Let me guess, Burg - you're a highly "respected" member of the Redbook brethren...perhaps even a Charter Member.
Why does what some women charge and what some men are willing to pay concern you and so many other self-described hobbyists? Would you also picket a luxury car dealership or a Michelin 3 star establishment - after all, there are cheaper cars and food available, right? Or is it just hooker-pricing that gets your panties in a knot?
There is no universal intrinsic value to a session with a whore; only an individual one. If a purchaser is satisfied, and a whore getting the price at which she advertises herself, that that's her "worth".
Pornstars who don't escort these days are a minority, so why this is considered to be XPT news-worthy, I don't understand. Here, go to town, you guys: