Have you ever formally pawned anything?

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Have you ever taken an item to a real, official pawn shop and sold or pawned it?

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  • smallboobies:(
    9 years ago

    I was thinking of pawning stuff when I needed money for drugs. Never did it though, been clean for a year and a half now.

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  • MissyLeyneous
    11 years ago

    I pwn n00bs all the time.

    But no seriously, I don't pawn, I sell straight up or "fleabay" it.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    No, but I spent a lot of time in a pawn shop because my ex was a pawn star.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Cool. What were some of the best and worst things people brought in?

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      • disthing
        11 years ago

        (You missed the joke there)

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          11 years ago

          No, I didn't, I got the joke. I saw dappled mention previously that he dated a girl who worked in a pawn shop. So it appears YOU missed something. Dickface.

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          • disthing
            11 years ago

            Oh I see... It's my misunderstanding, sorry about that :/

            Well thanks for letting me know in such a polite way and for not punctuating your retort with a phallic-themed insult arbitrarily like a pathetic little filthy-mouthed child.

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      • dappled
        11 years ago

        It was pretty depressing, to be honest. They had "regulars". Something I didn't really expect. I don't really want to talk about that side of it.

        In terms of items, though, they had to evacuate and lock the shop when some guy brought in a Rolex Oyster from the late 1940s. Was probably worth about £10k. They gave him £4k and he accepted it.

        The worst items were all jewelry. Stuff you get for 99p at the seaside and which someone assumes it worth something. Although a woman did try to pawn her stuffed cat.

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    • Redcoats
      11 years ago

      I see what you did there! (;

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  • eats,shoots_and_leaves
    11 years ago

    two old jakets of mine and a complete PK comic collection.

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    • theaverageatheist
      11 years ago

      you collect PK??? me too!!^^

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Nope! Sneak thieves, all of them.

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  • Mando
    11 years ago

    Pawn shops were the only place people could get credit not so long ago. There weren't credit cards etc..

    I pawned a turntable (you play vinyl records on) for more than I had paid for it once and bought a far better used one at the same place. I've bought estate jewelry and musical instruments since. I'm in a big city and love poking around these stores. So interesting.

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    Yes. My father in law gave us this crazy old stereo system that was too much for our space. And it drained so much electricity it wasn't worth it. So off to the pawn shop we went.

    Also, my engagement ring came from a pawn shop. It might sound weird but I love the fact that it wasn't new.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      The ring story makes me think of the movie "The Crow"

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tr0WxinZIs

      Hope the story behind your ring is happier than this!!

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      • howaminotmyself
        11 years ago

        Me too. I don't know the real story. It isn't a traditional diamond so it likely isn't the result of a bad break-up. I should make up a fun story.

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  • myboyfriendsbitch
    11 years ago

    I pawned a keyboard and a metal detector for 60 bucks so i could eat something besides a can of corn. Happy?

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  • the_misty_haze
    11 years ago

    Ive never had good experiences I tried to pawn a one carat diamond ring once. They offered me fifty bucks and told me it wasn't real. I pulled out my certificate I got from the jeweler stating its size clarity etc and they went....oh...and offered me seventyfive. This ring cost thousands. I kept it.

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  • Captain_Kegstand
    11 years ago

    No, I always heard that people get shitty prices at pawn shops, and everything in there is cheep as balls, kinda turned me off on the whole thing!

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  • NotFloydzie
    11 years ago

    No. I'm sure my dad has, though. I'll ask him for you.

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  • anti-hero
    11 years ago

    That's two different questions. Which do you want me to answer? Pawning something and selling something to a pawn shop are different things.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Either/or.

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      • anti-hero
        11 years ago

        It just makes the voting options a little fuzzy. Might wanna change them before moderation. BTW no and no.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          11 years ago

          Done!! Thanks.

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          • anti-hero
            11 years ago

            Good deal.

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