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Kuato posted:I've lived in the Seattle, Portland and DC areas And there's your answer
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Krunge posted:Most accurate post in the thread so far. You should have offered him three, idiot. Oh, old man, what WON'T you say?
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Nov 5, 2016 19:04
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*disconnects internet feed, telephone service and jams cell signals* *Smugly watches the scripted idiots sweat as they try to pretend they know the worth and history of what people bring in*
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Cartouche posted:*disconnects internet feed, telephone service and jams cell signals* you mean in the show that, as a matter of routine, consults experts in various fields on the worth and history of what people bring in? because they dont know? pawned b*tch
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Nov 5, 2016 19:23
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"I got four supreme and three meat lovers pizzas; extra toppings, three orders of wings, three cinnamon sticks and four 2-liter cokes." "$500, no $700!"
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Nov 5, 2016 19:34
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Im the expert on early americana that lives in new england but just happens to be a phone call away
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Nov 5, 2016 19:36
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Yeah I think this: is cooler than this:  and also I'm an idiot who poops in my own pants - this thread, basically 
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Nov 5, 2016 19:45
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Jaunty Monty Ping posted:Which of the following people never owned a tool? i think the obvious answer is tiny tim but im going to be sad if this is not real trivia
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Nov 5, 2016 20:04
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extra stout posted:i think the obvious answer is tiny tim but im going to be sad if this is not real trivia what is a cane but a tool for fictional gimpy children? edit haha this guy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Tim_(musician)
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Nov 5, 2016 20:18
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Blistex posted:<goes to parking lot to sell vintage stereo to a guy on craigslist> lot of cities are starting to roll out craigslist safe harbors, well-lit areas with cameras and all that. its really nice tbh
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Nov 5, 2016 20:56
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Gaunab posted:"I got four supreme and three meat lovers pizzas; extra toppings, three orders of wings, three cinnamon sticks and four 2-liter cokes." Listen, the more we negotiate, the colder this pizza gets. My price goes down every time you haggle.  *has secret stash of gabagool*
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Jonny 290 posted:lot of cities are starting to roll out craigslist safe harbors, well-lit areas with cameras and all that. its really nice tbh yea in boston we call those parking lots or a police station and theyve been around decades
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Nov 5, 2016 21:03
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EVIL NOONER posted:yea in boston we call those parking lots or a police station and theyve been around decades Or just a gas station in the nice part of town.
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Larry Parrish posted:Or just a gas station in the nice part of town. believe it or not gas stations usually have a place to park a car
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EVIL NOONER posted:believe it or not gas stations usually have a place to park a car bullshit
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EVIL NOONER posted:believe it or not gas stations usually have a place to park a car 
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Have you any shame, sir?
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chins: not even once
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Fakery.
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^^^ Wait, is that really from the show? No way. One thing that always bugged me about these restorations (and there was some spinoff show where they restored old machines and such, I forgot the name) is how they would restore something originally worth $100, charge $100 for the restoration, then claim that they could now sell the restored version for $1000. Wouldn't the restored version be worth $200, or close to it? I've never understood how a restored version of something could be worth much more than the sum of the original value plus the cost to restore it.
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AutumnDDP posted:^^^ Wait, is that really from the show? No way. yeah, why would they charge for their skills, knowledge, and tools? bunch of greedy pigs imo.
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Nov 6, 2016 00:35
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Rutibex posted:why would anyone sell their poo poo to a pawn shop, when they can get what the pawn shop would charge for it by selling it on craigs list
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Nov 6, 2016 00:36
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AutumnDDP posted:^^^ Wait, is that really from the show? No way. have you ever had more than $100 in your bank account? you sound like a poor
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AutumnDDP posted:^^^ Wait, is that really from the show? No way.
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Nov 6, 2016 00:40
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WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS BIKE FINISHED BY THURSDAY!
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^^^ No, because there is other overhead which leads to the increased price of that dish, such as being able to pay the other employees, renting the restaurant space, general upkeep of the restaurant, etc. Let me put it this way: If you are looking to buy an antique item, and you know you can buy a beat up version and have it restored for much less than buying something that looks brand new, why not buy the beat up version? This is with the understanding that the restored version really is a restoration, and that it isn't the original item that happened to survive history with all original parts intact. The only explanation I can think of is that you don't have any good restoration companies near you, in which case it could be chalked up to a matter of inconvenience. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious, I dunno
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On second thought, let me call my buddy who is an expert in appraising my dumb questions and he can give you a quote
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AutumnDDP posted:^^^ No, because there is other overhead which leads to the increased price of that dish, such as being able to pay the other employees, renting the restaurant space, general upkeep of the restaurant, etc. Especially with big poo poo like coke machines, it's pretty easy for the antiques to become perpetually unfinished projects that ugly up wherever they're at. There's not a ton of great restorers all over the place with lots of spare time, and you gotta research and set that up you gotta get the poo poo to them and back which is going to have its own expenses and opportunity costs and generally be a pain in the rear end.
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Whatev posted:Inconvenience and the scarcity of both the antique and the skilled labor. That actually makes a ton of sense, thank you. The main thing I didn't think much about was skilled labor. There are probably a lot of places in the US where finding someone to restore some niche item is really difficult. Plus I guess you might have to wait a very long time for certain things to be restored versus having the new thing right away, not to mention extra shipping costs to get the item to them and back.
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The everyday comparison I should have made is buying a car with a hosed engine for $500, repairing it for another $500 , and then selling it for $4000. Given the choice between the $4000 working car and the $500 dollar dead car, most people will go with the former because "I don't have time for this fuckin poo poo" and they probably don't know how much it would cost to repair anyway that's how they fuckin get ya
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Yeah, my initial example was admittedly pretty lovely. I blame Chumlee
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvu6APT3JLY *haggles with a crackhead over the price of a vcr through a sheet of bulletproof glass*
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