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*** When Chumlee bought a coin-operated kiddie ride, he set it up outside the store so they could make some extra money from customers to ride it while waiting in line.
*** When Chumlee bought a coin-operated kiddie ride, he set it up outside the store so they could make some extra money from customers to ride it while waiting in line.
** Some of the things customers try to sell, like art, can fetch high prices in shops that specialize in selling them. Unfortunately, since the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop buys and sells a wide variety of merchandise, it can't sell these things for prices as high as the specialty shops. Rick's had to tell more than one customer selling paintings or photographs that he doesn't get gallery prices for the art he sells, which is why he can't offer them as much money as a gallery would.
** Some of the things customers try to sell, like art, can fetch high prices in shops that specialize in selling them. Unfortunately, since the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop buys and sells a wide variety of merchandise, it can't sell these things for prices as high as the specialty shops. Rick's had to tell more than one customer selling paintings or photographs that he doesn't get gallery prices for the art he sells, which is why he can't offer them as much money as a gallery would.
** To sum it all up: Rick and the others cannot be accused of not offering fair prices for goods, because a "fair price" is any mutually agreed-upon sum that will result in the voluntary exchange of goods. If the seller doesn't think the price is fair, he shouldn't sell it to them. If he does, he agreed that the price was fair, no matter what he [[Confession Cam]]s after.
* [[Artistic License Gun Safety]]: Usually averted, but there are exceptions:
* [[Artistic License Gun Safety]]: Usually averted, but there are exceptions:
** Corey had to reprimand one customer for pointing a gun he was selling at him. Granted it was actually a lighter, but it was made to look so much like a real gun, his concern is justifiable. (And as Rick's original pilot indicates, there are numerous guns under the counters ready to be used on anyone trying to rob the place.)
** Corey had to reprimand one customer for pointing a gun he was selling at him. Granted it was actually a lighter, but it was made to look so much like a real gun, his concern is justifiable. (And as Rick's original pilot indicates, there are numerous guns under the counters ready to be used on anyone trying to rob the place.)