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It's a genius business move by them - they charge us more per cerdit - but the models still get dollar as reference. So it's a win without working .. genius I have to say
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(B) Don't bet that the entertainers in particular countries are benefitted or penalized significantly by this system. The site has traditionally paid them a percentage - a really ABSURDLY SMALL percentage - of the revenue they generate. As long as F4F corporate culture is based on obscenely unfair compensation to those doing the front-line work, the base currency or the exchange rate for customer billing won't matter to the entertainers. Quote
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Not sure whether the credits and multiple rate types occurred with the major change of corporate regime about 2010 or at another point of time - it all came about while I was away from the site for a while. Quote
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(B) Don't bet that the entertainers in particular countries are benefitted or penalized significantly by this system. The site has traditionally paid them a percentage - a really ABSURDLY SMALL percentage - of the revenue they generate. As long as F4F corporate culture is based on obscenely unfair compensation to those doing the front-line work, the base currency or the exchange rate for customer billing won't matter to the entertainers.
The system used to run a single rate for all of the private shows - and that was the only type of show there was then. The cost was $6.99 per minute and it applied to everyone. There were no credits or group shows or 'multi-user privates' or any of the other myriad mumbo-jumbo.
Not sure whether the credits and multiple rate types occurred with the major change of corporate regime about 2010 or at another point of time - it all came about while I was away from the site for a while.
I think you both missed the essential point of the OP: the base for credits is the country currency - so UK people have to pay 20£ for 200 credits - continental europeans pay 20€
for 200 credits and as american you get charged 20 USD for 200 credits. With todays currency rate the one from continental europe would pay 24 USD for 200 credits, - thats 20% more than americans pay . Brits would even pay 27.97 USD for 200 credits (without additional tax) - so they even pay almost 40% more than americans for the same package. Years ago also we european users could pay in dollar - so we only had to pay the banks surcharge for currebcy exchange which was in average between 0.5 to 2%. Nowadays we can only buy credits in currency of our Card - if you have a german card, you can only buy in euros - means you pay the 20% bonus income for flirt 4 free - brits give them a bonus of 40%.
To the rates of former days: it was 5.99 not 6.99 for standard - which still equals todays standards. But also back before 2010 (before party and group chat) they had different prices. They introduced Semi and Premiere far earlier. But you are right - at the beginning there was for many years just a single rate per minute and only standard private. And you could give cash tips after a pvt which went almost complete (just a small processing fee) to the performer. Those days tips were real tips
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