Patron,
Regrettably there is much truth in what you say. However, you are generalizing a bit and it is very clear from my friend's experience that if you watch the registration dates on SA and catch girls that are young and new, they don't know the value of their ass, and you will pay exactly what you used to (or less!) for the action. It's just going to take a little more time and effort.
But there is one HUGE advantage in SA which is this: instead of calling an outcall agency and getting a girl you haven't seen real pics of and no fuck all about, on SA you can see exactly what you are getting in pics and in the girl's own words. As I mentioned previously, due to my experience level in the hobby, I perused 50-60 profiles of women and had culled out 5 or 6 legit prospects who I know I can negotiate with based on pic's and girls' own bios, in 30 minutes. That is less time than I would search for an escort on MERB, whom I won't know what she looks or talks like. The advantage is HUGE. Again, based on experience level, I can read between the lines on the girls's bios and what they are looking for and I know a girl who is open to negotiation from what she has written. With all due respect to Reverdy that $1000-$3000 per month stuff is probably a few girls on the site but it is a starting, not ending point in negotiations. The vast amount of girls are nowhere near that territory. You guys are making generalizations and conclusions which are simply not correct in some, and maybe most cases.