Pawn shops in the city

[DownhillGoat]

Are there any half decent pawn shops in the city? I'm cleaning out my house and have a bunch of DVDs, some games, electronics, and some other assorted stuff.

Are there some shops that give a better premium than others?

(also, I'm aware I can trade the games/dvds in at EB, etc.- I'm just looking for some easy one stop shopping)

TIA

[Yasa]

There's on one 7th Ave that doesn't look at all shady...

[Julio]

Cash converters can be a bit hit or miss, but aren't too shady.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Yasa

There's on one 7th Ave that doesn't look at all shady...

Is it by the former arcade site?

[Captain_Obvious]

I gotta be honest I'm not too familiar with this topic so I'm going to call a friend of mine who's an expert on pawn shops in Calgary to come down and take a look at your question.

[Yasa]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Is it by the former arcade site?

That's the one! I suspected that the arcade was a front from some dubious activities...I guess we'll never know. That location now sells pashmina scarves, or at least that's what the spray painted sign advertises.

[ken0042]

I'd say the biggest collection of pawn shops is on 17th ave SE in Forest Lawn. Just find the closest liquor store; and there will be a pawn shop attached.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I'd say the biggest collection of pawn shops is on 17th ave SE in Forest Lawn. Just find the closest liquor store; and there will be a pawn shop attached.

My sarcasm detector seems to be malfunctioning tonight.

[yads]

The guy on 17th and 14th SW on the southeast corner is pretty good.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Yasa

That's the one! I suspected that the arcade was a front from some dubious activities...I guess we'll never know. That location now sells pashmina scarves, or at least that's what the spray painted sign advertises.

That place actually does sell Pashmina's. I was going to Turkey and bought one for my wife there so she'd have her own head covering for visiting mosques (as opposed to the communal ones)

It was super sketchy inside, but they definitely have actual inventory. (Cheap tube socks, anyone?)

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

It was super sketchy inside, but they definitely have actual inventory. (Cheap tube socks, anyone?)

Yeah. But the arcade had 'actual' arcades too....

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Yeah. But the arcade had 'actual' arcades too....

For sure it could still be a front. But there were a number of people there actually buying the cheap tube socks and remnant hoodies, so I could imagine that it is an above-the-poverty-line living for the people who run it.

Although based on the crowd, maybe they were throwing in free meth with the factory second textiles. I certainly never got offered any, but I probably did a considerably worse job fitting in than an average police officer would.

Plus, I bet the rent is really cheap.

[Starfishy]

Originally Posted by Captain_Obvious

I gotta be honest I'm not too familiar with this topic so I'm going to call a friend of mine who's an expert on pawn shops in Calgary to come down and take a look at your question.

Did I miss something?

[fundmark19]

Originally Posted by Starfishy

Did I miss something?

Yes! Yes you did a pretty polpular tv show regarding this very subject

[Sainters7]

Oh man, I hadn't been to a pawn shop in years and just went last week, after cleaning out my storage area and finding a ton of old crap. I live in Edmonton so I was at the glamorous Stony Plain pawn shop / rub & tug district, just a complete hole of an area.

Man do they try & lowball you too, to the point where its just insulting (no room for bartering either, its take my lowball offer or get the F out). That's the last time I go to a pawn shop for a long time. Pawn Stars it aint (obviously). I'm sure there's decent ones somewheres, but I def couldn't find one.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Starfishy

Did I miss something?

I don't know if you're missing something, so I'm going to bring in my expert on missing something and see what we can do for you.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Oh man, I hadn't been to a pawn shop in years and just went last week, after cleaning out my storage area and finding a ton of old crap. I live in Edmonton so I was at the glamorous Stony Plain pawn shop / rub & tug district, just a complete hole of an area.

Man do they try & lowball you too, to the point where its just insulting (no room for bartering either, its take my lowball offer or get the F out). That's the last time I go to a pawn shop for a long time. Pawn Stars it aint (obviously). I'm sure there's decent ones somewheres, but I def couldn't find one.

Stony Plain road and about 151st?

[GGG]

If it is just DVD's and old electronics you will probably get $20 for it. Pawn shops aren't meant for the average person to get a reasonable amount of money on stuff they want to get rid of.

They are for where you get pennies on the dollar of the stuff you stole out of someone garage.

Kijiji is pretty good and if you are trusting not a lot of work. For sum low value stuff I just leave it on my porch and ask people to leave an envelope with money in. I haven't been ripped off yet.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by GGG

Kijiji is pretty good and if you are trusting not a lot of work. For sum low value stuff I just leave it on my porch and ask people to leave an envelope with money in. I haven't been ripped off yet.

Yeah I used kijiji for some of the bigger stuff. The dvd's & stuff I was hoping to just get rid of in one swipe. Don't want to sell them one or two at a time, and I'm doubting anyone would want to buy a box of random dvds.

Originally Posted by GGG

They are for where you get pennies on the dollar of the stuff you stole out of someone garage.

That one made me laugh.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Stony Plain road and about 151st?

Yup, you know it. Right next to the rub & tug. Interesting area, that's for sures.