The engagement’s off. So naturally, I figured I’d hock the ring. I took this $1700.00 one carat rock around to all the pawn shops in town. Each shop was run by some old miser of a man. Each equally-crochety old bastard spends 10 minutes hmmming and haaaaing, testing the stones, reading the papers, and asks, “what do you want to get for it?”. I say, $500 would be nice. And then they laugh and guffaw right in my face like I’ve said something just hilarious! What is so damn funny? Then each guy ends up weighing it and says the same damn thing; “I can give you the price of the gold by weight”. Apparently diamonds aren’t worth anything? Do you old snake-eyed PRICKS think I’m stupid? Do you think I’m some junkie who’s going to basically GIVE you a one carat diamond ring for the price of a crack rock? I will never step foot in another one of these hole-in-the-wall rip off shops again. Thanks for wasting my time you crooked old condescending FUCKS. —Shove Your Laughable Offer Up Your Geriatric Ass
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2012.
Lolz, your first mistake was going to a pwan shop. News flash, real life isn’t like the TV show.
You really should return the ring to you ex-fiancé.
these people watch pawn stars too much.they think that everything they get, will make them rich. just advertise the thing on kijiji, and take best offer for it.
$1,700 for a 1 carat rock? What are the 3-C’s?
**The engagement’s off. So naturally, I figured I’d hock the ring**
Naturally? Can’t imagine what went wrong in the relationship. Legally, if you broke it off, you are obliged to return the ring. If he broke it off, you can keep it. (well, according to Judge Judy, anyway)
Still though, even if the guy never gets his $1,700 bucks back he’s getting off cheap. He could have been married to yo ass.
what a waste of money, for a stupid rock. you should have purchased something more useful, instead of listening to the “diamond experts” love, love, love your new avatar sucksters
lol @ Al & xeno 🙂
Made me think of this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpo3a-ZNNjc
thankee girl of pain.it was apic i stole off kijiji. thought it very apt. for some reason. seeing as how there is a bunch of animal lovers here, including moi. oh, and i wanna squeaze your bits too girl.
$1700…..that guy got off easy. Imagine the living hell and mental anguish he’d go through married to the OB.
omg, Hugo-where do you find this stuff-
Xeno – insomnia, free association, and late night TV.
OB…you do realise jewelry like your ring is marked up sometimes as much as 500%
Yes that’s FIVE HUNDRED PERCENT !By our wonder ful jewelry stores…but mall rent is expensive & so is all that shiny display cases & signage etc, that they have everywhere in their stores !
Most people don’t know this, to add insult to injury diamonds are a heavily controled commodity, where the object of De Beer’s and the other small players is to push up the price on these very common bits of carbon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8A9JXLyRwc
IF all the gem quality diamonds mined each year, were offered on the market of 2 karats & smaller a 4 c’s karat stone would be worth about 5 dollars.
Because most of the production is simply put in storage & only a small percentage is put out to the market the price is artificially increased.
You are definately going to do better by selling the ring to someone who wants it & is as ill informed as you are, but they will save a grand & you will get your 500 dollars. I hope you choke on it…because if the engagement is off, you should be returning the ring…not hocking it !
Man is he a lucky guy…he should go buy some lotto tickets !
I got the sense this was written by a guy. Engagement is off, she gave back the ring (assumed), he tries to sell it. Just sounds like a guy, in which case your comments are kind of harsh.
harrumph – I think a guy would have returned the ring to where he bought it, or, keep it for the next time he gets engaged 😉
Pawn shop? …….. duh, why not return it to the jeweler who made the cock-ring and could perhaps get $1700 from another idiot….. sold it once – how about twice?
Geezuz, one of ya got rocks in yer head!
HAHAHAHA! Dummy! Who would think they cold get some money from a pawn shop… IT’S A FUCKING PAWN SHOP! HAHAHAHA! Dummy!
No one wants to buy an engagement ring from an engagement that was called off. It’s bad luck or an omen or something.You think you’re the first person they’ve seen trying to pawn an engagement ring? No one’s gonna want to buy it, it doesn’t matter how much it’s worth. I hope you fucking bought it in the first place or there’s a special place in hell for you.
Truly laughing my F.A.O. You do realize this is like complaining to your dealer that there’s too much drano in your crystal meth, right?
The main purpose of pawn shops is to serve crackheads and assorted criminals so why would you expect anything other than crack prices?
What does their age have to do with anything?
Of course they are going to downplay the value of the ring, they want to pay the least amount they can for it. Possibly they could smell a douche hocking an engagement ring, hence the attitude. Live and learn OP. BTW I’ve never been in a pawn shop in my long life.
$1700 for an engagement ring?? Then what for the actual wedding ring? AND then the wedding?!? Fuck, just buy me a bowl of good soup and I’ll be yours forever. Not really, that’s a lie. I just really love soup.