Help! How to Buy a NAD From a Pawn Shop?!

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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited January 2008
    Well, if the manufacturer is good about service, and it's a legit product (valid serials and such), probably worth the gamble, in my opinion. If the Thiels crapped out, I know I could get them fixed for a reasonable price by Thiel. Same with older Polks.

    But, for electronics, I would be more skeptical. Harder to fix / replace parts.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    ok. it's been a while since I stepped into a pawn shop.. i'm heading there right now.. i want to see what's up for sale and how much.. i'll report back tonight. if i'm not back in an hour.. send a search crew. ;)
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,150
    edited January 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    ok. it's been a while since I stepped into a pawn shop.. i'm heading there right now.. i want to see what's up for sale and how much.. i'll report back tonight. if i'm not back in an hour.. send a search crew. ;)
    Sounds like a plan! I'll not be able to check it out today after all, so I'm going to leave him to stew until next week, maybe longer, depending on available time and opportunity. I am intrigued though.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,771
    edited January 2008
    who in their right mind would take a good piece of gear to a pawn shop?

    Pawn shops are a common way to get rid of stloen merchandise. Very low risk, because most people do not write their serial numbers down, no way to prove the one in the pawn shop is theirs.

    One more reason to skip this purchase.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    ok. i stopped by three pawn shops... the typical entry level 1980's and 1990's. JVC, KLH, Sony (omg. so much sony stuff), Panasonic, Pioneer, more Sony, Cerwin Vega, B&W bookshelf's for $189, GPX.

    most speakers were for sale from $79 to $199. most were huge 30lb crap speakers.. with bad grills, torn drivers, missing feet, scrapped up, scratched, gouged, falling apart.

    the gear at all three shops started at $39 and topped out at about $325 for a home theater in a box by Sony I think. KLH subwoofer $179... nothing caught my eye.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,150
    edited January 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    ok. i stopped by three pawn shops...
    That all sounds pretty awful ... and much what I would normally expect, without ever having been in, or even close to, a Pawn Shop.
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