[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Pawn Stars (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/21/2009 10:25:08 AM EDT
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Anyone watching?
I've caught a few episodes and find it enjoyable! I felt bad for the guy that dropped $800 on a supposedly authentic old flintlock pistol only to find out it's worth like $100. Woops. |
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Aggravates me. Guy brings in a civil war sword. Expert comes in, identifies it, says it's legit and worth more than 4 grand. Guy was standing there when that was said, and still pawns it for $1000. Not too bright. People who are pawning stuff are looking for fast money. $1000 is a lot more than 0$ in cash, but hey you got a nifty sword. It's even more money when said sword was free from some long departed uncle or the person picked it up at a garage sale for $10. Real collectors aren't going to sell their stuff to a pawn store, unless they are really hurting for cash. |
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Anyone watching? I've caught a few episodes and find it enjoyable! I felt bad for the guy that dropped $800 on a supposedly authentic old flintlock pistol only to find out it's worth like $100. Woops. Saw it - thought it was interesting and worth watching. |
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It's a good show. Pretty close to how non-corporate pawn shops run, except most of the time, it's not Picaso drawings or cannons, and you don't have a team of expert appraisers. You gotta know your own shit, and mostly it's guns, jewelry, tools and tv's, with an assortment of just about everything else you can imagine, including gold teeth and wooden legs.
Characters on this show are spot on typical, including Chumley. It's one thing to be fat, it's another to be fat and stupid. And what's with shooting the old guns? Just for ratings? Just too dangerous with the really old stuff, but I guess that's why Chumley shoots it. |
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IMO, it's not bad - fun to watch.
I read/heard somewhere that they are a 24-hour operation and have a night window where people come and pawn stuff Hope they have a show featuring that - I can imagine some the stuff drunks/druggies/gamblers try to pawn to keep it going ............. |
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And what's with shooting the old guns? Just for ratings? Just too dangerous with the really old stuff, but I guess that's why Chumley shoots it. Rick has said it a bunch of times. "Guns" are worth a lot more than "gun parts." In order to qualify as a "gun," it needs to shoot. There's only one way to fnd out. Besides, they always have an expert there. When they shot the 1884 Trapdoor, it was with mouse fart loads in an indoor range. Not what I'd call dangerous. |
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Anyone watching? I've caught a few episodes and find it enjoyable! I felt bad for the guy that dropped $800 on a supposedly authentic old flintlock pistol only to find out it's worth like $100. Woops. I saw that one last night. As soon as the guy said "I bought it at a gun show, the guy said it was real. No I don't have any documentation on the pistol." I knew that it was a fake. 
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The one last night that thought their piece of the Berlin Wall was worth $5k was funny. "It's worthless." "well can we get $1k?"  yeah no kidding. "But it's got an armband...!" Of course it was from the wrong Germany... durr. That said, I've always wanted a chunk of the Berlin wall... So much history in that. |
I like the show, I am always amazed at the stuff being sold by dumbasses that was willed or inherited. 
Who the heck sells a baseball signed by Mickey Mantel (and the rest of the team) that was obtained by your father (or was it a grandfather)? You can't get that family history back. 
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Pawn Stars HC web site: www.history.com/content/pawn-stars
There's even a discussion group ............. |
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Quoted: Aggravates me. Guy brings in a civil war sword. Expert comes in, identifies it, says it's legit and worth more than 4 grand. Guy was standing there when that was said, and still pawns it for $1000. Not too bright. I hear you, but it was actually worth "2 to 4 grand" at a good auction and he made a valid point on the seller being nicked and dimed on fees at auction, plus he had to wait for the auction to happen which takes time so they can get the word out on what's going to be available, to maximize their potential profits, and by selling it at pawn, he walks away with cash now. Having said that though, they do low ball the crap out of you at pawn shops so I would have gone the auction route myself, but maybe he needed the cash or didn't want the hassle. |
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i think its funny people are like its worth between $300-$1000, i want to get $1000 out of it.
everyone always wants retail at a pawn shop you go to my neighbor's shop and he will offer you $20 for an 8GB iPod. they wont pay top dollar for shit that comes in every day. |
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Quoted: The old man is cool as hell. The fat son and chum lee kindof ruin it for me. That old injun fellar is pretty laid back. I like how his son haggles -it's the same routine every time. Customer: How much you give me for this authentic mountain-oyster? Pawnshop dude: How much you wanting to get out of it? Customer: $800 / $1000; it's worth that minimum! Pawnshop dude: *loud exhale/shakes head* then lowballs the shit out of it. |