What's the most you have ever spent on a single tree? (finished or pre-bonsai or yamadori or raw stock)

[Brian Van Fleet]

You'd be surprised how quickly one medical incident can change your life (if you're in the US that is)

…yet the Affordable (health)Care Act is law of the land.

 

[Zaratrusta]

Most I’ve expended is a measly 50€ for a Acer Palmatum Sangokaku material. Totally worth it

 

[Scorpius]

You'd be surprised how quickly one medical incident can change your life (if you're in the US that is)

And unless you're a billionaire no amount of money is enough for a major surgery so why not buy trees instead.

 

[Wood]

…yet the Affordable (health)Care Act is law of the land.

You can blame Joe Lieberman for that. Stripping the public option out of the ACA removed all meaningful competition for the vast majority of consumers

 

[RobGA]

…yet the Affordable (health)Care Act is law of the land.

Affordable if you have little income.

 

[Ruddigger]

Aaaand, another thread has degenerated into a right vs left debacle. Cool.

 

[RobGA]

The most I ever spent for a tree so far is 4% of what I paid for a month of health insurance. That will probably change now that I have joined this forum.

 

[INDIGO-STEVE]

The most I've spent on a single tree is $700. I live 40 minutes away from The Bonsai Learning Center so it's easy to do.

 

[leatherback]

I am happy to say the trophy did NOT affect my answer to the poll!
In fact, I do not see myself investing in a 1K+ tree anytime soon. Guess I will need to empty shop a bit first.

 

[pandacular]

I am happy to say the trophy did NOT affect my answer to the poll!
In fact, I do not see myself investing in a 1K+ tree anytime soon. Guess I will need to empty shop a bit first.

From what I saw from photos of the vendor area, €1000 gets you a MUCH better tree than it would in much of the US. We’ve got some catching up to do.

 

[leatherback]

From what I saw from photos of the vendor area, €1000 gets you a MUCH better tree than it would in much of the US. We’ve got some catching up to do.

to be fair.. 1000 euro is 1080 USD
THis year there wwere some insanely cheap trees. 2 stands had well below regular prices. I mean, 1200E for this pseudocydonia



(Three of these came to people in my club, this one I bought for a close friend as he would only come the next day; They had 10 and all of them sold within the first half day, afaik)

 

[vp999]

to be fair.. 1000 euro is 1080 USD
THis year there wwere some insanely cheap trees. 2 stands had well below regular prices. I mean, 1200E for this pseudocydonia

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(Three of these came to people in my club, this one I bought for a close friend as he would only come the next day; They had 10 and all of them sold within the first half day, afaik)

OMG I would BEG you to sell me that tree for $3k here in a blink of an eye.

 

[leatherback]

OMG I would BEG you to sell me that tree for $3k here in a blink of an eye.

Exactly. Rare as hens' teeth these sort of deals. Which is why I spent half an hour whatsapping with my friend to convince him to not wait to look at them themselves. The owner did not reserve anything. Buy = pay & take.

Some of the usually-cheap vendors from Poland were unhappy as their trees were relatively expensive.

Plaza also had a bunch of 1ft wide azaleas for under 500E.
Unheard of prices as mentioned. A friend of mine has a store & organizes workshops. He bought in an hour or so enough to fill his van & stock up his store.
I have been very tempted to take a lot more home than I did and just drop half of my collection in the bin. Still not sure I did the right thing by not loading up.