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Are pawn shop owners some of the trashiest people?
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:46 pm
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I have stopped a few times look for a deal on a thing or the other. I ask if their prices are negotiable, they always say no.
About a year ago, I was in the market for an edger. I see one sitting a pawn shop. I stop and look at it, it's beat to hell and has a price tag of $125. It was $200 for a brand new model. I talk to the about the price, telling him I can get it new for $75 more. He comes back with a smart arse answer that as soon as I buy it new, it becomes a $125 edger.
Funny thing is, he leans it back to start it, there was a crack in the gas tank, spilling gas everywhere.
I walk away telling him that $125 edger just became a boat anchor.
BTW, I jumped up and went ahead and bought a new McClane edger ($325).
I have stopped a few times look for a deal on a thing or the other. I ask if their prices are negotiable, they always say no.
About a year ago, I was in the market for an edger. I see one sitting a pawn shop. I stop and look at it, it's beat to hell and has a price tag of $125. It was $200 for a brand new model. I talk to the about the price, telling him I can get it new for $75 more. He comes back with a smart arse answer that as soon as I buy it new, it becomes a $125 edger.
Funny thing is, he leans it back to start it, there was a crack in the gas tank, spilling gas everywhere.
I walk away telling him that $125 edger just became a boat anchor.
BTW, I jumped up and went ahead and bought a new McClane edger ($325).
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Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:47 pm to theantiquetiger
Who buys stuff from pawn shops?
I bet you bought her ring from a pawn shop
I bet you bought her ring from a pawn shop
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:48 pm to theantiquetiger
Not as trashy as people that go to them then post about it..
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:49 pm to TigerBait2008
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Not as trashy as people that go to them then post about it..
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:49 pm to theantiquetiger
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He comes back with a smart arse answer that as soon as I buy it new, it becomes a $125 edger.
Wouldn't that just mean that he has a poor condition edger especially overpriced?
Eta: btw, I never actually go into pawn shops. Occasionally when I drive past one I think about going in just to look for deals, but I always feel kind of sketched out about the idea.
This post was edited on 5/10/17 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:50 pm to fareplay
I've actually only bought one thing from a pawn shop about 8 years ago, my first iPhone (iPhone 3). I got it for $50.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:54 pm to theantiquetiger
No but the people who shop at and then post about them are trashy.
Eta tb2008 beat me
Eta tb2008 beat me
This post was edited on 5/10/17 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:55 pm to theantiquetiger
FWIW most (over 70%) of all Pawn shops and money lending , payday lending are owed by large corporations, although they may be run by locals, it has become very big business...over 20% of US pop (illegal and otherwise) do not have any bank accounts and many do not trust banks...
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:57 pm to theantiquetiger
what generalization are you asking us to make based on one example product?
do you even know if that guy was the owner?
Posted on 5/10/17 at 4:59 pm to theantiquetiger
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I ask if their prices are negotiable
That's where you're going wrong. Don't ask if they are, just make an offer. I've bought a lot of stuff in pawn shops, and have never once paid the price listed.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 5:09 pm to theantiquetiger
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I see one sitting a pawn shop
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I talk to the about the price
I'm not a grammar nazi, but my goodness. You wrote 8 sentences and half of them didn't make sense. No wonder you frequent pawn shops.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 5:09 pm to theantiquetiger
They're trashy as frick but they're not tow truck driver/owners.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 5:10 pm to theantiquetiger
I know one thing, when a strip mall containing a pawn shop, check cashing place, and Boost mobile store opens up, it's time to move away.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 5:26 pm to theantiquetiger
All Jewlers are scumbags
Posted on 5/10/17 at 5:28 pm to theantiquetiger
You're so edgy and witty
Posted on 5/10/17 at 5:42 pm to theantiquetiger
I bought my first amplipher for home stereo after I got married in my early twenties from a pawn shop. Guy wanted like 125 I told him I'd give him 60 and he took it. Had it for 14 years
Posted on 5/10/17 at 5:56 pm to theantiquetiger
This proves their trashiness...
Posted on 5/10/17 at 6:01 pm to theantiquetiger
I've met 3 people that owned pawn shops and check cashing businesses. One also owned 3 truck stops. The other 2 were very successful attorneys and none of them ever stepped foot in the businesses.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 6:04 pm to theantiquetiger
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theantiquetiger
Somehow I've always thought you were a pawn shop owner or flea market vendor.
Posted on 5/10/17 at 6:08 pm to theantiquetiger
Lowest form of life. I had one experience (and only one) with a shop owner that had something that belonged to me, not pawned by me. He tried to convince me that the transaction was legit. He is no longer in business.
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