MrGino911's Reviews

Very unpleasant experience

Every time I've gone there, I found the owner, Dave, to be overly pushy and condescending in an attempt to make a sale. They have their prices set initially very high. If I've shown the slightest bit of interest in an item, Dave has talked down to me to try and extract an offer from me -- this happened on more than one occasion. The last time, I was eyeballing something that was priced as if it was new in the box and inquired about the price, jokingly saying "Are you sure you're not missing a decimal point?" He asked "how much are you willing to pay for it?" I looked on eBay using my phone and told him how much it was going for there (which was just under 1/5 of what he had it up for) -- never actually promising to buy. He named a price, slightly beating the eBay price. The item was missing a small part, which would not have been a deal breaker if I didn't start to feel a tad uncomfortable overall. I decided I wasn't going to buy from the...

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By: MrGino911

Howard's Pawn Shop

Ottawa, ON