Anyone got a bargain from cash converters?

[james butler]

Seemingly one of them in Dundee (not mentioning which) were knowingly handling stolen kit (a lot) one of the photography students had his very expensive camera lifted from the local college, literally set it down, turned to get something and it was gone.
Walked past and it was in the window, shop staff weren't interested and seemingly it "vanished" before plod arrived.
Went in once, smelt of alkies and everything in there was old and overpriced tat...

i was led to believe its up to the theft victim to claim their goods from cash cons? they definately have forms for claiming stolen goods and will take it off the shelf for a period of time untill its proven whether or not its stolen.
this is why if you sell something to them they require a form of id they can copy and take a picture of the seller

 

[graffian]

I went into the one in Crawley to look at a computer for my sister in law, might have been 1998.
they wanted lot's of money for stuff people were giving away!

But they are still there so I guess they make plenty of dosh.

 

[sardine]

Know the shop well Sardine, bought a Makita 110v 3/4" drive, power impact driver from there for £40, rebuilt a Series III SWB with it and sold it for £120 on eBay.
My son bought a Manfrotto Super Pro camera tripod and head for £20, the tripod was worth about £450 and the 3 way pan and tilt head about £200. They had no idea what they were selling. There are bargains and there's stuff that definitely looks 'hooky' and there's a lot of over priced rubbish as well.
They must have some sort of relationship with the police, I've been outside Greggs' across the road and seen them go in and come out with some ne'er do well firmly directed into the back of the car.

I dont like the feeling that i might be buying someones stolen tools.

 

[Exuptoy]

There's another over the last few years now called CEX. Their in most of the city centres. They generally deal in tech kit, mobiles, tablets, games and consoles. It's sickening in Swansea city centre watching the smack heads in there selling games and cd's for 50p or a pound each. I'd rather give something away than take a paltry 50p for it.