Fabergé Spider on Pawn Stars

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Homerboy

Homerboy

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WTF.
That lady sold it for $15K? She must have needed some crack or something.

At least Rick didn't steal it from her and offered her 5 figures, but hell that thing had to be near priceless and she hocked it for $15K. This is what pisses me off about that show. EVERYTHING is so painfully scripted.

Oh and then "Old Man" offers the one dude $3K for the civil war desk? Dude, don't insult the man. Just tell him that its a museum piece and you don't even want to offer money.

I don't even get why people bring this kind of shit into a PAWN SHOP.

I love to hate this show, and hate to love it.
 
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gimmewhitecastles

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They're in the business of making money. I think you can throw integrity out the window. Besides these customers probably won't know what to do with this stuff anyway.
 
meltdown75

meltdown75

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Who was the guy with the old Gibson that came in? He said he toured with Triumph.

Those handcuffs were funny.
 
Platypus

Platypus

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A lot of those people on the show are people they grabbed off the streets of Vegas. A friend of one of my coworkers was approached on the street and asked if he wanted to appear on the show with some sword thing because the real owner didn't want to be shown on TV. They basically handed him a script and he played it out for them.
 
gorcorps

gorcorps

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You'd be a terrible business leader or manager OP. They need to make money, not be fair. If somebody is willing to take so little for something, then why give them more? The person doesn't have to sell... So everybody has control over the situation.
 
Homerboy

Homerboy

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gimmewhitecastles said:
They're in the business of making money. I think you can throw integrity out the window. Besides these customers probably won't know what to do with this stuff anyway.
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No. I'm not questioning THEM for buying it. After he explained what it was, and asked her "how much do you want for it?" and she responded with "$2k?" He laughed and said "he'd love to buy it for $2k... but unfortunately he has a conscience" and offered her $15K.... Im saying SHE'S the idiot. Once you hear what it is (then again how stupid do you have to be to not know what Fabrege is?... or tell the build quality of an item that MAY just be worth a billion dollars?

So much seems staged and prearranged now. Again, it makes for good entertainment, just drives me nuts!
 
Homerboy

Homerboy

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gorcorps said:
You'd be a terrible business leader or manager OP. They need to make money, not be fair. If somebody is willing to take so little for something, then why give them more? The person doesn't have to sell... So everybody has control over the situation.
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Re-read. I don't hate the owners... or question what THEY do. I question the idiot CUSTOMERS.
 
SP33Demon

SP33Demon

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Homerboy said:
No. I'm not questioning THEM for buying it. After he explained what it was, and asked her "how much do you want for it?" and she responded with "$2k?" He laughed and said "he'd love to buy it for $2k... but unfortunately he has a conscience" and offered her $15K.... Im saying SHE'S the idiot. Once you hear what it is (then again how stupid do you have to be to not know what Fabrege is?... or tell the build quality of an item that MAY just be worth a billion dollars?

So much seems staged and prearranged now. Again, it makes for good entertainment, just drives me nuts!
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I was thinking it was staged because it said FABERGE right on the inside of the box... and even if you didn't know anything about Faberge jewelry, how the hell could u not know what diamonds and platinum and rubies look like and not get it appraised first?
 
Homerboy

Homerboy

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SP33Demon said:
I was thinking it was staged because it said FABERGE right on the inside of the box... and even if you didn't know anything about Faberge jewelry, how the hell could u not know what diamonds and platinum and rubies look like and not get it appraised first?
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Exactly.
 
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Vette73

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SP33Demon said:
I was thinking it was staged because it said FABERGE right on the inside of the box... and even if you didn't know anything about Faberge jewelry, how the hell could u not know what diamonds and platinum and rubies look like and not get it appraised first?
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Stolen, crack head in need of fix, etc...
 
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gimmewhitecastles

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Homerboy said:
No. I'm not questioning THEM for buying it. After he explained what it was, and asked her "how much do you want for it?" and she responded with "$2k?" He laughed and said "he'd love to buy it for $2k... but unfortunately he has a conscience" and offered her $15K.... Im saying SHE'S the idiot. Once you hear what it is (then again how stupid do you have to be to not know what Fabrege is?... or tell the build quality of an item that MAY just be worth a billion dollars?

So much seems staged and prearranged now. Again, it makes for good entertainment, just drives me nuts!
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She probably got lost with all the big words he was throwing at her. I have no problem with people paying for their stupidity/ignorance. :D
 
Homerboy

Homerboy

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gimmewhitecastles said:
She probably got lost with all the big words he was throwing at her. I have no problem with people paying for their stupidity/ignorance. :D
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HA! True. I'd love to see what the shop turned around and sold that for. Had to be an easy sell too to a collector.
 
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IceBergSLiM

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Is this an original piece from Peter Carl Fabergé of the House of Fabergé? If yes this piece is worth at a minimum 8 figures so offering 5 and claiming he has a "conscience" is a joke.
 
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trmiv

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I love the show, but 90% of the episodes are the same.

Some customer brings in a rare item.

Rick, "Well what do you have for me?"

Customer, "This is a solid gold penis. It was actually Henry VIII's penis removed at his death and then covered in solid gold."

Rick, "Wow, well I don't know much about these, so let me get a friend down here who specializes in antique solid gold penis to take a look."

Cut to Rick in the back one-on-one "I don't know if this thing is real, but if it is, I want it. It just depends what I have to pay for it."

Then the expert shows up confirms it's real and values the thing at like $500,000. The customer gets starry eyed and starts counting their money.

Rick, "So what do you want to do, pawn it or sell it?"

Customer, "I want to sell it!"

Rick, "What are you looking to get for it?"

Customer, "Well the man said $500,000, so I think $500,000 is reasonable."

Rick, "I can tell you right now that's not going to happen. How about $1,500?"

Customer, "$1,500? The guy said $500,000! $475,000?"

Rick, "Listen I'm in the business of making money. After I buy it from you I've got to clean it up, that's easily $75,000. And honestly there isn't a lot of demand for Henry VIII solid gold penis right now."

Customer, "Ok, $350,000."

Rick, "Tell you what, I'll go $5,000, but I can't go any higher."

Customer, "Can you do $7,500?"

Rick, "...........OK, $7,500. Lets go do some paperwork."

Then the old man yells at Chumlee.
 
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