Rick On Pawn Stars Tells News G & S Is Gone By Noon Each Day

That was back in the late 80's, perhaps early 90's Fredd, so imagine if he had went down to Rick's shop an bought 50 grand worth of gold then instead of blowin 50 grand in 90 minutes at the casino. Those premiums would have hurt at the time, but he might still be alive as I figure a couple of those 50 grand blow outs could kill any of us. Just the stress alone, I would be grabbin my heart like Fred Sanford, yellin to Elizabeth that I was comin home, lol....

Of course that would have been boring....

And yes, Gatlinburg is another tourist trap, full of cheap junk like carved tree trunk art, saw blade paintings, wooden carved black bears, yard Gnomes, I could go on all day, lol....

I visited his store earlier this year. The amount of gold and silver coins was small and overpriced. The store is also much smaller and darker than it appears on TV.

I'm sure Rick is making a fortune. He does the TV show, the book, they actually do a traveling show, plus he says he has other businesses.

Interesting, as it always looks like a long brightly lit room leading to the doors, and they never really give you a good panorama camera view of the store and the cases....

Yes, an I stopped by my dads earlier an told him I had mentioned that story, and he went to laughin an added that later before they left Vegas, they stopped by a dog track, and the guy who blew 50 grand in about 90 minutes bet 300 on the long shot dog, which would have gotten a big chunk of his loses back. Anyhow, the rabbit took off, and my dad said...."Jim, which dog is yours?", and he replied.... "The one defecating (I figure he used different word) in the middle of the track."

My dad said he just shook his head, ripped the ticket up and walked away, rof....