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    Pawn Stars

    Has anybody ever seen this show on the History Channel?
    It's about a Pawn Shop in Vegas called the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop.
    These guys who run it are so stereotypical of the scumbags who run any
    type of store especially if someone walks in trying to actually sell you something.
    These jokers make anywhere typically 35% or many multiples greater of what they grudgingly give these people.
    It drives me nuts when people go into this Pawn Shop and he laughs in their faces when the people say how much they want and in alot of cases they're not that far apart.
    By the way anything you have is shit and only they have the good stuff.

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    I haven't watched it, but saw the commercials for it. I saw the comm. where they had 2 street rods (both early 30's Fords)

    Pawn shops are legalized places to get screwed!

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    I've seen it a few times,it's pretty intresting to see what people bring in to "hock" or sell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HBennett View Post

    Pawn shops are legalized places to get screwed!

    After all prostitution IS legal in Vegas

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    I have been there many times. I have purchased some of their stuff. The best way to get anything at a good price is to go and remember what they have and then go back weeks later and see if it is still there and make them anld offer and if they laugh ,you laugh and come back 2 weeks later..they get tired of keeping stuff they can't sell. They are asshats for sure. I knew what the one Ruby ring they had would actually cost new and I took a pic and gave the pic to my jewler friend..then I went back with the jewlers glass he gave me and looked the ruby lol the guy got pissed because I told him it had a huge flaw and therefore was not worth half the price he was asking for it lol

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    Pawn shops are rip offs. To buy and sell stuff. You get loaned cash for your valuables and get charged massive intrest rates to get it back. No matter what they loan you, the item is always worth way more. These places are rip off artists. I guess anyones whose desprate will part with anything for the cash no matter how bad they get screwed over. I hate pawn shops so no I dont watch it.


    They will give you 10 bucks for something and hand you a line how its only worth 5 bucks, then once you lose the item, they turn around and sell it for 500 bucks. And get it. Thats not fair so screw these places.

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    The other night they had an episode called Ricks Bad Day. Rick is the bald guy who is one of the main thieves of the place.
    He bought an original ball and chain used on a chain gang. Later on he tells his son to put it in the case, he puts it on top of the case a little too hard smashing the top of the case and a few things that were in it. He buys a clock for $500, it's going to cost him $450 and he can MAYBE get $1100 for it. Good you SCUMBAG.
    The one that really bothered me was a guy who in good faith brought in what he thought was an original playbill from Fords Theatre, he said he had it looked at and they thought it was original, he was told it was a fake. After the embaressed guy left Rick called it "an absolute waste of my time."
    You fuckin arrogant cocksucker. He is every stereotype of the scumbag who runs any kind of collectibles store.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerseysucks View Post
    The other night they had an episode called Ricks Bad Day. Rick is the bald guy who is one of the main thieves of the place.
    He bought an original ball and chain used on a chain gang. Later on he tells his son to put it in the case, he puts it on top of the case a little too hard smashing the top of the case and a few things that were in it. He buys a clock for $500, it's going to cost him $450 and he can MAYBE get $1100 for it. Good you SCUMBAG.
    The one that really bothered me was a guy who in good faith brought in what he thought was an original playbill from Fords Theatre, he said he had it looked at and they thought it was original, he was told it was a fake. After the embaressed guy left Rick called it "an absolute waste of my time."
    You fuckin arrogant cocksucker. He is every stereotype of the scumbag who runs any kind of collectibles store.
    That Rick guy is a complete ass. He is so rude! I watched an episode (maybe the same on with the clock and ball and chain) where a guy had a knife that he believed to be made for the Army and the Rick guy was such a douche and saying that there was no way that it was an Army knife. Well, they brought in the expert and sure enough, it was an ARMY knife! I bet he felt like a dumb ass...Probably not though because he's so arrogant. Now Rick's dad (IDK his name), I love him! He's funny.

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    I think Pawn shops are sad. You know when you walk in
    that most everyhting in there is there because someone
    didn't want to give something up they loved but they
    needed to pay a bill or feed their family. I can't bring
    myself to walk in one.

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    My engagement ring was stolen in Vegas and everytime I watch that show I keep thinking " I bet my ring ended up in that damn place" . But they are pretty much crooks and you are at their mercy because they have the money you need and often times (especially now) you don't have any other options.

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    Watched it once. The Grandpa was tolerable. The son, Rick, is an arrogant asshole. The grandson is a complete waste of oxygen.

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    I've seen the promos for it, but I can't watch. If people who run something as mundane as a pawn shop are getting their own shows, it's proof that reality TV producers have officially reached the bottom of the barrel.

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    I just read fuckface Ricks bio on the Pawn Stars Discover Channel website.
    Pay clo9se attention to the last sentence about how he got his money.
    Isn't this what they call CRIMINAL?



    After 28 years in the business, Rick Harrison is an expert when it comes to spotting anything fake or stolen. As far as big-ticket items, Rick is the man for the job. Spotting a fake Cartier watch that most people would mistakenly purchase for $30,000 is just one of his many skills. Often acting as the middleman between his father and his son, Rick is the glue that holds this family and business together. Trained in the pawn business from the age of 13, Rick was born a hustler. He even dropped out of high school to pursue his $2,000-a-week business of selling fake Gucci bags. With enough money to partner with his father at the age of 23, he never looked back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerseysucks View Post
    I just read fuckface Ricks bio on the Pawn Stars Discover Channel website.
    Pay clo9se attention to the last sentence about how he got his money.
    Isn't this what they call CRIMINAL?

    He even dropped out of high school to pursue his $2,000-a-week business of selling fake Gucci bags. With enough money to partner with his father at the age of 23, he never looked back.
    My daughter showed me how to spot fake handbags. Something about looking inside at the seams. She can do it everytime....

    LOL!

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    Chumlee can't be that stupid.

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    The Old Man is the best character on the show.
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    I love that show and those guys have every right to make the money they're able since it's a legal biz. You would think people would know better than to sell or buy stuff at pawn shop.
    Last edited by stinkythejokedog; 12-30-2009 at 08:24 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hank chinaski View Post
    Chumlee can't be that stupid.
    Quote Originally Posted by stinkythejokedog View Post
    I love that show and those guys have every right to make the money they're able since it's a legal biz. You would think people would know better than to sell or buy stuff at pawn shop.
    Chumlee CAN be that stupid. Hubs and I went in that shop the last time we were in Las Vegas (October '09) and he was there. He really is a dumbass, but very likeable. I found a couple of rings and a pair of earings I wanted but we were in a hurry and the line to the counter was quite long. We're going back in a couple months. Hubs loves that show and hopes to see the Old Man when we go back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerseysucks View Post
    The other night they had an episode called Ricks Bad Day. Rick is the bald guy who is one of the main thieves of the place.
    He bought an original ball and chain used on a chain gang. Later on he tells his son to put it in the case, he puts it on top of the case a little too hard smashing the top of the case and a few things that were in it. He buys a clock for $500, it's going to cost him $450 and he can MAYBE get $1100 for it. Good you SCUMBAG.
    The one that really bothered me was a guy who in good faith brought in what he thought was an original playbill from Fords Theatre, he said he had it looked at and they thought it was original, he was told it was a fake. After the embaressed guy left Rick called it "an absolute waste of my time."
    You fuckin arrogant cocksucker. He is every stereotype of the scumbag who runs any kind of collectibles store.

    I felt sorry for the guy, but hell - even I could tell that the playbill was a fake. No wear, no wrinkles, no weathering, etc.

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    Yes have seen that show a few times.
    People should watch the movie:The Pawnbroker(1964)
    with Rod Steiger it's very interesting.
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    I watched it once. Someone pawned this huge glass jug in a basket. It was for winemaking. The grandson, I think, was stuffing fruit (he stomped with his feet) in it. Gross. Pawnbrokers are ripoff artists.

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    The dumbest purchase had to be when Hoss and Chumlee bought the hot air balloon.

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    Pawn shops I hate them. Back when I was in my 20's I pawned somthing that ment lots to me. My unit in the Army was deployed by the time we got back I had lost it. I don't do pawn shops.

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    I've watched this show and can someone tell me the fascination with tattooing both arms? I mean the entire length of the arm itself? The Subway shop I go to, everyone of the employees is tattooed that way.

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    It is no accident it is set in Vegas and part of the upsetting factor for me.
    When we lived in Florida we lived less than a mile from the Simmanole Hard Rock Casino in Dania Beach. It is the one where Anna Nicole Smith died and we actually heard the sirens that day but that is another story.
    If you drove past this beautiful resort on the main road it was one 24 hour pawn shop after the other. They catered to gamblers who had shot their wad and were hocking their wedding rings and watches to get another shot at the tables. I found it sad and depressing to the point of criminal in my opinion. I think it is the same thing with these guys.
    I would suspect that most of their clients are too frantic to do e-bay for Craig's list. I did love that old Lincoln they redid and the coke machine.
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    I love the show. It makes me laugh. I find all of them quite likeable in their own ways. Rick usually gets knocked down a couple of levels by his Old Man. lol

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    I love Pawn Stars. It's an interesting show, and the Old Man is hilarious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by theotherlondon View Post
    Yes have seen that show a few times.
    People should watch the movie:The Pawnbroker(1964)
    with Rod Steiger it's very interesting.
    Yeah I watched that.
    It didn't do anything for me. I didn't quite get it.
    I may give it another look.

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    i have only been in a coupla pawnshops,never bought or sold anything,but those guys are the paragon of courtesy and professionalism from what i have seen.not that they are great.

    alas,what stays in vegas is your money.
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    Has anyone else noticed the large amount of crap people have brought in during Season 2? Here is a partial list:

    A fake elephant tusk (I may let this one slide. The woman who brought it in didn't know it wasn't real.)
    An electroshock machine
    20 pounds of wothless postage stamps
    A life size Power Ranger
    A Pez Dispenser collection
    A falling apart printing press

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    I like the show. 2 weeks ago, my daughter and husband were in Vegas with her volleyball team. One of the other dad's went to the shop because he thought he would get a good deal on some guitar stuff. No guitars. LONG line to get in - I guess they have tighter security than our airports. He said it was a hole and he was dissappointed. Ah, well. I still think it's good tv.

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    The old man makes the show.

    Beyond that, i do like it when they renovate something. Like that barber chair and the coke machine.

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    I love it when someone brings in some really old and they call the old man over and say it must have been something he used.

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    I watch the show, but Rick's shpeal (sp?) every time he asks someone 'what they want for something', then they say amount, and he looks like someone kicked him in the gut. Then he always says same thing, "look I don't know who i could sell it to, or I don't know how long this will stay in store" blah blah, when earlier he's like all excited and saying "this thing, if real, can make us big bucks!" lol.
    but yeah the Old Man is the show. And the sons or grandson or whatever they are, omg. If I worked with them, they would drive me nuts at how dumb they are. oh, I'm still trying to figure out who Peaches is.

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    Yeah Rick's got it all figured out. Saying I want this really bad
    in my store then when it comes to talking to them and they say
    what they want he has that stupid laugh and acts like he could
    care less. But what he does works. You don't see many say no and
    walk out the door. People need the money and he knows it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PiggyTx View Post
    I watch the show, but Rick's shpeal (sp?) every time he asks someone 'what they want for something', then they say amount, and he looks like someone kicked him in the gut. Then he always says same thing, "look I don't know who i could sell it to, or I don't know how long this will stay in store" blah blah, when earlier he's like all excited and saying "this thing, if real, can make us big bucks!" lol.
    but yeah the Old Man is the show. And the sons or grandson or whatever they are, omg. If I worked with them, they would drive me nuts at how dumb they are. oh, I'm still trying to figure out who Peaches is.
    Peaches is a female employee. One time, an old lady brought in a box of old Playboys to sell. Rick made Peaches look the whole box to find out how much they were worth.

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    Alrighty then

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    the entire show is nothing but a guidebook on how to rip people off. it's disgusting.

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    I just started watching this show in the past couple of weeks. It's been addicting as hell for me. Reality? HELL NO! Entertaining? HELL YES! Love the old Man and how he just tells it like it is, but Rick is a ahole, and the kid is a douchebag.
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    Quote Originally Posted by doyleloyal View Post
    the entire show is nothing but a guidebook on how to rip people off. it's disgusting.

    How exactly is it ripping people off? No one is forced to accept the prices offered if they don't like them.

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    Not long ago a guy from my neck of the woods (Southeastern Ohio) was on the show. He grudgingly sold an ancient black leather jacket for $30 and remarked, "That's the first time I've been screwed with my pants on." When one of the guys reached into the jacket pocket, he found several old condoms, still in wrappers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alanwench View Post
    Not long ago a guy from my neck of the woods (Southeastern Ohio) was on the show. He grudgingly sold an ancient black leather jacket for $30 and remarked, "That's the first time I've been screwed with my pants on." When one of the guys reached into the jacket pocket, he found several old condoms, still in wrappers.

    They probably tried to sell those too. Next month I'm going to Vegas for a couple days and I plan on making a stop there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alanwench View Post
    Not long ago a guy from my neck of the woods (Southeastern Ohio) was on the show. He grudgingly sold an ancient black leather jacket for $30 and remarked, "That's the first time I've been screwed with my pants on." When one of the guys reached into the jacket pocket, he found several old condoms, still in wrappers.

    That was American Pickers, not Pawn Stars.

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    Anyone else getting tired of the moronic Chumlee storyline they got going on the show?

    While I watch this show and American Pickers faithfully every Monday night, one thing I can't stand about these reality shows is the faked plot-lines and faked phone calls and banter.

    It's funny how Rick on PS seems to have all these "buddies" all over town that know everything about whatever someone brings in. If I was someone brining in something to sell that he didn't know about, I'd bring my own "buddy" in to give an estimate - all of Rick's "buddies" seem to be helping him out by giving low-ball prices!

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    My husband watches this show. He recorded the episode where Dylan was on for me.
    It looked set up but was still funny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aries65 View Post
    Anyone else getting tired of the moronic Chumlee storyline they got going on the show?
    My own theory is that Chum has been designated as the resident brain-dead so as to divert attention from the equally dumb, and laughably named, Big Hoss. At least Chum shows a certain appealing charm. The son, on the other hand, has virtually no personality and sounds totally rehearsed when he deals with a customer.

    But I, too, am a faithful viewer. I especially enjoy the historical items that are often brought into the shop and the background info offered up by Rick. I think his interest & knowledge are genuine.

    And, like someone else already pointed out, this is a for-profit business they're running. If I brought something in for their appraisal and wasn't satisfied with their offer, I'd turn to eBay or CraigsList or umpteen other avenues to try to get bigger $. And, most importantly, I'd do my own research before I walked through their doors so I could at least have a ballpark idea of value. If someone doesn't have a clue about their item's worth, why should it be the pawn broker's role to educate them?

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    I like the Old Man. Hate to pick on anyones weight but Hoss and Chumlee need to loose a few lbs, they look like walking is a real effort.

    It always bothers me when someone brings in a fathers WW11 uniform or rare battle maps to sell. I would cherish those items but I guess everyone is different.

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    Not sure if this was mentioned, but isn't Peaches related to Marilyn Monroe?

    I love the Old Man! The curse jar is my favorite.

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