300 AR is standard, 600 AR is a rip off tourist price
The standard rate is 300 AR, but if you don't know how to speak spanish, they know they can swindle you for 600 AR, it is a good thing you stuck to your guns. My suggestion would be, try to go with a spanish speaker next time, you will be surprised how quickly the prices will change. 300 AR is more than enough for these girls.
As far as the dancers go, 300 is only the drink fee, some won't even go out with you. But I have heard the going rate for dancers starts at 500 AR and up. Just note, some girls don't go out. So you might end up paying the 300 AR drink fee and just sit there and talk to the chick and nothing more.
Bad
Example in the Dominican Republic
This topic frosts my butt! It almost seems that the "local chicks" have banded together to raise prices.
Well I encountered this in the Dominican Republic at Black Beards resort (actually a very good place to go) The girls of Black Beards decided (due to some high rollers that came through for one and a half days) that they were raising thier prices. Once all of us regular guys discussed this, we decided to just bring girls in from the Niteclubs (which we could) and ignor completely the Black Beard girls. Boy did this work. Within two days of no business, each of the girls dropped thier prices and were a lot nicer and accommodating. Remember they were seeing us with the other "Niteclub" chicks for those two days having a great time. Yes they were really pissed at first, but that changed as thier needs arose.
This may not all together work at Madahos but the more of us that do ignor that establishment and not pay the outrageous prices, the less business they will have and the prices may slowly decline. Just keep getting the word out.
So I agree be firm and nice and you will get what you wish for more of the time.
Rustyjones
200 AR at Madahos? Hell no, maybe a year ago, but these days it is 300 AR
Sorry Dirk,
But you are wrong here, I have met many Argentinos at Madahos and they always get quoted the 300-400 AR price. The only difference is that they never get quoted the 600 AR price because the girls know better. Madahos actually has a minimum the girls can charge, anything less, tourist or local, and they can get in trouble.
Also, Portenos with money are some of the biggest idiots in the place. Have you ever been in the Madahos VIP? I haven't, but I know for a fact that all the Argentino business men take chicks up there to impress them. They go up there with 2-4 girls and buy drinks that cost double what they do downstairs, this is a fact. I have seen many regular girls go up there with PORTENOS, and then the girls tell me this guy spent the last 2 hours buying four girls drinks at 160 AR a pop and only took 1 girl out. These are portenos doing this shit.
I am sorry but either these girls are bullshitting you, or you positively know the cheapest portenos in BA. Because the ones I have seen at Madahos try their best to out spend the tourists and impress the chicas, which I think is stupid but I have seen it. I have also seen many portenos get quoted and pay girls 300-400 AR. And I have also seen portenos tell girls to take a hike when they wouldn't go below 300 AR. If guys are getting those girls for 200 AR, I have never seen it, the lowest I have ever heard of a girl going for was 250 AR, and that was like 6 months ago, I have heard the girls say they charge 300 AR to locals and regulars, and 400-600 to tourists and guys they would rather not fuck.
Bad
BTW, I would like to someone to post a recent Madahos pick up, by either himself or a porteno buddy, giving the girls Madahos name, where the girl went for 200 AR.
Madahos and Madaho girls giving up the truth about fees
Ok guys, If I am in a business that I need to take each sale as if it may be the only sale of the day, I will size up the buyer and see what I am able to get. The girls are doing the same thing (as everyone is saying on the board here) But do you think I am going to confess to other buyers (that pay more) that I have sold it for less? Hell no! I want everyone to think that they are getting the best buy and that I treat all buyers the same at that higher price. Remember this is a GENERAL RULE. There are exceptions as always. Also when rent is due things change too!
I do feel that Hunt99 does have some credence in this thought though. Every week there are many tourist mongers of all types visiting BA. We would need to place a billboard up at the airport to inform all of those guys each week about Madahos. As was said, we on this board only comprise a very small percentage of the total monger population. As members we have access to a plethora of information that is NOT available to others. Now also I have heard about the local argentine sister web site to ours. Don't you feel they are also discussing this too? Even though with both boards, it still doesn't make a real large dent in the population.
Just as an example was last night. I met some guys in town that were sitting in the patio at Newport's. Newport's was dead so I suggested going to Excedra. One of the guys was excited to find at Excedra two ladies that he could pay 300 pesos per lady for their company for an hour. I over heard him and casually talked to his buddy next to me to correct him to bargain down to 150 per lady per hour. His buddy spoke Spanish very well. He saved 300 pesos! But with out me and the knowledge from this board he would have been ignorant regarding the bargaining process and real prices. They also wanted to go to this place called Shampoo which I tried to talk them out of and go straight to Excedra. But the one guy in the group was bent on going there! So I tagged along. We went in for one very expensive drink and then all of us left to go to Excedra. They realized once we got inside that Shampoo's was only a rip off place. They did not even know that Newports was a place to meet pro-Ladies. All of the cards finally fell into place after the first hour at Excedra.
So the moral is that most guys coming into town are very ignorant about the scene here as many of us were the first time here or even second time. As long as that ignorance prevails with all of the casual one time tourists to BA that do not have the means for research like this board, Madaho's, Black's, Shampoo's and other places like those will continue to be able to hold their prices. I have possibly done a complete 180 from my last post but that was due to last nights experience first hand. They were good guys but they just did not know!
I think I have written enough!
Rustyjones
Bargains at 20 pesos off?
MPexy, not to flame you on this, but saving a lousy 20 p on a 600 p tab to meet a lady at Madahos is not my idea of getting a bargain! Now you shave off 200-300 pesos, now we are talking!
Whether that drink is 60-80 p it is still a rip off.
Rustyjones
Madaho Drink & Chica Prices
Mpexy is right on the drink prices. Except believe it or not, there is one at over 100 pesos also. I almost bought one for this gal I buy a drink for every once in a while. Sitting at the bar, she ordered this drink and the bartender gives me a look like, "you sure you want to buy this?" So I asked how much, put my foot down saying to the gal, you must be joking. Some kind of exotic fruity drink with all the fixings. She was OK with the cheaper ones. Just thought she would ask, (or more like get away with it) I ussually ask the girls, or they do it on their own, to keep it to the lower end drink cost please.
Badboy is right on the Chica prices, 300P+. I remember the good old days when I thought I was getting jerked at 200P in there when 100-150P was the going rate in other places. 300P is the min @ Madaho now. Portenos included, probably even Portenas if they were so brave as to try and pick one up. Even football stars, I've seen. You may have even read about Charlie Garcias payment problems in the provinces. Just thank the stars you are not competing with his budget, mind you I guess he forgot to pay!
It is funny to quickly scan back over time in a particular Topic at the various prices thru time and by the time you get back to 2005, you can see how life has changed.
MAG
I have a question about drinks
Never thought about this before, but what's stopping me from buying a beer, Coca-Cola, or vodka martini at the bar for the regular price and giving it to the girl I am talking to? As my methodology in these places is usually one of scouting out promising girls and getting their telephone numbers for daytime fucking (at a reduced price) why in the world would I want to pay 80 pesos for a little cup of colored soda water? Has anybody ever done this and gotten zapped for it?
My annual visit to Madahos
Stopped by at 1 AM last night (Friday) Saw most of them before. Never liked any one of them before, so things are not going to be different this time. They all got one year older. Only encountered a few new ones. One of them, Amira, was from La Plata. She was willing for 300 P for 2 hours. I wanted TLN. No deal. The girl had an excellent attitude. Then met a 20 yr. Old. I think she was going out with somebody. Told me to wait for TLN. Adios. At 4 AM, reluctantly offered a Paraguyan 300 Peso for TLN. She was still holding for 400 P. You can realize, none of them was my first choice. In fact, except one of the dancers, I was never truly interested in anybody. So I was looking for value. It was not offered and I left the place at 5 AM after watching the dancer at close proximity for last half hour. She had a lot of eye contact and hoping for a copa. In my book, that would have been better spending of my peso than taking anybody home. In my sanity book, that would have also been a real stupid move. So I left and the Paraguyan still waiting for the pot of gold. Good luck and good night!
I had my Madaho girl at 150 Peso on Saturday. That's another story. Look under Cafe Orleans thread.
Bandy