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the one that got away - how do you handle grief?

I just lost a bid for my dream speakers that I had been chasing for a decade. It was pretty stupid because I missed the last hour and maybe I would have won it with another $100. But maybe it's a sign, it's just a piece of hardware, that I should not be obsessed with. - "you can't always get what you want"

Did you always get the gear you thought would make you whole?

parkergetdean
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wspohn
650 posts
 

You can either follow an auction until the last minute, which some enjoy, or use a sniper and enter your maximum bid and forget about it - you'll either get it or you won't.  Some enjoy the drama of actively bidding themselves; I tired of it early on as I acquired a lot of stuff via auctions (mostly non- stereo) and the 'fun' of bidding left me early on.

yyman23
170 posts
 

I missed out on a McIntosh MT10 turntable for a great price (85% off!!!) a few years back, and it haunted me until recently, when I got my hands on my dream speakers for a really good deal. You win some, you lose some.

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tabl10s
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I missed two Plasmatron's and think them all the time. 

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tabl10s
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@Tattoo,

 

What mods did they have? The Xover's were crap doing with the EQ! 

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gents
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I just beat myself up for being a c×nt when I shouldn’t have been and keep it moving. Almost invariably, I’m then energized to go find another one and pay more...as a type of self-inflicted punishment.

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