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So I was really in need of some emergency money and went to pawn a PS2 with 9 games and 3 controllers, 18 dvds, and 4 vhs movies.

How much do you think I got for all of that?

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$60

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$12 and a crack pipe

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$60 is right, strange enough. How did you know that?

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$125

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Ouch. I've actually never been in one but for some odd reason there's one right across the streat from a local bingo parlor...

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there's one right across the streat from a local bingo parlor...

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At least you know where to go if you ever happen to need a walker or a Medic alert bracelet

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Yea tell me about it, its a great place to cruise through if your looking for a deal on some used stuff that still works good...but dang

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I'm good at winning OOT contests that have no neteller prize

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That's a joke. Why did you sell it? Was the emergency that urgent that you got rid of all that stuff for 1/10th of it's price. You could've sold everything on eBay and gotten about $500 within a week IMO.

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Well i plan on going and getting it back, but crap man, i expected more than that I guess...

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At least it should be easy to get it all back [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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That's a joke. Why did you sell it? Was the emergency that urgent that you got rid of all that stuff for 1/10th of it's price. You could've sold everything on eBay and gotten about $500 within a week IMO.

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Pawn shops just give you a small loan using your stuff as collateral. You aren't necessarily selling the stuff.

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I am apparently young and naive, someone explain to me how the pawn shops work? I thought you just took [censored] there and sold it? Guess not...

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I needed some emergency money one time and tried the pawn shop route. based on that horrible experience, I'm guessing $20?

Edit: $60, you did pretty good! I tried to pawn a newish tv, a gamecube with 5 games, a great stereo all together worth around $1500, they offered me $50 and made a joke about junkies. I told them to go [censored] themselves and they called the cops and said I must have robbed someone's house (obviously, I hadn't, but I look like scumbag so they must have assumed)

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I think Pawn shops generally do 10%. Maybe even less. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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This is what Craigslist is for.

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Out of curiosity, how much interest did they charge you, and how long do you have to get it back before they sell it?

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where did you go, i wanna buy it outta spite just so you can't have it anymore.

plus the new GTA came out.

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They don't sell your stuff until you fail to repay your loan. I have no idea how long they give you to repay, though.

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where did you go, i wanna buy it outta spite just so you can't have it anymore.

plus the new GTA came out.

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There's a new GTA out?

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$60 is right, strange enough. How did you know that?

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where did you go, i wanna buy it outta spite just so you can't have it anymore.

plus the new GTA came out.

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There's a new GTA out?

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PSP only.

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How much for the gun?

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So I was really in need of some emergency money and went to pawn a PS2 with 9 games and 3 controllers, 18 dvds, and 4 vhs movies.

How much do you think I got for all of that?

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You need to get on Dave Ramsey's plan.

http://www.daveramsey.com/

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How Pawn Shops Work

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gernerally the juice is 20% PER MONTH! and u get 3 months to pay it off... after that, u can buy it at (pawnshop) retail price OR the principle+interest.... whichever is cheaper.

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How Pawn Shops Work

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I know how they work but what I was basically saying was that Pawn Shops are a ripoff. Borrowing money from credit card companies is also a ripoff but that is a whole other thread.

"Cash is King" "Debt is Dumb"

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$50. I was just in a pawn shop. Me and a friend walked around there eating Phad Thai. Then we went to the porn shop. Hilarity ensued.

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How Pawn Shops Work

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I know how they work but what I was basically saying was that Pawn Shops are a ripoff. Borrowing money from credit card companies is also a ripoff but that is a whole other thread.

"Cash is King" "Debt is Dumb"

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sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you didn't know how they worked by replying to you - it was just an addition to the discussion

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so, is it phad thai or pad thai? a quick google search says pad thai

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so, is it phad thai or pad thai? a quick google search says pad thai

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pad thai everywhere i've ever seen it on the menu.

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so, is it phad thai or pad thai? a quick google search says pad thai

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pad thai everywhere i've ever seen it on the menu.

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me too but this is the 2nd time i've seen it as "phad thai" on this forum. the other time was by dids.. they are both from seattle... coincidence?

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so, is it phad thai or pad thai? a quick google search says pad thai

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pad thai everywhere i've ever seen it on the menu.

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me too but this is the 2nd time i've seen it as "phad thai" on this forum. the other time was by dids.. they are both from seattle... coincidence?

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Nice catch on them both being from Seattle. I remembered another one here but did not know it was dids.

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maybe its just clever and the ph is supposed to be pronounced with an "f". 'clever'

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Maybe there really isn't a "correct" english spelling for words in a non-english language that uses a totally different alphabet.
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How much for the gun?

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"Trading Places." Fine film. NH!

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Some punk was trying to tell me it was pronounced "put." He said "p-h-u-d" right after. "That does not spell put.." Then he shut up.

Upon close inspection of the Chang Thai menu.. it is indeed Pad Thai.