As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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I watch pawn stars all the time and do they ever rip people off. I guess that is the price you pay if you want cash for your items right now.
I have wondered if some people do it just to be on TV. If I had some of those items that their"experts" have told this great price then they only offer about half of it, I would be following the expert out to see where I could sell it for more. I would be looking for an auction house or collector
One of the things to remember...buy low sell high. They offer about 50% of what it is worth, hoping they can sell it for its value. They also have to store it for 30-60 days (in case it turns out to be stolen), and that costs money.
If you were going to put something up for auction, say on E-Bay or a private company, you have to pay a commission for them to sell it, then pay the tax on it. If you were to sell privately, you would need to advertise to the possible buyers. So my point is that whether you sell to a pawn shop, private owner, or put it in an auction, you are still going to have to pay the cost to sell it, whether it be on the front end (getting only half its value in an outright sale), or on the back end (auction commissions, taxes, and advertising). JMO
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I don't think they are ripping people off. That's just par for a pawn shop. If you want fast money you go there. You're trading off the top price for the quick return that's a sure thing. Or they could research the item, search for possible sellers, and may or may not get that price. Just because someone tells you an item is worth something, that doesn't necessarily mean it will sell for that, especially in today's market.
One thing DBF is always reminding me about when we watch Pawn Stars is that the shop is in Las Vegas. His theory is that a lot of people end up gambling away more of their money than they can really afford to gamble and they need cash quick. He has been there with friends who gambled away the money that had been set aside for a return trip home. So the friend ended up going to a pawn shop to sell some jewelry that she had just so she could get home.
While most of the people on the show seem to actually live in the Las Vegas area, some still have financial issues that require them to find a way to get money quick.
As for the prices offered by Rick and the crew, as someone else said, they have to offer a price that will still allow them to make money. Quite often, the guys take things in to be refurbished or cleaned up so that it will sell for better money.
I recently watched the episode where one guy had a room full of vintage Transformers. He asked Rick for $20,000 up front before an expert was brought in. Rick didn't really know too much about the price of vintage toys, so he brought in an expert. The expert validated the guy's asking price and said that the collection could easily get $20,000 if it were pieced out. Rick then explained that he could only pay $5000 for the collection because after paying for labor to move the collection, have it stored for the required amount of time, payout to sell the pieces, etc. he would not be able to make any profit if he went any higher than $5000. The guy declined the offer and decided he would piece it out himself.
Others have said that while they would have preferred more money for their items, they needed the cash right then for something, so they accepted the pawn shop's offer.
Ive talked to someone who sold a book on there. He's from Pittsburgh I believe. He had to email them what he had, then paid for a flight and hotel himself. Most people just do it to get on tv. Of course another thing to do is decline the offer then throw it on eBay after the episode airs
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