No doubt you’ve heard of the site Whatsyourprice.com. It is the kind of site that eventually had to be created. It creates a market for dates, with one side posting bids to date the other. The other side can accept those bids and a date is born. This idea is so simple and so off-putting as to be hard to grasp. It’s like eBay for dates.
The site just released average prices for a date, by city. The results are fascinating.
As reported in the New York Post, Denver holds the top spot as the city where men average paying the most for a date on this service: $221. Seattle is second at $197. Of course, we don’t know how many dates are actually taking place. Whatsyourprice.com speaks to a large number of users, but who really knows?
Just to clarify, these prices are what the men pay to the woman for the pleasure of going out with her. All other expenses are on top of that and not reflected here.
Denver $221
Seattle $197
Dallas/Fort Worth $178
Philadelphia $158
Washington, DC $154
Boston $151
New York City $145
Oklahoma City $143
Greenville, SC $142
Raleigh, NC $140
So, we’re curious what you think about this concept. Specifically, these questions:
1. Even though a date doesn’t necessarily include any intimacy do you see this as prostitution?
2. Is there an element of “These people deserve each other” to this site?
3. Is there a big difference in a woman who makes men pay to date her, and a woman who thinks that men should always pay for the date?
4. When looking at the prices, are you surprised? Did you think the average prices would be higher or lower?
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What ever happened to going Dutch? For younger people that means paying your own way. I’m perfectly happy to.
Seriously? The last time a guy went dutch on me was when I was in highschool.. And trust me, it didn’t go much past that last bill!
So the whole concept is to pay a woman an average 150-180 dollars just to have them go out with you and then pay for the date on top of that. I’m sorry, everyone is entitled to their opinions, mine is this is stupid. I already pay for the entire date when I take a Lady out, which I think is how it should be. But to bid and then pay a premium just to have the pleasure of her company and then on top of that pay for the date itself and no guarantee there’ll be a 2nd date.
Thanks I pass on this idea of a site..
Regards,
Who gets the money, the woman? Are there any men up for bid? I think this concept is completely silly and I highly doubt it will spawn any long term meaningful relationships but hey, if you have money to burn and don’t mind hooking up with a gold digger, it’s your money to spend how you like.
The women get the money. There could be men up for bid, but my limited research hasn’t shown any.
Sounds nuts to me, but hey, if any of you guys would like to pay me to go out on a date, I won’t say no to the money!!!!
)) (Hey, we gotta laugh about this garbage or else we’ll cry at some point! And, yes, I do have a sense of humor)
Perhaps Eharmony should put together some live events- why not start in NJ since that’s where I’m living (at least for right now)….
From a quick look at the listings for Baltimore, I wouldn’t want to date any of the women listed for free, let alone pay to date them.
The list of relationships you can find on there includes “sugar daddy arrangements, married dating, extra marital affairs, adult dating, or casual encounters”. Which sounds like the kind of target market for this kind of site… not exactly people looking for a serious relationship.
Is This tax deductable?
I guess it would depend what that guy is looking for. If the guy is looking for an arm charm for events then I guess this might work but if you are trying to find love then this would not work. It kind of sounds like prostitution in a way but that would depend on the peoples intentions and intent can be hard to prove.