Willingly traded at a loss, and was happy?

[essayons21]

Traded an XD40 subcompact for a Keltec P3AT + ammo and holster.

Didn't feel bad because #1. I got the XD for a steal and #2. I bought the XD as a smaller, easier to conceal alternative to carrying my 1911, and it really didn't work in that role. The Keltec however goes with me everywhere.

 

[Zach S]

Yes, on more than one occasion. I'm the kind of guy that will pay $2 now for a $1 item I need now, as opposed to ordering it online for 75 cents and getting it a few days from now.

My first burn was trading a Kahr PM9 and a little cash to boot for a Glock 19. The dealer told me I was getting burned before the trade, used Kahrs don't move well in my area. If it was his, it would be priced to move. For simplicity and speed, I decided to get burned and walk out with a more useful pistol, that I still own and shoot years later.

The second was trading a Thompson 1927 for my potmetal plinker, also known as my GSG5. Due to the price of ammo, and another Thompson in the safe, it spent more time in the safe than it did at the range. I have to be more careful with it, but I've had a lot more fun with that GSG5 than I did that thompson, and I still have my other Thompson...

 

[J-Bar]

Count me in.

I had a CZ sub-compact 9 mm. He had a vintage 1946 Marlin 39-A.

I don't carry, he does. I shoot lever guns, he doesn't. I lost about $200 in book value, but both of us were smiling after the trade.

Don't weep. I won the CZ in a raffle on a $10 ticket. I actually came out $390 ahead.

 

[trex1310]

I get enamored with some gun and get it.

Lord, aint it the truth. I do the same thing.

 

[Walkalong]

I have made a trade where the money was very close. I have made a trade where money wise I got the better of the deal. I have made a trade that money wise was better for the other guy. As long as I am happy with what I get for what I gave, I am OK with it.