It's also worth pointing out that in London punters can/could pay 20 quid for full service in a walk up or thousands to some pimptastic agency with a shiny website depending on their preference, and that hasn't changed either.

Many things which were previously luxuries accessible only to the wealthy and completely unavailable to the mass market have dropped massively in price; I'm old enough to remember how much mobile phones, laptops, videos/DVD players, satellite TV and hard drive recorders used to cost. Large screen TVs with an internet connection used to cost more than I would earn at my last civvy job in six months, and now I own two of them.

As things become more available to more people the prices tend to drop - prostitutes are easier to find and book, advertising is now far, far cheaper and easier to sort than it ever was before so more people can do it and as a result the accumulated punting wealth is more evenly spread. This means the people who were used to earning squillions will complain and the people who started without a pot to piss in will be happier because they can eat and pay their bills, or to use the previous example, the people who had got used to being the only person in their street who could afford X TV and Y computer and Z mobile phone are now pissing and moaning instead of being pleased for the people who had fuck all and can now have nicer houses. My violin will be staying firmly in its case .

I'm happy with my prices and my earnings, and having met a few of the 'high roller' types over the years I won't be putting them up any time soon and pricing my good regulars out of the market. If I want to earn more I just work harder, which is what I and most other people would expect to do if they were being paid a three figure sum per hour no matter what the job was .