Down here at the pawn shop - Page 34

Pete Zicato · 02-14-2013, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

"Now I got the earrings, now you can get you some pussy."
-- woman leaving the shop with her man yesterday

Ah, love is in the air.

monster · 02-14-2013, 12:59 PM

Hey, Undertoad! Can we go pawn shopping?

What, what, what, what...

Bada, badada, badada, bada...

I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up
This is fucking awesome

Nah, Walk up to the club like, "What up, I got a big cock!"
I'm so pumped about my junk from the pawn shop
Ice on the fringe, it's so damn frosty
That people like, "Damn! That's a cold ass honkey."
Rollin' in, hella deep, headin' to the mezzanine,
Dressed in all pink, 'cept my gator shoes, those are green
Draped in a leopard mink, girls standin' next to me
Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R. Kelly's sheets

...

(vid nsfw)

Gravdigr · 02-14-2013, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

People are coming in for VD jewelry today.

Wha...oh, like for a Prince Albert?

Undertoad · 02-14-2013, 08:10 PM

Today a woman came in all completely high and was just freakishly happy. She wanted to look at guitars, but what she really wanted was to freak out and have a fun interaction with somebody. I enjoyed helping her get her freak on by playing her a few chords on an acoustic while she made up some lyrics on the spot. She told me, secretly, that she likes country music. "Don't tell nobody around this neighborhood!!" Then she wandered around the store, and looked at shiny things with "Ooh shiny" sort of reactions, and left after doing no harm.

We guessed crack, but there's no way of knowing for sure.

jimhelm · 02-14-2013, 08:29 PM

Xtacy?

BigV · 02-14-2013, 08:33 PM

is that the same as or different than not stacey?

Undertoad · 02-15-2013, 06:47 AM

It would be, but not really in favor in this neighborhood.

jimhelm · 02-15-2013, 11:13 PM

I always have more difficulty selling in the week leading up to the new moon. The week before the full moon, the fish tend to jump into the boat.

Undertoad · 02-19-2013, 09:28 PM

A white guy and a black guy walk into the pawn shop. This is not the beginning of a joke.

They walk in with a 32" Emerson TV. White guy asks how much we would pay for such a thing.

Firstly, Emerson is amongst the brands that is well understood outside the ghetto to be a piece of shit. Although if you, the reader, own any Emerson-branded goods, I mean no disrespect to you. You made the calculation you needed to make when you bought it. I myself have been there.

We have a general protocol for dealing with people who want to sell things. We try to ask the person how much they're looking for, early in our interaction. If they have a DVD player and they want $100 for it, we will turn them away before evaluating their stuff. They may become irate when told it's worth $10 to us.

In this case the guy suggested that it should be worth $200. And it should be, because any used or thrift goods shop selling such a TV would price it at around $200.

So when we told him we were nowhere near that, and were closer to $50 on such a thing, he immediately asked how much we'd sell it for.

Now, typically this question is confrontational and we deflect it. But this guy wasn't confrontational, he was more curious. OK, we'd hold on to it for 90 days by law and then try to get $200 and probably end up making a deal for $180.

Cool, white guy says, and they leave with the TV.

Alan, the veteran, immediately understood what had just happened. They never intended to sell the TV to us. White guy was trying to sell the TV to black guy, but they had to figure out what the right price was. Once they got some information, they moved back out to the street to make their street deal.

Undertoad · 02-19-2013, 09:39 PM

Alan is happy with me these days...

One of the first things I evaluated for purchase was an expensive acoustic guitar. A really important model, one that's been made for decades.

We intended to sell it on eBay for $3000 because that was about what the average that model was generally getting. But when I looked closer at it, I realized it was MUCH older than we'd figured. I used a serial number tracker to figure out that it was a 1957 model. We had it up for sale for the last two weeks, with an accurate description and 40 pictures, and Alan finally accepted an offer of $6000 for it.

That totally makes up for that $200 Vita I let get stolen at Christmas.

ZenGum · 02-19-2013, 10:47 PM

That was the a 1957 Gibson J-200 you posted earlier, yah?

I was going to ask how much it finally went for - and how much you guys paid to start with.

Can you tell us?

jimhelm · 02-20-2013, 01:26 AM

Hey, how much can I get a current model xbox fo?

Spexxvet · 02-20-2013, 08:26 AM

Do you have any Wii (Nintendo, not The Big War) or Wii parts?

infinite monkey · 02-20-2013, 08:27 AM

I don't think it's polite to ask a guy about the size of his parts.

Crimson Ghost · 02-20-2013, 12:02 PM

Short arm inspection?

02-14-2013, 12:59 PM	#497
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hey, Undertoad! Can we go pawn shopping? What, what, what, what... Bada, badada, badada, bada... I'm gonna pop some tags Only got twenty dollars in my pocket I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up This is fucking awesome Nah, Walk up to the club like, "What up, I got a big cock!" I'm so pumped about my junk from the pawn shop Ice on the fringe, it's so damn frosty That people like, "Damn! That's a cold ass honkey." Rollin' in, hella deep, headin' to the mezzanine, Dressed in all pink, 'cept my gator shoes, those are green Draped in a leopard mink, girls standin' next to me Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R. Kelly's sheets ... (vid nsfw) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-14-2013, 08:29 PM	#500
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Xtacy? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

02-14-2013, 08:33 PM	#501
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	is that the same as or different than not stacey? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-15-2013, 11:13 PM	#503
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I always have more difficulty selling in the week leading up to the new moon. The week before the full moon, the fish tend to jump into the boat. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

02-19-2013, 10:47 PM	#506
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	That was the a 1957 Gibson J-200 you posted earlier, yah? I was going to ask how much it finally went for - and how much you guys paid to start with. Can you tell us? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-14-2013, 08:10 PM	#499
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Today a woman came in all completely high and was just freakishly happy. She wanted to look at guitars, but what she really wanted was to freak out and have a fun interaction with somebody. I enjoyed helping her get her freak on by playing her a few chords on an acoustic while she made up some lyrics on the spot. She told me, secretly, that she likes country music. "Don't tell nobody around this neighborhood!!" Then she wandered around the store, and looked at shiny things with "Ooh shiny" sort of reactions, and left after doing no harm. We guessed crack, but there's no way of knowing for sure.

02-15-2013, 06:47 AM	#502
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It would be, but not really in favor in this neighborhood.

02-19-2013, 09:28 PM	#504
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	A white guy and a black guy walk into the pawn shop. This is not the beginning of a joke. They walk in with a 32" Emerson TV. White guy asks how much we would pay for such a thing. Firstly, Emerson is amongst the brands that is well understood outside the ghetto to be a piece of shit. Although if you, the reader, own any Emerson-branded goods, I mean no disrespect to you. You made the calculation you needed to make when you bought it. I myself have been there. We have a general protocol for dealing with people who want to sell things. We try to ask the person how much they're looking for, early in our interaction. If they have a DVD player and they want $100 for it, we will turn them away before evaluating their stuff. They may become irate when told it's worth $10 to us. In this case the guy suggested that it should be worth $200. And it should be, because any used or thrift goods shop selling such a TV would price it at around $200. So when we told him we were nowhere near that, and were closer to $50 on such a thing, he immediately asked how much we'd sell it for. Now, typically this question is confrontational and we deflect it. But this guy wasn't confrontational, he was more curious. OK, we'd hold on to it for 90 days by law and then try to get $200 and probably end up making a deal for $180. Cool, white guy says, and they leave with the TV. Alan, the veteran, immediately understood what had just happened. They never intended to sell the TV to us. White guy was trying to sell the TV to black guy, but they had to figure out what the right price was. Once they got some information, they moved back out to the street to make their street deal.

02-19-2013, 09:39 PM	#505
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Alan is happy with me these days... One of the first things I evaluated for purchase was an expensive acoustic guitar. A really important model, one that's been made for decades. We intended to sell it on eBay for $3000 because that was about what the average that model was generally getting. But when I looked closer at it, I realized it was MUCH older than we'd figured. I used a serial number tracker to figure out that it was a 1957 model. We had it up for sale for the last two weeks, with an accurate description and 40 pictures, and Alan finally accepted an offer of $6000 for it. That totally makes up for that $200 Vita I let get stolen at Christmas.

02-20-2013, 01:26 AM	#507
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Hey, how much can I get a current model xbox fo? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

02-20-2013, 08:26 AM	#508
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Do you have any Wii (Nintendo, not The Big War) or Wii parts? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

02-20-2013, 08:27 AM	#509
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I don't think it's polite to ask a guy about the size of his parts.

02-20-2013, 12:02 PM	#510
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Short arm inspection? __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

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