yea im actually thinking about springing for a 1000 cricket order, the price is good but shipping sux but i guess if you want them alive you need to spend it. bout 26 bucks isnt bad for that amount or i could get 500 for a few dollars less but that would be dumb, go with a thousand and feed him till they die i guess, just stink so bad bahhhh. the guy at my petshop is pretty good though, i bought 4 dozen for like 5 dollars and he put in over 90, ive been keeping track of how many he eats and im at 74 and there must be another 15 or so left so its not horrible but does get costly.