nah i just bought a nice 4 inch color changer with thick thick thick glass for 15 bucks, they go all the way down to 5 bucks a piece (tiny as fuck glass one hitters) at the headshop i go to, it all depends on the area, areas where marijuana is a huge thing - pipes are more expensive cuz the demand is high, in places like Arizona where weed is highly illegal and scarce pipes are cheap cuz its hard to find anything to smoke out of em =-\

But he is right, pipes are fairly cheap, hell ill buy you a brand new simple metal pipe for 10 bucks, decent glass piece goes for about 15-20