I've been getting LOTS of private messages like this. Over 15 so far. Seems CC wants to protect their revenue source without realizing the people who book the pros are just as important as the Pros.
I’d like to say none because charging for travel is totally reasonable. It covers parking, gas, time etc.
You know what solves this problem? Booking only pros who can and will host. No travel fee and your problem is solved. You're welcome.
Adding $160 extra for 1 hour of travel is definitely a lot, but remember that rather than complaining about it, you can look for people who don't charge nearly that much for travel. I met a pro who didn't charge anything for travel. There are plenty of pros here who charge a much more reasonable travel fee and you will find them if you are patient. It's better to do that than to complain about it.
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@DesireHugs
You know what's beautiful? No having to hire these so called lowly unskilled unprofessional pros you keep going on and on about.
It's a free market. If they want to charge for gas and time that's their prerogative just as much as it is yours to say nope and find someone else who fits your bill. They will charge what they feel is reasonable for their time, gas, wear and tear on their car. Coming to the forums to complain about travel fees won't change that.
There are some nonsense pros, like there are nonsense enthusiasts, I just cuddle with the reasonable and cool ones.
Some people don't have much business sense. Just avoid those who are a rip off or asking for stuff like that. Maybe they'll figure it out eventually.
Starbucks could only laugh so many people out of interviews before it became a problem and they would either have to close down or pay for employee transit. The only reason they don't is because enough people are willing to work there without that.
@DesireHugs If you're willingly paying for someone to lay there like a dead fish for 3 hours that's a YOU problem.
Again, all of your self created problems could be solved easily by only booking pros who do host or don't charge a travel fee.
Perhaps you just like to complain to hear yourself talk.
I've been getting LOTS of private messages like this. Seems CC wants to protect their revenue source without realizing the people who book the pros are just as important as the Pros.
And shockingly enough.... another thread pops up about Pro's being untrained, close to a sex worker and basically just a body pillow with a voice box.
Name one other job short of full on sex work that pays $100 for just laying and talking with ZERO training.
I'm so sad to see @DesireHugs is one more newbie who joins CC and immediately finds fault with something so beautiful.
There are literally HUNDREDS of threads discussing this. Please stop bashing what these professionals have decided to do for a living.
I am weary of the same disparaging comments over and over.
We are all independent contractors. The site has zero say about what we can and can't charge. We do have a minimum of $40 hr. If these pros are charging too much for gas and travel expenses they will either prices themselves out of the market or they will do well enough to continue.
For reference, "simp" is an initialism for Sucka Idolizing Mediocre P-sleeve (replace last one with cruder word for female genitalia). The implication being that you're trying but failing to give money to a woman in hopes of getting sex.
Just DELETE OR LOCK this thread.
I see we can't have a legitimate and serious discussion about how this could be an issue without the White Knights and "Pros" just defending it without seeing any issue with it.
...or calling people disparaging names, it seems.
There is no 'legitimate issue.' Providers set their rate, prospective clients decide if they want to pay it or not. That's how all service industries operate.
Blocking somebody just for quoting their fee structure seems ...
lol so paying $300 for a cuddle is perfectly reasonable, but paying $460 makes someone a “beta boy simp”. Good to know. Could you get a little more precise though? Where exactly is the cutoff? Is paying $400 “beta boy simp” territory or is that okay? What about $350?
I am not a pro. I am merely a lowly ENTHUSIAST like yourself. But I appreciate all of the pro's who are on here, male and female, trying to connect with as many people as possible. Its not helpful the way you are trying to attack something with barely any time invested into the community.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, all of our forum interactions speak to who we are as people. They are sort of a pre written karma. I just wish that maybe you would scroll through the 100 plus pages of forum threads to see all of the different aspects that go into pro's pricing the way they do.
You could also go here and see a plethora of comments about pro's pricing. You are not the first to be frustrated with this system and you certainly won't be the last, but maybe you can get more information in order to better understand BOTH perspectives.
https://www.cuddlecomfort.com/forum/discussion/4600/why-is-there-such-a-disparity-in-price-price-mega-thread#latest
I think I would be willing to have a legitimate conversation about this if you didn’t put the word pros in “quotes” and made it very well known that you have zero respect for this line of work.
I will say I charge a little bit of travel if I have to travel over an hour. I don’t charge travel for anyone within an hour from me. Every pro is different. And it’s actually a very engaging and tough job especially when we have to navigate through men that only want sex or having to be careful with every person we meet. Even ones that we do a video chat with, meet in person, ask for ID and talk with for a long time will still sexually harass us. There’s a lot of communication behind the scenes that a lot of pros don’t charge for.
I think if you came at this with a willingness to understand, it would have been better for you. But you came out swinging and spitting all over pros…
I feel like I’m being trolled.
I’ve learned in life that counting other peoples pockets only hurts me. I just need to concern myself with my pockets. What i can earn, what i have and what i spend. I make a decision based on my pockets. If something costs to much i just don’t buy it. I ain’t mad at those that do or those who set the prices.
There are many ways to address an issue that you have, but posting while (at least seemingly) angry and frustrated is not going to get the civil discourse you want it to.
I don’t think that calling the job of the pros no-skill or low-skill is acceptable and pretty offensive to the pros here. There are some amazing ones on here that are definitely skilled and certified within the cuddle community, and other pros that have gained plenty of experience over the years to be worth the rates they charge.
Also suggesting we are simps, man, cmon. Cuddling should have nothing to do with that. If you see it that way, you are among those that you consider to be the problem.
And finally, a pro can ask to be compensated for gas/travel/parking. If you don’t want to pay it, then find someone else.
I don't consider paying for a cuddle to be SIMPish. But I do consider having unreasonable request and demands by a pro and then just defending it under any circumstances to be
I think he started editing away posts around the time someone asked for the precise line between $300 and $460 that makes someone a "beta boy simp." There was no recovering from that.
@zerocantaloupe i Reno to think a simp is short for simpleton. I appreciate the acronym and how “the kids” as they say use it, but it still fits the simpleton - gullible, foolish or naive definition.
