Should I quit the job at the pawnshop?

Do not take Jason as a person with forked tongue. There is much truthfuness in his claims as this picture indicates;

 

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Awesome Dave. Never seen that picture. I'm guessing that is Cliff Sr. on the right because it sure doesn't look like cliff. I do resemble a forked tongue from time to time. I'm the forked tongue of the family, but am a good person. If I have ever offended anyone on here, I appologize sincerely. As time goes on, I am learning that knee jerk reactions aren't always right on target in the coin world.

 

My family... Love em to death. My son is on the far left my wife and I are in blue. We just bought a garrett 350 metal detector tonight so I'll get some pictures up with the soon to be added free time.

 

Dear Lord I ain't that hungry Ken. I'll take it on the chin, in the gut and on the bottom, but buy Jove that extreme is perilously un-appealing.

Makes ya sit up and take notice of how "life" can really be at times though..........

 

Lovely.......simply lovely. You are truly blessed Jason.

 

Hi!

Well....I think you should quit your job, but I think you need to let your boss know it just isn't working out as you expected. You came in thinking it would be one thing, and it is turning out to be far more than you are looking for at this time. Perhaps suggest to him that instead of a coin expert, he should be looking at simply hiring someone to run his ebay section. I'm sure you can come up with something (that is true to the situation). Don't totally burn your bridges here if possible. The other aspect I'm thinking of is that when you give your notice, you may find that you are immediately without a job. That has happened to me. I gave 2 weeks notice to be proper, and had a job lined up for two weeks time, and Bam! next minute I was "fired" (let go that same moment).

But being true to yourself is worth more than a job you are intrinsically unhappy in. Enjoy your life, your wife, and your child. They are your lifeblood. That job isn't.

 

Never live someone else's life:
Steve Jobs (RIP) 2011

 

I'm going to tell you this one very important thing. If you don't trust him or he doesn't trust you. Stop working for him ASAP I don't want to make this about me but late last year I got accused of stealing from the comic shop I was helping out. This is after 20 something years of loyalty and thousands of dollars spent at the store. Save yourself the trouble and leave.
If this was a formal job like he has you on payroll and such then leave politely. Otherwise it doesn't matter, leave however you want.

 

Bump. This thread needs an update from the OP. :smile. TC

 

Put your mouse over the picture to enlarge. It says H. Clifford Burton.

 

Hey Jason, That metal detector will turn out to be "just the thing" to search around the Tropical Gold mine when you come out this spring.

 

Jason, I'm sure you would learn much from the job but unless you want to run a pawn shop in the future it's not worth the stress and strain. I'm assuming you probably aren't being paid much more than minimum wage, so money is not a major reason to stick it out --unless you need help funding your passion (coin collecting).

 

How i do envy you. I never had it good enough to go to school after i married and had kids just had to work harder to keep up with the new bill that came in the shape of a boy that looked liked me.
When we were married work was all we had time for and if we missed being educated than you just learned to work the jobs your education would let you have.
Nothing wrong with what you are doing if you can do it and keep the bills paid.
As for a bad boss it didnt matter to me as long as i had my pay at the week end.
Icame from a family of 7 and am the only one without a full education.My dad had to use me in his garage as he lost his health and i was the only one that could do the work he did.
I dont regreat i lost my education and if needed id do it all over again.
For me my family comes first too but without my job there would be no family.

 

I remember back in 2005 I was able to buy Morgans at the coin club I used to belong to for as little as $5 so if he is paying $7 that is a very decent price to pay in my assessment. Sure, silver has gone up a little but in no way should silver coins cost what they do now. I like your boss's business model of keeping silver prices frozen at 2006 levels.

 

I appreciate everyone. I spoke with my boss on the phone. He gave me today and tommorrow off. In the future, I'll be doing more work from home and less from the shop. Currently working on some things that are not coin related (Humel Figurines from West Germany). I'll continue on this path. It was that environment that I couldn't stand. If he is willing to allow me to do this all from time it would free up a lot of time that could be spent with family. Thanks again.

 

Thanks for the update, glad you could work it out for now. Hope all goes well.

 

Did you they still make them Humel figures in Germany same as they did a while ago. I read that there somewheres. Now back to coin stuff.

 

I just came across this thread. The situation that you've found yourself in was predictable.

I've been in a similar business and while on the surface it looks like a dream job, it's still a job and extremely time consuming. Buying and putting an item up for auction sounds easy but when you multiply that a hundredfold, then it becomes stressful. Researching, photographing, posting, emailing, packaging, shipping and doing follow-ups with each item takes a lot of time.

Even if you had good general knowledge there are so many variables to deal with especially with coins. Grades, types, varieties, forgeries, etc. all come into play. How much time can you devote to each coin before your time exceeds the potential return on the coin? And if you make a mistake (say not listing a variety), it could mean lost potential income.

Now, you're being asked to deal with items that you have no knowledge about at all. I'd tell them... "No". Someone else has to deal with those, I'll just do the coins.

If you want, tell them you'll help them out on the odd evening or weekend but if you stay, what you've already experienced will just get worse.

 

I spoke with a buddy of mine on the phone. He is a longtime Army buddy and we had each other’s back in Afghanistan. The guy is 10x smarter than I could ever pretend to be and I trust him. We both got out, but instead of trying his luck at poker, he went overseas as a blackwater contractor for a few years. Made some good money, and invested wisely. Now he owns a scrap gold/coin shop in Richmond VA. I do believe business is going quite well for him. He is respectful, and I trust him. What I am going to attempt to do is link up with him business wise. He is the rational mind, and I am the dreamer.
He recently sent me a 1837 Feuchtwanger’s Composition one cent which I am going to submit to PCGS for him. I told him I would do it for free, and he sent me a bust half as a gift. Hopefully I can get him to join this forum. The crazy business idea I had for an online pawnshop was out there. The even crazier thing is that I could have had the funding for it. Spoke with a couple of different funding analyst, did a risk assessment, and sat down with an underwriter from the credit union. Surprised that it was that easy to get a 100k loan. I actually backed out because the plan was pre mature and a close friend said it would be possible to get a grant for the SBA. Anyway, it would be nice if we could have a sit down/meeting of the minds and combine our business ideas. I'd like to do the numismatic side and let him handle all of the scrap/bullion. We also share a passion for war memorabilia. Humphrey if you are reading this, let’s make it happen. ~Jason