Down here at the pawn shop - Page 26

Big Sarge · 01-19-2013, 01:36 AM

It sounds like you need a taser. If you lit a few folks up, I bet they wouldn't be as rowdy in the shop. Or, I do have a double barrel 12 ga with rubber buckshot

Griff · 01-19-2013, 08:52 AM

I watched Loopers last night and the guys were being paid in silver ingots, would you guys re-smelt that sort of thing or are there restrictions?

Spexxvet · 01-19-2013, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I watched Loopers last night and the guys were being paid in silver ingots, would you guys re-smelt that sort of thing or are there restrictions?

On one of those shows where people buy the contents of unpaid storage "rooms", the buyer melted down all the silver and gold to resell it.

Undertoad · 01-19-2013, 09:50 AM

We would happily buy it in and melt it. I've made loans on them before. How big were the ingots?

But we don't have to actually melt anything personally. That would be a pain in the ass. We just sell it to the smelters.

Griff · 01-19-2013, 10:00 AM

Maybe 2 1/2 x 5 x 3/4?

Undertoad · 01-19-2013, 12:20 PM

How much value was that supposed to represent?

Griff · 01-19-2013, 01:17 PM

One life. It appears to be a literary reference to Judas' thirty pieces of silver. The Loopers live a very fashionable existence in a fallen society. The Loopers execute folks from the future who get in trouble with the mob and are sent back in time for disposal. Those targeted for execution are bound and packaged with an unspecified number of bars (maybe thirty) and sent to a specified time/place for execution. Very interesting movie with (as always) some logical holes created by the timeline alterations. Spoiler: The real fun starts when the Looper pulls gold off the body rather than silver. That means he has just executed himself.

Scriveyn · 01-24-2013, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

... Every day I drive out of paradise, and into an assault of trash, madness, ignorance and desperation. ...

Sounds like the IT I work in - and there I was, thinking insurance companies had quality, well organized IT

Undertoad · 01-24-2013, 02:39 PM

~ Some (about half) of the stuff we turned down today ~

Ladies watch, possibly antique, but nothing to us
DVD player, not a brand we deal in
Gold, but you don't have your ID, we need proper state ID
Tool kit w/cordless drill, cheap ass kit of no-name brand, too shitty for us even if it's new
HP Deskjet 1000 new in box, too low-end of a printer for us
Bracelet, alleged silver, but not stamped
DVD player, another brand we don't deal in
Blackberry phone, too old, we only buy iPhones and the newest of other brands
Playstation 2 games, too old, we only buy PS3
Ring, fake, stamped 14K but not actually gold
DVDs, we have stopped buying them because we have too many
White XBox 360 - we don't take the white ones, they are too old and tend to die
Gold-plated silver rings - not enough weight in silver for a pawn
Xbox 360 games - too scratched

footfootfoot · 01-24-2013, 02:49 PM

I know the Salvation Army store in Old Greenwich, CT are a great place to pick up extremely valuable antiques for a song, I wonder if there are pawn shops that cater to a better class of pawners?

Undertoad · 01-24-2013, 03:14 PM

My theory currently is, if the people of the neighborhood can eBay, it will not support a pawn shop.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2013, 03:43 PM

C'mon UT, how can you deprive these poor people their anti-freeze in this weather.

Pete Zicato · 01-24-2013, 10:45 PM

How did you know the ring wasn't gold?

Crimson Ghost · 01-24-2013, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

How did you know the ring wasn't gold?

The sellers finger had a green stripe around it.

jimhelm · 01-24-2013, 10:57 PM

Pete, google acid test gold

01-19-2013, 01:36 AM	#376
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	It sounds like you need a taser. If you lit a few folks up, I bet they wouldn't be as rowdy in the shop. Or, I do have a double barrel 12 ga with rubber buckshot __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

01-19-2013, 08:52 AM	#377
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I watched Loopers last night and the guys were being paid in silver ingots, would you guys re-smelt that sort of thing or are there restrictions? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-19-2013, 10:00 AM	#380
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Maybe 2 1/2 x 5 x 3/4? Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-19-2013, 01:17 PM	#382
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	One life. It appears to be a literary reference to Judas' thirty pieces of silver. The Loopers live a very fashionable existence in a fallen society. The Loopers execute folks from the future who get in trouble with the mob and are sent back in time for disposal. Those targeted for execution are bound and packaged with an unspecified number of bars (maybe thirty) and sent to a specified time/place for execution. Very interesting movie with (as always) some logical holes created by the timeline alterations. Spoiler: The real fun starts when the Looper pulls gold off the body rather than silver. That means he has just executed himself. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-24-2013, 02:49 PM	#385
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I know the Salvation Army store in Old Greenwich, CT are a great place to pick up extremely valuable antiques for a song, I wonder if there are pawn shops that cater to a better class of pawners? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-19-2013, 09:50 AM	#379
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	We would happily buy it in and melt it. I've made loans on them before. How big were the ingots? But we don't have to actually melt anything personally. That would be a pain in the ass. We just sell it to the smelters.

01-19-2013, 12:20 PM	#381
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	How much value was that supposed to represent?

01-24-2013, 02:39 PM	#384
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	~ Some (about half) of the stuff we turned down today ~ Ladies watch, possibly antique, but nothing to us DVD player, not a brand we deal in Gold, but you don't have your ID, we need proper state ID Tool kit w/cordless drill, cheap ass kit of no-name brand, too shitty for us even if it's new HP Deskjet 1000 new in box, too low-end of a printer for us Bracelet, alleged silver, but not stamped DVD player, another brand we don't deal in Blackberry phone, too old, we only buy iPhones and the newest of other brands Playstation 2 games, too old, we only buy PS3 Ring, fake, stamped 14K but not actually gold DVDs, we have stopped buying them because we have too many White XBox 360 - we don't take the white ones, they are too old and tend to die Gold-plated silver rings - not enough weight in silver for a pawn Xbox 360 games - too scratched

01-24-2013, 03:14 PM	#386
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	My theory currently is, if the people of the neighborhood can eBay, it will not support a pawn shop.

01-24-2013, 03:43 PM	#387
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	C'mon UT, how can you deprive these poor people their anti-freeze in this weather. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2013, 10:45 PM	#388
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	How did you know the ring wasn't gold? __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-24-2013, 10:57 PM	#390
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Pete, google acid test gold __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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