lord_casek Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 been considering doing a little ebaying in my spare time and heard pawn shops are a good place to find goods to sell. anyone ever find some knock down drag out deals on musical instruments, electronics, etc? will the people behind the counter dicker with you? is it a mistake to buy corded items (electronics)? what about firearms? obviously i can't ebay them, but have you ever made out really well buying a firearm? dick·er play_w("D0206600") (dkr)intr.v. dick·ered, dick·er·ing, dick·ers To bargain; barter. n. The act or process of bargaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Maker Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 i hate pawn shops....they be shady b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 pawn shops are weird.. selling TO pawnshops is just stupid.. ive had friends that have bought 1200 turntables from pawnshops and it was legit but the whole concept of pawn shops is shady, as bumpmaker said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 We don't really have any pawn shops near me. There's some in areas that I'd get shot in so forget that. I'm flea market king. I never find anything of retail value for the most part just great old cassettes and junk. Guess I offered up no real help on the matter. On another note though, I have made a killing on ebay before selling my own stuff...so go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM4RT Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 go to garage sales. thats where the real action is. pawn shops will probably already know whats worth a lot and whats crap. at garage sales just talk with the people and they give stuff away for nothin. you can occasionally find instruments, but its mainly acoustic guitars, harmonicas, things like that. and you can get them for a few bucks. dont know about resale value. with electrical stuff, obviously ask to test it first. i know you can make some money on old appliances (toasters etc), especially if it was a rare or weird brand. another thing to look for in appliances is design. there were a lot of unusual product designs back in the day (1960s etc), and some of them are becoming collectible. i think this would be a good bet to make money on. research this stuff on the net, im sure its out there. hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Maker Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 people that work at pawn shops are creepy....like on some plotting type shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Maker Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 garage sales are sweet..best bet for good deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchThe$nitch Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 i miss the flea market. my girl hates it, so i don't go as much as i'd like to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 yeah, i was thinking about garage sales and flea markets, too. (thanks bojangles) if a mod sees this, please add "flea markets" to the title. what made me think about pawn shops was this one account i read of a guy buying a $250 guitar peddle for $15 and reselling it on ebay for $150. that is a huge profit. and yes, pawn shops are creepy. i went in one last week (first time in years) and browsed some video cameras and some digi cams. the prices they wanted were way out of line. saw this one cybershot i was kinda interested in. i think it was 4 megapixels and the camera had some surface scratches, they wanted $150... and non one would pay any attention to me...i don't look like a common pawn shop customer or a crackhead (i guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 i miss the flea market. my girl hates it, so i don't go as much as i'd like to. the messicans have taken over one close to where i live. seriously. they have a ton of good messican food stands, though. the other one is about 30 miles away and a lot bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dark horse Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 pawn shops are awful. everything in there is usually semi fucked up, and theres virtually no price savings on anything. you are seriously better off just to leave it alone ... flea markets are the way to go, IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drue_Down Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Burnt my fingers, man. I beg your pardon. Man, that watch is so hot, it's smokin'. Hot? Do you mean to imply, stolen? I'll give you 50 bucks for it. 50 bucks! No, no, no. This is a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland and water-resistant to three atmospheres. This is the sports watch of the 80's. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail. Got a receipt? Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome and Gstaad. In Philadelphia it's worth 50 bucks. Just give me the money. How much for the gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheWrongWords Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 We has nice pawnshops around my part. Seriously, they're well kept, bright and organized. I take my lil brother and sister there for video games and such. But most of their electronics are overpriced. Im probably going to jump in on the ebay game pretty soon, so if you see assless chaps and graffiti world in the same auction. Holla at ya boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 We has nice pawnshops around my part. Seriously, they're well kept, bright and organized. I take my lil brother and sister there for video games and such. But most of their electronics are overpriced. Im probably going to jump in on the ebay game pretty soon, so if you see assless chaps and graffiti world in the same auction. Holla at ya boy oh hell yeah, video games are plentiful. also rare dvd's (i've noticed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qawee Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 yeah, i was thinking about garage sales and flea markets, too. (thanks bojangles) if a mod sees this, please add "flea markets" to the title. what made me think about pawn shops was this one account i read of a guy buying a $250 guitar peddle for $15 and reselling it on ebay for $150. that is a huge profit. and yes, pawn shops are creepy. i went in one last week (first time in years) and browsed some video cameras and some digi cams. the prices they wanted were way out of line. saw this one cybershot i was kinda interested in. i think it was 4 megapixels and the camera had some surface scratches, they wanted $150... and non one would pay any attention to me...i don't look like a common pawn shop customer or a crackhead (i guess) thats over priced for the camera, the 7 megapixel is 199 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalist Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I don't see anything wrong about buying pawn shop items, Yeah the sales people are shady, but c'mon they're only trying to get their hustle on. Rule of thumb: never buy shit for the ticket price, they can always bring it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 You really need to know the man behind the counter to get a good deal at most pawn shops. I had a boy that worked at one a few years back and I bought everything from digital cameras, dirt bikes, plasma cutters, tool boxes, etc.. all for way below retail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILONE/SK Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I buy alot of tools and I rarely see any good deals on tools. Most times they want more then new price for them. With craigslist and ebay, pawnshops are not really needed anymore. I bet alot of pawnshops sell shit online now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcelain Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 yeah i hate pawn shops for something they are good. like buying yeah, but when you sell to them they burn you. i had this white gold ring and they gave me 15 bucks for it. later i found out it was worth around 60. i was sorta pissed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 i will not pawn anything. when i was a teenager i got fucke don some old 60's playboys i had. took me two years to build a decent collection and i sold them for a lot less thanthey were worth because i needed a sack of kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GucciCondom Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 mostly stolen shit I know this coke head kid who pawns all the time he sold my boy some acoustic guitar for twenty bucks and it turns out the jawn is worth five hundred hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 i was about to go in this one pawn shop to see what they had cause i wanted to buy some shit...the shadyness of the place...along with the shadyness of the people that worked there...along with the fact that you had to ring a buzzer in order to gain entry...made me ditc the idea quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetown Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 only people i knew that went to pawn shops were people that broke into houses or carhopped. and some pawn shops will actually test the product your selling them to make sure its not broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 fuck pawnshops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 craigslist.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Blazzed Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 garage sales are the shit!!!! just the other day my sister bought a box of old jewelery from some old lady for like 10 dollars and ended up selling it all on ebay for a couple hundred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILONE/SK Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 garage sales All over the country they call them something else, tag sale, yard sale, garage sale. I do like going to them, but hate when all they have is real junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 One of my good friends works in one. I can pickup shit thru him easily, so I don't mind them. Funniest story I ever heard was of Chemical Stuey, an old drunk who used ot come into my bottlo. Ill find the story from my myspace blog, and post it later It was funny, but he has been banned from hocking shit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 ebay sucks now.. Its so popular for shopping you can never really find a good deals anymore.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTheWrongWords Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Yea thats what I noticed^^ Thats good for sellers but now so much the buyers. What pisses me off is when motherfuckers come under the last minute and swoop shit. Ive told people off for doing that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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