In the same breathe, money is worth less than it was then--in the era of the $10,000 cadillac (well, more specifically, 1958, with the $13,000 Fleetwood Series 70) the national average wage was between 3,600 and 4,600, depending what source you're looking at--so THAT car was 2.5 years average salary, easy. Would you pay 2 years wage (that's before taxes, not after) on a car?

Anyway, to answer your question, my tipping point is between $250 and $300. If it's more than $200, I put a lot of thought into it. If it's more than $300 my answer is almost always "no."

Good question. I must be cheap, because I would be shocked if I ever spent much more than $100 on one item. Think I bought my wife the hitachi wand for $50, and she likes it ok. Larger expense has not usually translated into greater pleasure to this point. I have considered a fleshlight, but even that seems like more than I want to spend.

I'm not really sure what my max is. I've spent around $200 for one toy before. I think the most I'd spend would probably be $500 and it would have to be something really amazing. But then I was looking at the Little Platinum for a while and had it been stronger I just might have bought it and that costs 3k. So I don't know. I'd like to think I have a $500 cut off because spending more than that seems a little crazy. I do crazy stuff now and again! It would all depend on the toy. If one day a Hitachi strength, small sized, diamond encrusted vibrator comes out, well, I just may have to have that.

I'm cheap. I'd be hard-pressed to pay more than $75 out of pocket for one toy, I'd think unless I was *really* convinced of its abilities

I'm planning on buying a sybian within the next 5-7 years, so I guess a few grand.

It would really depend on the item.

I would depend of a few things, who good the toy was, if I had anything better ahead of it on my to buy list, how much money I am making at the time.

At this point in my life, I can't really justify over $100, maybe $200 if I had saved up and I was very, very sure of it.

After college and hopefully having a better-paying job ? I don't really know, I'll have to wait and see how it works out - eventually having a mortgage and a car payment and all that, I don't know how exactly my disposable income will look.

But it seems to me that there are plenty of great toys in the $50-200 range, so I don't think it would be a huge issue.

I've always thought the more creative/fantasy Real Dolls were really neat as art pieces (they don't really appeal to me sexually), but I think I'd rather spend the money on a really nice vacation or smaller art pieces.

Probably about $200. For example, I really want an Eleven, but I'm not going to drop $300 cash on it, that's a full paycheck.

This is a really tough question to answer. I like to think of it based on the amount of work it took to make the toy and the quality of materials used. I can justify $20 for a simple vibrator made of hard plastic, or $100 for a high quality silicone cock (Like Vixen says- "Worth every inch"). And considering the amount of work that goes in to producing serious leather gear, I can easily justify dropping serious cash for something that will last a lifetime with proper care. But my gear is like a part of me, and I understand that not everyone feels the same way.

I like a good deal as much as the next person, but putting a maximum on it is hard. If you include bondage equipment into this equation, well, there is bondage furniture that justifiably runs into the five to twenty thousand dollar range, including custom made bondage beds with stocks on the footboard and a full size cage underneath. It's a far off goal...

(An aside- I once saw a video on the making of Real Dolls, and lemme tell ya, SO MUCH WORK goes into making those dolls that their price is understandable. Even though what they do doesn't personally appeal to me, I can't help but respect them for doing it well.)

I really want a Liberator couch someday. They cost somewhere in the range of $400. Hopefully one day that amount is feasible for me to spend on a sex item.