Another Trip To The Pawn Shop

Greetings,

Since I broke my “purchase no new music” resolution at the Michael Roe concert, I decided to visit my favorite pawn shop and dig through the $0.50 rack again. Here is what I ended up purchasing…

1. Bamba by Clannad
2. America Town by Five For Fighting
3. Vegas Car Chasers by Silage
4. Browbeat – Unplugged Alternative by Various
5. Mane Attraction by White Lion
6. Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
7. In Square Circle by Steve Wonder
8. To The Faithful Departed by The Cranberries

To those of you with comments about #5 or #7, may I remind you of the price ($0.50). I have actually listened to the White Lion CD twice and it is pretty good. I have a few other Clannad CDs so this is just building my collection. Silage is an obscure Christian group that (after about 1/2 a listen) I think might just gather dust like most of my collection. The Cranberries are a group I like and really enjoy the lead vocalist. I was also able to grab 2 DVDs for the kids ($3 each)…

1. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2. Monsters Vs Aliens

Monsters Vs Aliens was just released about a year ago so the DVD is only been around a short time. Odd that someone would pawn it so quickly (but I have never pawned anything so I do not know much about the pawn business).

When I walked into the shop, the folks that are always working there were watching TV. This is normal as they usually have several TVs to sell and having them on shows off their quality. The show “The Price Is Right” was on and evidently it was time for the end of the show (the showcase showdown). The lady who works there was giving one of the contestants grief about a poor bid. She rattled off the various things in the showcase (which included a car) and then noted that she underbid by almost $30,000. This lady was going on and on about how poor of a bid this was. I thought it was a bit harsh but I went back to my pile of CDs. Then I began to think about this. These folks are uniquely qualified as pawn shop owners at knowing the value of various items. Watching a show like “The Price Is Right” must be frustrating. All these everyday folks trying to guess the value of an item having obviously never shopped for anything like what is usually in front of them. I would think that they would watch some other show to keep their sanity.

The 10,000 Uno game drudges on. After 200 games I have a lead of 4,485 – 3,789. My largest lead of over 1,000 points has long been gone and the daughter has been plugging away. The current lead of 696 points is making me a little nervous actually. We are on pace to be done after 483 games so we are not quite 1/2 way done. We are desperately in need of an new Uno deck though as we have worn off the glossy covering and the cards are sticking together quite badly. A Target run might be in order soon to alleviate this problem (with the purchase of a new deck).

Jon