Musky, well, do share, where is the cheap good services?
It is a case of the market dictating the prices... If enough punters weren't prepared to pay those rates, they would eventually fall.
Unfortunately we are suffering from this 2-speed economy in this sector as well. Those who work in the mining sector will earn enough to pay those rates, sadly those of us who don't can't and have to save up for longer periods and "talk to the hand" for months in between.
At the same time, though, I wonder... A lot of working ladies are saying they prefer older gentlemen (those of us in their 40s and above) clients, but it's the young bucks who are earning the big bucks up north, so do you, as a working lady, make compromises and put up with the younger rougher "rocks" for the higher rates, or do you get more selective and see us "refined diamonds" for a little less?
And yes, I value working ladies for whatever they charge, you girls and ladies are worth it. But I hope you can also understand when we do have a wee whinge every now and then (it's mostly sexual frustration). I'm in my 40's but sadly have not risen to the lofty income heights of managers, even without working in the mining industries.