I've thought of going glass, but I know I want to go steel at some point, and I'm not sure I want to make the investment in glass (I'd have to get a siphon, and the glass itself is like $25/per) if I'm just gonna ditch it after a year. Plastic buckets are cheap and I can get 3-4+ batches out of them before they start to show flavors of previous batches. Plus they are stackable, which is a very important attribute in a small studio like mine.
Gifts of carboys will rewarded, but probably not by an entire keg