Some clarifications as a recent member of DaP:
1) DaP members are allowed to set their own rates as long as they are stated up front. After the port happens the porter needs to accept what is offered. When I was in DaP I would ask for payment before porting people (it is more efficient due to the difference in loading times, the congestion at the landing location, and needing to invis baddies). In the event that someone offered what I thought was low I would ask them to kick in a bit more. This created an issue only a handful of times and I was happy to add them to my ignore list. I would use my judgement in doing this, eg 20pp from an unguilded level 50 melee class in banded was fine, but I would ask for more from a level 50 in a raiding guild with a fungi.
2) The reason most DaP don't list an explicit price is because some people pay over pp/level and some people pay peanuts. If an explicit price was asked for the generous people would mostly pay list price and penny pinchers would refuse to pay, which would mean a drop in revenue for the porter. Not having a listed price also allows flexibility, for instance if someone was short on plat, then I would often port them and ask that they ping me next time they were near a spire so you could pay me then.
3) If you usually pay below pp/level, don't think it is fine just because no one ever complained. If you are paying after the port, then DaPers are not allowed to complain. Also your low payments are being subsidized by the more generous members of the server. If everyone was cheap, then DaP would have a severe lack of porters or would need to start having set prices.
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