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Sat, Dec 17, 2005, 8:48am (EST-1) (Greg*O) doth
sayeth:
snip Also don't let the asking prices run you off. It seems to me that
pawn shops are used to haggling over the price a bit, so there is
usually some room for negotiation in the price. Greg

Most of the prices I looked at, a fair negotiation price would
start at about half what they were asking, or less. I'll admit, you
"can" still get a bargain in a pawn shopl, but they're few and far
between, and you'd have to visit a lot of places, very often, before
you're gonna run across many.

If you want a bargain, I think you'll find better ones, more often,
in your local bargain papers, newspaper classified ads, by visiting
second hand shops, yard sales, or word of mouth. I'll probably still
check out the occassional pawn shop, but only when I'm in the area, with
nothing better to do. I won't expect to see anything I actually want to
buy.

JOAT
A rolling stone gathers no moss...unless it's a hobby he does on the
weekends.