The pawn people directed him to this case of boxed watch sets - the kind that come with multiple bands, etc. I gave him a certain amount of money to spend at the pawn shop, and he ended up getting a Nintendo DS game (they gave him a good deal because I bought one or two of them myself) and he had some money left over, so he wanted to get something nice for his mom (yep - not your average kid). He was always just thrilled with what most people would consider something mundane, so he kept things interesting. He's a teen now - less than a year from being too old for the program had it continued - so we don't see him as often, but it's been fun to watch him grow. The charity closed down in our area, but we still spend time with him. No stolen lunches!Īwesome birthday story funky-rat! Bet he was thrilled. I used to be on meds I had to keep cold, but once I stopped taking them (I turned out to be mildly allergic), I decided to keep it here. Would have cost me more than twice that in the store. It still had tape inside holding the racks down. You can tell it belonged to some college kids who used it for a semester or two, then turned it in. I've gotten some nice stuff there over the years, including a Black & Decker mini fridge (bigger than cube size) that I paid $50 for. He was disappointed at first, because Gold & Silver Pawn is more like a gift boutique/antique store than a pawn shop than most real pawn shops to me, but after the initial shock wore off, we told the manager off to the side that being there was this kid's birthday wish, and they negotiated with him, etc. He liked the show, and wanted to know what a real pawn shop was like. We used to work with a kids charity, and the kid that we worked with wanted to go to a pawn shop for his birthday - seriously. I've been in a number of pawn shops over the years. There's one we prefer - we've done lots of transactions there (mostly buying, but I took some Jewelry down once that I didn't want anymore, and I did some bartering once), and they have a few stores in a few areas, and if we're in one of those areas, we'll look them up. We don't have any pawn shops in our area, but we frequent them when we're in my husband's "hometown".
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