I haven't paid MSRP for a fishing product in years, and I avoid it as much as possible in all other areas of my life as well.

 

What is something you're willing to pay full price for?

 

Of course I mean what tackle item do you/ would you pay full price for, but also what other products in life are you willing to pay full price for?

If I need something, I’ll pay for it 🤷‍♂️

I don't buy something just because it's on sale and I don't sit around and wait for a sale.

Most of what I buy these days are wants and not needs and never know when that desire is going to hit.

 

 

I buy what I can afford, if it happens to be on sale, great. 

Mrs Mike hates when I shop with her as I’ll just grab what I want/need put it in the cart or just hand it to her, leave and meet her at the car. 
 

After 55yrs together she doesn’t even question me anymore. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

I will try to find a deal but if I can't I will still buy what I need at the cheapest I can find it.

The only things I pay full price for are items I need immediately be it the night before a tournament or if I'm on a trip somewhere.  Being a HS coach, I get a discount on all tackle and I'm always on the lookout for online sales.  

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

If I need something, I’ll pay for it 🤷‍♂️

 

Exactly 😉

 

I support local Mom & Pop stores, don't mind paying extra to get what I need when I need it.

I'm finally buying less gear. When I first came to Bass Resource, this lure and that were suggested and I bought them all. I literally have shelves in my basement full of gear. I just won't live long enough to use it all. So, I only buy what I need and because I need it, I'll pay full price if there's no sale.

This year I'm trying very very hard to be resourceful and use what I have in creative ways.  If I buy something at this point it's probably line or hooks or weights or jigheads or something to that effect.

 

I have baits I can catch fish with that I am good at using for most situations - the only thing I need to be spending on my fishing at this point is time.

 

It's kinda like music - all the gear in the world isn't gonna practice your instrument and make you a creative person.

 

Fishing is something we do - not something we purchase.

 

I'm gonna try to really live like that the best I can this year!

I try to be a need not want person. It drives my wife crazy. She tells everyone that going shopping with me is “Like fishing with the fish warden”

Well put, @Pat Brown.

One dollar Bob

Throw it in the bag

Like many, if I need it, I buy it regardless of a sale. But I also don't pass up a good sale on baits I use all the time. One of my favorite things about Omnia vs TW is that they regularly do 20-25% off an entire brand or type of lure. I stocked up when Yamamoto and Z Man went on sale recently. 

I don’t pay msrp on vehicles, boats etc. Everything else, if I want it and can afford it, I buy it. If I can’t afford it, I’ll save until I can. Only pay with cash, I don’t use credit for anything.

I buy whatever the Monkey tells me to buy, when he tells me to buy it.

Good hooks (Gamakatsu superline) and braided line (PowerPro). 

Stuff to fix my old car.

I spent the last two or three years buying a bunch of gear.  I am pretty well set for a few years to come unless something new and awesome pops up that I just have to have.  The only baits I buy now days are to just replace what has been used or lost.

 

Although, I am in the market for a swimbait rod, and am slowly going to continue replacing rods with higher end models when I have money burning a hole in my pocket.

12 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

 

 

Fishing is something we do - not something we purchase.

👍👍One of the best statements I ever heard!!

I don't need anymore tackle unless it's various items that get used up throughout the season like line, hooks, and plastics.  I'm also done buying rods and reels unless one breaks or gets stolen.  Just the other day I walked through Scheels and did not purchase a single item.

 

I might be buying a new lawn mower this season and I kind of already know which one I want but I'm hoping someone offers it at a lower cost.  My current version works fine so it's not really an emergency.

16 hours ago, volzfan59 said:

I don’t pay msrp on vehicles, boats etc. Everything else, if I want it and can afford it, I buy it. If I can’t afford it, I’ll save until I can. Only pay with cash, I don’t use credit for anything.

I loved reading this, because i was taught to do this exactly. If i cant pay cash for it today ill walk away until i can, im against credit with a passion.

 

For the OP, MSRP is a ridiculous inflated fee that i will never be impulsive/impatient/careless enough to participate in. I love to do research, so i throw myself 100% into whatever hobbies i enjoy and learn as much as possible for every aspect. Price and price history is a big thing for me, i know what things are worth, and what they routinely go on sale for. For instance when i shop at Midway i know no matter how bad the economy gets i can regularly get 20-80% off rods, reels, + bait and tackle (might just have to wait for the right lure, color, ration, action/power to be added though). Then to TW for stacking their discounts/coupons onto their already marked down clearance prices. After that DSG has buy 3 get 3 free deals throughout the year on big name products and is usually blowing out rods or reels for 30-60% off too from time to time. Whereas other shops just have pop up sales that are fantastic every once in awhile. If i had paid MSRP i would have an 1/8 of what i currently do, but i would have spent 10x the price for it. (rough estimation but you get the idea).

 

But aside from fishing, i will never pay MSRP for anything that is not vital to my survival, because MSRP is IMO financial suicide.

I look for deals, and use a lot of gift cards. I will be paying full price for fishing license.  No real way around that, at least for a few more years.

On 4/11/2025 at 7:09 PM, gim said:

I might be buying a new lawn mower this season and I kind of already know which one I want but I'm hoping someone offers it at a lower cost.  My current version works fine so it's not really an emergency.

Mowing the lawn is for people that don't fish.  Let the old mower break, problem solved.

Literally every single post has merit here for this question. 
 

I have stopped buying soft plastics for now and have focused on line and actually fishing.