Bob
Just my opinion but you should steer well clear of any pawn shops, you are correct that ANYTHING in there is either way over priced or had a very hard life.... or both.
Goodwill tends to have more knowledgeable staff checking through the donations before offered to the public so sometimes you never see "the good stuff" as they take it out and list on ebay themselves.
However I am not saying we should all run along and see what we can get to resell for a profit from the charity shops.
My main aim was to see what others experience in charity /thrift stores was like.
Just my opinion but you should steer well clear of any pawn shops, you are correct that ANYTHING in there is either way over priced or had a very hard life.... or both.
Goodwill tends to have more knowledgeable staff checking through the donations before offered to the public so sometimes you never see "the good stuff" as they take it out and list on ebay themselves.
However I am not saying we should all run along and see what we can get to resell for a profit from the charity shops.
My main aim was to see what others experience in charity /thrift stores was like.