do people ever ask you....

MTL · #1 11-29-2002, 12:18 AM

How much does it cost?
i really hate that question...seems like im asked that every time i have something....

well when i bring my bit around places....people always ask..and i say "thirty dollars"...and they are like "DAAAMN nevermind" etc...and im like err..umm...yeah....."dont drop it"
and "you can get a crappy one for $9, it aint the real thing, its half the speed, and it wont last"

what about if you have like a HPI, Tamiya, etc, and you say "$200" people always think you are an idiot....those are the people that never have heard of a thing called a "hobby"....
..had to get that off my chest
sorry this might belong in the misc section

foofinator · #2 11-29-2002, 02:22 AM

I'd have to agree. "Well how much was that car?" '290 for kit and 180 for electronics". "I could think of better ways to spend 400 bucks"... Im sure everyone has a hobby, wether video games, golfing or micro RC's. They have no right to say anything, they probably spend as much if not more on stuff that we would laugh at. But thats why there are so many hobbies to choose from. Sorry if I am rambling its 230.

Vincent · #3 11-29-2002, 02:33 AM

I feel your pain. The same thing happens to me all the time. "you paid 30 bucks for those?"

Ovgron · #4 11-29-2002, 03:04 AM

you could tell them theres bigger ones for $500 and its not even completed then.

Crisp_Rapper · #5 11-29-2002, 05:10 AM

my 'hobby' is mountainbiking, people often ask how much i paid for it, when i reply "£1000/$1500" they just stand there

"...but you can get one for £100/$150!"

some people just don't understand.

#6 11-29-2002, 07:30 AM

When I brought my Bit to school for the first time, I'm pretty sure that every single person that said something to me about it asked how much it was. It does get really annoying. I can't buy an R/C car that costs $250 or even $25 without getting grief! The worse part is that my friends wouldn't spend their money on the R/C hobby like I do. They'd rather play video games.

too bad... we all know what they're missing out on

Namuna · #7 11-29-2002, 08:06 AM

Yup, me too.

Radio Shack has it right though...At $20 people have more of a 'hmmm' attitude, but at $30 (for MicroSizers) it's more of an 'ouch, too much' attitude.

I've got an easy come-back for girls/women who give me attitude though...After they make their little "Oh, boys and their toys" comment, I look down at their shoes and ask "how much" and "how many pairs" they have...That usually shuts them right up.

Ovgron · #8 11-29-2002, 09:29 AM

lol

SAM · #9 11-29-2002, 10:37 AM

I look down at their shoes and ask "how much" and "how many pairs" they have...That usually shuts them right up.

I have had to use that very same example before myself.......
There is nothing wrong with having fun at any age

link 228719 · #10 11-29-2002, 12:16 PM

that question comes up more for my mini-z.

and i know a lot of people who think there in the hobby of r/cing but all they have the cheap tyco ones....and there like i bet my tyco r/c can rip right through mini-z...and they pull out this giant monster truck and i just drive circles around it...

and those are the people that think they can buy the exact same thing for a lot less$$$ and have the same quality but they don't!!!

Vincent · #11 11-29-2002, 12:46 PM

"Why do you spend so much money on that old car?" (93' 240sx)
I'd like to see them find a lightweight, rearwheel drive car for drift and auto X that was made in the last 2 years.

mustang_steve · #12 11-29-2002, 01:23 PM

1/12 rc car guy at work: well you got a 180 dollar controller, i got a nice quick for its size car with a controller for 35

console gamer: I dunnot what to say to these guys except htey got 400 dollars easy ties into a deck that going to be unused 2 years from now, maybe sooner. And prolly going to sell to someone else with all those games for a 100

auto racing: I mylsef love suto racing, but cannot afford a car just to race, and cant afford the caliber of medical insurance id need if i screw up and land on hte other side of a barrier wall.

computer hardware nuts.....dont even go there, im in that territory too, dropping 3k a year on hardware between 2 pc's is insane...thank god most hardware nuts love these things too

anyone who gos off about it beign a tiny car...and leaving 1/12th scales alone...well 1/12th scale is tiny too, at least when compared to a real car. size dosent matter when the car is almost as capable as a car tens of times its size.

Alnd last but not least...anyone who calls em kids toys: dude.....dont oyu collect hot wheels? (relace hotwheels with beanies, gi joes, dolls, piggy banks, etc) Just cause kids like em doesnt mean adults can use em too, heck i have a cousin whos 12 and loves the porsche 911, does that mean its a kids toy......i hope not.....

and yes i do have a piggy bank, the little pudgeball of coinage is niec and full right now

MTL · #13 11-29-2002, 06:15 PM

whew, im glad alot of people agree with me...

blacksabbath070 · #14 11-29-2002, 07:30 PM

yea i skate and most people dont really realize how much that cost the deck itself cost 50 bucks, 50 for a pair of trucks, 20 for a good set of bearings, and about 30 for wheels. then id break more board on loading docks like every month (thank god that i have a job) and then add in the cost of fixing my broken finger i got

henry · #15 11-29-2002, 07:36 PM

hehe, thats y i dont take my bits out 2 the public.