Where is AZ? Ive been to plenty of pawn shops and found nothing. Please tell.

Mesa, Arizona

I don't tend to get into the places but I did hit two about a year ago. All I found was "Out of Sight" for $11-decent price at the time.

Well, that probably cuts way down on the complaints and the whining about scratches and smudges on the discs ...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh man..this had me on the floor.
You are probably right. heh. :-)

I'm a DVD perfectionist. I only buy stuff online or from the store.

Woops. Didnt proofread my post. It was supposed to say Where in Az?

Anytime a Pawn Shop takes in a "Pawn" for a loan or for straight sale they are taking a risk. Yes, some of the merchandise is stolen but there is always a risk of the police confiscating it as evidence. If that happens the Pawn Shop takes the hit, there is no reimbursement plan. That is just part of the shady business. Some Pawn Shops take greater risks than others. Depending on the local laws, they typically have to hold the "Pawns" that were sold to them for anywhere from 3 to 30 days before putting them out for sale. That gives the merchandise time to "cool off" so to speak or let someone claim it via the police. Most people that work in Pawn Shops are just like any other Salesman, trying to make a living buying low and selling higher.

I went to a few pawn shops today and I found a DVD that I've been looking for for over a year now. At a run down pawn shop in Greenville, SC I found the Widescreen Special Edition of Short Circuit. It's OOP and goes for anywhere between $25 and $50 on eBay, when you can even FIND it on eBay. I haven't seen any of them up for auction in about a month or so, so it's pretty rare.

I picked it up at the pawn shop for $9, woohoo!

Very interesting. Thanks for resurrecting this one.

I have never even thought of PS as being a possible source for DVD bargains, and will definately check it out.

Between So Cal and Las Vegas, I gotta be able to find a few!

Go to the following site to find pawn shops near you.

http://www.uspawnshopdirectory.com/

I forgot all about this thread untill today. Since this thread was active, I've found a bunch of other great deals, like The Werewolf Classic Monster Collection DVD for $6.

I just look in a phone book under "pawn shop".

I've been meaning to go look at some pawn shops for the last year but have just been too lazy to go to all of them.

the website does not work on locating a PS near you. they want to charge $99
Our mailing list (over 12,000 entries) of Pawn Shops is sent via email only $99.00. It comes with our entire list of Pawn Shops in three formats: Microsoft Word, Excel and Access. The list includes phone, website and county information where available. You may order online using VISA/MC with PayPal by clicking this button:

Personally, there's nothing like finding that rare gem at a pawn shop, especially for a ridiculous price.

OT: I found the SOTL:CC for $20 about a year ago.*


*<small>on topic: I found the Silence of the Lambs:Criterion Collection for twenty dollars about a year ago</small>

Same post I was going to make.

BTW: Never tried looking for dvds at pawn shops; I guess if it's an OOP DVD it'll be in used condition wherever you happen to acquire it - be it a pawn shop or Ebay.

I make the rounds to all the pawn shops every tuesday.
I have bought almost 100 of my DVD's at pawn shops.
even found 2 superbits there, for 5 bucks apiece.
I LOVE THE PAWN SHOPS !!

Flashback

where do u go in nyc?

Lambs.


CC.


$13




I also found the Swamp Thing DVD for about $13 right after the big brouhaha a while back. Watched it, enjoyed the boobies, and sold it for a nice profit.

I just wanted to bump this up to say once again, it never hurts to check in pawn shops for deals. Here are two examples:

1) The other day my cousin went to a pawn shop, and saw the Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box for only $20. He was going to buy it, but their credit card machine was down. He left to go to an ATM, and when he got back to the shop (less than an hour later) someone else had bought it.

2) I recently bought the Blues Brothers: Collector's Edition and Mystery Science Theater 3000 at a pawn shop for a grand total of only $14.42. I'd have to say that this was the best find that I've EVER discovered before.

I also bought Gitaroo Man for the PS2 at a pawn shop the other day for only $10.

I got Brazil:CC for $5 at my local pawn shop,the movie had been recommended,and I saw it and knew how much it was worth,and said "Why Not?"

I today just got From HellLE 2-Disc for $3! $3! Yay!!!

I wish I could find Toy Story-Ultimate Tox Box for $20

As do I. That's pretty much my highest want right now.

I can't believe they had the Brazil: CC for only $5. I can understand a single DVD for that much, but a box set? Wow.

This thread once again makes me wish I had pawn shops that dealt things other than cheap jewelry and stolen TVs.

Way back in June 2002, I was in Nashville and I found the following:

Rebecca: Criterion- $10
The Blob: Criterion- $10
The Mummy- $10 (back when it was extremely hard to find the original monster movies from Universal)

i'd like the address for this one. and the one right above my post...