You're right: Women don't respond to the wealth and power implied by valuable commodities, nor do they expect gifts of such. My mistake.
For me, I'm turned off with a guy with a lot of flashy wealth. It means he's shallow and has no character.
Again, women who have lives want men to bring their own lives to the table. Being able to pay his own way is great. Being accomplished and stable in his life is great. But that is what we bring to the table also.
What you insinuate is prostitution, and that's not a conservative value, now is it?