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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonehole" data-source="post: 628639" data-attributes="member: 9647">Anyone else suffering from reed price fatigue?I went through this a few years ago and tried cheap Chinese alternatives. To no surprise they are total crap! Only good for epoxy spreaders! So lesson learned, maybe not.I then bought a load of Gonzalez reeds from the "Eskimo." very cheap. They are good reeds but stiffer than I like. A 3 was closer to a Rico 3.5+. So I have them salted away in storage for some future date to sell or work on when time permits.After this I reverted to my early days and ways. I decided to play on Orange Box Rico 2.5 or 3. They work fine for me out of the box. Are there reeds I enjoy playing better yes but do I need to play them at the price they go for? No!I could just as easily cut up my credit card and turn it into a couple of plastic reeds. If I was doing a recording would I select a different brand of reed yes. I have them on hand when needed.I started buying up Orange box Rico reeds. I was able to snag a box of 100 reeds 2.5 for $50.00.Other Boxes of 25 or 10 reeds in 2.5 or 3 strength. Hopefully dead stock but at some of the prices offered they may have been stolen.So the other day I was toggling on all things related to reed and saw Orange Rico 2,5 reeds. A box of 10 for $11.54 CDN including shipping.& no tax on Alibaba so of course I bought them.They are inbound and will take a couple weeks. I receive a dollar discount if delivered late!I will let you know what is in the box on their arrival.How can one ship a $10.00 item from China for free? No custom or tax?Then there is the Blue A45 I bought, which looks better than my original. A story for a later time.So how are you weathering the price hikes or do they have an impact on what you play?I have plenty of tenor, lots of alto / C Mel, good supply of soprano and a meager but adequate supply for Bari and sopranino. Lifetime supply of clarinet reeds.</blockquote>

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