The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-05

me and he would give me the 80 II
had argued with him l0ng enough, put
he expects to be bulldazed ana abused
and if you do business with him you
have to call him names and insult MIN.
POOLING his UNCLE.
As usual thing, though SAID the
expert, as he ordered the waiter TO
hurry with the cantalaape II does not
pay TO bulldoze your uncle, especially
ii you have an article On which ne VIII
give you only a small sum. rake
pair Of plain gold cuff buttons or
dress suit on which at best YOU cannot
get more than IS or S.. and u is not
good policy 10 try and convince your
uncle that they are worth TOUR Tunes
as much as he knows they are worth.
tie either takes you for an inexperi-
cnced idiot or bunko man, ana III
either case you get the worst or IL.
"A fierce bluff oftens works. Go in
with something you know you can't
get more than So on. and in an easy,
offhand way ask for So, just as IL you
had a yacht or cathedral you wanted
to soak. Your uncle will be paralyZeu
at your nerve, and as like at not VIII
split the difference with you before he
knows what he is doing. IL you can
convince one of them that an article
really has some sentimental value you
will get sometimes actually more tnan
the thing is worth. But that takes a
long time. 1t has TO go to the pawn
shop many, many times and be re-
deemed and soaked again before he will
understand that you really intend to
get it out and are not trying to beat
him.
Il have a curious little tortoise-shell
watch which is now in soak for Sl5.
1t is not worth more than IS, but |
picked it up in Holland and have made
the pawnbroker believe that 1t could
not be bought for love nor precious
stones. ! value the thing now pflncl-
pally for the money ] can realize on
it, and as long as this particular brok-
er who has it stays in the business l.
will always redeem it before the time
expires. Once l let it stay in right up
to the limit and then went around with
sobs in my voice and begged the broker
not to sell it, He promised to keep 1t
another week, and the next day L got
it out. / count that old watch as one
of the most valuable Of my pawnbrok-
ing assets. When the old fellow dies or
goes out of the business | Will have to
go to work and teach some other TEL
low how passionately fond am OF 1t.
TRICKS OF PAWNBROKERS.
IF you are going 10 pledge some
really valuable watch or ring you
should take great care where you go.
There are any number of pawnbrokers
who will change the works OF your
watch. and If your ring or pin has
any stones in it they will pull them
cut and substitute other ones. Unless
you are an expert in diamonds you will
never be able to detect the fraud. |
have had it worked ON me in my
younger days. and there is no way that
you can get square with the broker.
He will swear that you were trying to
defraud him and he never would have
advanced the money had he known the
quality of the stones.
A hnt inO n /
when soaking expensive articles is to
place them where they viii not be tied
up. Some places will not advance you
any more money Gu a pledged article
until il is redeemed. In that case, you
see, a $500 ring may be in for 50, but
il you have not the So it is of no more
good to you for raising money than
consumptive monkey
And that reminds me | used to have
a bulldog who was in soak half the
time. 1t wasn't legitimate. of course,
but the pawnbroker liked that dog and
he wanted him. | would not sell him.
but every time | got hard up | would
go and give the fellow bill of sale
for the dog, and he would give me a
refusal for eight weeks Once | got $40
On him and kept soaking him until fin
ally he became 50 old that the pawn
broker gave up all hope Of owning him.
ION articles either of jeWelry or
wearing apparel that have been bought
from houses that are we'll known a
broker will give You a great deal more
money than he would otherwise.
Watches and jewels bought from the
best known houses in New York will
bring about a third of their cost price
and clothes about one-tenth.'