Is The Honey Moon Over??

Popi,

Just like you, I have more than I run, at one time, but I just had to have it!

AND, I see more that I would like to have.

Ralph

I have been very lucky in that regard.  Even though there is a lot of impulse involved in this hobby, I have tried to stick to a game plan and only buy what supports it.  Examples are certain road names and time periods.

 

Art

No buyers remorse, but I've had the good fortune to obtain more steam engines than I ever thought possible (6 total), to the extent that I rarely run my diesels (also 6) anymore

 

If the diesels magically turned into a pile of cash it wouldn't bother me one bit

if I get tired of it, I just sell it and move on to something new I never had before.

So I had a newbi come up to my board at a show

and state.

"Im done collecting, Ive got a passenger set and a freight set"

I told him, your not done you just got started!!!

Only when I see the bill on my CC.....

Most of us have been there!!

No.  I don't buy things on impulse -- I always know exactly what I'm buying and why I'm buying it.  Sure I have more locomotives than I can run at one time.  But the ones not currently in use are on display shelves, till the next time I run them.  And I never sell my trains.

Buyer's remorse?  See the following!  

 

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...r-trade-mth-csx-u30c

 

- Mike

No real buyer's remorse but I too have more engines than I can run on my small modest carpet central.  Nature of the hobby I think.  I would still like a T-1, a K4 and a couple of passenger sets but I can't even run a T-1 on my 042 curves!!  Also, I can't bring myself to sell any of them!  I only have about 8 engines from a few postwar to MTH command control.  At least I haven't branched out into Legacy!!  There is such a wonderful assortment of stuff available you just have to limit yourself and fortunately God has helped in limiting my income and readjust my 'wants' which forces me to focus better!!  Now if I only can find a few of those single sheathed boxcars!!  Can't wait until York!

Buyer's Stupidity is what I was afflicted with! If I had given any thought to what my layout and theme were to be, I wouldn't have bought half the stuff I did. But, I did   sell a lot of it after experiencing it. We all know what hindsight is.

I've had buyers remorse just once in the 25 years I have been back in the hobby.  I was headed toward the restroom during the last 30 minutes of a train show a few years ago and a boxed Lionel Frisco freight set nearly "launched" itself off the dealers table and into my arms.  Somehow, I'd missed seeing it in my previous 2 trips past and the instant I stopped and looked at it, the dealer voluntarily came down so low on the price it seemed like a no brainer.  At that time, anyhow.

 

I run the set occasionally but, it will never be a favorite.

 

Curt

I have an MPC flatcar (without the box) that I bought for $20. But after I bought it and brought it home, I realized I didn't want it. And worst of all, a piece broke off!

Consider yourself lucky to get off this cheaply on a buyer's remorse.

Well, I also bought a Mth PRR M1a off eBay for $260, thinking it had PS2. It turns out it had Locosound.

The good thing though, is that it is a very well built (and beautiful) steam engine. Also, the sound really isn't that bad. I could probably upgrade it anyway...

The Train Hobby could be more expensive then drugs...and just as addictive!

Oh no... you can never have enough trains... just ask your MRS about her shoes?!

Each one is a prize by itself!!!

 

 

 

 

I have done the exact same thing basically just one road name and only diesels, mostly modern and no steam, which saved me a lot. I have managed to stick to it pretty well with the exception of just a couple of items.  

 

Only 'buyer's remorse' I've had was with a few items I purchased used that turned out to have a defect after I got them, parts are not available for some and the others might not be repairable. Think I will stick with mostly new stuff from now on, just have not had good luck with the used items.

Have not had any buyers remorse. Although I ave had remorse for things I didn't buy that I wish I had.

I'm lucky. I stick with one road so there isn't that much I can buy. I'm selling lots of my old Lionel because I don't run them. Don

A friend of mine is into Pennsy, so I acquired some Pennsy, but have no real interest in it....some never out of the box.....should sell it and open up the space...also have a

'50's Lionel warbonnet F unit...bought at an auction...why?  I dunno.  Have learned not to buy something just to keep from leaving shows empty handed...now leave empty handed much of the time.

I guess most of us have more trains then we could ever use or need. I for one find that buying a new item, opening it up and holding it in my have is like a high or something like that! I do have one think though, i have a room with every wall covered with trains. At least I can look at them when I watch TV or turn on the tunes! This is just a few walls

I hope everyone can appreciate this the way I do.   This is what it is all about!  Just to sit back, and admire your collection, sometimes is all you need to reach serenity.  I am envious.

J Daddy

funny you should mention that. My wife bought a pair of shoes and asked for my help

to get them on. I said there is NO WAY those shoes are going on your feet.

she wears a size 10. these looked about and 8. so she pushed and NOPE!!

I said what in the world made you buy these. They looked cool she said

and they were on sale for $4. so what, if they don't fit why buy them??????????????

Like the title of the bearded man's book.....I'm Happy, Happy, Happy! No remorse. But I have a limited budget so my forethought is extended and my impulse level diminished.

Trains are like a women.I want that one no that one wait I want her no not her...her.

I have to respectfully disagree. I have found the one woman that is all I want or need. I cannot say the same for trains!  LOL

 

I'm just loco for locos!Locomotives have always been my week spot, even back in my HO scale days. Sometimes it seems the rolling stock is just there to give the engines something to pull and the layout is just a place to let the engines run.

 

Let's face it, all collectors are addicts.  Whether you collect stamps, coins, relics, rare books, antique furniture, Coke memorabilia, or trains, there is always something you think you need or want.  If the truth be told, you really don't need it--you just simply want it.  But that addiction is its own enjoyment in a sense because you like to say that you own the item and can look at it on occasion and say how fortunate you are to have it (even though most people who are not train buffs could care less).  But we are only the caretakers of our possessions, including trains, and no one I know have taken their layouts with them when they depart this life.  As I age, I get more philosophical about these things. I happen to collect books and have an extensive library of titles involving Civil War literature.  Given the fact that I will probably not live long enough to read them more than once, what is the point of buying more?  Books are meant to be read primarily and, for rare editions, for their collective value.  I guess there is more psychic value looking at a bunch of trains on a shelf as opposed to looking at a bunch of books on a shelf, but the addiction is the same.  Once we understand that, maybe we can be more judicious in spending our money for anything we like to have as a collectible.

There is no logical reason to have remorse when it comes to trains, or any hobby so long as there was no real negative outcome to you or someone else. By example, spending the mortgage money on trains, thus being coming homeless would be cause for remorse. 

 

in the end this is just a hobby like any other, an enjoyment, a way to dispose of "disposable income," although I have yet to figure out which dollars are the disposable ones . Any purchases regretted can be resold, perhaps at loss, but no real damage has been done, no one has been harmed, and all is in effect right with the world. 

 

I have been fighting the impulse to collect, the need to have a completeness of particular items, K-Line streamline 21" passenger cars by example. It is hard to overcome that impulse as by nature I am a collector, books, Scout patches, antique firearms, etc.

 

My advise is to sell something, or trade something you have an attachment to -- not a prized item, but something which you are attached to in someway but perhaps don't run anymore or very rarely, sell it to someone you know or whom you know will appreciate it more than you currently do. This has helped me curb that somewhat natural hoarding...I mean collecting...impulse, still drawn to collect but now able to take a step back and examine the reason I want something before it arrives at the door. Just don't post photos of more 21" streamline cars please, still in recovery. 

 

Enjoy your time on this earth, love those with whom you spend your time, and always give thanks for health, happiness, and time to experience both.

My wife would send me to the wood shed and divorce me if I did this.  She complains about the few engines I do have on on display, about 13 and  a few cars.  Only 1 small wall and couple of shelves.  But I get it, I would get a sort of a high, relaxation from putting all my stuff on display.  But then I would be single and have to sell off my collection to pay the lawyer.

Don't be remorseful.  Life is too short and there are plenty of other things in life to worry about.  Trains are fun, not something to agonize over.  I never regret the things I've done, only the things I haven't done.

 

So, just buy more!  Besides, it's so much easier to give in and enjoy.    

 

 

Well said, I could not have said it better!  I will stop buying when they pry that last dollar from my cold gray hand!!!