I can't justify paying eBay prices for reel cassettes right now either, so I whipped this up last night. I have tons of spray paint in the cellar and a boat load of these Maxell XLII 90 tapes. I took the original screen printing off with acetone so it wouldn't pop through the paint. It's no reel cassette, but it still looks pretty trick behind a deck door window. And, yes, that is a snow shovel by the back door. It's 92 degrees right now, but you never know - It's New England!