Window shopping dilemma

[ShaiHulud]

"Window" shopping online, how often does it get ya?

 

[1911bphil]

I keep putting knives in the shopping cart. If/when they go on sale, I might buy them.

 

[WedgeAntilles]

At this point in my collecting the stuff I want is available momentarily, or not at all. Makes it easier to control myself.

 

[el gigantor]

I check my local retailer's website every day to see what's new and what's on sale.

Every. Damn. Day.

 

[DocJD]

I can "generally " can control myself .

I window shop a whole heck of a lot more than I buy .

Put interesting stuff in the cart , think about it , read reviews , and wait for a really good deal .

Let it go if it never does price drop enough .

 

[norcalAF]

At this point I only check the exchange, if it doesn't pop up there, I don't need it

 

[edgelion]

They've been getting me with free knife promos and sales. I wouldn't buy a QSP or Civivi, but I'll try one out if, after the knife i was looking at coincidentally goes on sale and I have a pile of points and still qualify for free shipping, there's a code in my email... That temptation put me over the fence at least 3 times in the last 6 months.

 

[Shorttime]

My cutting needs are well taken care of by what I already have. Few knives on the market have the combination of features that I want. Saying no is very easy.

 

[kobold]

Punched Ti scales with hollow grind blades and new super steels preferably packaged as Spyderco Native 5 are my kryptonite.
But I voted "I can control myself".

 

[madcap_magician]

To be honest casual window shopping never gets me, but if I happen to be on and a limited drop is going on, about one time in four I'll take a crack at it even if I hadn't planned to.

 

[sgt1372]

I "window shop" on The Exchange 2-3x's a day & have only bought 5 knives in 8 months from there which is a low number for me.

So, I guess that means I'm "in control" but I'd buy more if there were more there that I wanted to buy.

I also troll EB & ACK but not daily, usually only when I'm looking for a particular knife that I'd like to add to my collection.

And I also seldom shop on a retail site unless I am looking for a specific knife that has been newly released or that I have not yet seen on The Exchange, EV or ACK.

 

[eisman]

Window shopping is best when it encompasses all of the senses.

 

[SharpBits]

Window shopping is best when it encompasses all of the senses.

Agreed. There was time in the US when you could do that, but now the majority of the US population has zero access to a knife retailer.

 

[mitchnola]

I pretty much only buy on the secondary. I’m always cking the exchange here. After buying like crazy and 4 blade shows in the last two years I’ve got to handle a lot of knives to the point I know what I like and want. So I’m no longer buying to try knives out. So to be honest I’m not buying because of experience not self control. God knows I have absolutely no self control.

 

[ShaiHulud]

I get weak knees at strong smallish slipjoint knives, so when I window shop I tend to fall prey pretty fast when I come about these varieties, most recently, a grohmann 2 blade slippie

 

[elde66]

A day without checking the Exchange is an opportunity forever lost!

(My entire buying strategy in one short sentence.)

 

[ShaiHulud]

A day without checking the Exchange is an opportunity forever lost!

(My entire buying strategy in one short sentence.)

But if you never checked, then will you truly know you missed out on?

 

[norcalAF]

But if you never checked, then will you truly know you missed out on?

Shrodinger's knife?

 

[ShaiHulud]

Shrodinger's knife?

You must be level 15 to purchase this item
As the knife is both alive and dead and comes with its own box

 

[Quiet]

Agreed. There was time in the US when you could do that, but now the majority of the US population has zero access to a knife retailer.

Accurate.