Uninformed Pawn Shop owners (was: A word of warning!)

[jason]

>Doug wrote:
>
>Jeez... I just hate hearing these stories. "I found a Jupiter 8 at a
>yard sale for $10". "I found a Vox AC-30 in the local pawn shop for
>$50". :-)
>
>Pawn shops in Baltimore charge for *everything* that looks old as if
>it were some sacred relic.


It's that way everywhere. These stories are few and far between. I've been
hitting pawn shops for at least 7 or 8 years now, and I've found ONE good
deal. For the most part, they just have Roland D-10's for $800, and Ensoniq
Mirage's for $650. Don't know why I keep going back.

-jason