Top 20 Times the Pawn Stars Were Screwed Over

Pawn is a risky business! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the purchases that weren’t as good a deal as the Pawn Stars initially thought they were. Our countdown includes items such as comic books, phony Rolex watches, a submarine and more! Which Pawn Star do you think made the worst deal? Let us know in the comments below.
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[@WatchMojo]

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[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It WatchMojo.

[@StanHalen1936]

​@@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneAyour wife is gross.

[@RealGilbertGan]

Chumlee over a Bob Dylan autograph request for one of his albums that Rick was able to buy and ended up with autograph saying "To Chum Lee - Bob Dylan". To quote Chumlee "Maybe another Chumlee will". lmao

[@MoonlightXYZ]

Just because the seller got a good deal, that doesn't mean the Pawn Stars got "screwed over." It's rather both parties win.

[@Nenernener123]

Yeah like the book was literally valued at $1250 & he paid $700. How is that screwed over?!?

[@8ojack]

Exactly! Misleading!

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

Because their business is built on screwing over their desperate "customer".

[@leo.ottesen]

I just think Watch Mojo has lost its mojo and gain capitalism instead: growing and letting professionals go, and recruiting less-paid personnel to do experts' jobs, like researching, content development, writers... So we get videos like this: bunch of mistakes and misleads, because they were produced by amateurs that just need a job

[@78625amginE]

@@leo.ottesen Agreed. The quality has dropped substantially over the last while.

[@fembotheather3785]

What a seller paid for the item is irrelevant. The store is only "screwed" if the item turns out not to be worth what they paid for it.

[@mattm7798]

Exactly. I could find a gold bar on the sidewalk and sell it for $2000...no one got screwed lol(well maybe the person that lost it)

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

When hustlers get hustled.

[@masonruni]

When Rick gets screwed over. It is pretty hilarious

[@robhill4352]

It really is.

[@RockBandVlds]

Especially since is staged.

[@ShadowMage-]

my favorite one (and I think the only one I really remember,) was when Chumlee made a deal on a guitar someone brought in but turns out it wasn't worth the money he offered. So I think to save the value of the guitar, Chum went around to find a celebrity to autograph it but ended up getting a Prince impersonator to sign it😂

[@NikhileshSurve]

1:54 If it was genuine then the buyer didn't got screwed. The seller sure made huge profit but the buyer also clearly got a good deal. 13:26 Again, if it was genuine then he didn't got screwed just because the seller made a bigger profit. Also the buyer too was making decent profit.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

Exactly, how many times have they had the seller sell something much less than they should have. Their business is built on taking advantage of desperate people.

[@NikhileshSurve]

@@Woozlewuzzleable Absolutely. Other items in this video where they bought fakes or things that would sell for less than what they paid were good examples but those 2 items shouldn't be included in that where the sellers just happened to be lucky to have bought them for few dollars.

[@RandomRay1]

Safe to say no one feels sorry when the guys from pawn stars get screwed over

[@5ftOfRage]

My thoughts exactly

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Why? They tend to be fair. They even offer more then is asked at times. They give interesting history lessons along the way. What's your problem? They make a good living? That bothers you?

[@Littlepocketrocket81]

I hate pawn stars greedy fat cats...

[@ThePasky00]

​@NelsonMontana1234 yeah it's worth 400k nice. I'll give you 3k for it 😂

[@joewilson6374]

@@NelsonMontana1234 No problems, most everyone loves to see Rick and especially Cory get screwed over, as it is HILARIOUS. Now calm down Nelson. Don't hurt yourself.

[@KLondike5]

"We got paids tens of thousands each person, each episode to pretend we got screwed. Woe is us!"

[@TheCommenterDragon]

And to think the seller getting more than they paid for it and the Pawn Stars crew finding out that it's really not worth what they expected is a recurring theme in this show. I mean I know it's all staged and or scripted, But it's still a perfect example of what pawnbrokers have to deal with irl.

[@thomholbrook7286]

I don't understand how the underground railroad book was a screw over in any way. They book was legit and Rick paid a fair agreed on price. The fact the seller bought it for less is irrelevant.

[@skippydmb]

Watch this show with the understanding that at least 90% of it is fake.

[@mattm7798]

I admit I loved the show in it's first few season since it felt more real. Every sale wasn't "let me call my buddy and advise me on this" and you didn't have crazy items like a Phil Collen guitar which is authenticate by Phil Collen himself??!?!?!?!?!?

[@theminingassassin16]

I know that in the pawn business, it’s essential to take risks. However, when it comes to potentially losing thousands of dollars, it’s better to call in someone who can give a second opinion. Better to be safe than sorry.

[@seantlewis376]

So many of these high ticket items, I would be asking the seller, "If this is what you say it is, why are you taking it to a pawn shop instead of an auction house?"

[@TheGreatSalsaMan]

For publicity. Thats what the show is for. Guy brought his pokemon card collection and they valued them at half a million. He refused and sold them for millions years later when people saw them on the show.

[@juliusfrauenglass2411]

Auction Houses take a commission fee of 10% or more and auctions are fickle. There is or was a show set in an auction house in Atlanta, GA that has seen some items sell for surprisingly less than appraised value and some sell for lots more. It depends on the Auction attendees. I personally used to attend local business auctions and because of who regularly goes some items are real bargains, others just have bidding wars that lead to overpaying.

[@EricJae.]

RIP Old man

[@goingrogue2236]

When someone pays a dime and sells it for $2k, the buyer did not get ripped off. The owner just had a good stoke of luck.

[@nicholas_scott]

It has been known for a while that the show was scripted. After the first couple seasons, it was not even filmed at the actual pawn store, but on a stage replica with actors. Nothing was actually bought or sold. "experts" just brought stuff in from there own collection for the show

[@hanakowolf578]

I believe they had to make the switch from an actual pawn shop to a stage because most of the items they had were being stolen, or they had a ton of shitty people come in and mess with the whole crew. I don't really remember.

[@NickYousoufian]

#4 - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson autograph. What wasn't mentioned was the book expert Rebecca. She and a group of others examined the autograph and had a 'community consensus.' Of course, the autograph was faked. But to have a group like that to determine it, dang that must've been hard on Rick.

[@juliusfrauenglass2411]

There are very few autographs from jackson . He was barely literate and so signed rarely.

[@RealGilbertGan]

This is why one of the things that people AREN'T supposed to do in the Pawn Shop is DO NOT BUY A BOOK W/O AN APPRAISAL, and it was seen as one of the worst deals ever done by the Pawn Stars.

[@DMBLaan]

I don't about latter season of the show, but I always felt bad for Chum. He should not have been in this business, but he was such a popular character that they couldn't fire him or transfer him to a better job for himself.

[@Briandberg]

Seeing pawn shop owners get the raw end of a deal brings a smile to my face

[@madmaxofspokane1691]

I guess that Rick has never heard of setting a reserve price for an auction, so for me, that would make him by far the biggest 'know it all' dumbass.👍👍👍👍👍

[@nedkelly2035]

On the comics, while I understand they are not valuable, I don't understand how the guy says "5 cents each if you are lucky." Where I live, about any random comic is a dollar just in reader condition. If you buy a stack of random rough ones, you MIGHT get 100 for $25., but that is still twenty five cents each. I would pay the nickel he is talking about just to read them, and/or resell at yard sales. Maybe use for decoupage or even wallpaper.

[@jacobhotaling8959]

I'm surprised to see losses under 1k on this list

[@5ftOfRage]

After all these years I still regret ever watching Pawn Stars. But however I do not regret stop watching Pawn Stars

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

I had a friend who would watch it for hours and hours on end and I was honestly like "how fucking high *are* you?"

[@BeyondBaito]

Okay like I get it these guyss aren't the smartest but literally the moment I saw the "native american youth vest" I was like "Yeah that was made to make a quick buck."

[@staei7457]

Every “bad deal” they make, is made up for 10 fold in tv contract deal. I’m sure they take bad deals for the camera all the time.

[@Brendan-fy6ne]

The best one was when Rick pays 10,000 for a painting worth nothing.

[@user-tv3fv3re3p]

Hopefully he still has that Boring Company flamethrower. The value is way higher than it was in the episode at that time. $1300-2000 now.

[@timkokesh1968]

There were a couple times in this list when authentic and valuable items that had been bought on the cheap were sold for big bucks… but I wouldn’t consider the Pawn Stars having been screwed on those deals…. The sellers were just lucky and/or shrewd buyers.😊

[@SirAsdf]

Meanwhile, Rick is here saying the best offer he can make for a verified legitimate 10,000 dollar painting is 20 bucks and the half-eaten ham sandwich he's got in the fridge.

[@TheGreatSalsaMan]

I’ll never forget they passed up a pokemon collection valued in 2017 at half a million now worth about $3.5 million 😁 Rick passing on that because he knew nothing about “Pokeyman” cards was probably his bigger mistake

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

Why isn't this on the fucking list? 😂

[@hanakowolf578]

Some people don't know the value of what they're looking at, nor can they anticipate that the value of something like a bunch of "kids trading cards" can go up in value.

[@joesmith3590]

No it is they have seen that once the people who enjoyed it in their youth are too old the market collapses and you never know when that is.

[@jetman80pops]

I remember that comic book episode. Laugh at their "expert" with the pile of the books worth money. He was missing a key one that Chum pulled out. That would be Avengers Annual 10 which is the first appearance of Rouge. Which depending on conditions sells for 50 to 75.00 dollars.

[@introvertsrock9843]

Should do a top 10 controversies/facts about the pawn stars Does Danny & the American Restoration guy still appear on show after their own shows were canceled?

[@annearly3200]

How is considered screwed if they paid 625.00 that some got for $15.00? or $700 that someone paid $2.00

[@blamerebel]

The show is scripted anyways. Don’t worry, I remember when I used to think that and Oak Island were real too ✌🏻😂

[@akuma63]

A comics collection of any value goes to auction not a pawn shop

[@kubek]

They weren't screwed over just because seller got it for much less. If an item turned out to be real and they could still sell it with a profit, it's still ok.

[@mattm7798]

Brings up a good question: how does a pawn shop know or protect themself against stolen high value fungible items, like high end jewelry...also interesting he paid 40k for them considering diamonds are only artificially rare and to people in the biz, they really aren't valuable to buy.

[@jakefrost8658]

Can't be screwed over when the "deal" is already done and is reenacted for the show.

[@edkrzywdzinski9121]

Exactly. You saved me writing it. Of course the whole show is staged, but when they re-enact a reveal that they were duped, it just seems laughable.

[@rogersheddy6414]

Just because someone paid $2 to buy something or $15 to buy something does not mean that the pawnbroker guy missed out. What it means is that someone happened to have made a big score somewhere else. This does not take away from the amount that he agreed to pay to buy the article from the person.. I myself recently bought something in a thrift shop for 4 dollars, which I turned around and received half the value of my automobile for when I sold it.

[@joshuamohlman]

Anytime these guys get screwed over, I like to say, “Karma’s a bitch, huh fellas?”

[@rogersheddy6414]

I'll never forget the book that was owned by and written in by Isaac newton. Rick brought in that bogus autograph appraiser guy who said, Looking at writing in the margins, "Newton didn't write that small." Therefore, He claimed, It was not newton's actual writing. He paid the guy a minimal amount of money for the book, And received a YUUUGE payout at the auction when he sold it. Also, Another day in the shop... This is the original cold carried by wyatt Earp at the o k corral. Here are the authenticating papers, eyewitness statements, and a letter from the colt factory, verifying that it was a special order pistol sent to Wyatt earp. Rick: "Best I can do is a hundred dollars." Nah, I don't feel sorry for these guys. They have the highest profit margin in retail.

[@MarioLamRedRebel]

And how about that they screw over.

[@bigal2876]

But it has a rose wood fretboard, expensive ones have oak.

[@luedanger561]

If those books would've been in NM condition that would've been great for the shop and Chum. At a quick glance I saw 1st app of Rogue, 2nd app of Deadpool, 1st app of Taskmaster, 1st app of Red Hulk, an old school Howard the Duck. Those graded 9.8 bring back the 500

[@xx7secondsxx]

Ahhhhh.... they beat people HARD many of times! This is just the seller's winning a bit

[@MGC-XIII]

How are they getting screwed over when the seller made money when the pawnshop will also make money?

[@CoalCreekCroft]

Didn't really get into this series. As an EMT, I kept waiting for one or more of the "stars" to stroke or have a massive coronary. The dad makes me reflexively scan around for a crash cart. Nothing personal but bet they deal with enough stress in that active place without the exercise to match.

[@Heathaze813]

Screwed over lmao. Who cares what the seller paid for it.

[@DaveShevett]

Cmon guys, you can do better than this. The pawn shop didnt' get 'screwed over' becuse they paid more than the buyer did. They still made a profit on the resale. You really need to understand what 'selling at a loss' means.

[@KingsOwn19]

Joe Jackson was able to sign his own name by remembering a pattern..but the use of his nickname with full quotation marks should have been an obvious hint that the illiterate Joe Jackson didn't sign it. It’s possible his wife might’ve though as she was known to sign things for him, including autographs even with him present. Which might explain the COA

[@heru-deshet359]

Love it when their greed causes them to lose money, lol!

[@jmadratz]

The entire show and deals are scripted. I can absolutely guarantee you that they didn’t lose any money except some loose change in their pockets.

[@darkball31]

*$55,000.00 for a guitar* which sold for $30k. well it was a *good guitar with soundrracks tied to it* but hey it *wasnt played by a more famous persion*

[@magiclapras]

This list has less impact when you realize most of the show is scripted. Apparently, the "seller" already knows the worth of the item the Pawn Stars will give them before even appearing on screen.

[@maryroberts2099]

I went to the store in 2013. They don’t film while costumers are there. It’s all a setup

[@K-Locke]

I assume the production company covered most of those purchases.

[@juliusfrauenglass2411]

On cards as well as other paper collectables condition is majorly important. More than rarity the CY young would probably go for around $2oo at most to areal interested collector.

[@jpsailorallaboardmatey461]

I love it when they get screwed over, especially Corey and Rick 😂

[@leobacelli3459]

Sounds to me like one of my favorite television programs I’ve known on the history channel has been dealing with a long line of scammers for a very long time. I think I might be able to help with that FOC of course

[@DragonGateDesign]

If they buy something for more than the person paid for it, its not really them getting screwed over if they make a profit, thats the point of commerces

[@rozzie101]

Chum should have been fired years ago...

[@lucoakanrogithe2ahashira509]

Strange because I’ve been binge watching pawn stars videos on their channel lately

[@Excalibur1201]

So what if somebody bought something for $2 or $15. A lot of stuff they buy was found by the seller.

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

They didnt get screwed over, they didnt do their research. And w all the people they know, its either done for tv or theyre just idiots

[@joseoropeza8894]

Too bad all of these were all scripted.

[@donovandelaney3171]

Replica cars are great.

[@lizabee7791]

“You paid 1400 bucks for it.” No YOU paid 1400 bucks for it.”

[@jack-a-lopium]

Everybody think comic books are worth money... they were literally used as ballast in trans-Atlantic shipping, which is how come they are popular in Europe :D

[@Jdunkdozeyohoe74]

Idk why people think diamonds are rare they’re not. They’re super abundant. Now gold on the other hand is. Gold is in low quantity.

[@rogersheddy6414]

Actually, Good quality natural emeralds and rubies are what is rare.

[@andysmith9243]

Most of these are just the guys overpaying, they didn’t get screwed over? Lol. They lost the game they play, oh well

[@sinkuskidd]

Can the authenticators/ appraisers get in trouble for a wrong assumption? I’m talking specifically the mays jersey. Like 30k to a few grand because he ignored some obvious red flags. I mean imagine ANYONE else with the opportunity to show their skill at authenticating…. They’d NEVER mess up so bad. Cmon Corey you at least had to challenge this guy to fisticuffs?! 😂

[@ChrisMPena87]

Am I suppose to feel bad for these guys?!

[@NLjunkie]

How is #19 a bad deal for pawn stars? 🤔

[@yungkidnf]

Mark the meme steps in 🤣🤣🤣

[@jaaydee93]

I love it when they screw over rick's son, the guy's really unlikable

[@jwill9892]

What happened to the old watch mojo videos. I think you may have sold out. This title is super misleading.

[@CoalCreekCroft]

Ah, got distracted by comments before watching it. Thank you; you saved at least one person. I hate that crap ... and other enough other comments to see it's clickbait. Ask me, that's like stealing a candy bar from me. Not a big deal overall (not a merchant as I confuse the metaphor). Nobody hurt or injured. But once is usually all it takes to define that person (or channel) forever more.

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

🔍 Wow, these deals were real stinkers! 😮

[@Mardy1801]

Number 19 is screwing them over, how? Click bait title. Next video.

[@sirsadistic]

The show is scripted they aren't actually buying the items shown

[@sketcharmstrong8491]

Why reality tv decided to make a random lv pawn shop owner and his family famous is beyond me. Guess it's good to be a "legit" crook as long as you're on tv....

[@arifhossainshikder8555]

Oh Cory 😢

[@knines4280]

YES I liked this video.

[@5ftOfRage]

As many dumb choices and decisions Chumlee has made I'm surprised he didn't get himself fired

[@amandageyman8033]

Rick has gotten weird and Corey has turned into a huge a-hole

[@Legend77700]

He did NOT know a guy

[@trevorgouthro2765]

They have insurance

[@FrankieWilde2021]

It's fake....

[@vengefullyyours]

rip cory

[@kstanni87]

Hoh boy stolen items?

[@patrickspalding8045]

Rebecca is a fox 🦊

[@yungkidnf]

"Rick calls in his friend Danny, who restores cars." Count casually walks in shaking hands...

[@Bluestar-bh3bf]

Top 20 best Old man moments from pawn stars

[@_mask_]

I love seing Pawn Stars screwed over, those guys literally ask profesionals for price of a product, and after that, they ask half the price of the thing anyway. Guys literally have contancts with every antique collector on the planet, and still want to take that huge cut out of their sellers. This is outrageous, and me and my dad would watch this show we always go like "Americans, dumb as a rock"

[@rogersheddy6414]

Yeah, I'm always like, "Nah, Imma keep it."

[@torkel4594]

TV show

[@akuma63]

If any of this stuff were real it would be sold at an Auction. The Ford is a replica Hot Rod.

[@bite-sizedshorts9635]

Their sign says "Open 24 Hours," buy my cousin went there a few years ago, and they were closed. They missed out, as he could have bought everything there.

[@cliffcorson4000]

Saying that because the item lost money at auction doesn't mean they screwed. The auction items he took were to a place that was more fine china auction and less of the stuff he took

[@donovandelaney3171]

I'm Flathead Native. We're not Americans, even though we were born in America.

[@kleine.5438]

😯🫢😬😮‍💨