TI-89 for college - Page 2

OKgirl · 06-25-2008, 12:16 PM

^yeah. My college algebra teacher actually told us to go look there and apparently a lot of people got theirs there. I laughed when he said that because come on, a pawn shop? yet tons of people found them there for a lot less. I paid over $100 for a new TI84+ and they paid $30 for one that looked brand new.

lilblewskydragon · 06-25-2008, 01:56 PM

So... where can you find pawn shops?
I've never seen one... and I think I want to get an 89 for college.

srunni · 06-25-2008, 02:16 PM

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^yeah. My college algebra teacher actually told us to go look there and apparently a lot of people got theirs there. I laughed when he said that because come on, a pawn shop? yet tons of people found them there for a lot less. I paid over $100 for a new TI84+ and they paid $30 for one that looked brand new.

That makes more sense now. I thought you were talking about high school, where pretty much everyone keeps their calculator for college (at least in my experience). But in college, I bet there are a lot of people that go and pawn their calculators after they graduate.

al6200 · 06-25-2008, 03:54 PM

Actually, I'd imagine if you just finished college and wanted to sell your calculator you'd do it through E-bay, Amazon, or you'd sell it off to a freshman.

The calculators getting pawned are probably stolen by school bullies or gangs (quite a profitable business) who want to get the things of their hands quick with no real trail to investigate.

Or perhaps kids in High School get addicted to some sort of hard drug and then decide to pawn their calculator because they need quick cash.

OKgirl · 06-25-2008, 06:44 PM

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where can you find pawn shops?

I've never actually been in one, but I imagine you'd have to get out a phone book and look under "pawn shop" since we don't know where you live. If you find one (you might call and see if they have one before you go), you will want to clean it off!

al6200, pawn shops do have a paper trail (I know because someone stole my dad's trailer and pawned it and that's how we found out who stole it). I imagine that some of them were stolen or something, but come on, do you really think that the owner would trace down a calculator and you'd go to jail?

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Or perhaps kids in High School get addicted to some sort of hard drug and then decide to pawn their calculator because they need quick cash.

LOL!!!! Only people on CC would think of that.

hebrewhammer · 06-25-2008, 11:10 PM

Calculator (and other valuable) theft is pretty big in what used to be my HS. I always wondered what these kids would do with the stolen calculators - they sure as hell weren't studying with them - but I guess pawning them makes sense.

lilblewskydragon · 06-26-2008, 03:03 AM

Now I'm scared of going to a pawn shop...
I'll stick with ebay.

al6200 · 06-26-2008, 09:49 PM

@Okgirl,

I understand what you're saying, and even though there is a paper trail, selling a stolen calculator at a pawnshop seems like the best option.

bartleby · 06-29-2008, 05:16 PM

"Or perhaps kids in High School get addicted to some sort of hard drug and then decide to pawn their calculator because they need quick cash."

Brilliant!