# Template Monster

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/template-monster/129213>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 21, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/template-monster/129213 "2004-11-21T02:43:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yates](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58956e/32.png) [@Yates](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yates)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/template-monster/129213/1 "2004-11-21T02:43:06Z")

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Seriously, when I see sites like this I get really discouraged. While I don’t have any long term goals for desiging websites, I do like to do it on the side while in college to make some extra money. But these templates are so good… and to use them costs only like 50-60$, which is very little compared to the $500-$1000 or whatever it costs to design a website from scratch the ol’ imagination way.

On the other hand, these templates all seem so souless and uninspired. But I know that they look professional and are “shiny” and for the vast majority of people I do work with, they can’t tell the difference between lame, souless, and creative.

What do you guys think?