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Will he sell his collection?

Poll ended at Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:42 am

Yes
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No
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For any of you who watch Pawn Stars on the History channel next Monday the show will be featuring someone who tries to sell their huge G1 collection.It airs at 10/9C.
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LOL, I saw that preview. I was going to post after the episode on Monday. He had a great collection though didn't he?

They have episode for viewing on the history channel website. I don't know how long after airing before an episode is available online though.
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Yeah his collection looked pretty minty from what we could see in the preview.Most websites put the episode on after a few days if not a week for sure.
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I voted yes. If that collection is as nice as it looks, and if the guys know how much they go for, the owner could get major bucks.



But I would never sell if I had a collection like that.
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Makes me wonder how much the pawn stars know about transformers. I doubt they know who is who and which accessories go with each. Which would mean they should bring an expert. But since Chumley is there I wonder if they did, or just him and Cory went. If its just Cory and Chum I think the guy will get a real low ball offer.

I sure hope he doesn't let Chumley handle them before selling.
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wow thanks for the heads up. I watch the show sometimes. The guy is an idiot if he thinks he will get anything good from a pawn shop. Hasn't he heard of Ebay?!
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Exactly. Its like people trading games in to gamestop. I never understood it.
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LD2062 wrote:I sure hope he doesn't let Chumley handle them before selling.
I was thinking the same thing.LOL.
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He should consult Trance... :lol:
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The guy is an idiot if he thinks he will get anything good from a pawn shop. Hasn't he heard of Ebay?!
Of course there is something to be said for a quick easy sale. If he does list them on ebay at auction he could get just as little as a pawn store offers. And ebay & paypal would take their cut. So thats 18% or so off that. If he lists them buy now he might get full value but in 6 months he'll probably still have some of them listed from a lot that size.
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Post by Banzai-Tron »

Not to mention the risk he would run from scammers on Ebay, since there's NO seller protection anymore. But I digress.

I doubt the Pawn Stars crew will buy this. From all the other collection offers I've seen, it'll go something like this:

PS: "So, whaddya want for them?"

TFGuy: "How about $15k?"

PS: "How about no?"

TFGuy: "But they're worth $20k!"

PS: "Maybe, but theres a crapload of them. They'll take up a bunch of space in my store, and take a long time to sell. Besides, this knucklehead Chumlee here will probably break at least 20% of them. I can give you $2k."

TFGuy: "Uhh, that's way too low. How about $13K?"

PS: "How about $3k. Final offer."

TFGuy: "Errr, you're nuts. I'll sell them to Trance for $7k."
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We MUST find this guy. I want some of his collection. :)
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NO SALE!!!
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Post by Jazz »

Man, what a collection......
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Missed it. Hopefully I'll catch it on the 2:00am rerun.
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I see a storage locker in that guy's future. No way he sells them quick.

Man what a collection. (1000?) transformers I think he said. $20K seems a low value unless most aren't complete. 2 fort max, like 6 Piranacon. He seemed to have more G1 scorponok than twintwists. How many of each does that guy need? Still, asid from the jumpstarters, I cannot think of many transformers that wouldn't be worth more than $20 complete. Seems like either it should be worth much more, or there are a lot less than 1000 figures.
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Now you've all made me curious about this! Is this episode available somewhere online?
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LD2062 wrote:2 fort max, like 6 Piranacon. He seemed to have more G1 scorponok than twintwists.
I counted four Fort Maxes, and I couldn't even count all of his Scorponoks.

Minerva- It should be on their website sometime this week.
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Okay, thanks! I'll keep an eye out for it!
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And if you have Comcast or something similar you can watch it "On Demand".
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