Pawn Shops - Ever Used One?

Wacker The Attacker · 19-08-2012 11:20PM

saiint wrote: »

well their fuking usless now
went to one recently
the prick asked me for a receit of the item i was giving him?
doesnt that defeat the purpose of pawning it?

Isnt it to prevent stolen goods being pawned

Wacker The Attacker · 19-08-2012 11:22PM

ADonoghue wrote: »

I worked in a pawn-shop in Liverpool when I left school in the early 60s aged 15 , a life experience .

My first Monday morning the boss told me to unbolt the two big front doors and be careful not get " knocked over in the rush " I thought he weas joking , he wasn't they would pawn anything to old clothing , shoes wedding rings , radios , my own Mother knew the boss on first name terms thats how they survived in a poor area .

Tuesday the local police called with a list of stolen items which includied serial numbers of radios etc .

THe Wednesday I was given a box of DDT to go upstairs and delouse all the old suits and clothing , the fleas were jumping , the first thing I did when I got home was strip off and have a bath .

On the Friday I asked for my cards ,I made some stupid excuse why I wanted to leave what a life experience it made me realize at a young age it wasn' for me .

Thats liverpool alright

EoghanIRL · 19-08-2012 11:24PM

Never been to one. I watch pawn stars all the time though

JupiterKid · 20-08-2012 02:09AM

I see that an online pawn service, Pawngo, is offering cash strapped 2012 Olympics medal winners the "opportunity" to pawn their medals for ready cash.

Would an Olympics athlete, unless driven to being down and out, really want to pawn off their medal?

Link:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/8/pawn-site-offers-break-for-financially-strapped-ol/

tuxy · 20-08-2012 02:55AM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Never been to one. I watch pawn stars all the time though

I've only watched a few on youtube. Isn't the whole show staged?

EoghanIRL · 20-08-2012 07:56AM

tuxy wrote: »

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Never been to one. I watch pawn stars all the time though

I've only watched a few on youtube. Isn't the whole show staged?

I'm not sure. You learn a lot about history on it though . I find it quite interesting

EoghanIRL · 20-08-2012 08:03AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

I see that an online pawn service, Pawngo, is offering cash strapped 2012 Olympics medal winners the "opportunity" to pawn their medals for ready cash.

Would an Olympics athlete, unless driven to being down and out, really want to pawn off their medal?

Link:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/8/pawn-site-offers-break-for-financially-strapped-ol/

To answer your question some athletes do sell their Olympic medals. For two reasons usually.
The main reason is they give it to charity by Auctioning it off and donate the money to them.
And I guess some athletes might be in debt or simply don't want them.
Olympic medals aren't as valuable as you think. It's only worth about 500 euro for a gold. It is only gold plated with a small amount of gold. The last real gold Olympic medal was given in out in the early 1900s. They were much smaller however. If Michael phelps was alive back then he would be a rich man

( he probably already is).

MadsL · 20-08-2012 08:36AM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

To answer your question some athletes do sell their Olympic medals. For two reasons usually.
The main reason is they give it to charity by Auctioning it off and donate the money to them.
And I guess some athletes might be in debt or simply don't want them.
Olympic medals aren't as valuable as you think. It's only worth about 500 euro for a gold. It is only gold plated with a small amount of gold. The last real gold Olympic medal was given in out in the early 1900s. They were much smaller however.

Poland Olympian Zofia Noceti-Klepacka, who captured bronze in the women's RS:X windsurfing competition at the London Olympics, has said that she is going to sell her medal to help a young neighbor.

Noceti-Klepacka promised her 5-year-old neighbor that if she won a medal, she would auction it off to help with the girl’s cystic fibrosis treatments.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/sailing/polish-olympian-auctions-medal-to-help-neighbor.html?chrcontext=community-support

They raise quite a bit more than 500 though. Especially after my mate who knows a lot about Gold Medals has had a look, I'll give you $100, cash. My best offer.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/136386

If Michael phelps was alive back then he would be a rich man ( he probably already is).

About $40 million last estimate.

JupiterKid wrote: »

Apparently in America people often pawn off guns as collateral to raise loans.:eek:

Why do you find that shocking? Guns have very low depreciation.

meoklmrk91 · 20-08-2012 08:46AM

Bought my old iPhone in a cash converters, saw it on Donedeal and thought I was just buying it off a fella until I arrived.

Tried to sell my PSP in one as well but it had been sitting around for ages before I took it in and forgot to charge it, they wouldn't take it because they didn't know if it could take a charge, handed them to the charger and told them to plug it in, still wouldn't take it

took it down to game and they took it no problem.

20-08-2012 09:02AM

saiint wrote: »

brought it to cash for gold got my moneys worth their

I sincerely doubt you got anywhere near the worth there

eth0 · 20-08-2012 09:20AM

I had an ould chess set with a few pieces missing so I restocked it nicely. Still had to go into the king shop after to complete it

Beefy78 · 20-08-2012 10:57AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

I think posters here are confusing cash converters and pawn shops proper. They are not quite the same thing.

A cash converter just buys your goods and sells them on At a profit whereas a pawn broker will give you a loan against the collateral
of the item you have pawned off to him and you can then claim back within 4 weeks by paying back the loan plus a small fee or else the items are auctioned by the pawn broker.

Pawn operations are strictly regulated and for any items that sell at auction above the reserve price - the difference is supposed to be paid back to the pawner.

A reputable pawn broker is apparently a much better deal for the pawner than a cash for gold operation.

Certainly the ones in the UK do. I assume it's the same in Ireland.

http://www.cashconverters.co.uk/we-loan/pawnbrokers/

Pawn shops were very common in my grandparents' day.

I could be wrong but I think most Cash Converters-style places will offer a traditional pawn-brokers service.

Ficheall · 20-08-2012 12:15PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

I think posters here are confusing cash converters and pawn shops proper. They are not quite the same thing.

A cash converter just buys your goods and sells them on At a profit whereas a pawn broker will give you a loan against the collateral
of the item you have pawned off to him and you can then claim back within 4 weeks by paying back the loan plus a small fee or else the items are auctioned by the pawn broker.

Pawn operations are strictly regulated and for any items that sell at auction above the reserve price - the difference is supposed to be paid back to the pawner.

A reputable pawn broker is apparently a much better deal for the pawner than a cash for gold operation.

Cash converters do give loans against collateral, and sell the collateral on if the item is not reclaimed within the agreed length of time.
Rather than auctioning the items though, they just put them out for sale and any profit goes to the shop, which is fair enough...

garv123 · 20-08-2012 12:26PM

tuxy wrote: »

I've only watched a few on youtube. Isn't the whole show staged?

When they aren't filming there its dark and dreary and a kip that's floor space is mostly taken up by their rack of pawnstar t-shirts.

Thwip! · 20-08-2012 01:33PM

Ficheall wrote: »

Aye, there are at least two in Galway, though they don't seem to be as busy recently as they were - perhaps the recession is over, eh?
I buy DVD's in there for about 2euro each. Got a passable beginner's accordion for 130, and found my bike, which had been stolen from outside my office a fortnight earlier, in one of them.

And how did you go about getting your bike back? Did you have to pay? Or could you prove ownership?

Degag · 21-08-2012 11:07PM

tuxy wrote: »

I've only watched a few on youtube. Isn't the whole show staged?

Certainly most of the interaction between the crew is staged - Chumlee isn't as stupid as is made out - but everything else is real. Really good and interesting programme.

Pawn Shops - Ever Used One?

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