Cash Box Pawn

I have been to hundreds of pawnshops in my life and this place is a old fashion pawnshop. They stand behind what they sale.

I have been in this place a few times looking at guitar gear. Ironically i have not seen much of it move in the 2 years or so I have popped in. In fact, they have had the same Digitech Bad Monkey Pedal in the case since I have been coming in.
Today I noticed they had a MXR Phase 90 pedal listed for $ 59. I have been wanting a MXR Phase 90 so I went in to see if they could make me an offer. First of all it was mismarked at $ 59. The guy told me it was $ 69, not $ 59. I told the guy that Guitar Center sells these same units used for $ 39.99 and showed him on my phone Guitar Center’s website. He proceeded to tell me that eBay has these same pedals for $ 50+. He kept referring to this pedal as a MXR «script» pedal, which it was not. It was a standard MXR Phase 90. He claims this store did have a eBay store and he could sell it on there for more. I told him I did not think he wanted to pay the listing fees and even on eBay they go for $ 40 at times. Secondly, I explained that the Pawn business was not like Guitar Center used. There is a different price point. (Usually Pawn Shops have ¹⁄₃ of the money they have an item listed for in it. Even if this pedal was $ 69, they probably only had $ 20 in it.) I offered him $ 25 at first and he told me he would do it for $ 50. When I told it that was more than the used price, he came back at $ 45 without tax. I countered at $ 35 which was more than fair for a pedal in a pawn shop in Kyle which does not have as much traffic as say Austin. I have bought Boss pedals from pawn shops in Austin for $ 25 easily. He was pretty adamant on his price claiming he could sell it to someone else. I shook my head in disbelief because I had seen those same pedals in the display case for almost a year. You can not tell me that he gets the same brand and model pedals all the time.
Even if the guy would have bit the bullet and given me the pedal at $ 30 and only made $ 5 or $ 10 bucks off the pedal, he would have made a customer and I would be coming back for not just pedals but Xbox games and what not. If this store wants to be serious about moving merchandise, they need to start making deals instead of bragging they can make money on eBay. If you could make money on eBay, why even have a retail store? Why pay rent and utilities? You could have one location and sell all of your stuff and call it a day.
Thanks but no thanks. Stay away from this Pawn shop.

This place Freaking sucks! They posted an ad on Craigslist for a MacBook for $ 300. They were closed shortly after the ad was posted. I call first thing the next morning and the guy tells me it is «on hold» for another customer. WTF! If they were closed how did it get put on hold. 2^nd I thought Pawn shops were in the business of making money and would NOT hold anything unless you paid a certain percentage to put it on layaway! What if a guy like me has the cash in hand and is ready to buy? I can’t because you are holding it for your friend, or so it seems. The guys said to call back after noon so I did. another guys answers and says MacBook is available. I jump in the car cash in hand to go buy the MacBook then I get there and the guys says, «oh it is on hold until Monday». DOUBLE WTF!!! couldn’t they have told me that on the phone before I drove down there? This seems like a locally owned family shop so it is hard for me to say this because I live in Kyle and like to support my local businesses… but stay away from this Pawn Shop, they are Freaking idiots!!! Just to see if they would «hold» something for me I called and asked them to «hold» an Xbox 360 for me and the guy that answered said they could only hold it for a day until business closes. So how is it they were able to hold the MacBook for another customer from Thursday-​Monday?!! Stay away from theses jokers. you have been warned!