typical escort rate per hour in 2018 - $250 (or lower) -
 
Typical escort rate per hour in 2019 - $300 (or higher)-
 
Rate of increase - 20% from 2018 - 2019 ($50) - not the 1.8% U.S. inflation rate.
 
Many escorts are now charging $350 hourly (and more).
 
Therefore, 2018 average rate per hour - $250. compared to $350 = 40% or more (compared to 2018) if you consider many escorts charge in excess of $350 hourly.
 
I do not consider the increased rates to be inflation.
 
Opportunistic?
 
Copy cats?
 
I don't know the reason but if it is inflation, the U.S. government will have to amend its inflation statistics.

It's all about supply and demand. An escort, say in Los Angeles, raises his rates beyond the going rate is probably going to lose business. L.A. has a plethora of hot, muscular men. Why pay $400 when you can get the same thing for $300? It's like buying a watch. A $50 watch can you tell you the same time as a $100 watch. Why pay more if you don't have to pay more.

Yes, but you are not getting any younger.
 
There is always competition, Ready to take your place.

It would be appropriate for an escort to increase his rate providing notification was given in advance of the booking. I do not think it is appropriate to increase rates after a booking is made. I would never expect to be grandfathered in to existing rates, but would absolutely appreciate it (i.e. Peter Hung).
 
In the end, my spending on this activity is somewhat of a budgeted matter. If, for example, an escort was charging me $200 and hour and he increased it to $250, I may hire him 4 times a year instead of 5 to stay within my $1000 hypothetical budget. I would also, more than likely, decrease any gratuity accordingly. However, just like with any other price increase I face (i.e. auto insurance rates going up), there is the very likely result that I will start to see what else is out there. Without that price increase, if I was happy with the service I was receiving, I would never have considered leaving. So the likely outcome would be, initially not much of a change on amount spent and (unless they were truly amazing) long term, a reduction in frequency or total replacement by another service provider.

I thought I recognized the guy’s abs in this ad —and the rest of his body—and thought, “this is too good to be true”! Abs are like a fingerprint to me, as most everyone I see has different shaped abs—the striations, the count, the belly button shape, etc all form to combine a unique “fingerprint” in my eyes. So I thought for a bit and went back to my Instagram and found the guy whose pictures those are, complete with the nipple bar. He lives in Bogota, Colombia, and has all those pictures, including his face shown. It seems like he is a go-go dancer or music promoter there, and has a super hot boyfriend. I always thought he had a perfect body, and wished he escorted. However, not seeing any evidence of him being in Florida would make me believe the pictures are stolen.

I thought I recognized the guy’s abs in this ad —and the rest of his body—and thought, “this is too good to be true”! Abs are like a fingerprint to me, as most everyone I see has different shaped abs—the striations, the count, the belly button shape, etc all form to combine a unique “fingerprint” in my eyes. So I thought for a bit and went back to my Instagram and found the guy whose pictures those are, complete with the nipple bar. He lives in Bogota, Colombia, and has all those pictures, including his face shown. It seems like he is a go-go dancer or music promoter there, and has a super hot boyfriend. I always thought he had a perfect body, and wished he escorted. However, not seeing any evidence of him being in Florida would make me believe the pictures are stolen.

I thought I recognized the guy’s abs in this ad —and the rest of his body—and thought, “this is too good to be true”! Abs are like a fingerprint to me, as most everyone I see has different shaped abs—the striations, the count, the belly button shape, etc all form to combine a unique “fingerprint” in my eyes. So I thought for a bit and went back to my Instagram and found the guy whose pictures those are, complete with the nipple bar. He lives in Bogota, Colombia, and has all those pictures, including his face shown. It seems like he is a go-go dancer or music promoter there, and has a super hot boyfriend. I always thought he had a perfect body, and wished he escorted. However, not seeing any evidence of him being in Florida would make me believe the pictures are stolen.

I’m curious too!

Reported him and RM deleted the profile.

I don’t know my IG guy. I just follow him, so I think it would be weird to ask him, “I don’t know you, but do you escort out of San Francisco?” I did ask Rodryyy his hourly and overnight rates, and only got back a general response of, “Hello bud. When would you like to meet?” without answering my original questions. My last text to him stated, “Are you normally based out of San Francisco?”
 
Still no response.
 
My excitement of this being the guy in my IG is slowly diminishing, as he is giving limited responses, not answering the questions I’m asking, and therefore doesn’t seem very interested in escorting.

Has anyone been with, or verified this guy's pictures?
https://rentmen.eu/Rodryyy
Apparently he has two positive reviews, but I have to question those positive reviews. The five pictures belong to one of those online fitness guys (that post a ton of workout videos, shows off his body, promotes fitness products, and sells workout and diet routines, etc) I follow on Instagram that is based in Orlando, FL. Now if it IS the guy in my Instagram, I would probably hire him in a heartbeat, as he has a fun personality online, and a killer body.