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02-11-2011, 02:37 PM
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Did you get an awesome deal? Did you basically give away something you regret pawning? Did you pay a ridiculous price for used gear?
I haven't been to a pawn shop in a while but there is always a good(or depressing) story...
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02-11-2011, 02:39 PM
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Just bought a Kramer NT for £100! Awesome deal
And about 18 years ago I bought a Yamaha Pacifica for £200 and sold it to a pawn shop 7 years later for £30 when I was broke 
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02-11-2011, 02:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Middle Tennessee | |
I recently decided to start a pedalboard, and I wanted a tuner
upgrade...
So I sold my 4 year old behringer racktuner (pile-o-crap!)
for $30!
They'll be lucky if they ever sell that thing |
02-11-2011, 02:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Waco Texas | | | After my last band broke up I ended up with the pa gear didn't want it so I sold it off except a couple of cabs I took them to a pawn shop where we agreed on $300 the dude gives me a hundred dollar bill and then says he needs to get more cash he walks off I put the bill in my pocket when he comes back he gives me three hundred dollar bills I walk out with a little smile on my face |
02-11-2011, 02:45 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chicago... ok, the suburbs. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by 254 stringer  After my last band broke up I ended up with the pa gear didn't want it so I sold it off except a couple of cabs I took them to a pawn shop where we agreed on $300 the dude gives me a hundred dollar bill and then says he needs to get more cash he walks off I put the bill in my pocket when he comes back he gives me three hundred dollar bills I walk out with a little smile on my face | YAY!! Theft!! |
02-11-2011, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Waco Texas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Staunch
YAY!! Theft!!
| I call it employee stupidity |
02-11-2011, 02:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: JaxBch, Fl | | | right... pawn shops are constantly screwing people... i call it karma
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02-11-2011, 02:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Waco Texas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Floridabwoy right... pawn shops are constantly screwing people... i call it karma | Probably 10% karma 90% stupid he helped me bring the cabs in from the car and was trying to push the door open we were outside on the pull side |
02-11-2011, 03:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Winnipeg | | A friend once told me about a co-worker who was about to pawn a bass because he needed money. My friend brought it over to my house the next evening and said the guy wanted $120 for it. It was a 1976 Precision!! I gave my friend $120 and said "Offer him $100 to see if he takes it. If not, give him the $120."
He took the $100...and I let my friend keep the other $20  |
02-11-2011, 03:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia | | | As a teen I pawned a Rick 4001 and a big ass Fender amp (dont remember the model) for $200. I planned on picking it up but never did. |
02-11-2011, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Florida | | Years ago , I lost all of my bass equipment to a pawn shop due to drugs and gambling. Now, I have more stuff than a music store and don't go near drugs, gambling or pawn shops.......  |
02-11-2011, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Micco Florida | | | I just bought a Mesa PowerHouse 4x10 cab in a pawn shop for 350.00. Near mint shape. Not a bad deal. |
02-11-2011, 03:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | Best - Year Unknown MIM Fender Jazz Bass. Slight rusting on the chrome hardware, sounded great. $100
Worst - Year Unimportant Cheapie Standell P/J Combo, bought soley because I had extra cash and really liked the color. Bad neck dive. $100
Same shop, too!
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02-11-2011, 03:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sacramento area | | | About 2 years ago I bought an Alembic F2B preamp in a pawn shop for $20. It was not pretty but I did okay on it. |
02-11-2011, 03:35 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Staunch YAY!! Theft!! | Honesty is overrated. ~ Bluewine
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What is this thing called butthurt?
Last edited by Munjibunga : 02-11-2011 at 03:37 PM.
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02-11-2011, 03:37 PM
| | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | BTW, I'm going to Vegas soon, and I'll be stopping by Gold and Silver Pawn to pick up my Chumlee T-shirt. I'm going to take my WWII voltmeter along to see how much they'll give me for it. It even works.
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02-11-2011, 03:45 PM
|  | Stuck somewhere in the 90's | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Munjibunga BTW, I'm going to Vegas soon, and I'll be stopping by Gold and Silver Pawn to pick up my Chumlee T-shirt. I'm going to take my WWII voltmeter along to see how much they'll give me for it. It even works. | Very cool, Great Show BTW......... |
02-11-2011, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | Munji, I hope to see you on television in the future. Youre odds will increase if you enter the store as an unusual character, carry yourself in an odd demeanor, or speak with an almost indecipherable dialect.
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02-11-2011, 04:45 PM
| | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | Maybe I'll wear my hunchback prothesis.
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02-11-2011, 04:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Munjibunga BTW, I'm going to Vegas soon, and I'll be stopping by Gold and Silver Pawn to pick up my Chumlee T-shirt. I'm going to take my WWII voltmeter along to see how much they'll give me for it. It even works. | Good luck. I've heard there are long lines just to get in, and Rick and the other folks on the show are rarely there.
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