Yep...very much this.
Trader Syndrome
- Thread starter Laufen
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Yep...very much this.
That pretty much sums it up for me
It's all about the excitement that goes with it. Kids get excited whent they are told about going to the toy store, for ODT'iers it begins with hours of browsing, countless pm's, setting up the meet, meeting and talking to new and nice folks,taking that new deal home or sending it to a new home. As soon as as the meet if over what do you do? Click on the ODT app again, and the cycle continues. I call it hobby.
It's just in our blood. Trading goods is how people connected before money and banks came along and screwed everything up.
It's amazing to me that people don't take into account what their own "time" is worth much less the other persons. I guess the "rush" they get from playing barter kings must cloud their judgement. My grandfather taught me at a young age not to get emotionally invested in negotiations, if you do you'll leave money on the table.
Do you ever buy firearms you don't want, don't like and have no intention of ever loading ammo in it much less firing it? Just because you "think" you can trade it for something you do like. I suppose that is stage II ODTS.
Hi, my name is Paul and I'm a trade-aholic.
Well at least you caught it early. I was over 50 trades in my first year before I realized I was a trade-a-holic and had to seek counseling.
