Ya after you loan too much on an item where it's not picked up there are minimum margins that you need to hit to make a profit. Labour, operating costs and other overhead goes into the profit margin. So if you have too much into it you have to sell it for more. Really just bad business. Most pawn shops make 90% of their profits from the loans and the sales side is just an unfortunate side effect of doing business. Hence why I'd only lend $20 on it. It would sit in the back for 3 months collecting dust then hit the floor for 6 months probably get dropped 10 times and moved around a bunch. Then I'd finally sell it for if I'm lucky $80. But honestly it more so boils down to the customer when buying from a pawn shop most people do lay a way. Which has a ton of cost associated with it. That and I really don't care what is happening on my sales floor when I make so much more money on the other end I the business. Look at hardcore pawn there's only ever 3 customers in there trying to buy something and about 50 in line to try to get a loan. Plus it's all about the negotiation on product. Can probably barter on most items for a fraction of asking price
