Please, don't give them anymore ideas, the ones they have are on now are bad enough! :lol
The I HATE PAWN stars thread!
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Please, don't give them anymore ideas, the ones they have are on now are bad enough! :lol
Goosebot 5000
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i worked at gamestop for 5 years, and have been at a local game store that also buys, sells and trades games for several more years. and its the same in both places. generally about 1/2 or the sticker price in store credit and about 1/3 of the sticker price in cash is what youre looking at on average from selling stuff. cars are the same way. drive a car off the lot and turn around and try to resell it and see what they offer you. (except that one company thats offering the trial period or whatever) . you can ALWAYS make more than what a store is offering, but you have to cut out the middle man and do all the work yourself. you have to find the buyer that wants it to be his, not the buyer that wants to resell it.
its fun seeing some of the items they bring in, but i CANT STAND anyone except the main guys son. hes the only one without garbage spewing from his mouth constantly, and he doesnt have that REDONK smokers laugh that the main guy does.
I agree. I have to admit that the episode with the Transformers figures got me to watch lol. Tru TV has a knockoff of pawnstars on and just from the commercials the place doesn't look nearly as upscale. The old man is the best part though, he has that old school Vegas feel to him plus his cars rock. Chum seems like he's lost at times lol. I'm not a fan of big hoss, seems like he always wants to out do the old man and his dad for some reason.
That Transformers collection episode but it was clear that Rick was in WAY over his head.
Chumley...oy. Him being an idiot is his schtick. No way he could be that stupid and work in such a busy and successful pawn shop. Money exchanges, big decisions, speaking to customers on an intellegent level, these qualities Chum has to possess to work there, otherwise he's like a pet. His stupidity is an act. The producers encourage it.
Chumley...oy. Him being an idiot is his schtick. No way he could be that stupid and work in such a busy and successful pawn shop. Money exchanges, big decisions, speaking to customers on an intellegent level, these qualities Chum has to possess to work there, otherwise he's like a pet. His stupidity is an act. The producers encourage it.
Amish Trooper
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Chum is comedic relief. Kinda like Mikey on OCC.
Half the time CHum looks like a deer in the headlights when the camera's on him lol. Yeah Rick was in over his head with the tranformers and i'd have been drooling on them. That dude was hording some nice G1 stuff that he had multiples of. I don't see why he wouldn't ebay though, they'd sell so fast his head would spin.
Why is easy. People are universally lazy. Thats why pawn shops can get stuff cheap, folks don't want to deal with a auction house/ebay/craigslist etc.
Luv da show!
BB43MAN
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If the show went like this: say someone walks in with something, like a set of original samurai swords from WWII. The appraiser would say "they are worth $500.00 each" If the pawn star offers $250.00 for each of them, thats fair. That way, he would make a 50% profit.
But, if he offers $50.00 and says "take it or leave it"....there's a problem.
"Yeah, I know these solid gold bars are worth $1000.00 a piece but, I'll give you $20.00 for the whole lot. It's the best I can do. I got to make a living too."
Never liked the show, never will and I have watched it to give it a chance. Just my two cents.
But, if he offers $50.00 and says "take it or leave it"....there's a problem.
"Yeah, I know these solid gold bars are worth $1000.00 a piece but, I'll give you $20.00 for the whole lot. It's the best I can do. I got to make a living too."
Never liked the show, never will and I have watched it to give it a chance. Just my two cents.
Ok this show is one of my guilty pleasures. Real Houswives of NJ is the other.
I have to agree that most if not all of this show is staged. I remember the episode where some girl brought in an antique chair that doubled as a toilet. They paid $200 for it and Big Hoss let it fly out of the back of his truck smashing it to kindling. Oh and the guy who towed an authentic Shelby Cobra frame and shell that sold it for $25k after hearing the expert say it was worth $60k.
Im waiting for someone from the R2 builders group to roll in an R2 and sell it.
I have to agree that most if not all of this show is staged. I remember the episode where some girl brought in an antique chair that doubled as a toilet. They paid $200 for it and Big Hoss let it fly out of the back of his truck smashing it to kindling. Oh and the guy who towed an authentic Shelby Cobra frame and shell that sold it for $25k after hearing the expert say it was worth $60k.
Im waiting for someone from the R2 builders group to roll in an R2 and sell it.
gunnerk19
Master Member
And, the shows that spawned off of them...
"Pawn Stars" I dig; the new "Hardcore Pawn" show with the Lance Henriksen clone owner don't cut it for me...
"Operation Repo", while I don't dig was at least somewhat originial; now there's "All worked up" as the copycat of THAT program...
"Pawn Stars" I dig; the new "Hardcore Pawn" show with the Lance Henriksen clone owner don't cut it for me...
"Operation Repo", while I don't dig was at least somewhat originial; now there's "All worked up" as the copycat of THAT program...
propologist
Sr Member
yeah I tried Operation Repo , but it is too over acted or something..i know those confrontations have to be rigged... it's like watching " wrasslin' " which i hate more than anything
chewbaccadoll
Sr Member
Speaking of...
Just watched "Scrappers", a bunch of guys collecting scrap metal...
They really aren't that selective when creating a show are they? I mean these guys literally were going to places and hauling out old fridges, stoves, pipe, etc.
Of course there's the one sideline story (one guy thinks he's found a Picasso, or an original print in the trash and pursues aquiring info on it's value...) but all in all it was a bore.
For selfish reasons alone I'd love to see a show about the toy collectible shops and/or the people who run Ebay stores... sure it would all be edited, but I think there's some undiscovered gold there.
phez
Sr Member
This is an interesting thread. :lol I do not think they are in business to help people who have gotten themselves in some kind of financial bind. They are a business and are trying to make as much money as possible (I think most business try to do this don't they?) off of what they purchase.
Think about it, how many times have any of us bought something here on the RPF not because it was something we were looking for but the price was just too good to pass up? That just happens to be what these guys do for a living.
If they did not try to low ball the prices they would not still be in business would they?
Think about it, how many times have any of us bought something here on the RPF not because it was something we were looking for but the price was just too good to pass up? That just happens to be what these guys do for a living.
If they did not try to low ball the prices they would not still be in business would they?
THose guys on scrappers look like they should be working for the mob lol. I think most of the time the guys on Pawn Stars are really fair with what they offer.
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