As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

February 23, 2009

Like everyone else, gamers are suffering during the current hard times. Some, in fact, have been forced to pawn their consoles to meet basic needs.

The Chicago Tribune reports that the recession is keeping pawn shops supplied with game consoles and TVs on which to play them:

Ace Pawn Shop manager Chris Banul said business is up and he's seeing more high-end items brought to the Bloomington shop for collateral, or sold outright, as the economy has worsened.

"We're seeing a lot of expensive video game systems, PlayStation 3s and X-Box and others, and a lot of LCDs (flat-screen televisions)," Banul said...

Tom Haggerty, co-owner with wife Cindy of TomCat's Pawn in Bloomington, said their store has been getting lots of flat screen TVs and game systems. He said those items are selling fast...

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Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game ...

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Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game ...

Submitted by Kamil on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 05:36.

It is surely of no surprise that not only banks are targeted by phishing attacks, but nearly anything that can be scammed. We already commented on the rise in attacks targeting virtual worlds and especially massively multiplayer online role-playing GAME (MMORPGs) in earlier posts. The growing market for virtual currency and player accounts does attract new scammers. It’s the nature of things that if something becomes popular to use, it will also become popular to attack.

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game ...

Submitted by Kamil on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 04:15.

The term 'recession' is a much dreaded term these days because everything bad that is happening to the economy is because of the recessionary economics that the world finds itself. We have all read about the collapse of the Lehman Bros and Freddie & Mac and merchant banks too have not been able to escape the effects. As a result electronic merchant systems have taken a beating.

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game ...

Submitted by helend22 on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 19:18.

If people don't pick up their pawned merchandise, pawnbrokers are forced to put them on sale to recoup their investment and turn a profit. It always depends on the items that we're looking at. But we will also turn away some merchandise and loan less on others.

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Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

Submitted by CamillaS on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 00:32.

Many people are force to pawn their valuable things due to the financial hardship and it’s not a big surprise if the number of the people doing this is increasing. For many, this is the only way to ease their burdens. Nevertheless, you can avoid this if you just know how to handle your personal finances appropriately. You might not have ever heard of him, but you'd probably want Bryon Trott as an adviser for your finances. One of his clients is Warren Buffet, the investment wunderkind who has managed to turn a profit for 20 years in a row on the stock market. Apparently the cash advances he was getting from his current holdings weren't enough, as he is leaving his position at Goldman Sachs, to begin his own merchant banking fund, focusing on business investments. Sounds like Bryon Trott would be quite the man in your corner. Read more at http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/03/30/byron-trott-start-mer...

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game ...

Submitted by ScorpSt on Tue, 02/24/2009 - 03:25.

Holy Crap, news about my town! I got to get down to the pawn shops to see if there's anything good there.

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Ben "Scorp" Stanton

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

Submitted by SpiralGray on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 13:43.

I don't understand why someone would pawn something like that when they could probably get much more money for it by selling it on craigslist.

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game ...

Submitted by David on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 18:27.

Immediate cash. Craigslist involves some waiting, while a pawn shop lets you buy food right now.

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

Submitted by Paulrus on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 13:02.

I tried to pawn some of my duplicate Antari cartrages, but no one takes them. Now i'm stuck with 4 copies of Space Invaders.

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Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

Submitted by DavCube on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:29.

I might sell my NES, but i don't know about anything else right now. I don't even have a PS3 yet. I WILL get one, if only for the up-and-coming necessity for a blu-ray player.

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game ...

Submitted by Overcast on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 10:16.

Hopefully not too long, I'll be in the market for a PS3 soon, since the Garbage Xbox 360 ran into a hardware failure not covered by their 'extended warranty'.

Nice games, but that console is such a piece of junk.

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 09:18.

I wonder how long before they become over run with PS3s.

Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

Submitted by E. Zachary Knight on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 08:56.

So does this make them "PWN Shops"?

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E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
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Re: As Recession Deepens, Pawn Shops Take in More Game Systems

Submitted by Paulrus on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 13:01.

Sounds like a plan.

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