I Met The Stupidest Pawn Shop Employee In The World Today.

Stupid pawn shop employees...how about Chumley on Pawn Stars? I love that show.

What I don't get is that the people will settle for the low offers even after they find out what it is worth. Have they never heard of e-bay or Craigslist?

Then you have the customer who bought something for $5 at a yard sale and are offered $800 for something that is valued at $1200 and they walk out. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN

Brief update on this topic: I thought about doing this because three weeks ago, I wanted to sell my worn 1918 Walking Liberty half dollar, but after waiting for about 10-20 minutes, some employee rudely said "There's a line, maybe you want to wait there." There was no line and only one customer was in the store at the time and was being "helped" by some lady. I just thanked the guy and walked right out the door. This pawn shop is horrible and I won't be returning to deal with these scumbags.

Just for the record, there is no way they were going to pay me a lot of money for my silver. That silver quarter was gone, but they had a 1958 Franklin half for $50! That shop is a lengthy drive from my local coin shop, so I have no plans to drive back and forth buying coins and dropping them off to those scumbags hoping to make a profit. They would likely have offered me $5 for my half, then sell it at $50

I find it interesting that someone would explain how they don't make much money on silver in the same breath as telling you they prolly paid $10 for an item they're asking $50 for. That's a 5% markup, right?

Just remember that in most jurisdictions, an auctioneer is not required to be an expert, and all sales are caviar empty. Lots of fake coins find their way to estate auctions, and even if discovered immediately, too bad.

@bigfred



sorta Beluga Devoid?

The prices posted are higher than normal for pawn shops, but most pawn shops are going to be high. The show pawn stars have gave a bad out look that pawns shops buy things all the time. Most pawn shops are in business to give short term loans with high interest, hoping you fail to make payments and then after 120 days the item becomes their property at a cost of 10% item value. I use to be good friends with a pawn shop owner. he would use price guides to value items, such as Red Book. When these guide books are not good resources is when the pawn shop will price things crazy. Given that he may of bought this quarter when silver was at a peak, he will not change the price when silver goes down. He will let it set there till it sells are becomes a case piece. Most pawn shops owners kno .s very well. They make their business by knowing prices on items. If you take a 1932 S quarter in to any pawn shop they will be able to give you a history lesson. Pawn shops will never sell a item below cost if they can help it.
Big Ed