What's the most you've ever spent on a disc?

[DGHippie]

I'm usually way too cheap to spend more than $20-$25 on a disc. I did spend $40 on a brand new tie dyed ontario rhyno. I use it every round and hope I don't lose it anytime soon.

 

[sisyphus]

Pretty sure I've paid in the $25 range a few times for tourney fundraiser discs, such as the ones HB puts out for the BG Ams. Seems like a good cause, for a disc I'll either use or flip later for a few dollars' loss.

The likelihood of someone "collector ignorant" like me to turn a profit on any disc is next to nil, so I rarely buy discs to 'flip' later. I've learned to stay out of the collector market, & with the occasional players' pack or merchandise win, I seldom spend money on discs any more at all. I've learned that's where most folks settle in eventually, which explains the slow pace of the Marketplace.

 

[ODRB]

San Marino Sentinels and Champ Rocs are my weaknesses. And the staples of my game. So.....

 

[goosefraba1]

I paid $300 for a disc back in 1994, while at the Pro Worlds in Port Arthur. This is by far the most I've paid for another disc. But it was for a very special disc, however, the first run of discs ever made by Innova, a clear (actually it was transluscent) Eagle made in 1982; that is, the original Eagle (not the sharp-edged Eagle that was later released in 1999) that was later slightly retooled to make the Aero. The bald Eagles lacked a hot stamp (hence the name, 'bald') and there is no lettering on the bottom, such as the "Patent Pending" later put on the bottom of the Aero. The second run bald Eagle is yellow and I think there were more of those made.

I'm not sure how many of the clear bald Eagles were made, but I think I think there were only about 50 or so made. Innova sent these discs around to several top disc golfers around the country so they could try them out, but then they recalled them and asked for everyone to send them back. I actually got to throw one that was sent to Lavone Wolfe while I was in a disc golf event at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville (back in 1983, I think). It clearly went farther than any other discs at the time (the furthest flying discs at that time included flatter-edged discs such as the Puppy, Super Puppy, AMF Voit (21 and 23 cm discs), and 70 and 71 molds. But I have to admit, I didn't really think such beveled discs should be permitted in disc golf. They so radically changed the game that I wasn't convinced that it was a good thing to have so many of disc golf courses become outmoded.

I talked to Tim Selinske of Innova at the 1994 Worlds after I bought the disc and he said that none of the folks at Innova even had one of those first run discs left. So it is obvious that this is a very, very rare disc. I'm not sure what the value of the clear bald Eagle is, but it must be at the top of the list of rare and historically important golf discs. The one I have is not mint, but it is still in very good condition, having been thrown only two or three times or so.

Pics or it didn't happen :thmbup:

 

[ilmcgee]

$20 the other day at the mom & pop sports store in town.

 

[Emoney]

Most i have paid for a thrower is 25$ (10yr glow buzzz). I usually try and get my throwers for around 10$

 

[zendragon]

Also people who think ~$20 for a thrower is even a little too much need some help.

It doesnt get much cheaper to play anything compared to disc golf. Wow.

For an average golfer, maybe, but I've spent hundreds at DGC alone, not to mention all the local shops I buy from, along with a few other sites out there. Add in the backpack bag, regular bag with quad straps and a stool, golden retriever, misc accessories, I'm sure I've spent over 1k in the 5 years I've been playing. Still not crazy expensive, but not cheap.

Aside from that, when I can get 2 discs for 30, why spend that on 1 with a special stamp? These are getting roughed up anyway.

 

[The Last DJ]

I dropped $25 on some of the 10-year Buzzzes awhile back but not much more than that.

 

[AmsterdamHeavy]

CryZtal FLX Sparkle Banger GT LE misprint
$ 22.99

 

[Aim For The Chains]

$20 the other day at the mom & pop sports store in town.

:hfive:

 

[DG_Before_Breakfast]

$25 on a 2011 Worlds Champion Vulcan with a cool stamp on it. I kept it for a souvenir and haven't thrown it. Maybe it will be worth something one day Nate Doss won that year on what was his home course of Delaveaga.

 

[ilmcgee]

:hfive:

Spent 20 for champ and 13 for dx. They only have like 15-20 discs in there at a time. But what the heck, had molds I haven't ever seen at the area chain sporting good store.

 

[runningDoc]

$30 for a USDGC Champ Rancho Roc, and $30 for a 2nd run C-FD.

I guess the USDGC champ roc at $30 is basically buying retail. I recently bought two 2nd Run Discmania C-FD at $30 each which is probably a good price for max weight/brand new never thrown ones.

 

[zgmc]

$20.

 

[brandocommando9]

$100

 

[MikeK]

$200 for an unthrown 2001 CE Roc

 

[djcadence]

$21 for a thrower, the store really marked up those MVP eclipse models.

 

[Seedlesstom]

Ehhh... I payed a decent bit over $100 for this beaut...

 

[discguy42]

So far my most expensive is a McBeth signed, Edge fundraiser Star Roc 3. I think it was almost $30, after shipping.

I don't really buy collectors but I thought that owning one of the 100 of these was cool AND all the funds were to go to the Edge program :thmbup: .

I also will regulary throw down $18 to $20 on a "thrower" I like too .

 

[jjtwinnova]

Mcbeth is selling 200 dollar st. Jude fundraising discs. Wowza