Members aehoff Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 I noticed a few pedals in the rack. The first was a Jacques Meistersinger Chorus pedal. They had "No Name Brand" on the label and it $49 and I talked him down to $25! It's completely MINT and came with box and instructions. I think that this is a great deal and I love the pedal. Next I saw a Guyatone VT3 Tremolo. It was again listed as ""No Name Brand" for $39 and I talked him down to $25. (Love this pedal by the way and heard there are some tweakable pots inside to bring the volume jump down a bit and may need some direction here.) The third pedal was a TS9DX and I noticed on the box it had "MOD" written in sharpie. I opened it up and it's in pristine mint condition with a Keeley Electronics sticker on the back. I "googled" Robert Keeley and found his sight which is pretty cool but I only found one MOD that they offer for the TS9DX and it's called the Flexi and requires a stomp switch and a little toggle switch to be added and mine looks completely stock except for a blue LED which I assume to be modded. Can anyone give me some direction? Oh, if you're wondering. The label says Ibanez Modded/TS9DX and they priced it at $59. So I walked away with these three pedals for $109 bones! Did I do good? Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b_nehpets Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 you did do well... if you want to make a few bucks, i'll give you 115 for the whole lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SharkMinusBear Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 You did amazing! I need to goto one of these "pawn shops" some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b_nehpets Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 oh... where in the world are you/this pawn shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Cool scores! :phil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pedmands Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 congrats! I love practically pilfering pawn pushers. They rarely know how to price, unless they're a chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grayeyes777 Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 oh... where in the world are you/this pawn shop?THIS!!!! You did really well man. Especially with the ts!It's not often someone on this forum has to google keeley though. LOL!You will learn grasshopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b_nehpets Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 congrats! I love practically pilfering pawn pushers. They rarely know how to price, unless they're a chain. hey... you're in texas, if you want to talk the cash america pawn people down, heres how.... when you look at the price tag, you'll see some upper case letters that may read "MALEE" that is a code for how much they paid the guy that sold it to them for... the letters correspond to a 1-10 and they are "M A R Y L O U I S E" (m=1, a=2, r=3 and so on...) so "MALEE" = $125.00... the pice tag might read "$250" but you now know that they're trying to make double on it, but you can talk them down quite a bit. you're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aehoff Posted September 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 oh... where in the world are you/this pawn shop? I will never tell... Last week I went in and got a Holy Grail and a Snarling Dos Erogenous Moan for $90. The Erogenous Moan didn't work so I took it back. He asked me if I wanted to trade for another pedal or get a refund and I looked at the reciept and they only chatged me $40 for the Erogenous Moan so I knew my options were VERY limited. So I saw a Boss RT-20 Rotary Emulator and I made up this story about how bad the condition was (it was in great condition) and they gave me a straight up trade. So in the end,k I walked out with an EHX Holy Grail and a Boss RT-20 for $90! I love this place. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpectralJulian Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 hey... you're in texas, if you want to talk the cash america pawn people down, heres how....when you look at the price tag, you'll see some upper case letters that may read "MALEE" that is a code for how much they paid the guy that sold it to them for... the letters correspond to a 1-10 and they are "M A R Y L O U I S E" (m=1, a=2, r=3 and so on...) so "MALEE" = $125.00... the pice tag might read "$250" but you now know that they're trying to make double on it, but you can talk them down quite a bit.you're welcome. That's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stevemcb Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 Nice score! Enjoy. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t-rey Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 hey... you're in texas, if you want to talk the cash america pawn people down, heres how....when you look at the price tag, you'll see some upper case letters that may read "MALEE" that is a code for how much they paid the guy that sold it to them for... the letters correspond to a 1-10 and they are "M A R Y L O U I S E" (m=1, a=2, r=3 and so on...) so "MALEE" = $125.00... the pice tag might read "$250" but you now know that they're trying to make double on it, but you can talk them down quite a bit.you're welcome. Handy infos to know. I need to get back into the habit of stopping by pawn shops every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pedmands Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 hey... you're in texas, if you want to talk the cash america pawn people down, heres how.... when you look at the price tag, you'll see some upper case letters that may read "MALEE" that is a code for how much they paid the guy that sold it to them for... the letters correspond to a 1-10 and they are "M A R Y L O U I S E" (m=1, a=2, r=3 and so on...) so "MALEE" = $125.00... the pice tag might read "$250" but you now know that they're trying to make double on it, but you can talk them down quite a bit. you're welcome. You are a gentleman and a scholar. Your good looks are exceeded only by your outstanding personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted September 5, 2009 Members Share Posted September 5, 2009 The Meistersinger is easily a $150 pedal. Nice score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inuitdream Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Cheers!!! You did good man! Last good score I had was for a vintage Vox AC50! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobalt-60 Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 So I saw a Boss RT-20 Rotary Emulator and I made up this story about how bad the condition was (it was in great condition) and they gave me a straight up trade. So in the end,k I walked out with an EHX Holy Grail and a Boss RT-20 for $90! I love this place. Andrew I'm normally against manipulating peoples ignorance/innocence for monetary gain and equate it with stealing.... but it's a pawn shop. Those guys are {censored}ing jackals, screw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangesix Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 i think this is the only thing i like about texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b_nehpets Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 i think this is the only thing i like about texas this... for such a weird ghetto that is west philadelphia, there ain't 1 {censored}in pawn shop within 5 miles of me. the closest one is downtown on south st, but thats douche central (think 6th st. austin, or greenville ave, dallas, or the strand... etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Awesome, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 this... for such a weird ghetto that is west philadelphia, there ain't 1 {censored}in pawn shop within 5 miles of me. the closest one is downtown on south st, but thats douche central (think 6th st. austin, or greenville ave, dallas, or the strand... etc) There's 1 at the top of Roosevelt Blvd. where it turns into Rt1 headed for Langhorne, but they suck too.....I miss me a good pawn shop! Vegas has some good 'un...S'up neighbor? Those sound like great scores!! Rock on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OnWingsOfLead Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Pics and or clips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangesix Posted September 7, 2009 Members Share Posted September 7, 2009 half my gear consists of pawn shops scores, or stuff i've bought after flipping pawn shop scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aehoff Posted September 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 7, 2009 Pics and or clips!I'm waiting on my custom Zac Gorm pedal board. Should be here next week.About half of the pedals are from my local pawn shop (RC-20XL, RT-20, Meistersinger, Keeley TS9DX-MOD+, Guyatone VT3 and Holy Grail) AW-3 was from a local guitar store, TU-2 eBay, Swollen Pickle HC Forum, RAT2 eBay, Mutron Phaser HC Forums, H20 eBay, MXR DynaComp eBay.I still want a Mutron III, Green Sovtek Big Muff Pi and a Mallekko Spring Chicken. I also want to put the Monte Allums MODs into the DynaComp and the RAT2. I need 2 expression pedals and a Volume Pedal. My wish list also includes a Red Witch Tremolo, EHX Hog, A/DA Flanger, Soulpower Instruments SD-1 From Hell, Keeley Vox Wah, a really advanced delay pedal (not sure which one yet), ... I think that's it for now.Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 killer deals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maddaxe111 Posted September 8, 2009 Members Share Posted September 8, 2009 I'm going to my neighborhood pawn shop as soon as I get off work today . . . Great info here . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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