hehe yeah I know we totally overpaid for a plastic tub, but it makes the whole family happy and we're hoping it will be a good long-term investment (decades?). I tried to come up with all sorts of alternatives like getting others in my area to go in on an order and save on shipping, finding one used, making a stock tank or other option work, etc. But...once I saw this was available, it was hard to tell myself no!