I see the stacks of discs I have collected and sitting on the shelf and wonder how much more comfortable my family could be living if I had not splurged so much trying to find the perfect bag set-up. I do not have wall-hangers, so almost everything I have purchased was with the intent of throwing them.
1) I have an illogical need to hang on to my Swords. Every once in awhile I put them back in the bag, then they have some tremendous shots for me, but finally I decide I do not need them, and they come back out of the bag. Whenever I look at my inventory and decide I need to thin out the herd, I do not put up my Swords up for sale.
2) Similar, but not to the same extent, I have a need for ESP Nebulas. Once or twice in the last five years I tried putting them in the bag, they are decent mids, but they never stay in there. It is partially due to that I am also a color snob in my tournament bag, needing all yellow (I would do all white, but currently Innova/ Discmania do not produce white G Star/Line). I only have one ESP Nebula in yellow. The others are orange and neon green. One time, thinking I was desperate for funds, I parted with all my ESP Nebulas, but within a month I had seller's remorse. I have since rebuilt my stock, and as of now, have no intention of selling those.
3) I have three set-ups: A Grip A14, Lat Luxury 3, and a AT Zuca. I like to keep all three fully stocked with my "bag" because I always keep the Grip in my car for those spur-of-the-moment fun rounds. I use my Lat for the bigger courses where I know I am going to be out longer. And I use my Zuca for tournaments, longer league rounds, and or when I want to film or take pictures. So, whenever I feel I need to have a disc in my bag, I actually need 6-7; 4 for the set-ups (2 in the Zuca and 1 for each bag) and then a few back-ups. While I have been better in the last year, I was notorious for losing discs a few years back. I finally live near where I teach, but for several years I commuted 75-90 minutes one direction. That put more courses within my reach when I drove home, but that also means I could not spend any length of time looking for arrant discs. I play less courses now, and those I do play, they have fewer places to lose a disc, and even then, I can spend more time looking. still, I need 6-7 of every mold I throw.
4) I am sucker for dyed disc on Ebay and or when Dynamic has a deal on their dyemax. I have several Thor dyemax and picked up numerous Minnesota Vikings dyed from local dyers and from Ebay.
When it is all said and done, I have a large shelf filled with discs that I may one day throw but do not currently. Those would be my Swords, Nebulas, dyed discs, EMac Truths, C-FDs, Star Gazelles, and TeeBirds (specifically PFN Star). Then there are the numerous back-ups like G-T3s, G-DDs, and Gold Line Pures. Do I need these many discs, but I am afraid of counting how much money I spent just to feel secure that I have enough discs. And then I have a tote filled with discs I would like to move, but so does everyone else, so moving them is a slow process if I want to get anything for them.
