I buy em by the dozens. One time I found a catalogue that sold em by the gross (144) for I don't remember...25-30 bucks, something like that. That batch lasted me for a good 5 years. But I still have one out of the very first handpicked batch I ever bought about 13 years ago. I don't use it anymore, it's just become a memento of the beginnings hanging on the wall above my amp.