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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;avengerc4, post: 927769, member: 25358&quot;]ok guys you act like this doesn&#039;t happen anywhere else.&nbsp; Think of a car dealership.&nbsp; I worked as a finance manager in training at one for almost a year.&nbsp; Seriously.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure every one of you got screwed at a dealer whether you want to admit it or not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You come in with your trade they give you a low ball offer WAY under black book.&nbsp; People come in with their KBB prices which mean nothing and the price goes up a bit.&nbsp; They get what they think is &quot;acceptable&quot; and you make a deal.&nbsp; You made money on the trade.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if they are buying another used car it&#039;s even better!&nbsp; Just like this show you mark the things up 3,4,5k if you want.&nbsp; **** I know for a fact we traded one car in at 2500 bucks and sold it at 7500.&nbsp; No joke.&nbsp; But back to the point.&nbsp; You mark up the car and the person who is now happy with their trade price now &quot;haggles&quot; the dealer down on the trade to what they think is acceptable and again the dealer makes money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now a pawn shop in ways is a lot like a dealership.&nbsp; In tough times dealers don&#039;t make that much money profits need to be cut.&nbsp; In booming times dealers make KILLINGS.&nbsp; In slow times pawn shops make KILLINGS and in good times they are meh.&nbsp; People have money to spend in good times they don&#039;t care if people make money on them more is coming.&nbsp; People need money when times are rough they know they are loosing money they don&#039;t care and need it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Get over it.&nbsp; It&#039;s a way of life.&nbsp; There are also the smart shoppers who actually do get a decent deal on a vehicle.&nbsp; They do their research (not just bring crap in) and if they aren&#039;t getting the deal they want they WALK OUT.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure LOTS of people walk out on the show, but what kind of show would that be anyways?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to buy your item for X...nope.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to buy your item for x...nope.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a good show huh?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also look at all your retailers.&nbsp; I worked at Radio Shack for 4 years.&nbsp; You buy a cell phone battery it cost them 6 bucks.&nbsp; You pay 50.&nbsp; How&#039;s that for a markup?&nbsp; Some people don&#039;t care they pay the price.&nbsp; Others go online and pay 20.&nbsp; This stuff happens every day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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