As someone who lives in the UK and has never been to a Pawn Shop before I had a few questions which you American/Canadian members might be able to answer and an ethical one which is open to everyone.
1) Has anyone ever been to the Pawn Shop shown in the store, and if so what was your experience like? I've seen a few interesting blog posts about this ( (like this) but most of them seem to be very negative saying that it's a pokey little place, and the stars are never actually there, or they sit in the back signing autographs at $25 a pop. Can anyone share their experience?
2) Do you think Rick in particular is fair with his offers? He seems to offer people around 60% of how much he thinks he can sell the item for, and in my opinion this is pretty fair considering how a lot of the items are quite niche antiques and the risk involved. Also, on several occasions, people have come in asking for something like $2000 for their super valuable antique and instead of taking that offer, he gives them more ($15 000 on one occasion). But some people think he rips people off, what are your opinions?
Feel free to leave any other comments or questions about the show here as well
1) Has anyone ever been to the Pawn Shop shown in the store, and if so what was your experience like? I've seen a few interesting blog posts about this ( (like this) but most of them seem to be very negative saying that it's a pokey little place, and the stars are never actually there, or they sit in the back signing autographs at $25 a pop. Can anyone share their experience?
2) Do you think Rick in particular is fair with his offers? He seems to offer people around 60% of how much he thinks he can sell the item for, and in my opinion this is pretty fair considering how a lot of the items are quite niche antiques and the risk involved. Also, on several occasions, people have come in asking for something like $2000 for their super valuable antique and instead of taking that offer, he gives them more ($15 000 on one occasion). But some people think he rips people off, what are your opinions?
Feel free to leave any other comments or questions about the show here as well