Cheap bong!

youngblood

youngblood

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Ok, just to make this clear from the start, this is NOT an advertisement of any kind. I am not selling anything nor am I encouraging anyone to buy something from a specific retailer or anything of that sort. I am simply outraged at the prices you guys in the US and certain other parts of the world are willing to pay for bongs. Not only that, but sometimes the prices even seem fair to you. For example, I have recently seen a thread where someone wrote that they paid 320 $ for a glass bong and that they were very happy with the deal they got. The bong was about 30-35 cm tall and the glass was about 5mm thick. In response to everyone who think they got a good deal on their glass bong or glass pipe or whatever glass apparatus they use to smoke their herb, I would like to say this much: YOU ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF, BIG TIME!
This is my GLASS bong, 45 cm tall, about 4mm thick and with a very nice design. You know how much it cost me? Take a wild guess! The equivalent of 20, yes twenty, US dollars! :) Shit, it even has an engraved picture of Bob Marley on it! :D
I am sorry for it being so dirty, though, I've been using it a lot lately and I didn't feel like cleaning it yet! :D
 

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youngblood

youngblood

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feva said:
ok so tell us how we too can get a cheap bong
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Form a "bong users" union and go on strike until they lower the prices of paraphenelia dramatically, I guess :)) :D I didn't want to make it sound like I could facilitate cheap bongs or anything, I just wanted to show people how much cheaper these things really are. And it's not like I bought it straight from the manufacturer or anything, I just went into a normal head-shop and bought it. The only difference between me & you is just the geographical positioning. I live in Europe, you live in the US.
 
cracker84

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fyi, go look on www.everyonedoesit.com, it is a united kingdom store with some fine european glass, and the prices are listed in all different currency's. and i dont think they have very many "quality" pieces costing between 20-50 dollars. A 2 dollar blunt gets you just as high as a 500 dollar bong, but the difference between the two is status symbol simply put. At least among the educated smokers with expensive taste, and knowledge of the fine artwork out there. would i recommend a 20-50 dollar bong for a high school or even college student, yes i would. But for a business man with a smoking habit and money to spend on the nicer things in life, no i would recommend a more expensive bong. It is similar with transportation, yeah, the 1000 dollar moped gets you around, but the bmw 700 class is status. sorry for the rant, you put your 2cents on my thread, i will put my 2cents on your thread.
 
prototypeone

prototypeone

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I have seen bongs that are cheap like this all over. People pay more for bongs because you can buy quality. I have a small bong like this one, its nice and gets the job done. But when I go over to my friends house and hit his double perc phire I can tell you I wish I could afford one of those every time. The smoke out of it is so much better. But thats just my two cents
 
iNVESTIGATE

iNVESTIGATE

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Nice YoungBlood!



i hit up this new Variety store a couple weeeks ago and was going to look for an ash-catcher. When i saw this beauty.. for $75!!:hump:


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One of the main reason's im posting this is because ive never heard of VP and because she is a fucking beauty ass-smooth hit.


She stand's at 20 inches and has a 3 prong perculator. As well as a difuser in the downstem. Ill prob. go back to the store and ask where they ordered them from... eventually..
 
youngblood

youngblood

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I didn't mean any disrespect, guys. What I wanted to say was just that the difference in price isn't always justified in the difference of quality, that's all.
 
OregonMeds

OregonMeds

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My bong is blue swirled glass instead of clear, with a thin piece of glass swirled around the outside of where you'd hold it. Kinda small, and just basic but it was also only $20, I bought it at the local hemp festival where there were a ton of vendors to choose from. There were many bongs in the 20-50 range and with 50 you could get just about anything except the quality of glass and workmanship in something like what fdd posted. Those were still expensive, always are.

Mine is nothing special but does the job. If I had money to spend more would be nice but I'd have a really hard time spending hundreds. I have never had a glass piece last long enough to make it worth that, someone always drops them eventually or something.

Yea it had to come from china and it's not perfect. It is surprisingly thick though so I'm really happy with it. Thicker than any of my previous small bongs so it might survive a drop.

How much stronger are the really good expensive pieces? Can you drop them on a hard tile floor without them breaking? I know you can with a good pipe but a full size bong?
 
Fditty00

Fditty00

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^^^ Hell yeah it is:) Thats a piece u can hit, then sit it down, and stare at for hours. Bongs are like paintings. U can get a mass produced reprint. Or u can get a one of a kind. Its not about status. Its 'unique-ness' IMO
 
Chuck420

Chuck420

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Fditty00 said:
^^^ Hell yeah it is:) Thats a piece u can hit, then sit it down, and stare at for hours. Bongs are like paintings. U can get a mass produced reprint. Or u can get a one of a kind. Its not about status. Its 'unique-ness' IMO
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haha yeah so true
 
cracker84

cracker84

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OregonMeds said:
My bong is blue swirled glass instead of clear, with a thin piece of glass swirled around the outside of where you'd hold it. Kinda small, and just basic but it was also only $20, I bought it at the local hemp festival where there were a ton of vendors to choose from. There were many bongs in the 20-50 range and with 50 you could get just about anything except the quality of glass and workmanship in something like what fdd posted. Those were still expensive, always are.

Mine is nothing special but does the job. If I had money to spend more would be nice but I'd have a really hard time spending hundreds. I have never had a glass piece last long enough to make it worth that, someone always drops them eventually or something.

Yea it had to come from china and it's not perfect. It is surprisingly thick though so I'm really happy with it. Thicker than any of my previous small bongs so it might survive a drop.

How much stronger are the really good expensive pieces? Can you drop them on a hard tile floor without them breaking? I know you can with a good pipe but a full size bong?
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I had a 1000cc hurricane bong, and before i bought it from a friend i watched him drop it on a wood floor from around 2 feet without breaking, i dropped it once on nice thick carpet and it shattered, but it did hit directly on one of its three legs that it stands on, anyways it broke. so im not really sure about the nicer pieces being less easy to break.


yeah that pic of the custom glass is great, nice piece for the collection.
 
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c0lchester

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faded that thing is a work of art. if I ever win big I'm gonna have a sick custom bong made, till then I cant pay more than 150cdn but a guy can dream
 
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