I cant sell my knives!

joeyza

joeyza

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I just cant seem to bring myself to sell any of my knives:o
even if there's another knife i want and dont have the money for i cant bring myself to do it, i keep thinking i may regret this later on and end up buying it again anyway for its origanl cost so i might aswell keep it....anyone else struggle with letting your peices go???
 
I have the same exact problem with both knives and guns! Even if I can sell them for a profit I still just can't bring myself to do it. It's an issue of mine for sure.
 
We all have went through that. I mainly buy CRK, so they are on the higher end $$ wise. I have sold some to buy others and later regretted it, and I have bought some to gain others and was happy. Other times I have held on to a certain one and by doing so, passed on others that I wanted.........If there is something out there that you really want, you will figure it out.
 
I could sell my Kershaw tilt for 2X what I paid, but at the same time, I can't sell it. I love it too much
 
I have a hard time letting a few go but usually I dont have that much of a problem because I try to get something thats just another step above what I already have

Plus I reassure myself I can always buy another if it really comes to that
 
The solution I've found is that it's easier to gift/give a knife away then to sell it.

I find it easier to rationalize letting a knife go if I think it's going to some one who will appreciate it, that'll make it easier to seek off some that are more from the accumulation rather than the "The Collection"
 
Well I'm going to have to overcome that same reluctance. I've got to move cross-country soon and both to lighten the load and help with some expenses I'm going to have to really thin out the herd a bit.

My main issue is the steep fees that the large auction site charges, on top of paypal and shipping costs. Hopefully I can sell them through the Exchange forum here, which is also why I upgraded to gold membership recently.
 
Allow me, if I may, to push this observation in your direction: in life, you are always doing one of two things...you are either buying or selling.
 
I never sell. Too many memories. I have on occasion have given some away to friends and relatives and selling to them doesn't sit right with me.
 
I can't sell anything that's LE unless I really want something. Anything that's production is fair game, but I still usually end up keeping it because I like it too much.
 
Buying is easy and selling is hard. It really boils down to that as far as I'm concerned.

Knives don't take up a lot of room for most people. Guns (especially long guns) take up a lot of room. It is hard for me to sell a gun and it is mostly just a pain in the butt to sell a knife. Yeah, I know lots of people do it (ebay, classified ads on forums, etc.). I tend to lean toward the throw in the trash approach rather than selling for the common knives. But I find it hard to do that. So the knives build up beyond any possible level that I could ever use them on any regular basis and I have my favorites. They get used all the time. I just ordered a new knife. I am thinking that's it for me this year and it is only June. Have to get this under control. I purposely did not go to Blade because I knew I would spend at least $500.
 
I learned the hard way to hold onto those knives that would be impossible to purchase again. I can let go of a production model that can easily be re-purchased.

Special editions, sprint runs and discontinued production models I try to hold onto.
 
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