This is not CRH, but it is interesting to see the degree of stupidity of pawnshop owners.
I occasionally hit pawnshops and yard sales looking for possible good deals. They are especially rare at pawnshops. But, I hit a few pawnshops yesterday. I actually re-visited one in particular that I had made a good deal at on some halves. I thought I might be able to get a second good deal.
Two weeks ago I went into this pawnshop and the young lady working there made me a deal on 27 Walkers and Barbers for $293. I knew something was amiss because that was a little less than $11 a piece. But according to her the box was mark for $12 each. Even though they were loose in a box, they were actually in decent shape. Some actually had letters of Liberty visible on the Barbers. But I didn’t bat an eye. I tried to make a deal on all the silver quarters and dimes, but she wouldn't come down any. The boxes (these are just loose in boxes too) were supposedly marked $8 each for the halves and $6 for the dimes. That is confusing. The halves I get for $11, but the quarters are $8? And there is not two-thirds of the amount of silver in a dime as that of a quarter. Something isn’t right. I mentioned that to her. She said she couldn’t come down any more. The owner would have to make a deal and he was not there.
Fast forward to yesterday. I go into the shop and the young lady is not there. But the owner is. I mentioned that I wanted to deal on the dimes and quarters he had. I made him an offer of $6 each on every quarter he had. And he had probably 200. “I can’t go less than $14 because I can’t get them myself for less than $10. And my silver moves quickly”. I didn’t say it, but I thought – yep that stuff is still piled in a big mess like last week. I guess this old goat (okay, older than me) never heard of Ebay. So I press him on the dimes. “They are $8 each.” I kept the pressure on. I said, “Wow, and I can buy an entire roll on Ebay for $120. “I don’t care what you say, and you can’t buy dimes for less than $6 each. That is what I pay for them” was his response. So I challenged him, “Well, if I bring you 5 rolls of dimes and ask for $120 each roll would you buy them at that price? That’s a discount sir of 60%” for you. He didn’t look at me or say anything. “I guess you didn’t hear me” was my next statement. His reply then was, “I heard you”. “So would you buy them at $120 a roll?” He still didn’t say a thing and looked away. When he did look at me my reply was, “We’re done”. As I left the store I was laughing so hard you would have thought I’d heard the funniest joke ever told. Come on man, get your lying, cheating, stealing, act together!
I have no doubts at the age of 58 that pawnshops will try to diddle you. They will more so than coin dealers and that is my second career. I was born on a Friday, but it wasn’t yesterday. Thought you folks might like to hear this story.
HH
Bentfork
I occasionally hit pawnshops and yard sales looking for possible good deals. They are especially rare at pawnshops. But, I hit a few pawnshops yesterday. I actually re-visited one in particular that I had made a good deal at on some halves. I thought I might be able to get a second good deal.
Two weeks ago I went into this pawnshop and the young lady working there made me a deal on 27 Walkers and Barbers for $293. I knew something was amiss because that was a little less than $11 a piece. But according to her the box was mark for $12 each. Even though they were loose in a box, they were actually in decent shape. Some actually had letters of Liberty visible on the Barbers. But I didn’t bat an eye. I tried to make a deal on all the silver quarters and dimes, but she wouldn't come down any. The boxes (these are just loose in boxes too) were supposedly marked $8 each for the halves and $6 for the dimes. That is confusing. The halves I get for $11, but the quarters are $8? And there is not two-thirds of the amount of silver in a dime as that of a quarter. Something isn’t right. I mentioned that to her. She said she couldn’t come down any more. The owner would have to make a deal and he was not there.
Fast forward to yesterday. I go into the shop and the young lady is not there. But the owner is. I mentioned that I wanted to deal on the dimes and quarters he had. I made him an offer of $6 each on every quarter he had. And he had probably 200. “I can’t go less than $14 because I can’t get them myself for less than $10. And my silver moves quickly”. I didn’t say it, but I thought – yep that stuff is still piled in a big mess like last week. I guess this old goat (okay, older than me) never heard of Ebay. So I press him on the dimes. “They are $8 each.” I kept the pressure on. I said, “Wow, and I can buy an entire roll on Ebay for $120. “I don’t care what you say, and you can’t buy dimes for less than $6 each. That is what I pay for them” was his response. So I challenged him, “Well, if I bring you 5 rolls of dimes and ask for $120 each roll would you buy them at that price? That’s a discount sir of 60%” for you. He didn’t look at me or say anything. “I guess you didn’t hear me” was my next statement. His reply then was, “I heard you”. “So would you buy them at $120 a roll?” He still didn’t say a thing and looked away. When he did look at me my reply was, “We’re done”. As I left the store I was laughing so hard you would have thought I’d heard the funniest joke ever told. Come on man, get your lying, cheating, stealing, act together!
I have no doubts at the age of 58 that pawnshops will try to diddle you. They will more so than coin dealers and that is my second career. I was born on a Friday, but it wasn’t yesterday. Thought you folks might like to hear this story.
HH
Bentfork
They took both to the back, were gone about 10 minutes, just enough to Google them, which I'm sure they were doing. 
Once back I was offered $30 for each. I don't think they had a clue but figured for $30 each it was pretty hard to lose. Back then the fakes were pretty obvious so now they'd be really lost. Well that's about my extent of dealing with pawn type people.
