by Recyclersteve » Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:58 am
Sometimes the pawn shops make mistakes by selling things too cheaply, believe it or not.
I went to a pawn shop in January, 2009 in Florida shortly after the Bernie Madoff scandal caused locals to sell their possessions to a local pawn shop. The owner was on CNBC talking about all the stuff he bought.
I saw a box which had clad Kennedy halves mixed with silvers. Almost all of the silvers were 40%ers. THEY WERE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME PRICE! I believe it was $1 each. My jaw dropped when I made the discovery. Here’s what I did. I made stacks of about 20 coins each. I put a clad on top of each stack just in case someone inside knew the silvers were worth a lot more than $1 each. I think I got somewhere between 150 and 200 silvers that wonderful day in January, 2009.
How about that for a wild and totally true story!
Former stock broker w/ ~20 yrs. at one company. Spoke with 100k+ people and traded a lot (long, short, options, margin, extended hours, etc.).
NOTE: ANY stocks I discuss, no matter how compelling, carry risk- often
substantial. If not prepared to buy it multiple times in modest amounts without going overboard (assuming nothing really wrong with the company), you need to learn more about the market and managing risk. Also, please research covered calls (options) and selling short as well.