doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Has it happened to you?

Why is it that it never fails that when times are tight with money, that some deal comes along that you just can't pass up, but on the other hand, you shouldn't be spending all that much at that time?

This has happened to me more than a few times, and I always, if able, try to add to my collection. A deal I have been working on for quite some time has now come full circle much to my surprise. What was not for sale some time ago, is now and I just have to "pull the trigger".

I am in the construction trade and Lord knows times are slow at best around here at this time of year. I am grateful for a very understanding wife as with out that, my "hobby" wouldn't have grown as it has this past year.

I was just sitting here tonight wondering how many times this has happened to others...it seems that my best guns have been acquired at these times.

"I can find a lot more deals out there than I can find money" Those words were spoken by a friend of mine when we were in the market for machinery more than 20 yrs ago.

Don't even think about it, Jason. I've been saved to survive to buy better guns because I didn't have the money.

With guns or anything, you're not going to have fun unless the home front is covered. There are always guns---and I suspect more guns soon.

Just wait until the times get bad, then there are alot of deals out there. The difference in recession and depresion? When your neighbor is out of work it is a recession, when you are out of work it is a depression! Good times are always near!

I worked in a steel mill for 30 years. Making 70-80 grand a year. Over the years I bought nice guns and had a nice collection. Now I am selling them off at a nice profit and keeping the ones I really need/want for my son, and I am getting down to the bare minimum. I had hobbies all my life. Horses, Corvettes, art. I spent a bundle thinking I would invest it for my retirement. I just made the last payment on my house a few days ago. I have full benefits, dental and eye. But you know what? I'll give you young guys some good advice- save your money. Put every dime away that you can. EVERY DIME YOU CAN!! Tuck it away for some time down the road. You'll be glad you did.

I have been buying guns for several years at a steady clip, one to two per month. Travel has made it easy for me to meet and find sellers who have a wide range of guns that I like. In the last two months I have seen trucks, boats, ATV's, guns and even real estate on sale like they were on fire. Toys are bought in good times when the money is easy and dumped when it gets tight.

I bought an entire collection of single action Colt pistols for a fraction of what they are worth and about a third of what the seller paid for them over years of buying. He needed cash to keep his house and offered them for sale at what he knew was a steal. It was either save his house of find a new wife. This gave him six months breathing room. I intend to hold them for a year or two and let him buy them back if he gets back on his feet. Never saw the glory in cashing in on others bad fortune and would be happy to let him have his toys back if he gets his business going again to make decent money. But his building related business is off 60-70% with no real prospects for improvement in the near future.

People who live on credit are living on borrowed time. If they do not work for a month they are late on all their bills. Not work for two months and they have to sell whatever they can for cash. Not work for three or more months and they are loosing everything. If they have any real money it is either in their house if they have not refinanced it multiple times or a 401K from work that they never had the money to spend before it got "saved" for them. We are the instant gratification people who never see bad times coming and figure that we can always buy and spend like there is no tomorrow. Well tomorrow is coming for many real soon.

Good advice, Jimmy.

I agree KY Jon, too many people live way beyond their means.

On the other hand, my father was raised during the Depression and he went a little far to the other extreme....he always had more money than he spent, and a lot of times that meant he missed out 'fun' and experiences that would have made his life fuller. I try to be a little less like him, and a lot less like most people I meet, when it comes to spending.

Sometimes robbing from Peter to pay Paul is the only way to go!

I ran into a situtation this past weekend. Found a old gun that i wanted at a good price. However my money is tight with Christmas and all. Normally i could swing this deal, but i didn't(at least not yet)and i think(hope) the wife is proud of me!

If money is needed for something else it's not really a deal. All you have to do is stop going to real and virtual gun stores.