Dumb Customers Try To Sell Worthless Items (Pawnshop Stories r/AskReddit)

[@beanceline]

criteria for valuables: •its rare •its popular •its well preserved if it doesnt check all three boxes it most likely isnt worth much. a perfect example is the charizard card from the base set of the pokemon TCG - it can be sold for several hundred dollars if its in mint condition, but if its bent and scratched it wont sell for shit.

[@shala_shashka]

7:13 my dad has a stan lee signed #1 issue of venom. isnt actually worth more than 500.

[@ccggenius]

Makes sense. It's usually first appearance that's worth big bucks, not first issue in a run.

[@riotguards]

@@ccggenius also signatures are only worth money if they're rare, stan lee probably signed thousands of signatures.

[@michaelmartin9022]

@@riotguards Stan Lee's "handlers" (for want of a better word) were using him as a signing machine in his last months, just to make their collections worth more. It was really sad to see (yes, even with full knowledge of what went on in the Bullpen)

[@greg20067]

I had someone bring in a couple fake mink coats I offered 5 dollars they ran out saying I was a cheapskate but they were too dumb to read or remove the tag that said they were polyester

[@DtheDelinquent3000]

greg20067 haha! Great! I’ve had someone bring me “amazing authentic Jordan jerseys he actually wore in the games!” The tag said, Miguel Yordan Medium smh

[@toryknotts8026]

1:23 I imagine the pawn store guy saying in an Italian/New York accent " whata I sposed to do with a snowblower in July?".

[@NikeTubeStudios]

As a Wisconsinite, I imagine a person with a more regional accent of this quote.

[@only1one1me]

The children using their parents’ coin collections for arcade games hurt my heart. lol.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Tell me about. I once found a silver 1836 half dollar in a Coinstar machine. I put it in my collection. It’s worth around $50.

[@only1one1me]

@@5roundsrapid263 I had a penny from the 2nd year they first started making them. (1794) Mine was worth around $600, I believe. Kept it hidden, but my little brother went through my room while I was away, grabbed all the change he thought he could use, and spent it on candy.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

@@only1one1me He owes you $600 now :)

[@DtheDelinquent3000]

Kabuto Yakushi I’ve had some people pull out great condition Morgans - just to pay for used, beat up, and not popular regular dvd movies at my store. Smh

[@KnakuanaRka]

I guess not everyone knows how valuable coins can be.

[@SneakyHoboJesus]

10 years working in pawn shop The dumbest, a jar of dead AA batteries.

[@speedemon81]

Something something "Free of charge"

[@SetzerII]

You mean "Prototype portable reactor"?

[@pfistor]

You can take that to Autozone and they'll recycle it for you for free. :D

[@SneakyHoboJesus]

@@pfistor the best part, if they hadn't been dead, we would have bought them. You can always use AAs

[@DtheDelinquent3000]

Lmao! Nice! One of the dumbest I’ve had was someone bring me a Brillo scrub SWEARING to G o D that it was “a special kind of expensive silver”. Lmao and what made it crazier was that the it actually tested silver !!! It had to be a bad chem reaction on the stones but you could only imagine how bad that convo ended lol

[@paulchaudoir190]

While I worked at a gas station I got a phone call from the police. They informed me that a man and a woman had stolen coins from someone's house in the area. The police have found them and they will soon enter my store to try to trade the coins for money. They have tried to do this at other stores and they have been reported. The police told me to play along and act interested and the police will come in and arrest them. It happened the way they told me it would happen. The man came up to the counter and asked if he could trade in the coins for money or buy stuff with them. A police officer showed up and started asking them questions about the coins and how they had them in their possession. I know a little bit about coins, since I have a nice collection and I looked them over. Some of the coins were made out of silver and others were several 100 years old. The officer arrested the couple while another came in to get the coins. I told the officer these coins need to be in a safe for sure. The guy who owns them, kept them in an unlocked shed. I keep all mine in a safe and none of my coins are as valuable as his were.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Hiding in plain sight, my dude.

[@DesertCavalier]

Nobody: Voice: “Gah-MESS-top.”

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Fa-ZE-BOUK!

[@zmdumpbox2340]

Tee Ell - Doctor

[@DaidriveCJ]

"Geesus" Honestly, if I were the original voice actor or narrator that these are based on and hear enough of these videos I would either: 1: Ask to redo many of these words, statements and brand names. 2. Live with a certain measure of shame that my voice is being made to sound like an idiot... a posh idiot, but an idiot and malaproper nonetheless.

[@randid.c3558]

@@DaidriveCJ There isnt a voice actor,its a robot text to speech.

[@DaidriveCJ]

@@randid.c3558 I know perfectly well that this is a text-to-speech program, I was merely elucidating the fact there _was_ an actual person that did the base voice that this is based on. Just like how GPS and Vocaloids have human originated voice that is then used in different ways, saying(or singing, in the case of Vocaloids) things in a myriad of variations.

[@anotherrandomtexan25]

I can totally see some 10 y/o kid with a poisonous spider sales stand on the side of the road...

[@HECKproductions]

why would someone pawn 200 bucks for 120 bucks??? that makes no sense on so many levels

[@ccggenius]

Presumably there was sentimental value in keeping the $200 in $2 bills as a set. Evidently not enough sentimental value to RETURN for them, but the buyout likely would have been less than $200, assuming a standard 50% ROI.

[@CurtisAlfeld]

Crackheads.

[@lilyofshalott]

Guy might have thought 2$ bills were fake, not all people know they're legit legal tender. Thought he was getting one over on the pawn shop guys, hence no return.

[@Andrewkosche]

I bet his dealers would take $2 bills

[@DtheDelinquent3000]

Happens a lot! We even try to explain to the customers not to do it, but they’ll insist lmao smh

[@racheljohnstone9574]

My whole family are geeks. When I first started collecting my Uncle gave me the advice "Anything signed is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay. Mint condition is the only guaranteed worth" I have shared that advice to all my geeky friends and at almost every convention I have been too. The reaction has always been "That's really good advice, I should remember that"

[@Damiancontursi]

I don't know in other collections but in mtg, a signed card is considered damage to someone who doesn't care about the signature, so even if it is mint, your card might be worth less.

[@vcrvhs]

Pawn Shops aren't usually the places to sell stuff anymore. EBAY is usually where I would sell my Comic Con swag and cool finds.

[@racheljohnstone9574]

@@Damiancontursi Yeah, sorry I wasnt clear. That's what I meant.

[@zmdumpbox2340]

NRFB... *N R F B ! ! !* (I REALLY hope someone gets the reference...)

[@racheljohnstone9574]

@@zmdumpbox2340 if you mean what I think you mean then, yeah exactly.

[@IamayMizono]

Rule #1 of gun safety, treat all guns as if they are loaded. It doesn't matter if you know they aren't, treat them like they are.

[@DtheDelinquent3000]

IamayMizono yup! I met this old man one time that said, “more people have died from ‘unloaded guns’”

[@SegaDream131]

Yes but while properly cleaning the gun, looking down the barrel and inspecting is essentail..... Kinda hard to do with that kind of rule of thumb......

[@michaelmartin9022]

@@SegaDream131 aren't you supposed to "flag" it with a thing that blocks the bolt so it can't possibly fire / cycle a round into the chamber?

[@SegaDream131]

@@michaelmartin9022 How the hell you gonna see down the barrel to inspect the rifling with something blocking your veiw?!....

[@2MeterLP]

"this is worth billions" "youre right. Sadly I dont have billions, god day sir."

[@ductuslupus87]

10:42 Wait? So there is a guy who's expertise is going around and telling people if Abraham Lincoln sat in a chair?

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

No... he said that to make the lunatic go away.

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

I also think it was poking fun at the show Pawn Stars where they have all kinds of experts. I can honestly imagine this situation happening on the show. Rick Harris: What do you have for us today? Seller: I have a chair that was sat in by President Abraham Lincoln! (Info card telling about Lincoln pops up) Seller: I was hoping to get eighty-thousand dollars for it. Rick: Well, let me call a buddy of mine. (Lincoln chair expert enters and shakes Rick’s hand) Rick: I called because this chair supposedly was sat in by President Lincoln. Rick’s buddy: (looks over chair) Well, the thing I noticed was the label underneath reveals it was made in 1948, so based on the year of Lincoln’s passing, I would say he did not sit in this chair. Rick: (to expert) Okay, thanks for stopping by! (To seller) Best I can do is fifty dollars. Seller: I’ll just find another buyer, thanks. (Seller is outside shop) Seller: (to camera) Well, I don’t know what made that guy an expert, but I’ll find someone who can appreciate this and pay me what this is worth. (Music plays as the title card appears before cutting to commercial break)

[@hopetikvah4906]

Tbh I would have bought the spider off the kid to make them happy

[@bloodeagle2234]

I guess I'm the only weirdo that would be like holy shit pet black widow fuck yea, give me that empty mountain dew bottle and TAKE MY MONEY

[@peter-peterpumpkineater4982]

"called my lincoln chair guy"

[@Gilhelmi]

I have a 1953 $10 bill. It's worth $12........ Fortunately, I collect for the fun not the value.

[@DtheDelinquent3000]

Gilhelmi great attitude! Some people would have that bill and demand $12 because it’s worth $12. But they completely ignore that the pawn shops are trying to profit too. You at least collect cause you like to. Some people do it to flip and they’re extremely bad at it lol

[@ishimaru5753]

I have a penny from the 1800s that’s worth 2 cents

[@flowerpt]

But in 50 years it might be worth $13!

[@scribblecloud]

4:40 why do 78% of these reddit stories always end in someone crapping themselves

[@SetzerII]

Because the 79% that involve dongs scare the crap out of them.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

America.

[@pal98111]

The quarters collection and $2 bill story are sad. There are people who don’t understand simple things and sad that there are people happy to cheat them.

[@ccggenius]

In what way is the $2 story sad? The guy pawned an object (the $200). That means the pawn shop holds the item and gives him a loan, with the item as collateral. If he had repaid the loan he would have the $200 back. He did not return, so the pawn shop kept the item. It's not like he SOLD them for less than face value. Assuming standard practice of a 50% ROI, he could have gotten it back for $180.

[@thenoicemango1827]

ccggenius12 My guess is that the guy just didn’t want to use the 2 dollar bills

[@5roundsrapid263]

I collect coins and bills. $2 bills are only worth $2. People hoard them anyway. That’s exactly why they’re not rare!

[@Silverwolf0080]

@@ccggenius It was not an Item, he gave them 100 $2 bills. A non-asshole person would have explained to them that $2 bills are still legal tender and he giving them $200 cash in exchange for $120 cash. Its sad because the pawn shop were assholes and and basically ripped him off, how is that hard to understand?

[@ccggenius]

@@Silverwolf0080 The point is that the guy CLEARLY valued the $200 as more than $200, as they were $2 bills. How is that hard to understand? If he spends the money, then he doesn't have the bills anymore. If he pawns them, then he can (theoretically) cover his expenses and still reclaim said bills.

[@sudocatsda1guy390]

I witnessed a guy bring a bunch of Jerry Cotton magazines to an antiquariat. The owner checked them out quickly and asked what he wants for them. "Few Cottons" he replied. Dude liked Jerry Cotton

[@KaiyaCorrbin]

I can't tell you how many "Madden" football games I have come across at the thrift store....people don't realize they are pretty worthless after that season is over. I figured that out by reading the back of it. I hate those games lol.

[@CurtisAlfeld]

I really feel like more retro game stores should just start bundling those with consoles. I used to hang out at my buddy's shop all the time in high school, and those damn things would just sit for months.

[@michaelmartin9022]

There's a old videogame shop near(ish) to me in Japan with a ton of old SNES sports games on shelves outside for ￥50 or less. They probably wouldn't care if somebody stole them, to be honest. I bought a bunch of soccer ones once just to try them out, some weren't too bad.

[@JaelinBezel]

I wouldn’t say they were worthless since you can still play them. Also if you just say “madden” game, I’m automatically picturing one of the ps1 games.

[@brazenbull636]

I've seen this in reverse. I saw a used baofeng radio being sold for $90 in a pawnshop. I started laughing my ass off. Because they are $19.99 brand new, with free shipping all day long on eBay and Amazon...

[@frodobaggins6684]

Most pawn shops won't take your black lotus alpha edition because they can't afford to spend that kind of money on cardboard. Shameful.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

So put it up for auction on ebay?

[@Jackie89000]

Some trading cars shops/comic shops will buy them so they can put it on display.

[@superchickenlips1]

My wife once bought $1 note for £2. She gave it to me and I said it was pretty cool, where did she get it from? She replied that a dude was selling on the market at a bricabrac stall. She said she thought I would like it. I did until she told me she paid £2 for it. I tried explaining the economics of the situation to her but she couldn't get my point.

[@shadowslayer205]

*STONKS*

[@rottytherottski522]

Eh I mean if it’s hard to get a little extra can be worth it. Money from Zimbabwe is totally worthless but I know people would pay more than it’s worth to get it in the US, really same with any foreign currency that’s not common in the region. Like since I’m from Washington state Canadian money dosent bat an eye but when someone shows up with a Peso it’s all special. So I mean she only actually paid like 1.75 for it which isn’t worth grilling her over unless you have US dollars flooding your house every day.

[@maduaksteven]

When I was 13-14 I took a chunk of lead the size of a football because I thought it was silver

[@dododokutaah]

thats toxic!

[@ragnkja]

Steven Maduak I’m surprised the weight didn’t tip you off.

[@94Newbie]

@@dododokutaah lead compounds are toxic. not metallic lead. unless we are talking about prolonged exposure handling lead is no problem at all. just dont make water pipes out of it like people used to.

[@AnonymousUser77254]

RedHunter1304 lead doesn't absorb through the skin. It'd be toxic if he ate a chunk.

[@dododokutaah]

@@94Newbie Oh well, it was supposed to be a joke.

[@huuamai8151]

7:38 hold up... guy came in with $200 and traded it for $120? Did he think $2 Bill's are worthless?

[@edlaprade]

Probably. A lot of places these days think they aren't real. Must be counterfeit because they've never seen one before.

[@huuamai8151]

@@edlaprade many people have never even heard of a $2, true, but they weren't counterfeit, and the fact of the matter is that the guy was ignorant of the fact that he could have gone to the bank and exchanged them.

[@oopsimdead2578]

It's possible he collected $2 bills and didn't want to spend them, but needed cash real quick.

[@huuamai8151]

@@oopsimdead2578 he never came back for them. He's no collector.

[@mellyr2584]

Chris Fuentes if he’s not a collector how would he have 100 of them? He probably forgot them.. he definitely wanted to buy them back from what it seems

[@seanathanbeanathan]

"Everything but the kitchen sink" doesn't even apply here

[@kylieerickson5204]

that farm town must have been Greeley. I live in NoCo and Greeley is veeery trashy, lots of gang activity. you can’t even wear numbers (like on sports jerseys) to any of the schools there because of it

[@victorhopewave]

This shows why I hate saying "pawn" with my British accent😂

[@coffeerequired5074]

Now thoroughly convinced that pawnworkers are a subtype of Gordan Ramsy

[@HeartDAlyson]

The collector coins for games make me sad. My dad started a coin and paper money collection when he was in the army. He would collect paper and coins in the currency of whatever country he's at. I work at a convenience store and every week or so someone would come in with silver dollar or half dollars and I would use my own money to trade it out for the collection. Every few weeks or months a very obscure coin would show up, but mostly Canadian coins; I live in Texas and I only found one Mexican coin. There was one guy who brought in pristine old half dollars coins that must of come out of his collection...for beer or cigs; I felt really bad.

[@rottytherottski522]

Yup I’m a collector too and my mom has tried to spend some rare coins for her coffee and I had to stop her right there and open up my secret cash stash (her and my sister and would take my cash if I left it anywhere obvious) and trade her for them. She literally has no understanding of older things being worth anything, like in moves she would just throw out heirlooms because it was “clutter” and that drove me insane.

[@sean_relics9868]

Late reply but fellow coin expert and collector here, it infuriates me that people get rid of these coins for money or for common use, not understanding their real value, I've been collecting since I was 8, and now my collection goes as far back as ancient Greece and the ancient Roman empire(not only those, but colonial era coins, shipwreck coins, medieval coins, early american coins, and lots of others) and having some really valuable pieces, some even worth over $2,000. Little tip for fellow collectors here, always try to find the best condition and most unique ones you can find, if you do it for fun though, try to find the ones that best interests you

[@huuamai8151]

8:20 this is the guy that brought down Gamestop.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

Not a pawnbroker, and the thing I sold wasn't dumb, but I do regret selling it. I had bought an old Mosin Nagant carbine years back when those things were selling like hot cakes. Unfortunately, I had hit a financial bump in the road a few years later and valued having a roof over my head more than owning a really awesome piece of history, so took it to get some rent money. Their gun guy came over to take a look at it, and while I had expected to maybe get $100 off it, he suddenly got really excited and asked me how long I had had it. It turns out it had been used in the Winter War of 1939 by the invading Soviets. The Finns would reclaim any guns off of fallen Soviet soldiers and retool them to make them even better, and then send them back against the Russians. My rifle had been one of these. The guy had never seen one in person and was more than glad to buy it off me for more than what I had originally asked for it ($200, I think). I was really disappointed when I left, but happy I had made enough to cover the rest of my rent. Later, when I had come back financially, my rifle was long gone.

[@Kallixoxo]

13:13 “i went to college in a farm town in northern colorado” *looks out my dorm window* ...you mean university of northern colorado? 😂😂

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

2009 pennies are semi special because they have a special back

[@africanfartingfrog]

It's a 2009 S VDB

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

jeremyross631 you are right in the fact that the s vdb is a very special coin but the 1909 is the only vdb you should be proud most people don’t know what an s vdb is

[@africanfartingfrog]

@@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 yeah, that was the joke. there is no 2009 S VDB

[@Nora-kn2eb]

gold4me btw i loved the vid and i love your content! keep it up!

[@psychomagi8701]

I think some people forget that Pawn Shop owners need to be able to make money off of what they buy too. The store is there to sell things for a quick buck or buy things at a discounted price rather than from retail. If you think you have something worth more than what the shop offers, then attempt to sell it to a collector. Everyone's gotta make a living somehow.

[@1nk_edd]

There is a lot of money in being the middle man it just takes connections

[@labyrinthgirl17]

I have a bad slant when it comes to pawn shops. Maybe I just had a bad experience, but one time, I went into the local pawn shop and tried to sell a few things I had that I knew weren't worth much; but I was a desperate college student in debt, I needed any money I could get so I could go back for the next semester. They wouldn't take anything I had. I brought in my electric guitar (x-mas gift from my late mom, was a few hundred when she got it), a gently used hookah (smoking hookah is pretty popular where I live now and a hookah bar was a local hang out spot at the college I attended; it's shisha, not pot, that's smoked), a small bag of my late grandma's jewelry (real and costume mixed together), and a pair of boots I couldn't wear. They didn't know what a hookah was (fair enough; older generation), wouldn't take the guitar because it wasn't a high selling brand name, wouldn't take any of the jewelry, and they claimed didn't take clothing or shoes (bullshit, as they had a whole rack of clothing and shoes right smack in the middle of the store; I walked past it to get to the counter). So, I don't know why they refused everything, but they pretty much told me to shove it and get lost. Haven't been to a pawn shop since. : P

[@neocirus115]

A guy we knew was going to sell a chainsaw at a pawn shop to get gas... for his chainsaw. He mentioned only wanted something like $25 for it. The chainsaw was almost new and normally would cost close to $200. So we bought it off him for $50, he then needed a chainsaw. So we loaned him "an identical" chainsaw for a day while he made the money to buy a new saw. After getting the chainsaw back we sold it because we didn't need it to the pawn shop for $100. Next day he came around with his "new" chainsaw. It was the same one we sold to the pawnshop. This guy has no problem ripping people off so we didn't feel bad about making $50 off him.

[@wlan246]

0:42 One could build a cathedral from all the pieces of The Cross that purported descendants of the Knights Templar have brought to pawn shops.

[@Kreschavier]

Plus, it's the "remnants" of the cross. You're selling proof that Jesus existed instead of giving it to the church?

[@mariapinzon2175]

I almost choked on my water at 4:39

[@robertedwards8562]

I worked in a comic book store in the late 80s early 90s. We would occasionally have some idiot bring in a stack of ratty books missing the cover and torn up thinking they had a gold mine. We spent a ridiculous amount of time telling them they were worthless. One guy refused to believe it, all he said every time we told him they were worthless was "but they're old". My boss finally lost her patience and yelled "so is my grandmother, but I can't get a nickle for her!"

[@michaelmartin9022]

Not a pawn shop, but on a comic forum I used to be on somebody said he had a collection of 1920's issues of The Champion, a loosely sport-themed British story paper, and was asking what they were worth. I told him the truthful value of £1 an issue, maybe £5 for low numbers. He kept desperately keeping the thread alive hoping that somebody would give him the "correct" answer of "you're a millionaire". At my old job we heard on the radio that the first Batman comic sold for a million dollars, this guy thought that my own collection, dating from the 1890's, must be worth even more, as they're that much older. I think there's another reason why the first Batman comic is worth so much.

[@SK-sf8fp]

had a fun one come in recently, kid like 18-19 sold us a bunch of vintage us currency (gold/silver certs, big bills etc.) and a bag full of silver coins......he asked for face value on everything because coinstar wouldn't take it. we also regularly have a fairly crazy guy come in tell us about his horses he owns in Africa and then try and pawn meat......like from the grocery store

[@arelic6087]

Will a pawn shop take my brand new kitchen aid??

[@kolonarulez5222]

I love Antiques Roadshow! I was happy to learn that it's all legitimate without plants

[@3seven5seven1nine9]

Yeah, that is interesting. Why do people assume playing cards are an instant ticket to fortune? They're cardboard after all. Sure, specific cards are worth a lot, but if you dont have those specific cards you have cardboard

[@AlexVenthem]

Im a bit confused about 8:20. Someone explain plz

[@InternetinaNutshellChannel]

Diamonds. That stuff is worthless.

[@TuberoseKisser]

I'm amazed how in 2019 people still think they're worth thousands.

[@CurtisAlfeld]

I once heard about a guy who bought a diamond ring and took it to multiple stores just to prove they're worthless. None of the stores offered him anything close to a consistent price.

[@inkblackbirs1063]

Lol not if u bring a black lotus magic card in

[@rabidrabbitshuggers]

That spider one has me crying laughing omg

[@Benjamin1986980]

Back when I was in high school, my church got a donation of tens of thousands of sports cards. The youth group spent hundreds of hours organizing them into complete sets. Then they went to sell them, just to discover that they were worth 5 to $10 for an entire set. The hourly income from the sorting alone was merely pennies. I think the church ended up just throwing most of the cards away

[@ILikeToLaughAtYou]

Why would you pawn $2 bills? They’re still in print, and not rare by any means... so weird...

[@vHelixx-]

Lol, the person who should have got 200 dollars said he wanted 120 "Because that's how many 2 dollars it's worth" lol

[@tiki-nagasvoice7919]

1:34 I watched a lot of episodes of Antiques Road Show and found the highest appraisal on something I've ever seen. It was apparently a sculpture from a very well known artist - which you almost wouldn't think at first, considering it looked like a wire coathanger with bits of plastic taped to the ends and spray painted pink. Guess what it went for. A million dollars. This sculpture went for $1 million.

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

Imagine working as a pawn shop guy and someday a guy comes in and tries to sell you something actually historical. Like the Holy Grail, Pieces of the Original Cross, Excalibur, the Arc of the Covenant... And then you have an expert come in because "well its obviously fake but DAMN that's a lot of gold and jewels" and then he tells you the stuff is LEGIT.

[@antonioakiki3716]

Actually valuable stuff are sold on auctions. Pawn shops are for poor people

[@SegaDream131]

I would expect the value of whatever it was to be considerably lower due to the seller and the crack he would end up selling it for......

[@4rkain3]

ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED. EVEN IF YOU KNOW FOR AN ABSOLUTE FACT THAT A GUN ISN’T LOADED, IT’S LOADED. ALWAYS TREAT A GUN AS THOUGH IT’S LOADED.

[@Icyangel10]

Gold4me Reminds me a little of when I was selling some old stuff a while back, got less than expected(then again it's GameStop) & had to give the Wii to Good Will. Dad was a little sad(even though I mentioned it a few times in passing) because he wanted to mess with the Wii.(It's a black one that for reasons unknown can't play GameCube games & has no controller ports)

[@thorkveld]

5:46 - This right here exactly.. Your Ultra rare, first edition, SDK Blue-Eyes White Dragon is worthess. I have 19 of them.

[@michaelmartin9022]

I bought this comic for young children in Japan, to try and read it because it was easy. It came with a ton of free gifts including about 100 cards for some new Yu-gi-oh wannabe called Buddy Fight. I was fed up with them kicking around so tried to sell them at various trading card shops, most wouldn't take them, one offered me ￥1 for all of them... I took the ￥1, it was still money!

[@pauldavisjr.3284]

That mom had the right stuff.😂😂😂

[@mich9665]

Excuse me, but do you guys have battletoads?

[@deinemudda6104]

Had a family of 5 come into the pawn shop. Lady had what she claimed was a priceless family heirloom, a civil war figurine. I had to tell her , that No it was in fact an old liquor bottle, then, after she refused to belive me...I unscrewed the lid of the bottle and poured some of the liquor that was still inside into a nearby glass. Lady took her bottle back home to keep as "a reminder of gradmas secret drinking habit"

[@CowMaster9001]

Why do people think their local pawnshops have the ability to buy or resell things worth millions of dollars? Like, did they walk past the beat up electronics and used rings?

[@WayWardWonderer]

I work in GameStop and usually once a month we get some little kids wanting to trade in older games, 360/PS3/Wii/DS and think they'll walk out with a couple hundred bucks each time. Every time we tell them they'll be getting like $3 due to the age/wear and tear of the games they look so shocked and their parents ALWAYS say "I told you so!" and "That's why you NEED to take care of your games!" Or we get the people who trade in more modern games expecting to walk out with a good chunk of change then get shocked when they only get a couple bucks because the game isn't rare or isn't popular. Also, we don't set the trade-in value, I honestly don't know who does and I don't really care. Just please, PLEASE, if you're going to trade in games have them in their correct cases, or at the very least ANY type of case, and CLEAN your old, dusty consoles! I've seen some SNES consoles that reek of cigarettes and 360's covered in so much grime it's made me feel sick...

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

WayWardWonderer Wii’s aren worth shit

[@jakegowan2802]

Imagine capturing the most dangerous spider in north america just for it to get you *Nothing!*

[@a_literal_brick]

Nobody: 0:00: *_PORN SHOP WORKERS OF REDDIT_*

[@mandytran8023]

Tried to sell my kid to a pawn shop. Worker said it was only worth $4, so I disowned him instead.

[@therainbowwillow4453]

My fam was moving a few states away, and we wanted to sell some older “heirlooms” which no one had been worried about. Most were kept in the family to see if we could eventually get a bit of money off of them. So, my dad decided it was time that we sold our great grandma’s silver, as we had no use for it. We went to the pawn shop hoping for a couple hundred dollars. We asked how much they’d take for the set. Five dollars.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

Erin Connelly because they’ll turn around and make bank on it u should of sold it on eBay

[@TJDious]

Friend of mine had his apartment storage locker robbed of several boxes of action figures and collectibles. They took it to the store he worked at to sell.

[@Jackie89000]

In defense of the 2009 penny guy, the pennies made that year were made to celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln so all the pennies had one of a couple different pictures of Lincoln's life. Not worth much right now, but will probably be in 50 years or so. The guy probably saw the penny thinking it was special because of the new art on it and thought it would be worth more. I got a good amount of them working at McDonalds.

[@samus4799]

What do you mean, this is 400 sticks of RAM! Sir, these are 128mb ddr1 DIMMs...

[@mouserat2545]

9:19 a roll of buffalo nicholas

[@wlan246]

So many stories from ga-MES-top... DOUBLE-quote!!!!

[@TheCuriousNoob]

I like how people think signatures of politicians like Abe Lincoln will make them rich. Politicians literally spend half their time signing all sorts of stuff. It's not exactly rare unless it's a one-off copy of some important bill they signed off on. Letters asking someone to bring some beer... Not so much!

[@JamesEDonaldson]

If all these guys are walking into Pawn shops with Stolen items and they're that obvious, why are they waiting for them to later bring Sinks and Cars and not calling the cops? "Hey, any victims had their $2 gold teeth pulled in last two days?"

[@DtheDelinquent3000]

Lmao I got pawn stories for dayssssss!

[@little_valkyrie]

10:38 Man, I have a ~100 year old copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare that I picked up at some 2nd-hand book sale for a couple of dollars. The cover is a bit beaten up now 'cause I used to use it at school.

[@Dryboneszero]

I use to work at GameStop and people bringing in a pile of sports games was the worst. 20 minutes to ring it all up just to tell them they would get a 25 cents per title.

[@SegaDream131]

Jokes on Gamestop because it cost them more just to ring him up and manage the new merch....

[@colerobin7708]

5:09 Trump: the art of the deal

[@descendantsanddoctorwhofan5998]

Basically any verified Item with Beatles autographs that isn’t verified

[@shinra6913]

that guy at 7:20 was most likely trying to launder stolen cash.

[@G_th]

Sounds like "porn shop" instead of "pawn shop", or is it just me?

[@kita1318]

DetachableSouls Roblox me too

[@grkb]

Me too. This TTS voice is trash

[@yanindexmessenger]

I would like to say about the trading card story, cards like the Power Nine from the original Magic the Gathering can fetch absurd prices, especially a Black Lotus or Ancestral Recall.

[@gabrielfrakes7455]

i work at dairy queen and had a dude come in all confident. slid me two certificates for a free ice cream cone.... for McDonald's. Kindly told him McDonald's is just down the street and he took them and walked out. Never said a single word to me.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

Gabriel Frakes maybe give him a mini cone if u have them for the 2 coupons then take the coupons and u and you’re manager can go get ice cream from McDonald’s 😂

[@FFP_BF2]

Joey Gaydos Jr. (Zack from School of Rock) stoke guitars and guitar equipment and sold them at a pawn shop. Can’t remember why.

[@askhowiknow5527]

My panic button is inside the trigger guard of my pistol

[@Squard25]

Its halarious to think of the idea of owning a pawnshop and some crack head trying to sell me a chuck e cheese token thinking it's a gold coin. That's something you dont see every day. Now I dont enjoy hearing about drug addicts misadventures but this one got me.

[@Javawocky92]

2:32 same thing happened at my local pawnshop but the guy never walked out. The owner said he couldn't buy it because he didnt have a firearm dealer's license and when saw him point it at one of his employees he thought the guy was going to retaliate so the owner just reacted drew his ccw pistol and shot the guy.

[@gavinbrodersen9088]

3:41 that penny one got me😂

[@TheUrgleBurgle]

The chair Lincoln was shot in is in the Henry Ford Museum.

[@MannyBrum]

I want to know more about Buffalo Nicholas.

[@The-GCN]

I just awwwed at the kid with the deadly spider, and laughed at the last one. Also, Gold4me.

[@toryknotts8026]

I would have bought it, just for the kids reaction

[@wesleythomas7125]

Gold4me? Lots of gold for me, Haa! Lots of gold for me!

[@dr.dankenstien_aka_nemo_me8500]

gold4me it better be that choclate kind 2 or i wont buy that blackwidow spider for 2 dollars

[@mrbond9882]

I called my lincoln chair guy 😂😂😂😂

[@appletree8441]

A guy brought in a brick and asked $5 for it. The owner gave him the money. I asked him why did he pay $5 for a 50¢ brick. He said that it's cheaper than buying a new front window. 🤔🌚😈👮

[@alsmith7382]

Was the seller Ernest T. Bass????

[@TURDFerguson424]

I used to get people bringing limited-edition alcohol bottles and be like ill take 40 dollars. I can give you 50 cent

[@xChickenMedia]

2009 penny is actually slightly more rare than newer pennies

[@GazMatic]

Went from pawn shops to GameStop....