I have some sort of disorder

[ray1970]

I'm sure it's not shocking to some of you that there's something slightly wrong with me.

When it comes to my hobbies I am impatient and impulsive and sometimes buy or sell things on a whim. I've been doing better recently but lately my compulsion is rearing it's ugly head again.

I've been waiting patiently for CZ to start getting the P10C in stores so I can get my hands on one. This is a purchase I have had planned since I first heard and read about it so it isn't t part of my impulsive disorder.

But....

I'm getting impatient and wanting something new to play with. The internet is the devil's playground and I've found several things that are tempting me. Trying to resist the urge on an impulse buy and hold out for that darn CZ. What I'm really trying to avoid is buying something and then having the stupid CZ show up a week or two later and then having to buy that too.

Someone slap some sense into me please.

[blacklabel]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.

[ray1970]

Your way seems much less frustrating. If I was more patient I could probably reason my way out of making a purchase.

[JohnnyEgo]

Count me in the semi-impulsive category, as a learned trait. I used to research everything to death. Found myself getting too jacked up over which was the better clothes dryer, etc... Then I read a study where people like me who research the crap out of everything are generally less satisfied with their purchases then the impulse buyers. So I quit doing that. I actively limit my research desires to a few minutes to an hour at most, and then I either buy it or I don't. And once I have bought it, I don't go back to research more, as I will be no happier knowing all the potential pitfalls or thinking I should have bought a better product.

On the plus side, I am much happier. On the minus side, I've somehow accumulated eleven 10mm handguns with this process, when I could have been perfectly happy with only three, if I had bought them first.

[Irving]

Sell the other 8?

[Bailey Guns]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.

I do that (maybe not for months) with some guns I know I shouldn't buy. This is how it goes with me:

1. Find gun I want in gun store
2. Talk myself out of purchasing gun on the spot
3. Go home, research gun
4. Think about it for a week or two
5. Decide to buy it
6. Rush to gun store
7. Breathe sigh of relief when it's not there

It's like I've developed some sort of overspending defense mechanism.

[Gman]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.
I have this affliction. When I decide on what I want to pull the trigger on, my wife goes with it because she knows I've researched the daylights out of it. We have a new washer and dryer arriving this weekend...which was the latest acquisition project.

[CS1983]

Will you get the CZ? Probably
Will the CZ need to be fed? Yes
Will you have as much $$ to feed the CZ after purchasing X? No

Wait, feed CZ, CZ will be happily fed and you will grow in the virtues of temperance and patience.

[ray1970]

I do that (maybe not for months) with some guns I know I shouldn't buy. This is how it goes with me:

1. Find gun I want in gun store
2. Talk myself out of purchasing gun on the spot
3. Go home, research gun
4. Think about it for a week or two
5. Decide to buy it
6. Rush to gun store
7. Breathe sigh of relief when it's not there

It's like I've developed some sort of overspending defense mechanism.

Leaving without purchasing and going back a week or two later to find it gone is one of my coping mechanisms.

Although, sometimes I go back and it's still there. I figure that's a sign that its meant to be so I go ahead and make the purchase.

[TEAMRICO]

For me: #1 Will the wife find out? NO...Make the purchase. #2 If YES then I wait until #1 is possible.

[Irving]

I'm the exact opposite. I'll read and research and ponder for months before I decide to make even the most mundane purchases. I almost wish I could be that impulsive.

It's called analysis paralysis.

[buffalobo]

I do that (maybe not for months) with some guns I know I shouldn't buy. This is how it goes with me:

1. Find gun I want in gun store
2. Talk myself out of purchasing gun on the spot
3. Go home, research gun
4. Think about it for a week or two
5. Decide to buy it
6. Rush to gun store
7. Breathe sigh of relief when it's not there

It's like I've developed some sort of overspending defense mechanism.


Something like this.

[buffalobo]

For me: #1 Will the wife find out? NO...Make the purchase. #2 If YES then I wait until #1 is possible.

Or convince her it is a purchase for "her".[ROFL1][dig][shithitsfan]

[mtnrider]

Pretty sure I suffer from the same disorder. Already had the money for the P10c set aside ..... and spent it already. It's the top of my list right now but the reality is (last I heard) it will be end of April at the earliest before they ship from the factory and I wouldn't be surprised if it was later then that. And to top that off I also hear there won't be any extra mags available right away. Kind of let the air out of my balloon so will probably just buy and sell a few things until it shows up.



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[ray1970]

You're such an enabler, mtnrider.

[SA Friday]

Have you been introduced to the pistol caliber carbine yet, Ray?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C4FKfcYNHA

[Irving]

Ray already shoots like that with a revolver.

[ray1970]

Have you been introduced to the pistol caliber carbine yet, Ray?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C4FKfcYNHA

I love the pistol caliber carbines. Bought my first two back around 1994 (Marlin Camp Carbines in 9mm and 45 ACP). Picked up one of the Ruger 9mm carbines about seven or eight years ago. Almost picked up one of the Scorpions on several occasions recently.

I'm sure some day in the near future I'll end up with one. They're just plain fun to shoot.

Oh, and darn you for giving me something else to think about. Lol.

[lead_magnet]

I solved my similar disorder by jettisoning EVERYTHING that I don't use for real life, real world events. No "fun" guns, no "collection" guns, no "just in case" stack of 50 mags. Likelihood of use doesn't justify the time and energy wasted on amassing shit I will never use. Since then I've narrowed down to 1 SBR AR-15 that I actually take with me nearly everywhere I go, my Glock 17 that I do take everywhere I go and use at work, a backup pistol, and a 12ga shotgun. No more need for a safe, all mags are loaded and placed either in a plate carrier or in my EDC bag, vehicles, etc. It was quite the relief, and if anything made me 10x more proficient with what I really use. I've narrowed everything down to 3 calibers. The only thing I might do is build another AR identical in every way to my primary, just to have a redundant copy. The only that this makes me worry about, is having only one has forced me to handle that one everyday to move it from home to vehicle, to bag, etc., Sort of forces familiarity.

I'm gonna get blasted for saying that, but I used to be one of the guys that thought I needed a bolt gun for long range, an SBR, a 20" inch AR for intermediate ranges, a battle rifle, a pistol caliber carbine, etc, etc, etc. Too much BS. At a certain point it all just becomes comfort items and a "hobby", dangerous turf if you ask me.

[ray1970]

I can see that being a good strategy and one that would definitely save me a bunch of money in the long run.

But of all of my hobbies, firearms are probably the cheapest.

I'm afraid if I scaled down or just stuck to what I already have on hand it would just free up time and money that would get funneled into one of my more expensive hobbies.

[lead_magnet]

I hear that. I was wasting too much of my time planning for the zombie apocalypse. Now I buy guitars, haha.

[Irving]

I solved my similar disorder by jettisoning EVERYTHING that I don't use for real life, real world events. No "fun" guns, no "collection" guns, no "just in case" stack of 50 mags. Likelihood of use doesn't justify the time and energy wasted on amassing shit I will never use. Since then I've narrowed down to 1 SBR AR-15 that I actually take with me nearly everywhere I go, my Glock 17 that I do take everywhere I go and use at work, a backup pistol, and a 12ga shotgun. No more need for a safe, all mags are loaded and placed either in a plate carrier or in my EDC bag, vehicles, etc. It was quite the relief, and if anything made me 10x more proficient with what I really use. I've narrowed everything down to 3 calibers. The only thing I might do is build another AR identical in every way to my primary, just to have a redundant copy. The only that this makes me worry about, is having only one has forced me to handle that one everyday to move it from home to vehicle, to bag, etc., Sort of forces familiarity.

I'm gonna get blasted for saying that, but I used to be one of the guys that thought I needed a bolt gun for long range, an SBR, a 20" inch AR for intermediate ranges, a battle rifle, a pistol caliber carbine, etc, etc, etc. Too much BS. At a certain point it all just becomes comfort items and a "hobby", dangerous turf if you ask me.

That's kind of where I'm headed. I'm sure people on here notice that I don't really buy a lot of gun stuff. It's not that I'm just here for the post count, but I already have guns that I never shoot, so I realize I don't need even more that I'll never shoot. I've gotten the point that I actually have more guns than can fit in a small stack-on case and it makes me more annoyed than it does proud. On the other hand, I also don't really sell anything either, so I don't anticipate ever getting rid of anything.

[Grant H.]

Snip...

I'm gonna get blasted for saying that, but I used to be one of the guys that thought I needed a bolt gun for long range, an SBR, a 20" inch AR for intermediate ranges, a battle rifle, a pistol caliber carbine, etc, etc, etc. Too much BS. At a certain point it all just becomes comfort items and a "hobby", dangerous turf if you ask me.

I don't know why you would get blasted, thinning the herd and being extremely proficient with what you keep is a very valid plan.

I still have a larger number of firearms, but I have contemplated cutting way back to 4-5 core guns.

I've started focusing on finishing projects that I've started. I've got so many partially built projects, that I have boxes of parts/pieces for them scattered all over. House projects, motorcycle projects, gun projects, computers, CNC stuff, electronic projects, and the list just keeps going.

As for purchasing things, you know the original topic of the thread, it depends on the subject matter. Some stuff I border on paralysis by analysis, others are pure impulse. My wife even makes fun of me for the difference in behavior depending on what it is.

[Fentonite]

I've been contemplating selling most of my collection lately. Can't do it. At least not in this market.

[cfortune]

I wanted the P10c as well. I got over it by buying a P07 impulsively. I no longer have interest in the P10c.

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[Bailey Guns]

Over the last few decades I've gone thru various phases. Gotta buy one of everything. Then sell a ton of stuff. Then buy collector type stuff I'd never shoot. Then sell it cause I never shoot it and buy something else.

Right now I'm having the same feelings as Fentonite. I'd like to sell a few things but the market just won't allow that right now. It's definitely a buyer's market now if you're looking for guns.

[Erni]

I bet we could corelate collection stages to age groups.

I am tryin to pare down my toys too. It has been hard as my son seems to like to shoot all of them and so far only dislikes the AR. As has been mentioned, guns are cheap right now so a few extra guns that are not even worth a case of 223 - why sell now? Also what kind of father would I be if I did not have an AR lower for each of my kids?

@lead_magnet what optics did you settle on for the sbr?

@Gman you can't tease about all the research you did on washer/dryer without telling about it.

[MrPrena]

It use to be really really bad about 2005-2008. I don't even know how active I was on 10-15 gun forums and Trade/EE/Classified side. Yes, I checked all those forum sites every day for a gun deals at that time.

[cableguy11]

BUY IT!

[CapLock]

I've contemplated selling a couple myself...and have in the past. cutting it down to 4 or 5 is just crazy talk.
I count it as entertainment to poke around in the safe for something you haven't seen in a while.

[blacklabel]

I have this affliction. When I decide on what I want to pull the trigger on, my wife goes with it because she knows I've researched the daylights out of it. We have a new washer and dryer arriving this weekend...which was the latest acquisition project.

That's the truth. The wife doesn't second guess my purchases at all.


It's called analysis paralysis.

It's come from not having much discretionary income and having to make my purchases count. Once I've satisfied my need to research I usually feel content/comfortable with my decision.

[feal]

If I see something I sorta want and come across a good deal, I'll buy it with the rationale that I can sell it and recoup most if not more. Doesnt work that well with new gun purchases.

[Gman]

It's come from not having much discretionary income and having to make my purchases count. Once I've satisfied my need to research I usually feel content/comfortable with my decision.
That sounds really familiar. [Coffee]

If I do impulse buy, that's when I second guess my decision.

[wctriumph]

I used to be impulsive and impatient too. Then I decided that I would be more patient and less impulsive. I can wait for what I want now. I am no longer crazy! Not having money helps a lot.

[ray1970]

I used to be impulsive and impatient too. Then I decided that I would be more patient and less impulsive. I can wait for what I want now. I am no longer crazy! Not having money helps a lot.

So the solution is I just need to give away all of my money?

[wctriumph]

So the solution is I just need to give away all of my money?

No, not all of it. That would be crazy. I do hope that you don't end up without money. If you do you may be less impulsive and more patient but you can still get what you want. And you won't have this affliction you mention and you won't be crazy. If In ever get more money, I am pretty sure I will become less patient and more impulsive. I might even buy a new truck too.

Here is hoping!

[Beer]