BDSM on a Budget

Is there anything more depressing? DIY dildoes. Floggers made of exhausted bungee and curtain rod. Fishing rods repurposed as "canes" and belts turned into collars.
A little dignity, people. Hey, I budget the lifestyle too. I go to Ho Depot and cast an appraising glance at pennysaver pervertibles. There's a diff, though, between ingenious improv and Salvation Army Store S&M. To wail away at you with something that looks like it was made by an 11-year-old at camp, or smells like fishing tackle soaked in Geritol, demeans everyone.