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 The BHW Book Worm
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| not going to lie IF I had the money to spend just laying around and IF I really loved the set I would be a buyer!! but I don't have money LOL I do have a really nice saddle though!! and a 150 dollar tack set I bought on sale going on a couple years now. |
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 Blaines and Beauty
Posts: 1431
| I am guilty! I designed my set with Crown Leather and I LOVE it! Its black/silver gator w/ AB crystals. I got it for my Birthday/Anniversary/Christmas about 3 years ago and every single crystal is still on it and the leather looks brand new. I have worn it at every barrel race (and I go ALOT!) for those years. I look at it as people spend money on their cars, homes, etc to make them nicer and I like my horse to look pretty...LOL! |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | The most I have ever spent on a set and its a Lunan's inlayed beaded with crystal's and was used other wise there is no way I could have bought it brand new, I payed 400.00 for it and it was still in new condition and still is, I take really good care of it. |
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 I don't want to screw up!
Posts: 3881
Location: North Dakota -> Colorado | Yes I would drop that much on a tack set. As to why, I like the quality that tack sets in that price range. JMO |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 907
Location: a secret | I do I do ....... If I really love it I will it has to wow me not blind me lol
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 Chasin my Dream
Posts: 13651
Location: Alberta | My husband is a saddle maker, so all my sets are custom and would cost around that or even more depending on what's on them.....
I do agree you get what you pay for, but who am I to tell someone what they should buy.... |
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 IMA No Hair Style Gal
Posts: 2594
| I spent $1,000 once......
HAHA...just kidding!!!
So would if I actually had the money to spend on that. But for now I will stick to blinging up my old tack and cruising Ebay, with the occasional drool over all the nice tack sets that show up on my FB news feed. |
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 Winner winner chicken dinner
Posts: 2047
Location: California | FlyinByU - 2014-02-12 6:34 PM I am guilty! I designed my set with Crown Leather and I LOVE it! Its black/silver gator w/ AB crystals. I got it for my Birthday/Anniversary/Christmas about 3 years ago and every single crystal is still on it and the leather looks brand new. I have worn it at every barrel race (and I go ALOT!) for those years. I look at it as people spend money on their cars, homes, etc to make them nicer and I like my horse to look pretty...LOL!
Me too and I LOVE my set. I justify the cost because I had the money from selling a saddle I never used, I hadn't bought a set in 10 years and I had my first new horse in 13 years. I try to buy good quality stuff and take care of what I have. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | phillyincal - 2014-02-11 9:25 PM FlyinByU - 2014-02-12 6:34 PM I am guilty! I designed my set with Crown Leather and I LOVE it! Its black/silver gator w/ AB crystals. I got it for my Birthday/Anniversary/Christmas about 3 years ago and every single crystal is still on it and the leather looks brand new. I have worn it at every barrel race (and I go ALOT!) for those years. I look at it as people spend money on their cars, homes, etc to make them nicer and I like my horse to look pretty...LOL! Me too and I LOVE my set. I justify the cost because I had the money from selling a saddle I never used, I hadn't bought a set in 10 years and I had my first new horse in 13 years. I try to buy good quality stuff and take care of what I have.
haha! Yes I would pay $650...this exact set on the buckskin horse in this avatar, is what I am ordering from Crown. I am not very original, but I know what looks good...i saw this set on their website, and plan to order it. I bought a set from Luans 4 years ago for $400, I sold it recently for $300, so that's how I justify the money (ie, it's only $350 LOL).
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Winner winner chicken dinner
Posts: 2047
Location: California | CrossCreek - 2014-02-12 7:41 PM phillyincal - 2014-02-11 9:25 PM FlyinByU - 2014-02-12 6:34 PM I am guilty! I designed my set with Crown Leather and I LOVE it! Its black/silver gator w/ AB crystals. I got it for my Birthday/Anniversary/Christmas about 3 years ago and every single crystal is still on it and the leather looks brand new. I have worn it at every barrel race (and I go ALOT!) for those years. I look at it as people spend money on their cars, homes, etc to make them nicer and I like my horse to look pretty...LOL! Me too and I LOVE my set. I justify the cost because I had the money from selling a saddle I never used, I hadn't bought a set in 10 years and I had my first new horse in 13 years. I try to buy good quality stuff and take care of what I have.
That's my Josie girl :-) You will not be disappointed in you Crown set. I use mine everyday and it is still in perfect condition. The quality is amazing.
Do you have a buckskin too? The gold croc is amazing on mine! |
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 Night Watchman
Posts: 5516
Location: Central Montana | To each their own. If I had it to spend on something frivolous (sp?) like fancy tack I wouldn't do it anyhow. There are always better ways to spend it.
I was just on vacation with a group of family and friends (a cruise), my cousin dropped over $10,000 on a ring for herself. I can't see spending that kind of money on jewelry either, like the tack, if I had that kind of money to spend on something frivolous, I could put it to better use. I'm glad she has it to spend to treat herself but I work d@mn hard for my money and even when I have a good amount saved I am more frugal. |
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  Keeper of the King Snake
Posts: 7622
Location: Dubach, LA | GoinJettin - 2014-02-11 9:53 PM To each their own. If I had it to spend on something frivolous (sp?) like fancy tack I wouldn't do it anyhow. There are always better ways to spend it.
I was just on vacation with a group of family and friends (a cruise), my cousin dropped over $10,000 on a ring for herself. I can't see spending that kind of money on jewelry either, like the tack, if I had that kind of money to spend on something frivolous, I could put it to better use. I'm glad she has it to spend to treat herself but I work d@mn hard for my money and even when I have a good amount saved I am more frugal.
You can be my friend. I've paid less for good horses than some folk pay for tack. You get what you pay for? Naw. I've got a $90 Billy Cook breastcollar that a Texas BB painted for me 9 years ago. It still looks good. |
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Posts: 929
| If my colt wins one of the big futurities or gets to the NFR you bet I would buy one...but if I got to the NFR I would hope that someone would be OFFERING a free one for me to wear in a sponsorship deal. Of course, like mentioned before, it does not make my horse run any faster...so until I get there, I will be running in my plain tack. LOL |
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Veteran
Posts: 183
Location: Wyoming | My husband who is a tight-wad actually bought me one that was a little over 700.00 I couldn't believe it I almost fainted it was about 7 years ago. I have used it once to afraid to mess it up. |
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Location: In my own little world | I more than got what I paid for then! I recycled an old leather breastcollar that had some braided rawhide wrap on it that was all frayed. Took that all off, did some beadwork on it and it looks really nice. Probably paid $25 max for it originally. For me $700 is a lot of entry fees and time only fees on a colt but that is where my priority is. |
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Regular
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Location: Florida | I know someone who spent more than that on a Rodeo Drive tack set. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
Posts: 7268
| Not I - oh, and I won't pay $25,000 for a "prospect" either! |
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 Saint Stacey
| 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? |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
Posts: 10277
| When you have the finances to afford it, $700 for a tack set is not that big of a deal. I almost dropped that much for 3 fancy halters for my horses then realized they would be rolling after every run in those fancy halters and doing their best to get them dirty so stuck with what I had. We have the funds to comfortably buy what we want but we choose and pick our purchases. |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
Posts: 9992
Location: Kansas | I spent $400 on a tack set.....And I've had it 2 years now. I want to get another one that is yes....gasp..... $400.....but I feel my horses need to earn their bling. And we'll the Grey mare has been a pain on my behind so might be another year before I get one lol |
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