Originally Posted by SlowerOne
Noooo... you're paying $24.99 for the ability not to buy $10 ceramic bearings, or $5 steel bearings, again, and again, and again... Why is it these sort of remarks always come from people who know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Anything you buy in RC is paying 10 times the cost of making it, or buying a little RC car from Tyco/Toys 'R Us. However, the value we get out of it is the fun we have, the things we learn and the friends we meet.
Buy it, don't buy it - your call. But please, spare me the argument that you know what it costs; lots of us know what it's value is, and, speaking personally, I resent you infering that I am an idiot because I buy something you can't see the value of, and I can.
What bearings did I buy? I took them out, cleaned tham and put them back in... First time I did this in almost 2 years, but I stripped a gear so I figured it was time.
I've been involved in RC since 1976, I've spent more than my fair share on parts....