Pawn shop inflation

Phil Hansen · 2004-10-17T09:41:21+00:00

Last year I got a Record Bailey 3 from a pawn shop in the nearest city.Paid R50 ($7.5) for it. The assistant asked why I wanted an obsolete piece of junk. "everybody uses power these days". replied that it was still an extremely usefull tool and a lot still use them.Went in on Friday, they had a Stanley handyman 12-020 and a Bohmer (sp). They wanted R500 ($75) for them. 900% in a year? Bet they stay there for a long time. Can buy a new Stanley Handyman here for about R250There must be some serious suckers out there

Oct 17, 2004 42 Replies

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Larry Jaques 21 years ago

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:26:54 +0200, Phil Hansen calmly ranted:

Don't forget to wash up. AND CLEAN UP THAT SHEEP!

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Mark & Juanita 21 years ago

Baaa, not me! :-)

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J T 21 years ago

Wed, Oct 20, 2004, 6:54pm snipped-for-privacy@madbbs.com (Norman=A0D.=A0Crow) says: Sheesh! Can't any of you remember anything? I distinctly remember JOAT saying(some long time ago) that we are only supposed to send "slightly used" maidens for the ww gods sacrifices.

Let me clarify a bit. Asking for an "unused" maiden would be like asking for a unicorn - both mythical creatures - gotta be realistic. Hence, the "slightly used".

JOAT Eagles can soar ... but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

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