Have you ever pawned something?

I never pawned anything myself. but I did have a friend come in my home one day and pawn something grrrrrrrr...she offered to help me clean house but little did I know her cleaning house wasnt the same as mine...she took one of my rings I bought for myself many years ago after a divorce...it was a feel good presant to myself..she till this day wont admit she took it but she was talkng once how she found a ring in her front yard (ya right) and pawned it to get chinese food...ugh i'm just getting pi$$ed just writng this...ya had to remind me lollol...

I have pawned so many times if I ran out of money. I think It's better to do that rather than stealing money from others. I have some that I also failed to get because I dont have money yet.

That must have been terrible. I've never pawned anything. I try not to run out of cash by having a little bit put by all the time. I've never been one to not pay my bills or my rent, so I'm organised with my money. Accidents happen though and we can be caught unprepared and end up in trouble.

I had to pawn a piano keyboard to get a little bit of money for rent one time. I don't ever want to pawn something again. I didn't go to get it back because it didn't even give me enough money for rent if I remember. I wish I hadn't, but I never used it anyway.

I have never pawned anything. I have never even been inside a pawn shop. There are quite a few in the area where I live though. I have just never thought of doing it. I feel like they may not give me the proper amount of money for whatever I may be pawning. I don't know why I have this impression. It's probably a result of too much television! Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do in order to survive. I'm sorry you had to pawn your mom's necklace. I'm sure she would understand though.

I haven't pawned anything in my 22 years of existence simply because I never had anything valuable (in monetary terms). WHen I was in college, my allowance was never enough, my family was then having a difficult time. So, instead of relying too much on my parents, I looked for a part time job instead. It was through this that I was able to survive my college years. :)

Yes, I have pawned my television, Walkman, stereo, and my comic books for money for college. It was the hardest thing that I ever had to do because a lot of that stuff was valuable to me. I felt guilty for doing it at first, but I learned to get over it. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do to survive.

Just a week ago I have let my officemate pawned my wedding ring. :) I am getting a divorce so I decided to pawn it since I needed the money badly. :)

Hi, totallyundecided. Yes. I have pawned many things. I have pawned jewelry. I have even pawned a ring that I have found in my trailer. It was in my closet. It had a diamond in it. I got $15.00 back from this ring. I did not know that I would have at least gotten this much back on it. My husband has pawned many tools that him and his father used to work with. He used this money to buy us something to eat and to put gas in the car with. We was having a very rough time then. The pawn shop has been a blessing to us! Oh and I forgot to mention that I pawned, a necklace that my ex boyfriend gave to me. When he did not show up for my son's 2nd Birthday, I got so mad at him. And to break free and loose all of ties that I had with him, I decided to get rid of anything that would remind me of him. So, I pawned his necklace at the pawn shop. It had his initials, J on it. I did not need this necklace anymore.

I must say that I admire your honesty, first and foremost. Secondly, I have never pawned anything of mine as I value what I have. I often think what happened to my hi-fi equipment (amongst other things) that people just came into Mum's house, where I lived at that time, to pinch. Was it sold on at hideous Cash Converters? We shall never know. About 6 months ago I lost my wedding ring and was devastated. Last week, it turned up unexpectedly in the house and I cannot begin to tell you how happy I was (and still am) at this important piece of jewellery turning up like it did. Granted, it's not worth an awful lot but to me it's priceless and I don't plan on parting with it anytime soon...although I do realise that not everyone feels so attached to their jewellery like I do. Everyone is different.

Well yes I have pawned small things such as tv's and video games systems.I do not sell anything that is of great value as a pawn shop only give a quarter of the value of the item.Sometimes they will give less if they feel the item will not sell quickly.I once sold a nintendo ds system and several games and came back a few days later to see what amount they sold them for and sure enough it was around a quarter of what they gave me.They are in business to make money and they need to pay for rent and salaries and in order to do so they must give only a part of the items value.

I have recently been thinking about this. I keep saying I am not at that point yet and I hope I will not have to do this. However I do believe that things are not important than the peace of mine of being able to pay your bills, so if it comes down to it, I might wind up doing exactly what you did.

never did i had pawned, i maybe have it garage sale...

Don't worry my friend. You're a good guy with your mother.I believe that your mother very love you... Have a good day!

I've pawned my cellphone twice already but I always get it back. Those were the days when I was splurging myself to luxury that I forgot to pay my bills and it made me almost bankrupt. Luckily, I was able to get back up on my feet and pawning my phone was one of the things that helped me get back up.

I did it most of the time especially if i need money for many things at home and immediate needs like tuition fee for market, bills and many more associated with money matters. There is one time that mt daughter has sick and i need to buy meds for her but i dont have enough money then I decided to pawned all important things just to provide my daughter's medicines. Other pawned things sometimes doesn't recovered. Even i was guilty I tried not to sad because i said it was just a thing and if I had money I can buy a new one or another. To pawned is not bad it can help in emergency cases..

I've pawned stuff before, although never at a pawn shop. I sell my used (brand name) clothes to a local consignment shop for some extra dough (I actually make a profit off of it, too!) and I also will sell used books/DVDs from time to time - usually just when I'm short on cash and need to survive until the next paycheck rolls in. I never ever really got much for books or DVDs though - but I'll probably continue with the clothes. Like you, I have tuition to pay for!! I don't think I would sell anything that I truly value though, like a sentimental gift. I would probably just stick with stuff that I have lying around the house - and clothes that I don't wear anymore.

My family did before. My dad had this gold before and when my brother got sick, he pawned it to the pawnshop cause we really needed the money. And i think it was not the first and last thing that we did.

I did.., I used to be so extravagant when I was still in College.., I spend too much with food.., and My allowance is sent every weekend.., So in the middle of the week.., it's either my allowance is halfway down or already gone.., so I did tried my pawning my jewelries..., and when my mom knew about it.., She did gave me a very long annoying lecture.. I knew It was not good.., so I stopped..=)

My ex and I had a nasty break up, what with him cheating on me. I need money to repair my car, and he had given me some nice jewelry. I tried selling it on craigslist first, thinking that I would get a little more for it, but did not get any hits for over a week. I pawned the jewelry for just about $300. That just about covered my deductible on the car repairs. I do not regret it.