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Hubby and I were looking for something on one night (lets face it, 500 channels and mostly nothing of worth on to watch) so we switched to this show out of boredom.

Honestly, its fascinating.

I LOVE this show.

The interaction between the owners and the workers is great to watch. Last night gave me a total laugh when the father said his son was too busy to ride the balloon and Chum was too stupid (and btw, he is. I swear the guys nearly mentally retarded, just not quite which only makes him stupid).

And the items that these guys pick up are just incredible. I'd LOVE to visit this store just once. They must have a treasure trove of museum quality items.

If I'm ever in Vegas, I'm heading to this shop.

I like reality shows about interesting people going about their daily routine especially when it too is interesting. This show revolves around a pawn shop in Las Vegas and there are apparently a lot of strange things that happen there so there are going to be some interesting things for people to want to sell. So we get to see during each episode some interesting stuff people bring in, some rare stuff, and some just plain strange things. You also get to see people haggle over price, people getting mad when they are told their stuff is not worth all that much money, and people get really happy as they find their stuff is worth a fortune. The show centers around a dad, his father and the son. It also has a guy called Chumlee who I just can not believe he is as stupid as he appears to be. All the guys are interesting, it is fun to watch when one of them buys something not worth anything and then the others pounce. The show is humorous to go along with seeing all the interesting things people bring in. Things that people have sold on the show include very rare coins, hot air balloons, numerous cars and a whole bunch of other stuff. Things they have not bought include a car that was obvious crap that the guy who was trying to sell it got ticked off when Rick (the dad) backed off after a person with mechanical experience looked at it. All in all a fun show to watch.

This staged show has gotten horrible. how can chumlee be the fan favorite? my god. he is sooooo coached and he cant hide it. totally annoying. . knowing rick walks through a warehouse of items pre show and the fact that the deals are made beforehand makes this show ridiculous to me now. phony phony phony. too american. stopped watching

I was interested at first, but as I learned that the show is fake and uses actors and items that are from museums, I was set back. Also REAL customers have widely reported that the main characters are usually not there and show up only when the show's been shot.

For me, I am interested to see old items and learn their history, but this show is an anticlimax fest where almost non of the items are real or valuable or even rare. And using items from museums and private collections, it's just pathetic.

I don't like their attitudes and the show is overall sort of vaguely interesting, but its fakeness makes it difficult to watch.

I do quite enjoy this show, even though it may not reflect what goes on in a real Pawn Shop.... I mean, if I had some ancient artefact, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't try and hock it at some dodgy LA pawn shop....it's all played out for the cameras. But what really boils my blood about the show is the way uber-smug Rick cackles out loud at his own 'jokes'.....so annoying! Corey is extremely rude to some of the customers as well...he and Rick have got extremely overblown egos...Chumlee's the best character in the show. I like Rebecca who comes into the shop when they've got a rare book as well. But I've heard about people on vacation who've been into the store and it's absolutely nothing like what you see on TV...the show cast are never there unless they're filming an episode, when they close the shop anyway...completely fake....and I just feel the need to put my foot through my TV when I hear Rick Harrison overblown ego wetting himself laughing at his own 'quips'. The only reason people laugh at their own 'jokes' is because they aren't funny.