Today a young gentleman client came in to borrow money. He seemed a bit tense because he needed money but was reluctant to pawn his iPod. He just didn't want to give up his music even though he was flat broke. As it turns out, he didn't have the transfer cable on him so we informed him that it was required in order to obtain the loan. No problem as he lived close by, he would go and get it if he decided to bring it back for a loan.
So he leaves and not 1 minute later comes back into the shop with a guitar and case. Now where do you think he was storing that? Out on the street unattended? How come he didn't bring that in first? Red lights are starting to go off with me plus he was in a group of other young gentleman which leads me to believe that the guitar is not his. So as he starts to open the case, I notice that he is having troubles because he is not too acquainted with the locations of all the buckles. So lets find the proof in the pudding. I ask him to play if for us so we can hear how it sounds. Well, it was not the worst performance to date, that is another story, but a very close second. I mean, what self respecting young man doesn't even know one power chord on a guitar? So we decided that it appeared that the guitar did not belong to him and we did not accept it as collateral.
The good news is that he left and came back with the transfer cable for the iPod and it checked out as his own. He was able to borrow some money on that and he assured us that within the 30 days he would definitely be back to get his precious tunes back.
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