Some gogo boys asking 6000 bht for overnight,,a joke yes?

[bkkmfj2648]

Good point Arsenal.

I mis-stated the point that I was trying to make.
I modified it below - hopefully to make my point clearer.
I am also in your camp - as an expat - I found a person who is well connected in the straight-guys-who-only-play-with-ladyboys part of life and she/he (the ladyboy) refers to me (for a fee of course) "straight" guys that she knows are a bit hard up (no pun intended) for money my way so that I can play with them and their prices tend to be in the 3.000 to 4.000 baht range and like you wrote below - they are fun and a nice diversion than the traditional MBs.
For my local guys that I solicit that are not via the ladyboy arrangement I pay the local expat price + 500 baht. I usually never share what I actually pay in these forums as I have been attacked by other forum members for:

- ruining the local market for the bargain hunters,
- creating unnecessary inflation

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After living here as a new expat retiree for 18 months - I would say that there is a multi-pricing system:

- Thais who pay their escorts at a rate which tends to be 50% the price that us expats pay,
- Expats - who want to pay the non tourist (fair market rate) price because we live here and we know what the expected expat price can be,
- Tourists - 3 types:
a.) bargain hunters who will bid the offered price down to their advantage,
a.) generous tourists who willingly pay a premium over the expat rate in order to not take unfair advantage against the local guys,
b.) non-familiar with the local market - who pay the expat price or an inflated price due to:
- their lack of experience with the local escort market,
- come from Japan, South Korea, or China and will just pay more (why I am not sure - but when I ask my local massage friends they say the the first 2 tip on the high end),
- got money to burn (from saving for a long time) on their 2 week holiday and don't care what it costs.....