"J T" wrote in message
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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

If you ebay, when you do a search, use the drop down that reverses the
order. Look at newly posted items. Sometimes the seller doesn't know the
value of what they have and put a too low buy it now price. Like a good
deal at a yard sale, first guy that sees it grabs it.

Steve