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Frugal Finds: Pawn Shop Edition 7.19.2022

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 20 Jul 22

This post will make @moffittjc either laugh or just make fun of me. He loves giving me he!! for what he alls my obsession with buying DVDs. Since when we started interacting, I was without internet or cable. Those were the days...

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A Utah pawn shop manager saves a baby from falling down to the ground

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122293) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Dec 19

A manager at a pawn shop in Hurricane Utah was at the right place at the right time recently when two women were distracted talking to a clerk about a rifle that they were looking at. The manager of the pawn shop showed off his...

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They Left Me A Note

celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 18 Dec 16

I didn't get to sleep lastnight and so I was asleep when my daughter and grandson left to go to the pawn shop. It is two miles away. So they walked there and then walked back. It is 16 degrees out there. Brrrr! He got him a game...

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Down There at the Pawn Shop

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43655) • Denver, Colorado 4 Mar 16

This morning, while my girlfriend and I were in Downtown Colorado Springs, we ended up at the pawn shop. We were in need of a new DVD player. We had purchased a $14.00 one from them well over a year ago, and it served us well....

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Does anyone ever try online pawn shop?

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 22 Sep 12

Whenever I drove on the street, I remember that I saw numerous pawn shop on the street side, and I just wonder how many people actually hock their valuable items for the short term loan they desperately needed. They might only pay...

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Need some advice!

SydneyJ @SydneyJ (902) • United States 7 Jan 12

Today I went to a pawn shop to buy a few movies and spontaniously decided to buy a laptop. At first it worked just fine and everything but then i turned it off to let it charge but when i came back it stoped working. It tries to...

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Do you shop from your local pawn shop?

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 21 Jul 10

Besides the online place like ebay, craigslist; or from the nearby flea market, or dollar stores, or yard sales; another place people might consider buying second hand but still in good condition product from local pawn shops. You...

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Would pawn shop lose money if one of their pawned item is stolen item

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 27 Jun 10

On my previous discussion about pawn shop, people brought their valuable items, or property to the shop for quick cash, but eat up with the over market interest rate. That is what I heard though, the pawn shop has to make their...

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Have you ever pawn your stuff at a pawnshop?

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 26 Jun 10

In the economy down time, do you ever short of cash? For instance, if you need some instant cash to help you out for a week or something, would you pawn out of your stuff, like electronics; guitar or whatever you seem it valuable....

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Cash for gold or pawn shop?

cbjones @cbjones (1147) • United States 23 May 10

Selling jewelry to which outlet will yield a better financial return? I don't really trust cash for gold, due to that corny commercial they have featuring MC Hammer. What's stopping them from low-balling people on the value of...

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Do pawn shops buy used electronics?

JoyfulOne @JoyfulOne (6231) • United States 25 Mar 10

Has anybody ever taken good, used, electronics to a pawn shop? Do they even buy that kind of stuff? I was curious because I have a couple of printers (not old, just didn't like them) and I thought about taking them to a pawn shop....

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Have you ever bought something from a pawn shop?

olisaur @olisaur (1922) • United States 28 Feb 10

I have never done this, but I have been comtimplating it recently: I am looking to buy an electric guitar for myself. I have been playing since I was about 12 or 13, and I accidentally cracked the neck of my first guitar (it was...

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Why are Tattoo and Pawn shops closed on Sunday?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 4 May 09

is it like a religious thing or is there an actual law that makes them close on those days? drives me nuts because anytime i want to go to either its always sunday!! i would think whatever reason by now would be long gone but i...

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Have you even hock your stuff?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 12 Apr 09

Have you ever went to pawn shop to hock your stuff for a much cheaper price? I knew most pawn shop might give you a much cheaper price for the stuff you willing to give up temporarily, but it is for emergency. Yesterday, I went...

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Is there an online pawn shop for baseball cards, etc.?

handsomeitaliano @handsomeitaliano (1050) • United States 20 Sep 08

I'm wondering if they have one of those online. And if so, how much do you think each card will be worth if they're really old like 20 years or more, approximately? Never done this before, just wondering.

Do pawn shops just rip u off?

JohnnyMurder @JohnnyMurder (611) • United States 20 Dec 06

Im gettin rid of some of the stuff i no longer use, ie, guitars, drum sets, etc Should i sell on ebay? or should i just try a local pawn shop? Thanks in advanced for all your replies. :)

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What is the most desperate thing you have done for extra money?

Khokhonut @Khokhonut (702) • United States 4 Dec 06

We can all use extra money, what is the most deseperate thing you've done for it? I will usually sell some things on Ebay,,,it also helps me declutter :) Someone I know has sold their blood to a blood bank. Someone else has...

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