Thread: Will COVID-19 change your purchasing decisions?

Originally Posted by timattalon

how many tourists will be here to use hotel / motel rooms? And how many people will actually venture out to restaurants?

Anybody up for a cruise?

Not much is going to change in my household in general. We tend to go about daily life on a minimalist/do we really need it or do we just want it approach, balancing a save money and spend wisely attitude. It's easy to go to Kmart and buy 5 shirts at 5 bucks each, but they just don't last and the profit margin of a giant chain is insane.

Purchasing hunting gear was always going to follow the same rules, do I really need it or do I just want it, how can I do the most possible with the least possible and still enjoy it or do it safely. I've only got 3 guns, one air rifle one rimfire and one centrefire. Unless I start chasing gamebirds and want a shotgun too, its gonna stay that way. Even the air rifle might go, its more a want than a need and only gets used rarely for punching paper in the driveway.

The gear isn't cheap and I have none of it, not even a jacket or suitable pack so anything I buy will be scrutinised pretty hard to know its not going to be discarded before its time for whatever reason. I'll buy local or used before anything else unless I have no other alternative to get what I need.