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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Cindy Hamilton - 2014-02-13 12:31 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-02-13 11:39 AM I married a Sugar Daddy and if I want a $700 tack set by George I'll buy it.....that is all.
In all reality I had my tax appt yesterday. When the totals are black and white right in front of your face and you see exactly what is spent you do realize that barrel racing is most definately a luxury. Does he have a brother?...LOL
LOL no he actually doesn't. Poor guy. It was a joke when we got engaged. A local farmer told my dad my fiance was just after my family's farm land. My dad busted out laughing and said - you don't know my daughter that well do you. She's a pain in the arse.....he didn't say arse. LOL |
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Location: /ARKANSAS | I have not yet!! I have shopped and drooled for years, would love to have a set, I have picked out what I wanted at Luan's site a couple of times! Just cant break loose of that much money at one time. So I ordered conchos and dressed up a set of my own and I decided that a tack set for under 500 dollars was not a stretch, that is hard work! |
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| I have an (almost) $800 set all picked out. It's perfect for me. I've never seen another expensive set that said 'me' as much as this one does. At some point in time this year I will fully recover from the effects of being unemployed for the past year. After that time I will begin to amass (lol there!) extra income by about $600 per month since I have half as many horses this year than last (half the feed costs). If, after a few months of wallowing in such excessive extra income, I decide to part with the $760 for the set, I might.
However, I will NOT consider donating to any organization that will waste 90% of the donation on adminstrative (read: salaries and bonuses) costs.
I earn it. It's mine (minus the 30% taxes). I will choose to do with it as I will, no matter who calls me selfish.
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Location: South Dakota | CYA Ranch - 2014-02-13 12:15 PM Timber Creek - 2014-02-13 12:01 PM If I spent $700 on a tack set I guarantee you the very next day I'd find one I liked better. As it is, the people I am around daily (non-horse) would croak if they knew the amount of money I spend on my horses and that is just for the basics. I think God made us barrel racers a little different anyway!
Do you think I'm......"different"?
Yep, you are perfectly "different". That is why we are such good friends!!! |
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Location: South Dakota | Rodeo'nSDstyle - 2014-02-13 1:00 PM with that being said...I have full intentions of ordering myself a G-G barrel saddle where the bottom dollar on a basic is $1900. I dont barrel race for a living, I dont train anything but my own but I dang sure love the way the sit a horse and I think they would be pretty comfy to ride in. lol
Me too. My husband has a G Bar G ranch saddle that I love. I sat in a couple at the stock show and would love to have one. |
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Location: Living in my Promised Land | I was gone for the day and am happy to have read CanCan and HotbearLVR's posts and to see that we can all see both sides. I was getting a new phone. Who here want to pay $649 for an I Phone that is guaranteed to be outdated in 18 months? I did cut my expenses with the horses when several years ago it topped out over $20,000, and I realized that I could support a small village in Africa for what I was spending. I do agree with Scott about buying locally often. I support our Amish leather craftsmen because they are such hard workers. |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Timber Creek - 2014-02-13 1:26 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-02-13 12:15 PM Timber Creek - 2014-02-13 12:01 PM If I spent $700 on a tack set I guarantee you the very next day I'd find one I liked better. As it is, the people I am around daily (non-horse) would croak if they knew the amount of money I spend on my horses and that is just for the basics. I think God made us barrel racers a little different anyway!
Do you think I'm......"different"?
LOL Good answer!!! |
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Location: NE Texas | lonely va barrelxr - 2014-02-13 1:12 PM I have an (almost) $800 set all picked out. It's perfect for me. I've never seen another expensive set that said 'me' as much as this one does. At some point in time this year I will fully recover from the effects of being unemployed for the past year. After that time I will begin to amass (lol there!) extra income by about $600 per month since I have half as many horses this year than last (half the feed costs). If, after a few months of wallowing in such excessive extra income, I decide to part with the $760 for the set, I might.
However, I will NOT consider donating to any organization that will waste 90% of the donation on adminstrative (read: salaries and bonuses) costs.
I earn it. It's mine (minus the 30% taxes). I will choose to do with it as I will, no matter who calls me selfish. You would die if you knew what it actually cost to make that set. I work for a manufacturing/wholesale company in the western industry. We make belts, handbags, jewelry, flip flops, etc.....any type of accessory you can think of. I guarantee you the cost to make that set is under $60....$80 at most being that it has several buckles on it. Working in this industry has absolutley ruined any type of shopping for me. LOL So nope, i'm out on the $700 tack set. My taste is more......brown.....than most anyway. That being said, I do spent stupid money on other gadgets for my ponies. However, ya'll that do have the pretty tack sets I have to admit do looks super purdy! 
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Location: Sunnyland Florida | SKM - 2014-02-12 7:25 AM Yes, I have. Why? Because I could and it made me happy. But then again, we never take vacations so we spend where we want.
To each their own and it's a personal decision on where you spend YOUR money.
But then again, if I had $60,000 to spend on a horse that I really wanted, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
If you pay all your bills, then I see no reason why you shouldn't buy whattever you want with the surplus? If it's a $700 tack set or a $10,000 vacation, who are we to judge?
Loved your response SKM and agree with it.......but in the background I heard Bobby Brown singing "it's my prerogative", I made this money, you didn't.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I think there is a lot on this thread that is a good indication of how people are beginning to feel about entitlements, etc...
Nobody wants to be calloused toward the less fortunate and the truly needy within our society. We all want to lend a helping hand to those who, through no fault of their own, have fallen on bad times. Politics has used this inherent goodness in people as a tool in recent years....even decades. People have been forced into feeling "guilty" because of their success, and this idea that we should all be forced or compelled into "spreading the wealth" has been an enormously successful tool by politicians. Our government is the main reason why more and more people are becoming trapped into a life of entitlements. When it is easier to simply not work because of all the freebie enticements and offerings, then people simply surrender and cease any efforts at trying to help themselves. It's hard to really blame them.....I mean, in some areas, a person skilled in working the system can rake in upwards of $60,000 in freebies by doing nothing. That same person tries to break free soon realizes his income might be slashed in half because he does the "honorable" thing....thus, he does what is easiest and most expedient. ObamaCare uses this principle, in some ways. I could go on and on..........
Bottom line is I think we are beginning to see more and more people speak out. That's what happened here, in a way.
People are pis$ed off and fed up. |
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Location: Washington | I guess none of you will buy this for me then.....
http://hitchedhorsehair.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=4 |
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Location: My happy place | fatchance - 2014-02-13 3:47 PM I guess none of you will buy this for me then.....
http://hitchedhorsehair.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=4 Nope not me ....... are you looking for an hand out?
Sure is pretty and looks like a lot of work.
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The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | Palopony - 2014-02-13 12:54 PM
It's a work of art. I got to see it in person 2 years ago at the Charlie Russell Western Show. They do fantastic work.
I have one horse hair hitched bridle, love them. We use to have others but we sold them.
The old ones especially prison made command top dollar. It's so fun to see them and to know they were used daily and are still as useful and beautiful today as when they were made 80 years ago.
I love horse hair hitched anything! |
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Location: NE Texas | I have one hitched horsehair bridle and two regular braided horsehair headstalls and don't use any of them. All three were sent from Mexico as samples to my work and once we decided we weren't doing tack, I bought them at cost. They are very pretty, the hitched one especially. Maybe i'll try again. |
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The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | Herbie - 2014-02-13 1:19 PM I have one hitched horsehair bridle and two regular braided horsehair headstalls and don't use any of them. All three were sent from Mexico as samples to my work and once we decided we weren't doing tack, I bought them at cost. They are very pretty, the hitched one especially. Maybe i'll try again.
Like all things from Mexico, some are good and some are poor quality. Would love to see the hitched piece! |
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Location: NE Texas | I'll try to get a pic for you. It's not nearly as elaborate as the image in the link you posted, but it is a nice headstall. Something you wouldn't feel horrible about using everyday, but still nice. While you are correct about the goods from Mexico, the artist who made these also makes the belts some in the King Ranch magazine.....which they purchase from us. Small world, isn't it! |
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Location: Washington | Herbie - 2014-02-13 3:02 PM I'll try to get a pic for you. It's not nearly as elaborate as the image in the link you posted, but it is a nice headstall. Something you wouldn't feel horrible about using everyday, but still nice. While you are correct about the goods from Mexico, the artist who made these also makes the belts some in the King Ranch magazine.....which they purchase from us. Small world, isn't it!
All of my hitched pieces came out of Deer Lodge Prison. Lenny Spurlock was my favorite hitcher, then he got out and his prices went sky high, the last belt he made for a client of mine was $1,200. that was about 20 years ago and it looks as good today as the day he got it. |
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The Advice Guru
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| Herbie - 2014-02-13 2:23 PM
lonely va barrelxr - 2014-02-13 1:12 PM I have an (almost) $800 set all picked out. Â It's perfect for me. Â I've never seen another expensive set that said 'me' as much as this one does. Â At some point in time this year I will fully recover from the effects of being unemployed for the past year. Â After that time I will begin to amass (lol there!) extra income by about $600 per month since I have half as many horses this year than last (half the feed costs). Â If, after a few months of wallowing in such excessive extra income, I decide to part with the $760 for the set, I might. Â
However, I will NOT consider donating to any organization that will waste 90% of the donation on adminstrative (read: Â salaries and bonuses) costs. Â
I earn it.  It's mine (minus the 30% taxes).  I will choose to do with it as I will, no matter who calls me selfish.  You would die if you knew what it actually cost to make that set. I work for a manufacturing/wholesale company in the western industry. We make belts, handbags, jewelry, flip flops, etc.....any type of accessory you can think of. I guarantee you the cost to make that set is under $60....$80 at most being that it has several buckles on it.  Working in this industry has absolutley ruined any type of shopping for me. LOL   So nope, i'm out on the $700 tack set. My taste is more......brown.....than most anyway. That being said, I do spent stupid money on other gadgets for my ponies. However, ya'll that do have the pretty tack sets I have to admit do looks super purdy!Â
I think you are talking about mass produced machine line assembled manufactured.
Whereas I am talking 100 per cent hand cut/tooled with the finest leather. I have a girlfriend who makes saddles and headstalls, and have seen the time she puts into just to stain the leather let alone hand carve it.
I completely understand how a set can be 700.
The tools needed to build tack is not cheap either, ask Any saddle maker.
Also the smaller the company the more raw material expenses as they do not have the purchasing power. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Just Plain Lucky - 2014-02-12 10:04 PM CanCan - 2014-02-12 8:11 PM I can't believe there are so many yeses. I didn't know so many rich folk frequented the board! I hope I wouldn't even if I could. I remember being at a penning years ago and noticing a lady's spur straps. I can't imagine the cost. They were big and blingy and eye-catching to say the least. Everything she and her horse wore was first rate. Crosses on everything. It may be small-minded, but I remember wondering if God would be more pleased if she gave all that tack money to a good cause. Translation: "This thread didn't go my way, so I'll just insult everyone that took the time to reply. Oh right, and use God/faith to throw salt in the wound, that'll show 'em!"
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Location: western Nebraska | I make beaded sets and I know that when I make a headstall, breastcollar, stirrups and matching over and under it is a little more than 700. I have also figured out that I must love to bead because there are some sets that I make about 6 dollars an hour to finish.
I love to see pretty things on pretty horses.
I always think that if I can't win at least my horses look good. And I don't spend any money on me as my friends will tell you. I am a slob.
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