JTCO
Meme King
I’m guilty of the first part, for sure. I definitely spend more time researching products and price shopping than I would say the average consumer does. This does mean it takes me longer to make a purchase. And I’m sure a lot of people get exasperated with my questions while I’m trying to learn from others’ experience - sorry about that, guys, and thanks for being patient with me.
I don’t have unlimited funds and I’ve found that if I am not methodical in my purchasing process, I often have buyer’s remorse due to finding either a better deal or product that better meets my goals. I need to buy once whenever possible to manage the cost, and I tend to put a lot of pressure on that purchase since I know I won’t buy a second time AND I recognize how picky I am about little things that I probably shouldn’t care so much about... but I do care, so what can I do?
In other words, I’m point at myself and chuckling - yep, guilty here! I do sometimes wish I stressed the details a bit less so that I could make decisions more quickly and not stress about the little stuff.
For example, I bought three Mopar steel front bumpers and returned two because the first two had scratches into the metal when I received them. The third even has some scratches but I eventually had to settle for it because I literally could not find any other inventory. It kills me that I spent almost $1k on a product that did not start from a “perfect” starting point. I wish I was bothered less by those few scratches, since I can’t do anything about it and ultimately it doesn’t hurt anything
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I totally get that and am pretty meticulous myself. But if I can't find an answer that satisfies me, I just move on. The guy above just keeps coming back and asking for more and he's not getting the answer he wants. Guess I just don't understand why he's burdening himself so much to get the answer from the members here but then comes back and says 'I found it elsewhere.' Makes no sense to me.