Regrets?

[Manfjourde]

I am in a situation which I'm sure many of you have been in. I could use some money for other obligations and one thing to be cut back is hobbies. I've had and sold trucks but am not sure what to do with my clods. No one around me races but my brothers and I drive and they have stampedes. Will I regret selling them? One is my first Clod a CPE GP chassis custom truck and the other I just finished as a roller Zilla 2. After being in my situation do you have major regrets about certain trucks and wish you would have kept them? I'd like to make it work and keep them but if I need to I will sell, family comes first. Sorry I haven't been on here as much

As a general question - what do you regret selling most?

 

[NickZ]

I regret selling any rc clod! Lol

 

[HawnMT]

I'm probably the last guy who should be answering this because I really don't have any regrets. I figure there are only two reasons for regret, sentimental and/or financial. I've never own a highly collectible RC like an original Hilux so financial is out. And I'm not much for sentiment and I don't do the whole shelf queen thing so that's out too. The way I see it I can build way better stuff now than I could just 5 years ago so there isn't much reason to hang onto old stuff. I know that's not the way most people see it but that's the way I am.

 

[Manfjourde]

Nick you don't help lol!

Kent, your point is very valid. Maybe ill hang onto the body for sentiments but I could build a better truck in a few years and it would be even better. Keep posting guys, I appreciate it.

 

[TXT-2.0]

i do have sentiment on a few trucks i have but like Kent said build it bigger and better next time r/c will always be here and so will boards like this to help you along

if you have to sell for financial YES family and life first , but if its a regret thing just dont sell it :emot15:

some things like your new era chassis i would keep being there out of business now and who knows when and if you can get another one (at least for $200 ) so pack it away an forget about it

i know that prob wasnt much help lol ... hang in there

 

[Manfjourde]

Ya I'm keeping the new era for sure! Thinking of keeping the Zilla too but being a roller have no idea how it handles. Especially with the 8 shocks its pretty stiff.

Here's the build, what would you say it's worth RTR?
http://www.rcmt.net/forums/showthread.php?21503-First-Clod-build!

 

[JKRacing37]

I really have no regrets on any of them. If I sold it, that means it wasn't getting used enough for me to justify keeping it. I can't do a "shelf queen." Like a lot of things I own - if it's not getting use, it's gone.

Others I sold because they were getting used but breaking a lot, others were getting hard to find parts for.

Whatever the reason, no regrets.


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[SteelCityRCJunkie]

Well, I don't know if this will help ... but you never know.

I don't really own any generic RCs (anymore) ... and I typically put a lot into them, so each one has at least some sentimental meaning / value to me. That being said, I am not a materialistic person, and they are only toys. More than once, I've sold most or all of them to help family or friends. Do I regret selling some of them, would I like to have a couple of them back ... yes. But I'd have regretted it a million times more if I didn't help my loved ones when they needed me ... and I'd sell them all again if I had to. I can always get more stuff ... but being there for those I care about is what matters most to me ... they'll always be another truck ...

Mark

 

[nosyajg]

if it's things that are difficult to get, sell only if you really have to...

i'll play devil's advocate here- yes, family and people first, BUT what if you sacrifice your prized possessions to help someone out, and they take advantage of you and dont fully appreciate the gesture, or take it for granted, or you have a bad relationship later on- then will you regret selling YOUR prized stuff to help that person out?!?

would i sell my clods- yes...but only certain ones...

i dont think i'd ever get rid of my JPS clod axles, or my bennett chassis clods...but because they are hard to get now, and *to me* they have sentimental value, well, my bennett anyway...

trucks will come and go, and better ones are around the corner, so they can always be replaced...

 

[Berman]

This time last year I got made redundant and as you know bills keep coming and I was having trouble finding work. I ended up selling 15-20 rc's just to keep the wolves from the door and I would've sold the lot if I had to.

Basically it came down to a pecking order. It wasnt necessarily which ones i liked, but also which ones I used regularly, which ones I had an emotional connection to (vintage/nostalgia), which ones i could replace later down the track, and the expensive ones I believed I would not have the opportunity to buy/build again.

I tell you its tough, deciding which is next on the chopping block, but they all had a number and I told the missus that if I had to sell them all and any other materialistic item I owned then so be it, because they couldnt replace her.

All the best with you choice mate

 

[Dominick Shauntee]

As you have already heard Family and responsibility comes first for all of us.. This is a HOBBY not a way of life (at least that's what i keep telling myself lol !!!) but my RC's are on the rare side i have never owned an Clod i always went the other way most of my rides are Kyosho or Rare large scale vehicles and are nearly impossible to replace or replicate ... but i made a deal with myself awhile back because this ain't my only hobby a drop alot of $$$ in that in order to buy something new that's on the pricey side i have to sell something else law of equivalent exchange worked pretty well for me last few years .... also kept my collection from getting out of hand