What many dont realize is the low offers are usually accepted.
Its a pawn shop.
Know a guy that had one. Some people think selling the kids video game system and buying it back, 3 or 4 times....is OK
Expect a ridiculously low offer at a pawnshop, or even gunshop for that matter.
My LGS however, tells people the going price on stuff.
Doesnt lie to em.
They lay a %.
They are NOT a pawnshop.
They at out tell em what they can order a new one for and that for best money, its better to sell it themselves. Or consignment.....if its not something common.
I went to a gun show in the Palm Beach area back in the 1990s, and there was a guy there with a table. This guy's routine, when someone came to him with a gun, was to open up the current Blue Book and look up the price based on the year, model, and condition, and offer that exact price. That's not a good business strategy, IMO, but lots of folks were happy to bring their guns to him. The guy must have been independently wealthy, and just enjoyed dealing in used guns.
