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Step 1
Before you take merchandise to a pawn shop or a new and used store, clean the merchandise up. Dusty items suggest they may be ready for the trash can. (If you can make items look new or nearly new, more pawn shops will consider taking them. The almost new look can also increase the amount of money, you will be offered for merchandise).
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Step 2
Unless you are selling jewelry for its scrap weight in gold, go into the pawn shop without any merchandise, when possible. Look around for items, like the ones, you have to sell and see what they are asking for them. (This can give you a better idea of how much to ask for your merchandise. Depending on the item, 50% of their asking price, may be the top price you will be offered for your items).
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Step 3
Their need for your items, based upon the supply exceeds demand theory, can mean they have no need for your items. If they already have half a dozen of your items in stock, it probably means it is time to proceed to a different pawn shop.
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Step 4
After trying 3 or 4 pawn shops without success, you can proceed to a swap shop, if there is one in your area. This type of store usually offers less cash than pawn shops, but are less concerned about the items having the nearly new look. (It is a lot easier to trade merchandise for merchandise in this type of store, than getting cash).
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Step 5
Items, consisting of a lot of metal, that must go but no one will buy, can then be taken to a scrap yard and sold for scrap metal.
