Sleep On It, Or

[Caveman Jim]

I'm the same way. I don't waste money on junk. If it's something I truly want or need, I will wait until I can afford the "best" of whatever it is.

Buying cheap junk never pays off. It's ALWAYS a step or more behind what it should be.

You actually own tools? I pictured you this way…

 

[Kruel J]

You actually own tools? I pictured you this way…

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You're way off amigo. I have more tools than most people and I know how to use them. Spent a few years making money as a carpenter and a mechanic. I build and repair computers as well.

 

[Caveman Jim]

You're way off amigo. I have more tools than most people and I know how to use them. Spent a few years making money as a carpenter and a mechanic. I build and repair computers as well.

Well, we can only go off of what we read on the Internet.

 

[Kruel J]

Well, we can only go off of what we read on the Internet.

LOL

You might even be surprised that I know my way around a boat and downriggers too.

 

[Stomper]

If I am thinking about buying a new mattress, I might sleep on it before deciding.

Just make sure you put a rubber mattress cover on it first!

 

[Stomper]

I build and repair computers as well.

NERD!!

 

[Kruel J]

NERD!!

I'd rather be a nerd than a dumbazz.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I'd rather be a nerd than a dumbazz.

Yep. Stomper wears a size 2 hard hat & size 50 T-shirt….

 

[arakboss]

Any significant purchase I make requires detailed research and then just when I think I have my mind made up, I check the reviews. The one or two bad reviews seem to offset the dozen good reviews, resulting in paralysis by analysis.

For instance - I was all set to buy a Jackery 500W power system. Until I watched a couple of YouTube videos comparing it to something they said was better. Then I watched the one about how many watt-hours are used by common items you would plug into one. And how long it will take the 100W solar panel to fully charge the Jackery unit. Which resulted in not being able to sleep with the thought that 500W is too low, resulting in now spending over $1000 instead of the $600 I could have bought the Jackery and solar panel for while it was onsale during my paralysis period.

I think I inherited the gene for mistake avoidance over action. Its not fun being me.

This drives my wife crazy, as her mode is to order it within minutes of seeing it for the first time and deciding she wants it.

"...paralysis by analysis..."

That should be good for your wallet.

 

[Xmark1]

If you delay a purchase long enough, you'll lose interest and want something else.

Also, the minute you buy something - you want something else.

Understanding this cycle is useful.

Reminds me of my experience with women.

 

[pizzamike]

Saving my money and buying quality at a minimal amount vs buying an excessive amount of low dollar items just to say I have "a lot."

Saving money for a goal is key. If the goal/item is important enough.

 

[RVTECH]

If you delay a purchase long enough, you'll lose interest and want something else.

Good point - and it MIGHT work out better - case in point.

I lost out on the P226, but a CZ 75BD I had also been looking at was still in the pawn shop, so when I when I went in to get the 226 I took the CZ - and decided I liked it better than the 226. All steel and larger gun.

I went in to get the Winchester 1873 and it was gone. A while later I found a BB Henry .357 in my local Bi Mart. After looking it over I decided I could 'make it work' - and in retrospect I have been very satisfied.

While it is NOT a Winchester, it was approx. 1/3 the price, and well, I don't feel like I have to 'baby' the Henry as much as I might have with the Winnie in the field.

Don't get me wrong, I am very careful and 'anal' with my guns but they do used and carried in the field. I would have been much more 'critical' with the WInnie than the Henry for sure.

 

[Camelfilter]

I will often sleep on a decision, I want or need to make. This often involves a purchasing decision but could be applied to any decision I am going to make.

Going forward, I am going to add a layer of delay before making a purchase decision. That layer will involve watching episodes of Hoarders before pulling the trigger on a purchase.

What delay tactics do you use before making a decision?

Not having a purchasing problem as you do, I don't have any specific "tactics" that would work for your purchasing.

For you, I would suggest stop firearms purchasing. Completely. Stop looking!

Go shooting more, enjoy what you have.

Clean what you have taken shooting, and clean them well. In that newly organized space you shared in the other thread.

 

[TTSX]

You should sleep on every decision, then just use "no" as your default moving forward

 

[arakboss]

You should sleep on every decision, then just use "no" as your default moving forward

That's funny, I was just deciding whether I should go into work.

 

[TTSX]

That's funny, I was just deciding whether I should go into work.

 

[MountainBear]

Having my discretionary income fund perpetually empty helps avoid rash purchases. If I really need or want something one of two things has to happen. I either have to skimp and save for it, which gives me time to debate whether I really need something, or I have to convince my wife I need something, and she acts as a great Jimminy Cricket telling me whether or not I really need something.

But I'm already to the point where my gun stuff resembles an episode of hoarders. I didn't recognize the problem until I had to move it all a few years ago…

 

[Hemlock]

It depends on what she looks like when I get over to the other side of the bar.

 

[Knobgoblin]

It depends on what she looks like when I get over to the other side of the bar.

50 foot fakeout, it's a real thing.

 

[arakboss]

Not having a purchasing problem as you do, I don't have any specific "tactics" that would work for your purchasing.

For you, I would suggest stop firearms purchasing. Completely. Stop looking!

Go shooting more, enjoy what you have.

Clean what you have taken shooting, and clean them well. In that newly organized space you shared in the other thread.

Cold turkey eh, not sure I will ever be capable of that.

As for enjoying my now clean work bench area and enjoying what I have, that is doable. I have a long queue of firearm related projects that can be worked on. I will see if that will fill the void that purchasing stuff has been filling.