I should really stop selling my guns

**Orlov556** · March 12th, 2015, 09:12 AM

So over the years I have amassed quite a collection... I have been holding back lately because I don't have as much disposable income as i did last year.

Anyway, I was on a selling spree in November and I accumulated almost $6000 from selling some guns that I didn't feel too bad about parting with. I had plans to get a jeep or something else...Well guess what. I have nothing really to show for it and the $6000 is gone. I kind of kick myself in the ass when i think about where the money went. I guess i can comb through my bank statements but its a little late for that.

Point of the thread is... short of an emergency... i really don't think its a good idea to sell your guns, unless you have the discipline to save for what you really want... I just sold a rock river over the weekend and was going to put the money toward a PS90... but guess what... I spend about half of it already on who knows what... shit i didn't need for sure.

**Gunowner99** · March 12th, 2015, 09:28 AM

Money always finds a way to be spent.

**xFalleNx** · March 12th, 2015, 09:40 AM

I think the only way I'd sell some of mine if I was planning on buying something else, like you stated, was if I bought said item right after selling my stuff. Money always tends to disappear way too fast.

**JoshIronshaft** · March 12th, 2015, 09:44 AM

Same thing happens to me too. I parted out my Jeep Cherokee that was a trail riding trailer queen with the goal of spending all the money from it on an MP5 clone pistol. The money ended up going to other things, like a drop ceiling for my basement and some books for grad school.

**BionicMan** · March 12th, 2015, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by Orlov556

So over the years I have amassed quite a collection... I have been holding back lately because I don't have as much disposable income as i did last year.

Anyway, I was on a selling spree in November and I accumulated almost $6000 from selling some guns that I didn't feel too bad about parting with. I had plans to get a jeep or something else...Well guess what. I have nothing really to show for it and the $6000 is gone. I kind of kick myself in the ass when i think about where the money went. I guess i can comb through my bank statements but its a little late for that.

Point of the thread is... short of an emergency... i really don't think its a good idea to sell your guns, unless you have the discipline to save for what you really want... I just sold a rock river over the weekend and was going to put the money toward a PS90... but guess what... I spend about half of it already on who knows what... shit i didn't need for sure.

No offense, but I think the real point of the thread is that you need a BUDGET. Granted I may take it to the extreme, but I can go back 6 years and tell you in any given month, to the dollar, what my net income was, how much I spent, and exactly what it was spent on. You can learn (and save) an awful lot by studying your spending habits.

**wanneroo** · March 12th, 2015, 10:01 AM

Yep, don't have money in your wallet unless you want it spent.

I spent too much last year and my income went down over the winter, so I've been on a budget myself.

**Orlov556** · March 12th, 2015, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by BionicMan

No offense, but I think the real point of the thread is that you need a BUDGET. Granted I may take it to the extreme, but I can go back 6 years and tell you in any given month, to the dollar, what my net income was, how much I spent, and exactly what it was spent on. You can learn (and save) an awful lot by studying your spending habits.

I do have a budget with my monthly bills, groceries, etc. I keep it all on an Excel Spreadsheet.

What I am talking about is my disposable income. The money i put towards guns, eating out, ammo, hookers, etc.

**God's Country** · March 12th, 2015, 10:09 AM

Timely thread. After a few years of non stop work things appear to be slowing substantially. I was hoping I could get one more year, but we'll see.

I don't plan on selling any guns. I will do something to make money.
I will only sell a gun if I have absolutely no need for it. They cost a lot more to replace. If I'm still breathing at 70 I will unload most of what I own.

My budget will definitely need review.

**FLICK** · March 12th, 2015, 10:25 AM

I have a "gun envelope" that money goes into, if available, every week or so or when I sell a gun. I made a deal with myself that it's only gun and ammo money. It's worked out really well. I only take it when I'm going to the gun shop or when I buy a gun online, I deposit the money in my bank account.

It works for me. You need to find something that works for you.....

**R L Suehr** · March 12th, 2015, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by FLICK

I have a "gun envelope" that money goes into, if available, every week or so or when I sell a gun. I made a deal with myself that it's only gun and ammo money. It's worked out really well. I only take it when I'm going to the gun shop or when I buy a gun online, I deposit the money in my bank account.

It works for me. You need to find something that works for you.....

I have a seperate bank account that I use like this. I put whatever extra I have every week in it so I don't have to much cash on me. At least it gives me time to think about what I'm buying when I'm on my way to the atm