SilverKendo
New Member
Hello all,
So gasoline prices have dropped sharply in my area. I just got gas at $2.54 US per gallon. I haven't seen prices this low in many years. My wife and I went to grab dinner last night and on the way to the restaurant I saw gas for $2.54. On the way back I took a different route and the gas station I was going to buy from was at $2.59! Price gougers! So I drove out of my way to get the lower price (the wife was even on board with the plan). So I drove a few miles out of the way and added a good 10 min onto the trip to save $0.60. My time was worth more than that but I couldn't let it go.
My last silver buy was 5 silver maples for $99.00 (shipping included) back at the end of Nov when price were very low. I ordered from a small seller on ebay and they haven't sent my package out yet so I have a dispute open which I'm sure I'll win no problem. Now I am spot watching like a hawk to try to get it at or below $99. It has been as low as about $99.50 from the dealers I've been looking at but for some reason I can't pull the trigger. That's about a dime per coin over what I paid previously and for some reason it is really eating at me. Even at about $20.10 per coin (what it is as I write this) it is less than a quarter over what I paid last time. I can usually find ten or twenty cents on the ground each day.
What is the deal with me? It only seems to trigger this response when I buy commodities like gasoline or PMs. If I buy another item that I collect like a sword or an autograph or a rare comic book or whatever, if the price is a little higher than what I want to pay (by a few dollars) I gladly pull the trigger and don't worry about it. I have cut back going out as much as I used to for food but once in a while I like a nice steak dinner or just to go out to get a slice of pizza instead of making one at home for 1/3 the price. I clearly have some sort of bias when buying PMs and gas but I can't figure it out. It is like my inner bargin hunter/cheapskate pops up out of no where on just a few types of purchases. Anyone have any insight to this? Am I alone?
So gasoline prices have dropped sharply in my area. I just got gas at $2.54 US per gallon. I haven't seen prices this low in many years. My wife and I went to grab dinner last night and on the way to the restaurant I saw gas for $2.54. On the way back I took a different route and the gas station I was going to buy from was at $2.59! Price gougers! So I drove out of my way to get the lower price (the wife was even on board with the plan). So I drove a few miles out of the way and added a good 10 min onto the trip to save $0.60. My time was worth more than that but I couldn't let it go.
My last silver buy was 5 silver maples for $99.00 (shipping included) back at the end of Nov when price were very low. I ordered from a small seller on ebay and they haven't sent my package out yet so I have a dispute open which I'm sure I'll win no problem. Now I am spot watching like a hawk to try to get it at or below $99. It has been as low as about $99.50 from the dealers I've been looking at but for some reason I can't pull the trigger. That's about a dime per coin over what I paid previously and for some reason it is really eating at me. Even at about $20.10 per coin (what it is as I write this) it is less than a quarter over what I paid last time. I can usually find ten or twenty cents on the ground each day.
What is the deal with me? It only seems to trigger this response when I buy commodities like gasoline or PMs. If I buy another item that I collect like a sword or an autograph or a rare comic book or whatever, if the price is a little higher than what I want to pay (by a few dollars) I gladly pull the trigger and don't worry about it. I have cut back going out as much as I used to for food but once in a while I like a nice steak dinner or just to go out to get a slice of pizza instead of making one at home for 1/3 the price. I clearly have some sort of bias when buying PMs and gas but I can't figure it out. It is like my inner bargin hunter/cheapskate pops up out of no where on just a few types of purchases. Anyone have any insight to this? Am I alone?
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