How much would you pay?

I am just curious as to how much any of you would be willing to pay, or approve of paying to have your website made for you by a skilled, or atleast decent web designer.

When I worked for the non profit company we had one site and then had another built and a lot of stuff transferred. But we had an online store, and a board for posting.
Both websites were well over 3 thou, to 5 thou, plus some.
Especially if you add lots of features, and it is done by proffessionals who have companies specifically for that. Not to mention the server and the web hosting.

Aaron Palmer did my site,

http://MattCookReptiles.com

For $300 + a few snakes once they are produced. I got a deal though because we are friends, but the site is priced at ( I think he said) $1400