why the three balls for a pawn shop?
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The Least Known Legend. One of the least known origins that has been researched is the coin known as the "Silver Shekel" or "Shekel of Israel" which was issued in A.D. 68 after a Jewish revolt against the Romans. One side of the coin depicted three pomegranates, with a common stalk. \n\nThe Traditional Legend of the Three Balls. The symbol of the three balls was part of the coat of arms of the Medici family, who established the Medici trading and banking empire in Florence, Italy. The Medicis were a 15th century Italian family of bankers and lenders, with considerable fame and fortune. They became so well known in the finance and lending profession that the other lenders, wanting to share in their success, adopted similar coats of arms, signs, shields and symbols, with three golden balls being the most popular. Once other merchants involved in monetary dealing adopted the three golden balls as their symbol, the three balls came to symbolize the entire profession founded on the ethic of mutual trust
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many pawn shops also sell brand new weapons
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depends you take away 3 and give it to whom? if to u keep it to urself then you have 5...if you eat the 3 then you have two...if you take the three away and leave the two you have 3...now im confused!
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Chances are the merchandise they're selling is  inferior,overpriced junk that's just going to end up collecting dust somewhere on your pantry.So that overly happy little hoochie is there to convince us potential buyers that "This product is the best thing since the wheel."Most likely we watch those informercials after a long night out at the club so our judgement is a bit clouded if and when we purchase this merchandise.
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People are teaching their children that this is the age of instant gratification. no need to save up for something that you really want. It is easier to just take it. Heck, the toy manufacturers and stores make a lot more money than we do. \n\nThen the can justify it by blaming the policies of G.W. Bush and the government for forcing the little people to have to steal.\n\nWell, I have news, Machaivelli was wrong - the end does not justify the means. Items that you work to obtain are far sweeter than those just given or recevied in a dishonest way.
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ebay\n\nand.....\n\nBowling alleys can tell you when they will have old balls they will discard...maybe they will give them to you for free.
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There is no missing dollar. You calculations are deceptive. The manager has his 25, the guys each have one and the bellhop has 2. 25+1+1+1+2=30\nAdide from that the guys haven't paid $9 each, they just think they did. They really paid less, they just didn't get all they deserved back, so in their minds they paid 9 and the manager has the other 3\nSo I'm going to assume the whole point of the (3x9)+2 is to cause confusion and the answer is that is irrelavent because they didnt pay 9 each.
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what f-a-g-s....money..with money you can do whatever the hell you want...thus leading to the other three
637797
you can get on for 20 buck or less at pawn or thrift shop.
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Your local pawn shop, local used ATV dealer, newspaper classifieds, local farmers, place a want ad stating what you want for how much.
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1. to go back in time\n2. 8 million dollars\n3. 1,000 more wishes
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Are you being serious or are you being stupid and just wanted to say "balls". They either keep them or they give them away. simple enough.
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Pawn shops generally pay by what the gem stones and the gold or silver or platinum are worth by weight only! almost NO consideration is given to the actual "look" of the piece. Then they will pay you 1/4 of what they think they can get for it if they have to re-sell it.
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because the analogy at the end is incorrect. the 2 dollars that the waitress had is part of the 27 dollars that the guys paid. if you look at it from a different  and correct perspective, the guys paid $27 each and kept 3. Or, now the waitress has 27 dollars thand the guys have three
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Three men rent a room for $30.00. ($10.00 each)  When they got to the room there was no heat.  They called the man at the front desk who sent up a $5.00 refund.  They couldn't evenly split the five so they each took a dollar and gave the bellhop a $2.00 tip. Now the three men ended up paying $9.00 each because they all took a dollar back from the five. (9 x 3 = 27) Plus the $2.00 tip to the bellhop. (27 + 2 = 29)  What happened to the last dollar?\nI LIKE THIS ONE TOO !!
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Players - There are 22 players, each with a box numbered between 1 and 22.  Each day a player is chosen at random to play the game.  That person's space is filled the following day, and each person remains in the game as a box holder until they are selected to play the game themselves.\n\nThe Game - The player for that day does not know how much is in their box.  The board shows the amounts of money in play.  They are 1p, 10p, 50p, £1, £5, £10, £50, £100, £250, £500, £750, £1000, £3000, £5000, £10000, £15000, £20000, £35000, £50000, £75000, £100000, and £250000.\nThe player chooses boxes one at a time, and their values are eliminated from the game board to show the possible amounts available still to win.\nAfter 5 boxes, the phone will ring and the banker will offer an amount of money based on the possibilities still remaining.  Following this, the banker will make an offer after every 3 boxes have been chosen.\nAfter each offer, the player must decide whether to accept this offer, or eliminate more boxes in the hope that he will knock out the low amounts, and therefore generate a higher offer from the banker.  Ideally, he will have the £250000 in from of him, meaning it cannot be eliminated, and will generate a high offer to the end of the game.\nThe question "Deal Or No Deal" is asked each time, hence the title of the show.\nIf the player accepts the offer at any time, that is the amount they go home with.  The game is then played to it's conclusion to see how much they would have won if they had carried on to the end.  The offers continue to be made by the banker as if the player had not made a deal at an earlier time.
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Cause these used to be in the shape of pigs and you had to break them open to get your money out. U always see that in cartoons.