Justifying a Big Purchase

[ClementeFanOh]

1911- if by “meltdown” you mean the ability to follow a directly stated line of thought, then sure. You can call it a “melt down”, Socrates. It just strikes me as amusing that the self proclaimed Professor of Dialectics can’t stay ON POINT. Don’t worry, I know you’re never wrong and, if you are in danger of being called out for being a clown, will try to institute your own rules to rescue your failing point. Seen it before 1911- you do you!! Trent King Original point still stands- make the buy!!

[ClementeFanOh]

Mark17- thanks for your lucidity. Get ready for a furious tap dance by resident psycho 1911 though. He’s such a fun guy, not a colossal bore at all! Trent King

[JLange]

In situations like this I have come to rely on my own sense of rarity / scarcity. I have put my eyeballs on 100s of thousands if not millions of items at this point in my collecting life. I know if i’ve seen something once or twice or a thousand times. I scale it in terms of time - does this item come around once a week, month, year, or perhaps only once every decade. I buy everything I rarely see because I don’t know if I will get another bite at the apple or not. I have no regrets with these scarce purchase decisions so far. If someone knows better than you how scarce this item is, and how infrequently it is offered for sale, then maybe check in with that person, otherwise trust your own instincts here.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

1911- if by “meltdown” you mean the ability to follow a directly stated line of thought, then sure. You can call it a “melt down”, Socrates. It just strikes me as amusing that the self proclaimed Professor of Dialectics can’t stay ON POINT. Don’t worry, I know you’re never wrong and, if you are in danger of being called out for being a clown, will try to institute your own rules to rescue your failing point. Seen it before 1911- you do you!! Trent King Original point still stands- make the buy!!

We have the question "What do you tell yourself in moments like this? How do you handle the mental gymnastics?" about putting a significant amount of capital into a card purchase. My post that one should consider their return if they need to convert it back into capital, as it is a significant amount of their capital, is directly on topic and answers the question.

Your post, #54, continuing your personal vendetta, which you hijack a thread every 2 or 3 months to do, last time bitching that I was not in support of lynching people, is not on topic to the question whatsoever and provides 0 answer.

Never change!

[ClementeFanOh]

1911- hilarious, you did exactly what I said you would. I’m stunned, truly. You can’t stay on point, but you are infallible so obviously someone else is at fault. Do you practice this outhouse-level fluffery on 8 year olds? Wait, on second thought don’t answer that- I just don’t care. Many commenters who manage to stay on point- despite being clearly inferior to your giant intellect- have espoused the opinion that the poster should buy. THAT was the point. Fini… Trent King

[Rhotchkiss]

The card has “blown you away”. You can “pay for it in cash” and it “doesn’t impact your ability to pay any current or future bills”. Honestly, I don’t get the hesitation. Sounds like you can afford it and it’s something you really want. Buy it

Personally, I have many more regrets about things I did not buy than things I bought. Good luck. Please let us know how it shakes out

Sincerely,

A Junkie and an Investor (and a collector)

[nineunder71]

The hesitation is the issue, the OP should not buy, imo

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

The card has “blown you away”. You can “pay for it in cash” and it “doesn’t impact your ability to pay any current or future bills”. Honestly, I don’t get the hesitation. Sounds like you can afford it and it’s something you really want. Buy it

Personally, I have many more regrets about things I did not buy than things I bought. Good luck. Please let us know how it shakes out

Sincerely,

A Junkie and an Investor (and a collector)