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Wonder what scam I can run on Rick Harrison and make big bucks doing it

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richard

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Mar 11, 2013, 10:27:41 PM3/11/13
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Let's face it, Rick Harrison of "Pawn Stars" is a sucker.
Bring him a piece of hair and some card claiming the hair was once on
George Washington, he'll give you a couple of thousand bucks for it.

Now comes a new scam. Guy brings in a case of what contains cuban cigars.
Owner claims these cigars were the ones owned by JFK no less.
Wow. Really? That and a buck might get you a cup a coffee at Starbucks.

The cigars look like they were made fresh in the past year and wrapped in
plastic. Ding ding ding. Real Cuban cigars weren't wrapped in plastic.
Oh but the guy has a letter from the previous owner, who was JFK's
secretary.
Wow really? I can print up dozens of these things and have someone sign it
to make it look legit.

Now the owner claims other cigars owned by JFK went for nearly half a
million. But he'll settle for a hundred grand.
Bottom line is, Rick buys the damn things for $60,000!

When is the man gonna learn what a scam looks like?

Now evan dear boy, I was alive when JFK was in office. You were not.
I have seen how they made Cuban cigars back then.
Wrapped in plastic? No frickin way.
Plastic wrap wasn't heard of in Cuba until probably the 80's.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098064/John-F-Kennedy-bought-1-200-Cuban-cigars-hours-ordered-US-trade-embargo.html

You will notice the cigars JFK smoked are dark in color.
The one's this scammer was offering were very light.


There is only one reason why someone walks into the "pawn staars" shop
with a high dollar ticket item and walks out with way less than asking for.
Gambling debts.
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richard

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Mar 11, 2013, 11:19:55 PM3/11/13
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:04:16 -0700, Evan Platt wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:27:41 -0400, richard <nor...@example.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Let's face it, Rick Harrison of "Pawn Stars" is a sucker.
>>Bring him a piece of hair and some card claiming the hair was once on
>>George Washington, he'll give you a couple of thousand bucks for it.
>
> But it obviously can't be from George Washington, because once the
> host body dies, hair evaporates within a year, right?
>
>>Now comes a new scam. Guy brings in a case of what contains cuban cigars.
>>Owner claims these cigars were the ones owned by JFK no less.
>>Wow. Really? That and a buck might get you a cup a coffee at Starbucks.
>
> You obviously have no clue.
>
>>The cigars look like they were made fresh in the past year and wrapped in
>>plastic. Ding ding ding. Real Cuban cigars weren't wrapped in plastic.
>
> You're an expert on cigars now?
>
>>Oh but the guy has a letter from the previous owner, who was JFK's
>>secretary.
>>Wow really? I can print up dozens of these things and have someone sign it
>>to make it look legit.
>>
>>Now the owner claims other cigars owned by JFK went for nearly half a
>>million. But he'll settle for a hundred grand.
>>Bottom line is, Rick buys the damn things for $60,000!
>>
>>When is the man gonna learn what a scam looks like?
>>
>>Now evan dear boy,
>
> Don't call me dear boy, you fucking pervert. You're the real life
> version of Herbert.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7NmCPpInrs
>
>>I was alive when JFK was in office.
>
> You were what, 12 in 1963? That all of a sudden makes you an expert?
> LOL
>
> You were not.
>>I have seen how they made Cuban cigars back then.
>>Wrapped in plastic? No frickin way.
>>Plastic wrap wasn't heard of in Cuba until probably the 80's.
>>
>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098064/John-F-Kennedy-bought-1-200-Cuban-cigars-hours-ordered-US-trade-embargo.html
>>
>>You will notice the cigars JFK smoked are dark in color.
>>The one's this scammer was offering were very light.
>>
>>
>>There is only one reason why someone walks into the "pawn staars" shop
>>with a high dollar ticket item and walks out with way less than asking for.
>>Gambling debts.
>
> How's your dome home coming, bullis?

wassamatter bunky? can't prove me wrong?
how much is that mortage on your home boy?
mine is zero because it was paid for in cash.
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richard

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Mar 12, 2013, 1:09:44 AM3/12/13
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Yep. Scam for sure.

http://craigslistvintageguitarhunt.blogspot.com/2009/06/1947-masco-map-15-amplifier-in-des.html

This amp looks just like the one on pawn stars.
Value: $315

Slap a piece of metal on it that says it was owned by Hank Williams Sr, add
in a bit of "authentication" and boom, you have your scam.

On some of this shit they buy, no research is done to come to a value.
Just take the customer's word for it and go with it.
Because the object was owned by some famous person causes the value to sky
rocket into six figures?
Well if you're dumb enough to pay the price, go for it.
And the pawn shop just got richer because you are a dumbass.

Desk Rabbit

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Mar 12, 2013, 5:24:49 AM3/12/13
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Stop for a minute and use that last brain cell to think. Rick and his
family are obviously running a very successful pawn shop business. You
don't get to do that by wasting your money on scams all day. He has the
items in his hands and it's always much easier to identify an original
with your own eyes than through the lens of a TV camera.
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joevan

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Mar 12, 2013, 2:58:14 PM3/12/13
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:28:41 -0700, Evan Platt
<ev...@theobvious.espphotography.com.invalid> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:24:49 +0000, Desk Rabbit <m...@example.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Stop for a minute and use that last brain cell to think. Rick and his
>>family are obviously running a very successful pawn shop business. You
>>don't get to do that by wasting your money on scams all day. He has the
>>items in his hands and it's always much easier to identify an original
>>with your own eyes than through the lens of a TV camera.
>
>If bullis heard how much the Batmobile recently sold for, what little
>brain he has would explode.
Wow, please tell him what it went for.

richard

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Mar 12, 2013, 3:20:51 PM3/12/13
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I'm no expert at pawning. But I can generally spot a scam.
Harrison has said many times he's been burned by scams.
Like $1,300 for an American Indian baby's beaded cloth thing?
Then comes to find out it was worth only maybe a hundred?
Buying a "wells fargo" trunk as used on wild west stage coaches even after
he told the seller his ball and chain from the "Yuma" prison was a fake?

Yeah sure he's made a ton of money over the years.
That's because he has a huge profit margin.

richard

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Mar 12, 2013, 3:27:06 PM3/12/13
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:28:41 -0700, Evan Platt wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:24:49 +0000, Desk Rabbit <m...@example.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Stop for a minute and use that last brain cell to think. Rick and his
>>family are obviously running a very successful pawn shop business. You
>>don't get to do that by wasting your money on scams all day. He has the
>>items in his hands and it's always much easier to identify an original
>>with your own eyes than through the lens of a TV camera.
>
> If bullis heard how much the Batmobile recently sold for, what little
> brain he has would explode.

4.62 million at the barrett-jackson auction.
Only because the idiot buying it wanted it more than the other bidders.
An auction sale really doesn't say what an item is worth.
The auctioned price reflects how much money some idiot is willing to depart
with to own the item.
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Top

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Mar 19, 2013, 7:49:41 PM3/19/13
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on 3/12/2013, richard supposed :
And how is the value of anything determined? If an item is priced at
$100 and doesn't sell what happens?

Speaking of your home how much rust has it accumulated?

Top

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Mar 20, 2013, 12:32:52 PM3/20/13
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Top wrote:
> on 3/12/2013, richard supposed :
>> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:28:41 -0700, Evan Platt wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:24:49 +0000, Desk Rabbit <m...@example.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stop for a minute and use that last brain cell to think. Rick and
>>>> his family are obviously running a very successful pawn shop
>>>> business. You don't get to do that by wasting your money on scams
>>>> all day. He has the items in his hands and it's always much easier
>>>> to identify an original with your own eyes than through the lens of
>>>> a TV camera.
>>>
>>> If bullis heard how much the Batmobile recently sold for, what little
>>> brain he has would explode.
>>
>> 4.62 million at the barrett-jackson auction.
>> Only because the idiot buying it wanted it more than the other
>> bidders. An auction sale really doesn't say what an item is worth. The
>> auctioned price reflects how much money some idiot is willing to
>> depart with to own the item.
>
> And how is the value of anything determined?

Really? We're going to debate economic theory now? Heh, reality and
theory are worlds apart. Speculation drives up the price of commodities
without any real-world demand influence all the time. The "value" of any
given thing is largely a factor of what the "buzz" is. Markets are
inflated artificially all the time.

> If an item is priced at
> $100 and doesn't sell what happens?
>
It remains unsold, you fucking dolt.


> Speaking of your home how much rust has it accumulated?
>
> Top
>
Nicely obsessed and Strawman noted, Sparkles.


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Jan 20, 2014, 8:23:37 PM1/20/14
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The only sucker is YOU, moron. Guess what? It's TV. 90% of what you see on the show is staged, including the transactions. Do you really think people just walk in off the street, ignore the cameras in their face, then barter with all the suspenseful pauses ideal for entertaining idiot hillbillies like yourself? As a former financial negotiator, let me give you a hint : real life negotiation is nothing like what your childlike concept of what it is, is like. Herp derp I'll offer him 1000,then he'll say 200, then I'll say 800, then he'll say 400, then I'll say can ya meet me in da middle? An he'll FER SURE say 700, and i was only EXPECTING 500! I'm so smart, i KNEW his first offer would be low but what HE DIDN'T KNOW is that MY offer was way high, so it gave me room to NERGERTEEATE down to more than what i dun wanted! He's so inexperienced with this sort of thing that he'll never know my genius plan heuheuheuheuheu!

You're a fucking moron for believing that 1. ANYTHING you see on "reality tv" is REALITY, and you're 2. A TOOL for thinking that you would be able to pull a scam on someone who has been pawning in VEGAS for thirty years with thousands and thousands of sales and millions of dollars under his belt. How negotiating REALLY works is like this - you walk in with a REALISTIC expectation of what you're trying to sell is worth. Say $500. He has to make a PROFIT on it, and will offer you approximately a HALF of what he can SELL it for. (that's because it costs money to pay the employees to haggle over, time is money, it takes shelf space, etc.) He will IMMEDIATELY know the value of ANYTHING you bring him from your mother's basement, since he has bought and sold a thousand of whatever you are holding already. He will say "i can give you $250 bucks for it". THE END. you, in your infant mind, still locked on tv negotiations, will say "erm herm kin ya do $400?" and he will say "$250 is what your offer is" and you'll take it, end of negotiation. Not to mention the fact that you'll NEVER be talking to Rick, you idiot. You'll talk to an employee of the store, not the owner. Rick comes out for the TV show to act with the other Actors selling the items they have already brought in earlier, some actually being sold, many are not. Do you think that he "calls his buddy" a thousand times per day, the guy in the hat who doesn't mind driving over in the middle of the day and consulting for free? You ACTUALLY do belive that this is what goes on in his pawm shop lmao. You sad, sad, pathetic dipshit. On second thought, DO IT. go in there with a fake ANYTHING and try to pull a scam. Post the results. "herp i went in with my fake Babe Ruth baseball card autograph that i signed and some black dude looked at it and said with no certificate of authenticity they wouldn't be interested. I said how bout a thousand? Cuz i thought they would say a hundred, then i would say 900 and they would say 200, then i would sayum herp kinya meet me in da middle an we would settle on 500! BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN NEGOTIATE! how the fuck does HE kmow it aint REAL? " that will be you. Just reading your post cost me 10 IQ points, because your stupidity is so strong that it actually rubbed off on me just be reading it. You really are a stupid, stupid human. Please don't have children, which I'm guessing it's already too late be about 4 kids with your trailer park no tooth trash girl you knocked up, since only the truly stupid have a ton of kids. Idiot.

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Jan 20, 2014, 8:28:31 PM1/20/14
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Jan 20, 2014, 8:48:21 PM1/20/14
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On rare occasions when something big and valuable DOES come in, then yes, if course Rick would be the one doing the deal. That's because he has more culture and expertise in his ASS hair, than the combined intellect of every family member you have in every trailer in the trailer park. He does deals in ONE transaction that earns him more money than you'll ever make selling world of warcraft gold and collecting welfare in your entire life. He's done half million dollar deals. And you think he doesn't know what he's doing? You don't even realize how stupid you sound, because your mind is too feeble to wrap your head around just how much $500k really is. I promise you've never made more than $15k in one year just by the way you talk. High paying jobs go to those with the intellectual capacity to do them, because they are stressful, complicated,and involve decision making and risk, all things that somebody with your vcaliber of mind is fundamentally unequipped to handle, purely because you're not smart enough and never will be. You were born into stupidity and poverty, and that's where you and all of your children and children's children will remain for many generations to come, unless - scratch that EVEN IF someone in your family wins the lottery, because you wouldn't know how to handle the money and would be dead or broke in two years flat. I can't even imagine what it's like to see through the eyes of somebody as mentally defunct as yourself. It's as if your minds eye is blind, that's all i can imagine being you for a day would be like - a blind person trying to navigate life with a cane, thinking they know what's what but actually have no clue. You are a moron.

Metspitzer

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Jan 20, 2014, 8:49:10 PM1/20/14
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>settle on 500! BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN NEGOTIATE! how the fuck does HE kmow it aint REAL? " that will be you. Just reading your post cost me 10 IQ points, because �your stupidity is so strong that it actually rubbed off on me just be reading it. You really are a stupid, stupid human. Please don't have children, which I'm guessing it's already too late be about 4 kids with your trailer park no tooth trash girl you knocked up, since only the truly stupid have a ton of kids. Idiot.�

Breathe
Relax
Calm down

richard

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Jan 20, 2014, 9:07:37 PM1/20/14
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If you think Pawn Stars is a joke, try "storage wars".
The same storage place has "weekly" auctions?
With the same people bidding every time?
My brother managed storage places. He rarely had an auction and never one
had sell for over $1700.
And one of the weekly bidders sued A&E for "seeding".

Dickead Harrison is a true chump.
He paid a guy $65,000 for a box of "cuban" cigars simply because the
nameplate on it read "John F. Kennedy".
Hey Dick? Check out your damn phonebook. I'll bet you'll find a few
listings with the exact same name.

Then the asshole pays his ripoff buddy $75,000 to restore an old Chevy to
give to his old man. For that price, he could have bought 3 cars already
restored with engines.

Granted, some items are staged. But many are not.
Like the time when some gal came in with a "submarine" that was incomplete.
The true owner of it saw the original show, called the cops and the chumps
had to return it.

But I have to love the episode where some gal came in with two coconut cups
that she said were props from the tv show "Gilligan's Island".
Hell. Walmart and K-mart sold the same damn cups a dime a dozen for five
bucks each.
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Feb 27, 2014, 10:44:39 AM2/27/14
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On Monday, March 11, 2013 10:27:41 PM UTC-4, richard wrote:
> Let's face it, Rick Harrison of "Pawn Stars" is a sucker.


Let's face it, you are a moron that makes Looney Toons villains intelligent.


>
> Bring him a piece of hair and some card claiming the hair was once on
>
> George Washington, he'll give you a couple of thousand bucks for it.


Kinda hard to find it unless you feel like doing a bit of grave robbing, Bullis.


>
>
>
> Now comes a new scam. Guy brings in a case of what contains cuban cigars.
>
> Owner claims these cigars were the ones owned by JFK no less.
>
> Wow. Really? That and a buck might get you a cup a coffee at Starbucks.


Are you really this stupid? Oh......sorry.........never mind.



>
>
>
> The cigars look like they were made fresh in the past year and wrapped in
>
> plastic. Ding ding ding. Real Cuban cigars weren't wrapped in plastic.


Bullis you are about as much of a historian and pawn owner as you are a Catholic priest and rocket scientist.



>
> Oh but the guy has a letter from the previous owner, who was JFK's
>
> secretary.
>
> Wow really? I can print up dozens of these things and have someone sign it
>
> to make it look legit.



Gawd.



>
>
>
> Now the owner claims other cigars owned by JFK went for nearly half a
>
> million. But he'll settle for a hundred grand.
>
> Bottom line is, Rick buys the damn things for $60,000!


I know the higher numbers confuse lower mammals like yourself but for all you know that was a correct price.



> >
>
> When is the man gonna learn what a scam looks like?


When are you going to learn that everything you see on television isn't real?


>
>
>
> Now evan dear boy, I was alive when JFK was in office.


Did you shoot him???




>You were not.
>


I am pretty sure that Rick Harrison either was alive or is intelligent enough to know what a Cuban cigar looks like and how it is made.



> I have seen how they made Cuban cigars back then.


YouTube videos don't count, st00pid.



>
> Wrapped in plastic? No frickin way.
>
> Plastic wrap wasn't heard of in Cuba until probably the 80's.
>


Bullis if every stupid, incomprehensible, half-assed, incorrect fact you spew was taught to today's kids we would have a nation of illiterates and morons.



>
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098064/John-F-Kennedy-bought-1-200-Cuban-cigars-hours-ordered-US-trade-embargo.html
>
>
>
> You will notice the cigars JFK smoked are dark in color.
>
> The one's this scammer was offering were very light.
>
>
>
>
>
> There is only one reason why someone walks into the "pawn staars" shop
>
> with a high dollar ticket item and walks out with way less than asking for.
>
> Gambling debts.


There is only one reason why you would write something as stupid as you just did.


fitnessf...@yahoo.com

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Feb 27, 2014, 10:45:41 AM2/27/14
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Or anything else.

dan...@gmail.com

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Aug 9, 2016, 2:33:59 AM8/9/16
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Harrison is a scammer.why does he go on infomercials selling a 10 dollar watch claiming its worth a thousand. This guy is so full of crap.

hadl...@gmail.com

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Feb 7, 2017, 9:24:53 AM2/7/17
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The pathetic thing is all of you are getting butt hurt over a reality TV show. Fucking shit I'm dying at the work you're putting into arguing about reality TV... heh do you mind if I gave a buddy come in to tell me how butt hurt you are? He's an expert at these kinds of things.
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