wouldn't like to see anyone profiteering from a pigeons demise unless it's your own then your free to do what you want with the ring,if you can't afford them then go back to rubbers after all we clocked in manually not so long ago,i personally went back to rubber rings with my youngsters in 2013 timing into a thimbless T3 and to be honest really enjoyed it timing in from a stall trap and the sooner the chip is in the life ring which i heard that they are working on at the moment the better