Weekend pawn shop finds

[ujmchris]

I've only recently discovered the joy of pawn shops, and I think I'm hooked. Here's what I picked up this weekend. Didn't find any "you ****" items, but I think I got a pretty decent deal. Spent $34 for everything...

-Craftsman 3/8 drive metric set, 6mm-21mm (skip 20mm) with a 3" extension

-Craftsman 43175 3/8 drive ratchet, GREAT shape

-Armstrong 3/8 drive impact sockets, 7mm-22mm (missing 10,11,&13) Little rusty, but I've been looking for some cheep USA metric impacts for a while. Only 3 of these show any use, and my tumbler should clean them up pretty decent.

-7/16" Armstrong impact socket

-Old Owatonna tool company 9/16" 1/2" drive socket (novelty purchase)

-11.5" Challenger 3/8 extension

-Thorsen USA thin 9/16 & 1/2 wrench

-2 little red socket trays I picked up because they were basically free and I thought they were neat.

 

[Goinlow]

That's a good deal there man. Nice haul!

 

[Tim Cowan]

Looks like a good score for the tool box addition. Keep shopping, with the money you save, you may even find a seat for your motorcycle.

 

[fordbroncodave]

what pawn shop did you go to?

 

[ujmchris]

I'm actually up in Fargo. We have about 5 local shops. The only one that I don't care for is Pawn America. To classy and organized and high priced. I'll take semi organized bin's of assorted .10-1.00$ sockets and people who will negotiate over shiny showcases of overpriced complete sets any day.

 

[ujmchris]

Looks like a good score for the tool box addition. Keep shopping, with the money you save, you may even find a seat for your motorcycle.

^ I actually almost did that. If you look closely, you'll see that that bike needs a lot more than a seat in that pic. I bought it complete but am doing a cafe build on it and wanted to get a general idea of what I have to work with, hence the striped down pic.

Thanks for reassuring me that my little available tool money was spent at least semi reasonably.

 

[selohssa]

I've only recently discovered the joy of pawn shops, and I think I'm hooked.

You and me both.

 

[TAMPAGT07]

You and me both.

Yupp, I got my eye on a hot air balloon at a shop out in Vegas. I think the guy that I spoke to was "Chumley."

 

[fordbroncodave]

^

 

[stricht8]

My local pawn shop is a rip off. They had a Cman 3/4" drive ratchet for $89. That is how much it goes for new in the store. Who are they trying to fool?

 

[wearetheromans85]

best pawn shop finds i've found were a 3/8" & 1/2" snap on torque wrenches brand new. $200 for both. I sold them lol.

 

[manic_mechanic]

Yupp, I got my eye on a hot air balloon at a shop out in Vegas. I think the guy that I spoke to was "Chumley."

"Chumley is like that lost dog you found when you were 12 years old and wanted to take care of it but always shits on the furniture."

 

[T VETTE]

Nice tool find.

I am going to Vegas next month for the NHRA drag race and plan to stop by the Pawn Stars place. Just for the heck of it.

 

[iajonesy]

A buddy of mine went to Vegas and made the stop at Silver and Gold Pawn and he was very disapointed. The place is jammed with T-shirts promoting the show and its characters and other merchandise was way over priced. The leads in the show are hardly ever there except when filming is going on. S
ounds like OCC all over again, doesn't it ?

 

[Scooterfish]

Watched one of the shows last night. Said 400 people a day through the doors.

 

[manic_mechanic]

For $2 today at a pawn shop, I bought a whole bag of sockets I needed to fill in some gaps. Some Fleet, Wright, Bonney, S-K, Indestro and mostly C-man and a Par-X 5/8s wrench.