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I'm feeling a twinge of buyers remorse today. I bought a new gun on Saturday, and I'm thinking I probably should have spent the extra 80 bucks and gotten the OTHER gun. The funny thing is that if I had bought the more expensive one I'd probably be kicking myself for spending the extra dough! It's a real lose-lose situation, lol.

I cant be alone here. Have any of you guys encountered buyers remorse about something you've bought?

So.......What gun did you buy and what gun do you wish you bought?

Do wives count?

When I get into that kind of situation, I will usually opt for buying them both... If I'm gonna get in trouble with the Boss, I may as well make it worth her while.

scref wrote:So.......What gun did you buy and what gun do you wish you bought?

I bought the tried and true, gun of the year Ruger LC9...I'm wishing I'd gotten the new Shield because of the rumors about the trigger plus the extra magazine (the LC9 only comes with 1 and extras are 30 bucks a pop).

I didn't want to buy something that was so new to the market and untested.

Its the first time I've ever wished I'd spent MORE money, lol!

I've solved that problem by researching each item to the Nth-degree.

Usually by the time I reach a conclusion some time later, the deal is either gone, I'm no longer interested or another shiny object has caught my attention. If it is still there and I'm still interested, I must really want it.

Helps that I'm cheap too. :)

Yeah, I did a lot of research. Probably over 30 hours worth. I thoroughly read everything I could about all of the single stack 9mm offerings and shot a number of them.

I went and handled the shield beforehand and it just didn't "feel" like it was worth the extra money to me at the time.

Transplant wrote:Have any of you guys encountered buyers remorse about something you've bought?

Just ditched our 6 year old Tempur-Pedic mattress for a brand new sleep number bed. I told my wife that if we bought it, I didn't want to get it home and have regrets about not having bought the model I really wanted. So we compromised and got a really good bed......for a stupid amount of money.......the Halleluia package: split king, motorized base that raises the head and feet, built in vibrator, everything. OTH, I've just enjoyed the two best nights of sleep I've had in years, and I haven't had to take a single pain killer yet today for my back; so maybe it was worth it. No buyers regret yet, but give me a few months.

I have had buyer's remorse on many large purchases I have made...each one of them was a significant amount of money to be spending at one time. However, in the end, I can say that the feeling only lasted with a handful of things over the years. Some of it was technology...as far as firearms, only one...I managed to sell it, but lost money on the deal, of course...like others said above, all you can do is research as much as you can, and make a decision, and then live with it...part of life, I guess. You just can't win them all.

Transplant wrote:

scref wrote:So.......What gun did you buy and what gun do you wish you bought?

I bought the tried and true, gun of the year Ruger LC9...I'm wishing I'd gotten the new Shield because of the rumors about the trigger plus the extra magazine (the LC9 only comes with 1 and extras are 30 bucks a pop).

I didn't want to buy something that was so new to the market and untested.

Its the first time I've ever wished I'd spent MORE money, lol!

Well, I doubt you're going to be able to exchange/get a refund, but if you throw it up in the for sale section here, you might take only a marginal hit, and then you can go buy the one you've decided you want now...it'll cost you a few extra bucks to take the hit on the "new to used" gun thing, but at least you'll be happy with the replacement (you are sure you'll be happy with it, right? )

The Annoyed Man wrote:

Transplant wrote:Have any of you guys encountered buyers remorse about something you've bought?

Just ditched our 6 year old Tempur-Pedic mattress for a brand new sleep number bed. I told my wife that if we bought it, I didn't want to get it home and have regrets about not having bought the model I really wanted. So we compromised and got a really good bed......for a stupid amount of money.......the Halleluia package: split king, motorized base that raises the head and feet, built in vibrator, everything. OTH, I've just enjoyed the two best nights of sleep I've had in years, and I haven't had to take a single pain killer yet today for my back; so maybe it was worth it. No buyers regret yet, but give me a few months.

Affordability, tempered with gratification/satisfaction has to enter into the equation...sooner or later, eh?

Does buyers envy count?
I bought a Para Hawg 9 which I like. It's the perfect size, and it has been reliable. The only negative is the slide is a little tough to rack. I did lots of research before buying it. A few days after I bought it, an acquaintance showed me their Kimber Ultra Raptor II. It has the size, a larger caliber, easier to rack the slide, and it is prettier than the Hawg 9 (yes this matters because I'm a girl). I've been trying to convince myself into not selling or trading my Hawg 9 for the Kimber. So far it's been easy because none of the gunshops close to me have one in stock. I'm going to a gunshow next week.....

Oh the dreaded LC9 or something else conundrum....

I went through that not too long ago and ended up with a Walther PPS. Not that the LC9 isn't a nice little gun, but the Walther's trigger and more glock-like manual of arms really won me over (point-shoot, no thumb safety with which to mess about). Well, that and I figured that updating the trigger would cost almost as much as just buying the Walther. The Shield is a nice little gun as well. Luckily I didn't hear about it until after I picked up the Walther so I didn't have to think about that one. Kinda thought about a Springfield XDS, but they seem to be unobtanium which made the decision easier. Still may end up with one when they become more readily available.

Tough choice. If I had liked the LC9 a little more, I might have had to go with the buy both option. Just be glad you're not paying for the Walther mags...~$47 a pop. Mine came with a 7rnd and an 8rnd, but I've already picked up an extra 8 and thinking that I may need to pickup one or two more for range use.


And like has already been mentioned, you can always find someone looking for a LC9 to help defray getting the Shield (or Kahr, or Walther or Kel-tec...) or just start collecting the entire series of small 9s

...only when she caught me...and only till the pain went away...

Transplant wrote:Yeah, I did a lot of research. Probably over 30 hours worth. I thoroughly read everything I could about all of the single stack 9mm offerings and shot a number of them.

I went and handled the shield beforehand and it just didn't "feel" like it was worth the extra money to me at the time.

I did that with a truck once, then thought I shouldda bought a different one, my girlfriend at that time said" you studied it, you decided correctly. stop doubting"

I do that with guns too, I study, I buy, I get "buyers remorse" I sell it and then get "sellers remorse" so I buy it again ...AND I ALSO BUY the other, then I think "I have too many" and I sell some ... then I think, hey I sure like that one I had ... I should buy it again ... just in case ...

It's genetic with me, my dad always bought high and sold low ... without people like us, the ones who buy low and sell high would be out of business and not as rich. We help the economy ...

But, I think I'll become a hoarder instead (oops, I mean a collector)... it's cheaper