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9/13/09 at 8:07pm
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I've been watching Pawn Stars on the History Channel.  It's a documentary/reality show in the vein of American Choppers.  It follows a family that runs a Vegas pawn shop and focuses on the interesting items that come through the doors, with a little family drama thrown in.  These shows have become a dime a dozen, but this one is the closest in quality to Choppers in its prime.  I like that there is no narration.  Choppers doesn't have it either, and the cheese factor seems to go up when it's present (see: Street Customs; Doing Da Vinci).
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9/14/09 at 9:58am
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I have been watching this.  The funniest was the grandfather complaining about the swearing..So he creates a swear jar.  And as he is counting it...He curses. Also, the owner has got a friend for every situation. 

ps-Plus Chumlee is pretty funny.

Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.

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9/14/09 at 1:38pm
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That was funny, but as an old man at 36, I do agree with grandpa.  Cussing in front of the public is increasingly a problem.  Big Hoss groused that his grandfather was in the Navy and thus a hypocrit, but I bet that's not true.  Back in the day, sailors would cuss like sailors when around each other, but they would knock it off when "there were ladies present."  Nowadays, it not only doesn't matter who is present, but it's likely going to be the "ladies" who are using the most outrageous language.

Chumlee.  Man.  Every workplace must have a guy like that.  Haul him in to criticize his work, and he responds by looking for a day off.  "If I get this test right, do I get a day off?"  "How about if you get it wrong, you get every day off?"  Haha.

I loved the guy with the ejection seat.  I'm hardly an expert, but I knew instantly that it was Vietnam era or later.  But, the idea that it was in a frat house and these guys sat in it *and it was primed and ready to "eject"*?  Priceless.  "You mean if we had pulled this. . . ."  "You would have been launched into the ceiling at a speed in excess of 100mph."  
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9/14/09 at 3:24pm
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I have seen an episode or two and still don't know why people would bring big, expensive things to try and pawn.  Why would someone try and pawn a boat or a Cadiillac?  There is no way in hell a pawn shop would give them anything near what they could get by just selling it, or do they really want to get it back in a short time?
I have seen Larry David in action, and that man is an animal, and he has to be stopped.
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9/14/09 at 3:42pm
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Most of the people I've seen have been selling.  They still get well under market value.  A guy was told he could sell a blunderbuss he had at auction for something like $5500, but the pawn shop offered him $2000 cash or $2500 in trade.  He could have left and tried his luck somewhere else, but he took the trade offer.  I guess he figured it was easier than messing with it.
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9/18/09 at 8:06am
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Most of the people I've seen have been selling.  They still get well under market value.  A guy was told he could sell a blunderbuss he had at auction for something like $5500, but the pawn shop offered him $2000 cash or $2500 in trade.  He could have left and tried his luck somewhere else, but he took the trade offer.  I guess he figured it was easier than messing with it.
 

 I agree. If I had something that was historically special.  I would try ebay or an auction house.   Why go where you get the least amount for your item?  Especially, after being told how much more you could get. 

Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.

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9/19/09 at 8:59pm
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A guy was told he could sell a blunderbuss he had at auction for something like $5500, but the pawn shop offered him $2000 cash or $2500 in trade.

Selling to a pawn shop is like selling wholesale.  Of course you're not going to get the full market value - because the guy you're selling it to has to turn around and resell it himself, and make a profit on it.  You're not selling to the ultimate consumer, you're selling to a middle man.

The same is true when you have a used car to unload.  You can almost make more money selling it yourself than by trading it in.  But you also have to do all the work involved in selling it.  Most people find the trade-off worth it. 

As for selling through an auction house - that blunderbuss might have sold at auction for $5500, but the seller wouldn't have pocketed that much.  Auction houses charge commissions  (40% is not unheard of) and other fees.  So a little less net cash NOW might seem like a good idea compared with some of the alternatives.  

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