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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
You must encounter some pretty interesting stuff. Any stories or interesting pieces? Or am I watching Pawn Stars too much?
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Stuff not so much. Pawn stars is a TV show and is very much staged. Hardcore Pawn, a TV show based out in Detroit, is a bit more accurate view into what working at a pawnshop is like. Minus the 300lb+ bouncers and fear of getting shot, lol
We had a gold pin sitting in our display case for years, finally google'd and looked it up, we had a price of $70 on it. It was from some weird rare church, think almost cult like. Sold for $400 on ebay. Lots and lots of amateur porn. And I save most of it. And yes, its the people that sold/pawned it that are on the tape/media. I have no idea how you can willingly pawn an item with your amateur porn on it and not pick it up. Its amazing the type of information people have on their computer when they leave the item behind. I always do a full wipe before I sell it, but I look before hand, lol. I had one video. It had scene after scene after scene of this guy filming himself jacking off outside in different locations. Like what the hell man. That didn't make it to the keeper folder.
Other then that, just stories of roughing up people trying to steal stuff. The boss is a former amateur female kickboxing champ. I've seen her just toon some guys, its fun to watch. One girl got it good too, didn't know what she was walking into... she thought she was tough. We've hog tied a guy in the back with zap straps before. We didn't know what to do so we just left him there for an hour or so. Finally threw finally untied him and thru him out the back door. One co-worker was "spooned" once. He was scared he actually thought he was getting stabbed, luckily the cracker only had a spoon, lol. I wasn't there that day so I didn't see it, but I woulda be freaked, it happened outside the store and people from the coffee shop across the street came running to save him. We laugh about it now.
I've been threatened more time then I care to count. It use to bug me, but its pretty ordinary now. My wife has no clue about that part, if she did she would freak out to much.