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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 08/15/2007 : 22:26:20
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| I have had a lot better luck finding pedals on craigslist than ebay only you have to live in an area where it has caught on, because most of the sellers are loath to ship.I check this most days and do a pawn shop tour nearly every week and usually can get a pedal for less than ebay shipping charges.Of course as ones collection grows the pickings get slimmer as you start to aquire the common ones.Every pawn shop in canada has a metal zone. |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 08/17/2007 : 05:54:51
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 its true about Canadian pawn shops and metal zones |
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pawnshop_trash
Gold Member
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 06:50:41
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oh, those weekly pawn shop tours... I miss getting to do that.  most of my early pedals, before I 'discovered' eBay, were in fact pawn shop specials... the best was probably my $40 DD-3.
craigslist can be great, especially on items you wouldn't want shipped anyway. last year, when I was looking for a decent set of drums, my wife  found a nice made-in-UK Premier kit for $500 on craigslist for me, and those drums have lived in our basement ever since.... |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 09:06:13
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I love the pawnshop.  |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
2232 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 15:32:35
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| where in Canada are you from, PV? |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 20:26:31
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| BC. Where abouts are you? What to talk in Canadian? The others won't get it, hey? |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
2232 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2007 : 00:24:20
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haha Ontario for me. bout an hour hour ouside of Ottawa
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2007 : 00:48:35
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Upper Canada. Still quite a way from the center of the universe tho. I live in Surrey,close to vancouver
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bosshog
Silver Member
Canada
493 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2007 : 03:09:30
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| No Doubt about it Surrey is close to Vancouver... |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2007 : 04:24:07
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| where are you from Bosshog? |
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mattoqua
Silver Member
Canada
438 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 05:59:02
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anyone know where some pawn shops are in toronto?
i saw one a couple years ago, but i have no idea where it is.
I use craigslist a lot more than ebay. I set up a rss feed of craislist search for boss, so every couple of hours i just check it, and it shows me all the new listings with the word boss in it. There are a lot that i dont like, but i get to act fast on good deals and usually get them.
I tried the same for ebay, but theres so many of those LYT pedalboards, adaptors, patch cords, etc, that i dont want to sort through it, so i dont really check ebay anymore.
I just moved into a new house and bought 2 cars recently though, so i dont have the cash for pedals right now anyway |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 07:15:48
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| I've never been as far east as TO but as a rule pawnshops are in the rougher areas of town.There must be some kind of slummy area in a city the size of Toronto. Maybe the famous Young street? |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
2232 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 13:45:08
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ya i hear Young Street has good pawn shops not to mention the strip of record stores!!
one thing i find about Pawn shops is the big huge deals with neon lights, dings and whistles NEVER have anything good, and if they do, they have like a MIT DS-1 for 75 bucks.
its "Pete's Super Trade Shop" that has your DM-2 with no price on it hidden under magazines. then you ask the 17 year old clerk working there.
"uh i dont know its kinda old. 30 bucks!! |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 09/17/2007 : 14:52:32
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quote:
Originally posted by StratoSphere
ya i hear Young Street has good pawn shops not to mention the strip of record stores!!
one thing i find about Pawn shops is the big huge deals with neon lights, dings and whistles NEVER have anything good, and if they do, they have like a MIT DS-1 for 75 bucks.
its "Pete's Super Trade Shop" that has your DM-2 with no price on it hidden under magazines. then you ask the 17 year old clerk working there.
"uh i dont know its kinda old. 30 bucks!!
Hi Strato
Sounds like my kind of place..... 
Regards Dr. Bob |
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Big Boss Man
Gold Member
USA
564 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 15:18:42
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| I used to live in Toronto and never found any good deals in the pawn shops there. You are lucky to find anything decent and everything is way overpriced. Songbird Music on Queen St always has a great selection of new and used pedals. They post their inventory on line so you know in advance what is there and the price. Their prices may be a little on the high side, but I never really liked wasting every Saturday afternoon doing a tour of pawn shops. |
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Big Boss Man
Gold Member
USA
564 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 15:26:52
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Yonge St is the main street through Toronto. It is a high traffic area and the rent for shops there must be high. I would not expect to find any great deals there. I don't even think there are really a lot of pawn shops on Yonge unless you go far north out of town. From Yonge you can walk west down Queen St. Queen has a few pawn shops. Eventually you will get to Songbird Music and realize you have been wasting your time looking at pawn shop junk.  |
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craigslist vs ebay
