Highway 380 Pawn

I have done business with pawn shops for most of my adult life, and while this place isn’t the worst, I can’t give it more than two stars for one very simple reason; They don’t want to sell anything. Seriously, I was looking at a holster for a .22 revolver I owned and they had one in the «random holsters» pile in a basket on the counter. It was $ 20 and I asked, «what’s the best you can do, cash out the door?» figuring they’d maybe say $ 15 or something. Nope. Not one penny would she budge.
She started explaining that she could get that or more for it on eBay. I wondered about the hassle of listing, selling and shipping vs a guy standing there with a $ 15 bill for her, but she was firm.
So I thanked her for her time and left. Came back at least 6 months, maybe more later… same holster same price, same exchange. (I wonder if she remembered it was me?) I guess she either never got around to eBaying it or that was simply a blow off to my offer, but whatever.
I spotted a ring I wanted to buy for my wife but the price was way too high even for pawn shop goods. I got a cash today quote on it almost a year ago and they came off a little, but not enough for me to pull the trigger just then. So I waited. Wife and I talked about the ring and debated on buying it. I went to talk to them about it a couple of weeks ago, and not only was the original asking price higher it seemed, but the «cash today» price was higher than the original.
I’m always impressed by their inventory, until I realize that they’re pretty proud of it also.