Ugh.....Pawn shops..

[Kid Dracula]

So today I went into the local pawn shop down the street to try and turn in some doubles I had to make a quick buck. Last time I was there the manager told me that he was interested in what I had and that they accept older games for sure. So, I go in today and he wasn't there so I spoke with an employee about turning my items in. I had a front loading nes with a power pad, a GBC, 2 super nintendo games, and a genesis. As soon as I took them out the employee goes "we don't take them, they're too old", I said "too old?" you have a NES for sale for $89.99 with no cords!! Then I explained to him what the manager said and he still refused. So as I was putting my things away and I said "its weird that you don't accept retro games but you sell retro games" and he walks away and says "what is this smart ass week?!" I looked at him and told him that he was an idiot and that no matter what you should never speak to a potential customer that way, period. Thus, I will never do business with that pawn shit again.

So does anyone else have any other horror stories about pawn shops?

[girlracer]

nope i have nothing but love for my local pawns, well 4 of them anyways 1 is kind of scary

[Golgo 14]

I've actually never been in a pawn shop. There aren't any close to where I live and this Alec Baldwin scene from Miami Blues convinced me that nothing good could ever happen in one anyway:



So I don't know anything about pawn shops, but my impression is that they do not pride themselves on great customer service. Hell, plain old independent video-game only trade-in places always offered shitty service in my experience.

[videogameexperiment]

I love the one closest to me. They are so clueless with games. I've gotten some of the latest ps3/wii games for $7. When a pawn shop sells god of war 3 for $7, it really makes you wonder where the hell the idiots are that are pawning these games off for $2 a piece.

[Scooter]

I love the one closest to me. They are so clueless with games. I've gotten some of the latest ps3/wii games for $7. When a pawn shop sells god of war 3 for $7, it really makes you wonder where the hell the idiots are that are pawning these games off for $2 a piece.

Well, don't you suppose those types of games were stolen and then pawned?

[Hobie-wan]

I love the one closest to me. They are so clueless with games. I've gotten some of the latest ps3/wii games for $7. When a pawn shop sells god of war 3 for $7, it really makes you wonder where the hell the idiots are that are pawning these games off for $2 a piece.

Are there laws in your state where they track the info of the sellers? They're probably stolen games being unloaded.

[J T]

Like videogameexperiment, I'm usually taking advantage of my local pawn shop, not the other way around. They sell most of their games for $2. Over time, I've managed to buy the following PS2 games for just two bucks a piece:

Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies
Aeon Flux
Amplitude
Blood Rayne 2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts
Cold Winter
Crazy Taxi
Dark Watch
Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus
Flatout 2
Freedom Fighters
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
The Godfather
Gun
Indigo Prophecy
Killzone
Mad Maestro!
Mark of Kri, The
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Moto GP
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection
Ratchet and Clank
Shox
Star Wars Battlefront
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Timesplitters 2
Ultimate Spider-Man
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
War of the Monsters

[AppleQueso]

Pawn shops I find tend to generally be a lot more clueless about their games and whatnot compared to pretty much any dedicated gaming store. Next to garage/yard sales and goodwill, I don't think there's any better type of place to hit up if you're looking for gaming deals. I got at least half of my ps2 collection from snagging deals at pawn shops (Dragon Quest VIII and Xenosaga III together for $8 is probably the best deal I got out of the bunch), and have even found fairly valuable older games such as Final Fantasy IIIus and Gunstar Heroes for less than $5 at them more than once.

[dgamemuster]

if i were you i would go back and embarrass his ass in front of his manager.

[Hobie-wan]

Every time I see games at pawn shops it's always beat up old crap and sports games that they think is worth gold. Granted I haven't gone to pawn shops often, but that's been my experience around here. Except exactly once. I stopped at a random pawn shop that was having a Christmas half off sale a few Yeard back while in a different part of town. Picked up Man Bites Dog Criterion Collection DVD absolutely mint for $4.