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Pawn Shop Master
Run a pawn shop, appraise antiques and jewellery and haggle each deal down before reselling for profit.
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Compatibility
- See device support below
Game overview
Pawn Shop Master is a haggling game dressed as a shop. Customers bring in antiques, jewellery, art and old firearms, and every deal is a negotiation over what an item is really worth against what the seller will accept. Buy low and the resale funds your next offer; overpay and the item sits on your shelf as money you cannot use. Judgement, not reflexes, decides how the shop does.
This title is best suited to players who enjoy appraisal and negotiation business games.
How to play Pawn Shop Master
- Meet the customer and inspect their item
- Judge what it is worth
- Make an offer and negotiate
- Resell stock at a profit
Controls
- Tap / left mouse button: Inspect items, make offers and confirm deals
- On-screen buttons: Counter-offer or refuse
Objectives and failure conditions
Objectives
- Buy items below their value
- Grow your shop's cash
- Build the most successful pawn shop in the city
The run ends or fails when
- Overpaying until you run out of cash
- Stock you cannot resell
Gameplay mechanics
- Item appraisal and valuation
- Offer-and-counter negotiation
- Resale for profit
- Cash management across deals
Device compatibility
Phones and tablets
Touch controls: Pawn Shop Master is driven by pointer input, which maps to tap and drag on a touch screen.
Tips for Pawn Shop Master
- Open below what you think it is worth; sellers almost always counter
- Refuse a bad deal outright, another customer is right behind
- Keep cash spare; the best item always arrives when you are broke
What worked well and what did not
Pros
- Negotiation gives it real decisions rather than tapping
- Item variety keeps appraisal interesting
Cons
- Valuations take a while to learn by trial and error
- Deal structure repeats once you know the patterns
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