As promised, I will share my experience with the woman I met in response to an ad I placed on CL.
Nothing happened. The conversation began with money talk and that went poorly. She opened the conversation with, "So I am sure you know what the Pro's ask for on CL, and you can double it." I laughed a bit, then left.
Now if she was smoking hot, a model, perfect body, face, etc, I may have thought about it. But she was ordinary, a bit thick, and not all that friendly, so I left.
I guess what I took from this is that anyone answering an ad on CL is also looking at them.
So to those of you that thought my logic was nuts, you are probably right.