>It's really
>> tough to bargain like a destitute person when you whip out a PalmPilot to
>> check prices. A crumpled, folded piece of paper on the other hand, is
>> about right. Perhaps Reese could supply a version of his price guide on
>> pre-crumpled paper for chislers like me.
>>
>Great strategy, Kelton! And dress appropriately for the occasion, arrive by
>bus, etc....
>
>Rich
Rich, brilliant! The bus! Why have I never thought of that. My recent
pawn shop experiences have been just awful. I've found a couple of OM-1s
that people apparently had used to hammer nails, and two different shops
were asking $200 each for them. One had a wide ragged green band across
the bottom of the viewfinder (desilvering?) and both had bum meters. The
owners wouldn't come off more than $50 for either, and it leaves me
wondering, who finally buys these abused OMs? Or at what point does the
proprietor finally give up and sell them for less? Or are there really
enough suckers in the world, that someone would eventually purchase a
beat, C5 OM-1 with no meter and a desilvered prism for $200? Or are they
eventually sold on eBay as "near mint"? Can anyone tell me how the pawn
shop world works, what prices (or percentage) they usually buy the stuff
at, and how they finally move their product? I think some of them use a
massive price guide published by "Orion" in Scottsdale AZ (got a chance
to examine one of these price guides once), but I'm really confused at
how pawn shops move the stuff they have.
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