when we went to Vegas last summer, we tried going by the shop a couple of times. no matter what time of day it was, the line stretched out the door & down at least 2 blocks.
sounds like the line at the courthouse...funny, we were there in the early 2000s and I wanted to go there, (it was on the Travel Channel or something) everybody thought I was nuts wanting to go to a 'pawn shop' I said, "but it says 'world famous'!"
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It's a little smaller than I thought it would be. The building is big but the actual showroom where the items are displayed wasn't that big. Also, about a quarter of the display area is stocked with Pawn Stars memorabilia.
One of my favorite shows for sure, I just recently bought the Obama campaign style shits that says "CHUM" on it The only thing that bugs me about it is how obviously staged some of the stuff is, for example like the time Chum dropped that ball and chain on the glass and broke it.
It's a little smaller than I thought it would be. The building is big but the actual showroom where the items are displayed wasn't that big. Also, about a quarter of the display area is stocked with Pawn Stars memorabilia.
They talk about in the book they wrote that they have to keep everything they buy in secure storage for a month before they can sell it (incase the cops come looking for stuff). So they basically have to have this giant super secure warehouse to keep all the stuff in before they can sell it.
It is the same thing for stuff on pawn, they hold the stuff as colleratal for a loan and can't sell it unless the borrower defaults. In the book they talked about how people will go on vacation and pawn their a bunch of their valuables basically using the pawn shops storage room as secure storage space.
has anyone seen the other pawn show in TruTV called Hardcore Pawn?? :shock:
holy crap! it's in Detroit & there's a fight on every episode.
I've seen that one a few times. Sometimes mindless drama makes for compelling tv.
I watched that last night. It's more people focused rather than antique Item focused. I hated it. I'm sure the pawn star family aren't saints but the hard core pawn family seemed like real scumbags
I watch Pawn Stars. It's mindless but has it has it's funny moments. I'm pretty sure the grandfather is just being propped up like a "Weekend At Bernies" type thing right now and someone moves his lips.
first off....yes, its just entertainment...so please dont take the show seriously...
i watch it and really enjoy it...also the wifey and kids watch it with me...its really become cool 30-60 minutes a week of pretty fun entertainment...
its just amazes me though of how many people ive met that get mad at the show cause they think they are ripping the people off whom pawn stuff there...
its like...obviously, your either from a very very small town or just dontt know the pawn business...
if an appraiser value's it at 1000 bucks...and you want to do all the leg work it takes for months to get somewhat close to that...than feel free to do it....
the pawn is giving you cash money right on the spot...so they are immediatly out money (actually in the hole, operating in the red)...
even though they get the shit cheap...they are still in the red so to speak til they can re sell it...which ask any of them...could take months to years...specially when people go into the pawn shop to get shit cheap or to get a killer deal on stuff...
sorry....i just don't get it....how many people think the pawn shop is screwing people...
how the heck do they think they come up with the money to pay all their employee's/rent/etc etc...
Golden Rule i learned in JR HIGH...its only worth what someone is actually willing to pay you for it...
first off....yes, its just entertainment...so please dont take the show seriously...
i watch it and really enjoy it...also the wifey and kids watch it with me...its really become cool 30-60 minutes a week of pretty fun entertainment...
its just amazes me though of how many people ive met that get mad at the show cause they think they are ripping the people off whom pawn stuff there...
its like...obviously, your either from a very very small town or just dontt know the pawn business...
if an appraiser value's it at 1000 bucks...and you want to do all the leg work it takes for months to get somewhat close to that...than feel free to do it....
the pawn is giving you cash money right on the spot...so they are immediatly out money (actually in the hole, operating in the red)...
even though they get the shit cheap...they are still in the red so to speak til they can re sell it...which ask any of them...could take months to years...specially when people go into the pawn shop to get shit cheap or to get a killer deal on stuff...
sorry....i just don't get it....how many people think the pawn shop is screwing people...
how the heck do they think they come up with the money to pay all their employee's/rent/etc etc...
Golden Rule i learned in JR HIGH...its only worth what someone is actually willing to pay you for it...
Yeah, I'm in sales and I have to hammer this point down to customers EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY FUCKING LIFE!! :fp:
Good episode last night. Les Paul's nephew came in and sold Mary ford's guitar for 90,000$.
Thing looked sick.
I watched a few episodes of auction kings. I thought it was pretty good.
I just got hooked on this show about a month or so ago. Pretty cool. Did see this episode. Dude was lucky as shit to have that. I think that's the most I have seen them ask for an item.
Does anyone ever pawn anything though, they always ask for money?
Chumley and the old man are great. Marathon on right now
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Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if this was already brought up but Isn't this show completely fake? There was a web site out there that detailed how some of the "customers" are minor actors and some of the things they supposedly "fix up" aren't even the original product "brought in"
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Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if this was already brought up but Isn't this show completely fake? There was a web site out there that detailed how some of the "customers" are minor actors and some of the things they supposedly "fix up" aren't even the original product "brought in"
Oh shit. Calling DS. Maybe another investigation needs to happen.
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Yeah some of it's fake (like when they went to look at that 1 million "robo sauraus" thing) but i think some of it's real just like Storage Wars. Also i find it kinda odd when "customers" go in to sell their merchandise seems like they are the only ones in the store
The "Bullit" car was kinda cool though.
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I'm all over this. Storage Wars was already on my radar. Watch the new episodes from Texas tomorrow. One of the new "hot chicks" was already on the show last year as a "restorer" and now she is part of the cast as a "hunter".
Pawn Stars I always knew was staged for the filming scenes but this has now reached absurd levels. I'll bring this fucker down too. :x
I always thought Storage Wars was fake too..you would think the owners of the storage lots would take all the valuable stuff before auctioning off the remaining items.
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I always thought Storage Wars was fake too..you would think the owners of the storage lots would take all the valuable stuff before auctioning off the remaining items.
Yup. Who leaves a box full of valuable jewelry in a storage unit if they can't pay for the storage unit? :?
I liked how that car was the segway into Danny's new show Counting Cars.
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I always thought Storage Wars was fake too..you would think the owners of the storage lots would take all the valuable stuff before auctioning off the remaining items.
Yup. Who leaves a box full of valuable jewelry in a storage unit if they can't pay for the storage unit? :?
I always thought Storage Wars was fake too..you would think the owners of the storage lots would take all the valuable stuff before auctioning off the remaining items.
Yup. Who leaves a box full of valuable jewelry in a storage unit if they can't pay for the storage unit? :?
a dead person?
an arrested person?
it's not like people want to let their stuff go. When you miss making a payment they lock up your stuff, so you can't get the valuable stuff out to pay the fees, after 3 months, they auction it off.
I went to a swap meet, and one of the guys was saying how most of the people there (the vendors) do go to the auctions, they don't really find a lot of valuable stuff, and a lot of it is crap. One lady did have some nice jewelry, but it was all gold.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
I always thought Storage Wars was fake too..you would think the owners of the storage lots would take all the valuable stuff before auctioning off the remaining items.
Yup. Who leaves a box full of valuable jewelry in a storage unit if they can't pay for the storage unit? :?
a dead person?
an arrested person?
And I would say for your first question...the estate. Second question the State. I'm sure it happens but it is definately scripted...at least what is shown.
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sounds like the line at the courthouse...funny, we were there in the early 2000s and I wanted to go there, (it was on the Travel Channel or something) everybody thought I was nuts wanting to go to a 'pawn shop' I said, "but it says 'world famous'!"
- Christopher McCandless
and I saw the old man in a casino once pushing his wife in a wheelchair. I didn't want to bother him but he was dressed just like he is on the show.
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
They talk about in the book they wrote that they have to keep everything they buy in secure storage for a month before they can sell it (incase the cops come looking for stuff). So they basically have to have this giant super secure warehouse to keep all the stuff in before they can sell it.
It is the same thing for stuff on pawn, they hold the stuff as colleratal for a loan and can't sell it unless the borrower defaults. In the book they talked about how people will go on vacation and pawn their a bunch of their valuables basically using the pawn shops storage room as secure storage space.
holy crap! it's in Detroit & there's a fight on every episode.
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watched it a couple of times....painful
one of the other stations has pawn queens which is filmed a few miles from here.
Thing looked sick.
I watched a few episodes of auction kings. I thought it was pretty good.
i watch it and really enjoy it...also the wifey and kids watch it with me...its really become cool 30-60 minutes a week of pretty fun entertainment...
its just amazes me though of how many people ive met that get mad at the show cause they think they are ripping the people off whom pawn stuff there...
its like...obviously, your either from a very very small town or just dontt know the pawn business...
if an appraiser value's it at 1000 bucks...and you want to do all the leg work it takes for months to get somewhat close to that...than feel free to do it....
the pawn is giving you cash money right on the spot...so they are immediatly out money (actually in the hole, operating in the red)...
even though they get the shit cheap...they are still in the red so to speak til they can re sell it...which ask any of them...could take months to years...specially when people go into the pawn shop to get shit cheap or to get a killer deal on stuff...
sorry....i just don't get it....how many people think the pawn shop is screwing people...
how the heck do they think they come up with the money to pay all their employee's/rent/etc etc...
Golden Rule i learned in JR HIGH...its only worth what someone is actually willing to pay you for it...
I like how Corey has grown up some lately - you can see he's learned alot from his old man, and HIS old man.
They've got a good business going and I hope it continues. Fuck knows they've earned it!
(also, I may be the only one - and don't care if I am - but I think Rick is one damn cute mofo)
Yeah, I'm in sales and I have to hammer this point down to customers EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY FUCKING LIFE!! :fp:
I just got hooked on this show about a month or so ago. Pretty cool. Did see this episode. Dude was lucky as shit to have that. I think that's the most I have seen them ask for an item.
Does anyone ever pawn anything though, they always ask for money?
Chumley and the old man are great. Marathon on right now
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The "Bullit" car was kinda cool though.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I'm all over this. Storage Wars was already on my radar. Watch the new episodes from Texas tomorrow. One of the new "hot chicks" was already on the show last year as a "restorer" and now she is part of the cast as a "hunter".
Pawn Stars I always knew was staged for the filming scenes but this has now reached absurd levels. I'll bring this fucker down too. :x
Yup. Who leaves a box full of valuable jewelry in a storage unit if they can't pay for the storage unit? :?
I liked how that car was the segway into Danny's new show Counting Cars.
- Christopher McCandless
a dead person?
an arrested person?
it's not like people want to let their stuff go. When you miss making a payment they lock up your stuff, so you can't get the valuable stuff out to pay the fees, after 3 months, they auction it off.
I went to a swap meet, and one of the guys was saying how most of the people there (the vendors) do go to the auctions, they don't really find a lot of valuable stuff, and a lot of it is crap. One lady did have some nice jewelry, but it was all gold.
- Christopher McCandless
And I would say for your first question...the estate. Second question the State. I'm sure it happens but it is definately scripted...at least what is shown.