Do NOT forget to haggle.
Pawn shops typically buy things for 1/4 to 1/2 their value.
So there's usually a lot of wiggle room to get a better deal.
Especially if you are a semi-regular face...
it pays to shop regularly, buy some knicknacks on occasion,
tools, a cheap GPS, musical instruments, etc...
but pay asking price or close to it for small things...
save the big haggle for the BIG items!
Have around 15 shops I hit monthly...
and my interests are pretty wide...
but the big ticket items are guns & instruments...
1 favorite line is, "What kinda price can you throw
at me to make me take this home today?"
The Haggle Without the Haggle sham
Got a Schecter Stilletto Custom 5-string Bass
for $80 around 8 mos ago by doing that
The main thing is being known as a BUYER,
not as a seller/pawner...pawn shops typically
have a pretty good turnover of merchandise,
so they aren't usually hurting for money,
but believe me, those who BUY, are remembered
Also, remember what you see, just like Rudyard
Kipling's "Kim's Game". The longer an item sits,
the more they wanna get rid of it. If you know
their date codes, it's to your advantage.
So you look at something, kinda want it, kinda don't,
and see it a couple months later...still there.
That's when you can lay the No Haggle Haggle on 'em!