@ PMC
"Negotiating a price with a lass who's guaranteed to be businesslike and efficient surely takes some of the flavour out of the occasion, would it not?"
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Here are your options:
1) Sign a contract involving woe, hardship and a long uphill battle, just so you can eat a piece of cake that you may not turn out to like, but will be stuck with.
2) Pay a small amount for a piece of cake that may not be as warm, but is still cake. If you don't like that cake, you can chuck it and get a different one.
3) You can pay a medium amount and get two slices of cake that you can enjoy simultaneously. Doesn't matter how business-like that seems, if that doesn't sort you then you need to ask whether it is really cake you are after, or just friendship.
:-P
Actually the more I think of it, the more I like the idea of spending little and getting a quick fix. All a man needs is to rid himself of his natural poisons from time to time. If a tasty bird can make a few bucks out of it, what's the harm?