How costly is cubing?

[RNewms27]

Holy crap you guys are sheltered. I can't believe you thought he was trolling by saying movie tickets/groceries were that cheap. You do realise that the value of a dollar in India is more because things cost less but people also earn alot less right? I actually am kinda shocked at the amount of childish responses in this thread. Not even childish, ignorant.

I've never been taught anything about India. It's not common information in my area.

To repeat again, depends on collecting speedcubing, and when speedcubing, depends on how often it is practiced and whether or not you compete, where you live, and those prices.

 

[MalusDB]

I've never been taught anything about India. It's not common information in my area.

Its nothing to do with India specifically. Its a disgrace that so many called BS on the prices quoted and called troll. The fact it's not common information in your area that people can live off less than 1 buck a day in certain regions of the world is just sad.

Yes a zhanchi costs around $15, but it lasts for years.
Dinner, food, movie tickets, etc Will only last you between a few hours and a couple of days.
For the time you will actually own the product, $15 is a reasonable price.

If the prices were proportional to each country the zanchi would cost in excess of 100 bucks in many countries. Is that reasonable? Price is relative, value is not.

 

[Photon]

Yay, some backing. The tripe did stop though. close thread?

 

[palash_du]

15$ = INR 750
In India
You can surely get groceries for a week in ~500
6 people can go and watch a movie ~600 + travelling
2 people can eat at Pizza Hut
4 at Domino's

That said

However if you have a reading hobby you would buy books. The whole HP set costs~2500
If you have a gaming hobby a PS3 costs~16000+Games
If you have a photography hobby a good camera can cost ~10000
A good mobile costs ~10000
An RC vehicle costs ~5000
A golf kit ~10000
Football shoes ~4000
A good cricket bat~3000
A swimming kit ~1000
A good TT bat ~2500
A good Badminton rtacket ~1500


I would say cubing is the cheapest and the most lazy hobby one can find!

 

[Ranzha]

Depending on the amount of puzzles you wish to purchase, cubing can be very expensive or very inexpensive.
For instance, if someone wished to purchase even a few of Oskar van Deventer's puzzles, that could become expensive very quickly. However, if you're like me and purchase very few puzzles generally, then your expense is low.

Over the last year, I've probably spent $120ish on puzzles, and a lot of that figure was due to me buying $2-5 cubes from my friend to help him out. Otherwise, I'd probably have spent under $50.

 

[BrainOfSweden]

Don't know if any Swedes have responded to this thread yet, but my GuHong v2 that I bough for ~11$ is barely a lunch here. But that's mainly because the USD is so weak compared to the SEK, so my GuHong costed about 70SEK, standard lunch price I'd say. However, becuase of this, I can afford many cubes

 

[sneaklyfox]

$15 is not very much, but it might sound like more to the general cubing community because most of you are probably in the younger age range and don't make very much money. Like, if you have an income of $80k+ for example, cubing is nothing. It's been mentioned but the travel for competitions is what costs more. I haven't competed officially and so haven't travelled and so cubing costs almost nothing to me. My violin cost $10k not to mention all the private lessons and other stuff! You can learn cubing from youtube.

 

[Lofty]

It's pretty cheap for me! I am still using my old type A that I bought in 2007. A $12 purchase that has lasted me 5 years plus some.
As for the cost of goods in India, I was mainly surprised by the cost of the movie tickets. Going to see a film I generally think of as a "luxury". Like where I currently live in China I bought a Zhanchi for 70yuan. A bowl of noodles costs 4yuan and a meal of 10 dumplings costs 5yuan. However movie tickets still cost 60yuan as it's a bit of a luxury.

 

[Bapao]

Don't know if any Swedes have responded to this thread yet, but my GuHong v2 that I bough for ~11$ is barely a lunch here. But that's mainly because the USD is so weak compared to the SEK, so my GuHong costed about 70SEK, standard lunch price I'd say. However, becuase of this, I can afford many cubes

Nothing wrong with getting sent free cubes despite the fact though, right BOS?

 

[MalusDB]

Don't know if any Swedes have responded to this thread yet, but my GuHong v2 that I bough for ~11$ is barely a lunch here. But that's mainly because the USD is so weak compared to the SEK, so my GuHong costed about 70SEK, standard lunch price I'd say. However, becuase of this, I can afford many cubes

I was gonna mention this since my gf is Swedish. You guys pay alot for things, but also earn alot more. It means that when you buy something produced in a country in which people earn less but pay less for everyday things, the item is relatively cheap to you. However for someone like OP it is relatively expensive since the average income would be much much lower. Its also the reason things cost less. I decided to read around a little and found that the average yearly income in Sierra Leone is 160USD. I don't think they would be too happy spending roughly one months full wages on a piece of formed plastic.

 

[drewsopchak]

Initial investment was pretty big for my cubes..... traveling is another big expense... but.... overall, pretty cheap.