I stopped by a local pawn shop and noticed a Zildjian 20" ride priced at $499! I asked one of the clerks if that was the right price, he said, yep. I told him I could buy a new one for $325 and that I'd never seen a cymbal like that sell for $500, even new. He's suppose to be a drummer and says, I've paid over $600 for a cymbal.

I know how these places work, they usually give you a third of what the item is worth and then sell for twice as much. Which means for them to try to get $500, they would had given the seller $200-250 and for them to give that much to the seller, the cymbal would had been initially worth $800-900.

This was a $300-350 at best, new. I had no interest in the cymbal, I was just trying to enlighten them, they didn't take it too well.