Don't waste time discussing it.

There are a couple of people who contact me with messages from time to time saying something like:

How much for 1 hour.
You are too expensive for me.
I'd like to book you regularly but for 1 hour then I'd visit twice a month.

Note: my price/sessions are 2 hours - I don;t do 1 hour - and actually very reasonable for 2 hours.

I don't block any of them.

I always just refer them to my website and say that's my rate if they want to book.
I don't engage in any kind of waste-of-time discussion.

I'm sure they think I don't get enough clients and that one day I'll be desperate enough to see them for £80 or some nonsense like that.

Actually - when I have people book me using the AW system one time, a guy did make a booking for just one hour and made up his own fee for it. It's a good job, I noticed, because I would have been furious if he arrived with less than the full money.

Fucking idiots.
I would have sent him away.
I have sent men away when they offer less, even when they suddenly bring out the right money after all.

How can they expect a great time when they pull stunts like that and insult the women beforehand?

When I started, I did some research to see average prices, and decided mine from there, but I started to have some clients saying that I was too expensive and they couldn't come as much as they wanted, so I made the mistake of lowering the price was thinking that the problem was me! One day a client came to see me and we talked about it and he said don't do it... with that you will call a lot of idiots... you do a good job and your price is fair !From then on I kept my prices and I won't commit such stupidity again!

I’ve replied to those kind of haggling messages with “ well the place I provide for the convenience for you to visit for an in call doesn’t come for free hun ! “

Then I add a suggestion that they look  someone within their budget .

Honest answer and reaction?

I don't reply. I simply block and keep it moving.

I can't remember being asked this exactly, but I get messages that imply they can't pay my rates. For example, I get the odd request for 30mins or 15mins after they had seen my minimum rate. It means they can't afford it, so asking me "how much is 15 mins?" is annoying lol.

Also, instead of getting messages about how expensive my rate is, I got them questioning my deposit requirements instead...

If they had contacted me on WhatsApp, I block them there and do the same on phone. That way I save them the trouble of ever contacting me again and myself the headache of dealing with such unwanted enquiries.

When I was starting out, I would have replied, but experience thought me I was doing too much unnecessary gymnastics and wasting energy on time wasters.

To be fair, somebody moaning about rates doesn't mean they can't afford them, just that they're not prepared to pay them - the narrative that if a punter refuses to pay X amount the only possible reason must be because he doesn't have the money is just dumb.

I can afford to spend pretty much whatever I want on a dress or a pair of shoes or a restaurant dinner (within reason), but that doesn't mean I will if they're not worth the price to me. I would consider somebody who immediately jumped to the conclusion that I won't pay because I can't pay to be seriously lacking in critical thinking skills.

Having said that, what I don't do is walk into the dress shop and berate the assistants for charging higher prices than I've decided are acceptable, because that would make me a massive twat. I just shop elsewhere and don't waste everybody's time

It's certainly true that some men can easily afford us but would rather still see us at a lower fee.  Earlier this year a man I'd seen several times and always told me how busy his small business was, was getting dressed and said he  was looking forward to next time but would have to "start saving for it" and he gave me a look I can't describe. I knew it was a hint. He had never previously hinted at paying less.

He didn't ask outright for a discount but he hasn't tried to book again.

Am not bothered 😁

I normally just block  but occasionally I'll reply. Please look for an escort within your budget range I have plenty of clients who pay my full rates. Have a lovely day.

Then save as haggler / cheap state and block!

Sarcasm it pisses them off!

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

John Ruskin