Pawn Stars: Loose Vectrex is Worth $275

[Nz17]

I just watched this on the History Channel. $275 seems to me to be a lot for a loose Vectrex game system in good condition. Thoughts?

[bb_hood]

I would say that is alot. If its missing the controller thats way more than its worth. Did a quick check and ebay complete listings says thats alot.
But hey, what can you expect from THEM???

[Tanooki]

I watched it as I DVR the show. The system looked to be in fantastic condition, and the joystick was there, appeared to be 100% in working order. Screen and audio were strong, body from what was shown didn't look damaged or worn and the guy was the original owner and had it stored away. They did overpay looking at ebay since it's like $200 shipped or a little under that compared to them forking over $275. Either some chump will buy it locally from them or online just to have the honor of buying it from them and having it shown off as a TV prop.

[FieryReign]

That show is fixed. Remember the way "Pat" just managed to show up with his NWC carts, trying to "sell" them to a bunch of low-balling douchebags? Just to get more views for his channel and show off his prized possessions?

On a sidenote: that fat disgusting son of theirs needs a slap in the face. It's just a sitcom made to look like reality. No real bearings on what shit is worth. You could walk in there with the Mona Lisa. First they would say "I gotta guy, let me give him a call". Then, after getting it analyzed and authenticated, they'll haggle em down to 15 bucks just to make the seller look like a complete dumbfuck.

[Gamevet]

I just watched this on the History Channel. $275 seems to me to be a lot for a loose Vectrex game system in good condition. Thoughts?

I'm surprised that they had offered that much money for the system. They usually low-ball the seller, telling them that they are taking the risk of being able to sell it, and having it sitting around in inventory.

[Greg2600]

275? Probably twice what it's worth, at least.

[Nz17]

The $275 evaluation was leveled by one of the Gold & Silver Pawn shop's "buddies," a local expert which is called in to appraise the item on offer. I don't have the episode recorded so I can't refer to it to make sure, but I believe they called in a buddy from http://lasvegastoyshack.com/ to assess the Vectrex's value.

I guess the lesson here is, "Don't pay the prices that the Toy Shack in Las Vegas charges."

[Tanooki]

The $275 evaluation was leveled by one of the Gold & Silver Pawn shop's "buddies," a local expert which is called in to appraise the item on offer. I don't have the episode recorded so I can't refer to it to make sure, but I believe they called in a buddy from http://lasvegastoyshack.com/ to assess the Vectrex's value.

I guess the lesson here is, "Don't pay the prices that the Toy Shack in Las Vegas charges."

Yes that was him who came in and drooled over it and gave a price. He said it was worth $275, and the pawn shop forked over $150 if I remember correctly. The Toy Shack clearly being on the air there for years through that show and being where it is in general gets a lot of collector foot traffic with good money already or out from the casinos so they probably fairly clearly rip people off with over retail pricing. He won't come into that show and say what I bet he knows it is clearly worth because then people would call him on his crap in his own store, or just quietly realize the game being played on customers and buy nothing. At $150 the Pawn Shop should still pull in probably $30-50 on it if they priced it at $200 and someone just paid it or dealed down a few bucks off of it.

[JSoup]

I stopped reading a "Pawn Stars".
Nothing about that show or any show like it is to be taken seriously.
The last program I've ever seen that had real people with real products and honest assessments was Antiques Roadshow.

[SAV2880]

Makes my $125 Vectrex look like quite the good deal regardless.