Disc prices, Hucklab WTF?

[youdidwell]

Doesn't bother me at all. Clearly people will pay. Just have to hope manufactures don't start charging more. Resale/Dyed market is whatever.

I am still waiting for a bit of a crash, that I think could come at the end of the year, with more and more people trying to buy up all these 'limited runs' for resale. Manufactures not playing catch-up/losing time anymore. I think there could be a bunch of people holding the bag and selling discs at cost that they thought they'd double their money on.

 

[seedlings]

I just bought a Squire Classic Vibes Tele for under $400 new. It plays better than my American Standard.

Hucklab Classic Vibes are $1100.

 

[ChrisWoj]

I truly didn't know Huklab stamped discs were still a "desired" thing until this thread. As far as I'd known - they'd kinda disappeared from the popular DG consciousness in... like... 2010? Clearly I was wrong.

 

[Rastnav]

I truly didn't know Huklab stamped discs were still a "desired" thing until this thread. As far as I'd known - they'd kinda disappeared from the popular DG consciousness in... like... 2010? Clearly I was wrong.

Eagle frequently throws TriFly HukLab discs on coverage. That would probably have been enough on its own but they are common enough in other bags so they get seen/mentioned frequently enough.

The fact that the dye job is simple and easily recognizable at a distance means that when pros throw them it's noticeable. But they aren't ubiquitous enough that they seem played out. That is marketing gold.

 

[ChrisWoj]

Eagle frequently throws TriFly HukLab discs on coverage. That would probably have been enough on its own but they are common enough in other bags so they get seen/mentioned frequently enough.

The fact that the dye job is simple and easily recognizable at a distance means that when pros throw them it's noticeable. But they aren't ubiquitous enough that they seem played out. That is marketing gold.

I honestly never noticed that Eagle throws them, shows how little attention I pay when I watch coverage.

 

[txmxer]

Thread the other day asked about fake stamps. No expert, but this looks like a fake to me.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144568007299?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28

Don't seem to be able to embed the image.

 

[Darkgreen]

I've never understood the popularity of Huk Lab stuff. They are the white guy tribal tattoo of disc stamps.

 

[dmoore1998]

Thread the other day asked about fake stamps. No expert, but this looks like a fake to me.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144568007299?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28

Don't seem to be able to embed the image.

I'm not positive, but it kind of looks like the crappy areas are the person marking over their name/# on the back...if that's the part you're looking at thinking it looks fake.

 

[beereakfast]

I ride motorcycles and I can't wear my Triumph shirts anymore because people think it says "Trump" at first glance. weird.

Totally off topic, but i can relate. Had this happen many times. I still rock my Triumph gear. Dummies aint gonna change!

 

[Huk Finn]

I'm more likely to pay $40 for a HukLab Tournament Harp than I am to buy a Nike drifit instead of a blank one. Jay is a cool guy/family man. I'd rather buy that 'designer' disc than a shirt. I'm typically not into the designer brand name status thing anyway.

 

[gammaxgoblin]

Boycott.....lol. intentionally withhold something I want, from myself....because someone else doesn't like something about it. :hfive:

Have you read your own sig bro?

 

[Riverdog]

I'd hate see what an Avocado Toast stamped disc would cost.

I'd rather have a Banksy stamped disc. [emoji16]


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[txmxer]

I'm so clever I have to quote my own posts!

LOL!

 

[elmexdela]

i was making your point before you did




both suck hard and both are fascists



....

...something about hucklab

or rather, we could acknowledge that prices on any disc have gone up. and significantly so for anything other than baseline plastic. any old mold (popular or not), any old stamp, any PFN, and you can add $20-30 to the price of any 7/10 used disc. it used to be that you could stack backups of even popular vintage or OOP discs so long as they were in thrower condition and you weren't bidding with the collectors. now, i don't even bother trying to look at older teebirds, eagles, buzzzes, or nearly any elite x plastic.


and if one were so inclined, one could acknowledge the role of monetary policy, foreign policy, and domestic despotism in those price rises.

i remember when gggt had sleeves of elite x buzz misprints for like $8

ended up losing all the ones i had (including my first ever buzz which was that classic pastel tye dye)

those were the days

 

[foxdawg10]

It's the arrow, not the archer?

Again, all I meant is that for me disc golf is an escape from politics and the polarized world we live in. When I play DG, I see other DGers, not politics. I'll throw with anyone regardless of who they are or what party they belong to, as long as they also respect that.

 

[dreadlock86]

i remember when gggt had sleeves of elite x buzz misprints for like $8

ended up losing all the ones i had (including my first ever buzz which was that classic pastel tye dye)

those were the days

i found one in the used bin that is that pastel tye-dye lavender and yellow. the rim is in good shape but it's beat to fly like it's 5/10 condition. elite x buzzzes and predators are my favorites to beat in like crazy.

those were indeed the days. i still have a small stash but you can't find them like you used to, not that i can afford anyway. you see those ones with the new stamp sometimes but the plastic is different.