Pawnshop dorks

[jsalcedo]

Have to share this.

I was haggling at a pawnshop over a Taurus .45 colt 3 inch ported.
Forgot the designation. The barrel was badly leaded and the gun was mechanically fine but the finish was rough like it had rattling been around
a toolbox.

The gun was sitting on the counter with the cylinder open and a guy (mid 20's dressed like an urban cowboy small strip of beard under his lip and a mouth full of copenhagen) was there with his girlfriend who was trying to sell something.

The guy sees the revolver on the counter and says out loud:

"I hate those things! I'm afraid to be around em!" Nobody should be allowed to have those! I'm outta here!" and proceeds to hightail it out to
the parking lot.

The girlfriend rolls her eyes in embarassment and apologizes.

The pawnshop manager wouldn't sell the Taurus for under full NIB retail.

So overall a very annoying un-productive trip.

I should have asked to see the FAL hanging on the wall. The poor guy would have peed in his pants as he fled screaming.

 

[ZekeLuvs1911]

HAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAA!!!! What an emasculated example of a mono-synaptic homo sheeple that one was.

 

[Croyance]

You should have tried to pick up his girlfriend.

 

[c_yeager]

this was in TEXAS?!

Ive had a few people look at me funny in pawnshops when dealing with guns but never anything like that. And i live in Seattle.

 

[Fred Thompson]

Croyance is right, Mr. Meterosexual doesn't need a girlfriend who isn't afraid of those eeevil guns...
Should have asked her go go to the range...

 

[jsalcedo]

You should have tried to pick up his girlfriend.

Should have asked her go go to the range...

Thats the thing about being a gun nut..ahem.. enthusiast. I was more interested in taking the ugly Brazilian home.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Don't feel bad, most of the pawn shops around here are MSPR X 2.

 

[nondescript]

maybe he just really hates Taurus, or porting on guns.

 

[PCRCCW]

Hey...they are perfect for each other. If he ever needs defending, his girl friend can jump right in and save him................

Shoot well.

 

[OEF_VET]

Maybe she was just letting him borrow the pants, and he wasn't use to it.

 

[DigMe]

"I hate those things! I'm afraid to be around em!" Nobody should be allowed to have those! I'm outta here!"

How do you know he was talking about the gun. Maybe he was referring to brains.

brad cook

 

[FPrice]

jsalcedo...

"Thats the thing about being a gun nut..ahem.. enthusiast. I was more interested in taking the ugly Brazilian home."

You DO have a problem! I have learned that when out looking at guns, if you see something good, pick it up THEN. It may not be there the next time.

Goes for guns AND girls.

 

[igor]

Just came by from the resident Spiritual Pacifist thread and thought I'd had the day's laugh quota full... little did I know.

ROTFLMFLAOAOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kharn]

"Well, now that he's outta here, want to go get some coffee and hit the indoor range downtown?"

Kharn

 

[Tall Man]

The pawnshop manager wouldn't sell the Taurus for under full NIB retail.

Given that pawnshop threads usually (not always) contain stories with negative experiences, it continues to amaze me that anyone here is still willing to be a customer in such an establishment. If jsalcedo described the Taurus accurately - and I believe that he did - it only serves to reinforce my point.

I've perused several pawnshop websites that contained firearm content. In every example, the guns displayed therein were either junk brands and/or in poor condition - and quite overpriced.

Buy NIB every time from a brick and mortar dealer, just as I do. Save your money so that Cash and Carry becomes the status quo. Buy the best, also. You'll not regret doing so.

Why waste time?

TM

 

[jsalcedo]

it continues to amaze me that anyone here is still willing to be a customer in such an establishment.

I've come away with some sweet deals from that same shop (different manager though)

1953 Win M94 30-30 with period scope for $99
Taurus 92 good condition 2 preban mags and holster for $299
1952 vintage 870 wingmaster $69 (was in good condition just dirty)

Dillon Progressive RL 450 complete with 50 primer tubes .44 mag dies
and all bells and whistles for $60 (was dissassembled in a box)

Ruger P90 LNIB for $232

The downtown shops carry the lorcins, highpoints, RG, Erma, jennings, davis and I agree I have found high priced garbage from time to time.

Once you hit paydirt it is hard to break the habit of at least checking
the pawnshops.

 

[Bill Hook]

Key is to find something obscure that only a few collectors know about and get it for a song. Doesn't happen often. There can be entertainment value in pawn shopping too.

 

[El Tejon]

Hmmm, I may be biased from my gig, but maybe he was simply trying to comply with the terms of his probation?

Or, maybe he was just a Yankee?

BTW, this kind of thing would . . . [wait for it] . . . never happen in Texas.

 

[Poodleshooter]

People shop at pawnshops becase you find two types of prices there:
A. the owner has no clue what the item is worth and sells it for a song
B. The owner found the MSRP, and priced it at 110%.

You go in search of #1.
My last time to a pawnshop the dealer was selling a Ruger Blackhawk labeled as "Ruger Redhawk -$500"
You'd think these guys would at least check e-bay or something similar.

 

[Azrael256]

Pawn shops can be a deal sometimes. I picked up a Savage .22 bolt gun with a little Tasco scope on it that I use to rain fire on the resident squirrel population when I plant the garden. $30

 

[JamisJockey]

I dislike pawnshops. Tell me how they justify selling a non-matching, so-so condition, SKS for $199? Seems that asking more then you can buy from a gun shop, or NIB prices, is the norm around here.
Anyone in Utah, the best pawnshop prices I've seen are Golden Spike's prices (Redwood and about 3300 south)

 

[BigG]

FPrice sed:

if you see something good, pick it up THEN

Sage advice, my friend, whether referring to guns or girls *ahem* wimmen. Time waits for no man, & all that!

 

[Nathanael_Greene]

I've had some pretty good experiences in pawn shops. I've also seen a lot of overpriced guns (an Argentine Hi-Power copy for $600? Puh-leeze!).

But nobody's forcing me to pay the high prices. I just say thanks, and leave.

Here in the DFW area there's a zillion pawn shops, so even a blind squirrel can find an acorn now and then.

 

[Browns Fan]

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"I hate those things! I'm afraid to be around em!" Nobody should be allowed to have those! I'm outta here!"


He probably was talking about his girlfriend!

 

[Standing Wolf]

"I hate those things! I'm afraid to be around em!"

He's only a half-dozen beers short of a six-pack.