Trade was not heavily in my favor --did I do it wrong.?

[BillsCamino]

Not like that Colt...sail it...

 

[JkEnder]

Neg Him!!!! And yourself!!!!

 

[tdi_g]

Next time you should just cell/sail/sale/sell your gun and buy the one you really want...

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Iv'e trade an HK for a Taurus on here. The guy was pretty excited to make the deal but my HK was a .40 and his Taurus was a 9mm so jokes on him

 

[mgonza]

Recently an ODTer had a gun for cell or trade.

It was a gun which I wanted, and had not seen one listed at a price I was willing to pay.

His trade interest was a certain gun.

I had a certain gun. Actually I had three of virtually the same model as that certain gun, and that certain gun was sort of no. 3 in the stable, as it was the one I never shot or carried. As far as I was concerned, that certain gun was expendable.

I had no burning desire to sale it or trade it, but here was the opportunity to convert it from the gun I never used to a gun I really wanted and could use.

And so in the due passage of time, we agreed to trade guns. He got the gun he wanted, and I got the gun I wanted, and we both seemed happy.

I even drove to meet him, so much did I want his gun.

But now I have had time to think and reflect, and look more closely at the ads for similar guns on ODT.

And I am depressed because the trade was not heavily in my favor, which seems to be the true path of ODT.

In fact, the trade may have been in favor of the other guy, and so even though I have the gun that I wanted, and have wanted for some time, I think I should be sad, because I could have not made the trade which was not in my favor, and I would still have the gun I never used, and so I failed to follow the ODT way.

Should I assess myself a warning for trampling on the ODT path of righteous trading?

Is is wrong and un-American to trade for something you want just because you want it?

You should Neg yourself.

 

[RevCov]

I think personal desire definitely is a legitimate valuation in a trade. I once traded for a gun of lesser monetary value than what I traded simply because what I was getting was a gun of the same make and model of one my dad carried in the service and I wanted a version of it for sentimental reasons.

 

[ItBeMe]

So it's your first Hi Point just be happy with it.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

At a time when my friend had an extra gun he didn't want and would likely never miss in his collection, and this gun was worth $525...

... And my friend wanted a particular different gun in a different caliber, and such a gun would be worth $425...


I asked my friend if he wanted to sell one and then use the money to buy the other.

He said NO, it's too much of a hassle, and not worth it, even to have the gun he really wanted and $100 cash in his wallet.

However, he was willing to trade, for that less-valuable gun and a holster for it. So he came out "down $70" or so on the deal, comparing Fair Market Values.
Who cares? He got rid of a gun he didn't need or want and got one he wanted and would regularly carry.

 

[poopdaddy]

Well, I WAS happy.

But it's like your wife telling you it was good for her too. Now I'm not so sure.

i tell her what good for her.

 

[poopdaddy]

So it's your first Hi Point just be happy with it.

guaranteed for life.