do you shop when broke?

[perrazi]

always look,never want to miss a great deal on something you want,need, whatever. besides, isn't that what you have you emergency fund for?

 

[bobkk]

If I go to a gun show with money to spare. Can't
find anything. Go broke then I find things that I
want. Last show I couldn't find anything except
a Wilson Magazine.

 

[pred]

It is when you will find the most smashing deals! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

 

[1gunsnotenough]

I always have a $$ stash for the Can't Live Without gun. And always have some trading material.

 

[lagavulin62]

hey thanks for the replies guys. just got back from work and really enjoyed the reading the ideas. funny I always ask about layaway on the internet but for some reason at pawn shops and gunstores never think of it, even though I know most have it. I hate credit cards myself and always pay off at end of month but this season got a little carried away. be back to cash in a month or two so if I do see that deal will have to be layaway as many suggest.

 

[kritter]

always shopping...

forever looking for that "good deal" the ones that you get and just put away for later.....maybe to sell or trade for a even better deal.....

Ok.....so it sounded good in my frame of reasoning.however since i NEVER want to rid myself of a S&W........ I'm always broke..

 

[pawncop]

Always looking, right now have two (2) on layaway with my local dealer, continue to stockpile ammo, but try to be as responsible as possible.

 

[nn]

I go look, even when I do not intend to buy anything.

 

[Jack Flash]

Even when I don't have any free cash, I like to go to gun shows and gun shops just to keep up on what's available and what prices are. I do have a strict rule for myself not to ask them to take anything out of the case for me to examine when I know there is no way I can buy it.

Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand wasting someone's time just pawing a gun that I know I'm not serious about. It's funny though, some vendors must think this is just a bargaining ploy. If I stare at one or get down where I can really see it through the glass (I am incredibly near-sighted) they will as often as not take it out of the case and forcibly place it into my hands, all the time telling me what a deal it is and that the price on the tag is not all that firm.

Ya know, maybe I should use this as a bargaining ploy when I am flush with cash. Who knows, maybe some day I will actually get a deal.

 

[akguy1985]

When times get lean, my first question to the seller is,
" Will you consider a lay-a-way?" I normally offer 1/3 down, 1/3 in 45 days and the final 1/3 in 90 days. I also suggest a 10% restocking fee if I fail to complete the transaction with the remaider returned to me. No penalty if I pay it off early. I have yet to find a seller unwilling to make a deal. I currently have 2 guns in process this way. Being self employed, my money comes in spurts. Some weeks I am busted and some I am flush. Hence the early pay off clause.

i have two S&W's on layaway at my local gunshop that are a good deal. one i have to get out before jan 2nd and the other before jan 30th. I try and not go in any gun shops if i am broke because then i might see something i want and then regret not having the $$ for it

 

[S&W-Keeper]

I try to stay out of places that I get good deals on. I don't want to run into something that I can't do without.

 

[Willyboy]

Buying when Broke

Quote: "Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand wasting someone's time just pawing a gun that I know I'm not serious about"

I might paw something I don't intend to buy just to get a good look in case I might buy later. But I never ask for a final price unless I am buying. Then I just tell the dealer I am interested in buying and what is his best price. If I go to an antique show and my wife ask to look at an object, I might as well just write out the check as she usually doesn't look unless she has already made her decision.

 

[gunlovingirl]

Yep. Layaway!