But 'Cotambear' you are one of the guys that keep saying there is no 'going rate', would it appease you more if we referred in the future to 'the general average rate for ST/LT is'??
If the average rate was seen to rise to 10k, then the answer is very simple, only those able to afford 10k would take any girls, others that could not would go elsewhere or not take any girls.
I on the otherhand would open a beer bar or go go bar tomorrow, as now we are getting some serious money to be made on BF, LD's alone and my staff would be loaded!!
Before you get the answer you are looking for, to proove the point you are trying to make with your question, remember there is a lowest level that individually, we do not feel comfortable with, nor accept is a fair rate. This level may alter slightly between those of us that have certain moral standards and experience levels to know, but you either except as an example, 1 baht would be insulting, would be too low and would make you a cc or you do not.
Then from 1 bht as the lowest we would all agree is too low, you have things like forums, that we all discuss this aspect or what we have paid, and hence the realisation of a generally paid/accepted rate, that we refer to as 'the going rate'.