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I don't get disenchanted, I'm a research freak, before I spend a penny on anything I've looked up every review, talked to other people, check out someone else's so by the time I spend my money I'm sure that's what I want.
My Old Man used to always tell me buy the best you can afford even if you have to wait to save a little more money, you'll only buy once than. He was taking about tools, (he was a fleet mechanic) but it applies to knives too.
So in retrospect no, I bought my last motorcycle because I liked the model so much that when I sold it to finance a trip to Hungary for my daughter and myself when I had the opportunity to buy another bike I searched out the same model because I liked it so much.
Same thing with watches and pens, the first time around I bought the best I could afford after researching what I wanted and they still are in use and I don't look back.
Granted growing up in a salvage yard have me access to ask kinds of cars and bikes so my curiosity was satisfied early on.
Quick list that has essentially stayed the same for last 7 years.
Wheels) 2000 Ford Explorer XLT, 1985 Yamaha Venture MC.
Watch ) Citizens Eco-Drive Skyhawk
Pen ) Fisher Silver Bullet Space Pen & Schrade Tactical pen with Space Pen refill.
Some of the things I own and carry have been with me over 40 years because I choose well the first time. That's not to say that I don't make mistakes, I thought the mini disc was gonna be the new musical storage format, I was dead wrong there, I said they'd never replace albums with CDs, I was wrong there too but than again vinyl is making some type of comeback
maybe I wasn't wrong. 
I try not to impulse buy and that tends to make regrets less frequent.
My Old Man used to always tell me buy the best you can afford even if you have to wait to save a little more money, you'll only buy once than. He was taking about tools, (he was a fleet mechanic) but it applies to knives too.
So in retrospect no, I bought my last motorcycle because I liked the model so much that when I sold it to finance a trip to Hungary for my daughter and myself when I had the opportunity to buy another bike I searched out the same model because I liked it so much.
Same thing with watches and pens, the first time around I bought the best I could afford after researching what I wanted and they still are in use and I don't look back.
Granted growing up in a salvage yard have me access to ask kinds of cars and bikes so my curiosity was satisfied early on.
Quick list that has essentially stayed the same for last 7 years.
Wheels) 2000 Ford Explorer XLT, 1985 Yamaha Venture MC.
Watch ) Citizens Eco-Drive Skyhawk
Pen ) Fisher Silver Bullet Space Pen & Schrade Tactical pen with Space Pen refill.
Some of the things I own and carry have been with me over 40 years because I choose well the first time. That's not to say that I don't make mistakes, I thought the mini disc was gonna be the new musical storage format, I was dead wrong there, I said they'd never replace albums with CDs, I was wrong there too but than again vinyl is making some type of comeback
maybe I wasn't wrong. I try not to impulse buy and that tends to make regrets less frequent.