dude, if you can afford the nice stuff when you first start out, fucking get it. You will have it much longer, and the longer you have a peice, the more stories you get to tell about it. ;-)

I wish I could afford a big nice bong and new pipes and stuff. I don't think having them makes you cool, but it does make smoking nice. (as an aside, don't talk too much trash about those who can afford nice smoking stuff but might not smoke much weed, sounds like jealousy and that is stupid. Just smile at them fronting and flossing with the knowlege that the less people who know about your habit, the less likely you are to get busted by the law, or by your parents.)