I have seen the replacement spout on Ebay. And the cost. They cost more than the cups themselves. That is unacceptable. Especially when you could buy them from Luv'N Care for as little as 1.00 each up until January 07'. The cups cost $1.74 at Wal-mart. But I feel like a goof buying entire cups like they are disposable. Goodforthekids, you are doing no one a favor selling those replacement spouts for that price. And to anyone who reads this, do a search under "nuby replacement spouts" and you will se that LuvNCare used to sell the spouts themselves but the "demand" forced them to stop. They know this is a huge problem.
I know my son chews on the tops. And he loves these cups. I had no problem buying 30 or so a month, but I will not be taken advantage of like this.