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| tiamaxwell:
I know this has to have been talked about before but I need to vent. I just got back from a pawn shop that actually had Atari games and other carts. On every cart the stickers were placed on the sticker. Even on the SNES were there is way more cart than label! Two game shops I know of do this too. When I see it i just walk away. Why do they keep doing this! The other pawn shop I went to today actually didn't have stickers on the labels but the prices were hyper inflated. They had a retrocon 5 there for $170. I know you can get it online for $140 with free shipping. All games had at least a $5 price hike. They most price their games off of Ebay and include shipping to reach those prices. They had 5 black label FF7 games priced at $55 each! I was thinking of buying an Atari Jaguar that was a decent price but I decided to leave because the cops came in and were questioning a guy who came in with a stolen guitar. |
| TDIRunner:
I would tell the pawn shops about the sticker issue. A game store should know better, but a pawn shop really might not know how bad an idea it is to do that. As far as the prices go, ALL pawn shop prices are negotiable. Offer them what you think is a fair price and if they say no, you can walk away. I've never paid asking price at a pawn shop or flea market, especially if you are buying a lot of stuff. Most of those guys don't buy that stuff unless they get it for pennies. Therefore, there is plenty of room to wiggle on price. Some guys don't want to deal. They won't be in business long. |
| mojoeskateco:
EB Games is the worst for this. I bought 3 used games on Boxing Day and each one had a sticker on the front, back, spine, manual, and also a circular sticker on the front urging me to "trade my games in!" Then they put another sticker where you open the game as well. 3 games 15 stickers |
| tiamaxwell:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on December 29, 2014, 09:13:45 PM ---I would tell the pawn shops about the sticker issue. A game store should know better, but a pawn shop really might not know how bad an idea it is to do that. As far as the prices go, ALL pawn shop prices are negotiable. Offer them what you think is a fair price and if they say no, you can walk away. I've never paid asking price at a pawn shop or flea market, especially if you are buying a lot of stuff. Most of those guys don't buy that stuff unless they get it for pennies. Therefore, there is plenty of room to wiggle on price. Some guys don't want to deal. They won't be in business long. --- End quote --- I would have told them but it was way to busy and smelled bad. At the second pawn shop I was going to pick up and negotiate but didn't feel safe anymore. I assume they are pricing them $5 more to compensate for haggling then... didn't think of it that way before. |
| TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: tiamaxwell on December 29, 2014, 09:40:39 PM --- --- Quote from: TDIRunner on December 29, 2014, 09:13:45 PM ---I would tell the pawn shops about the sticker issue. A game store should know better, but a pawn shop really might not know how bad an idea it is to do that. As far as the prices go, ALL pawn shop prices are negotiable. Offer them what you think is a fair price and if they say no, you can walk away. I've never paid asking price at a pawn shop or flea market, especially if you are buying a lot of stuff. Most of those guys don't buy that stuff unless they get it for pennies. Therefore, there is plenty of room to wiggle on price. Some guys don't want to deal. They won't be in business long. --- End quote --- I would have told them but it was way to busy and smelled bad. At the second pawn shop I was going to pick up and negotiate but didn't feel safe anymore. I assume they are pricing them $5 more to compensate for haggling then... didn't think of it that way before. --- End quote --- You have to be careful. All of the pawn shops and flea markets that I know about are in parts of town that are not the best. I'm confident enough to go there by myself, but I would never take my family to any of those places. It doesn't hurt to go with another friend. It's also worth mentioning that you don't want to walk into one of those places dressed in your best church clothes. If you walk in looking like you have a lot of cash to blow, they might not come down as much on the price. I tend to dress the way I would if I was out working in the yard or working on a car. |
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