[quote name='Segasonic01']I know half the shit I bought from pawns over the years had to be stolen. For instance, the pawn closest to me where I got most of my PS1 collection just one day happened to have an entire collection of perfect condition PS1 Shmups & Fighters. Titles like X-Com, SF Collections 1 & 2, Thunder Force V, Castlevania Chronicles, etc. I felt bad for whoever they were stolen from, but it dosnt take much effort to go to the pawns & ask if a collection of PS1 games was brought in.[/QUOTE]
You can't just assume everything at a pawn shop was stolen. Especially retro stuff. Since Gamestop doesn't take it anymore, most people think it is worthless and trade it into pawn shops for next to nothing (since they don't know any other stores that will take it). Hell, I've seen a lot of hardcore gamers drop off some pretty nice collections at PnT and take next to nothing for it. Most of them have told me that they're trading their stuff in because they had a kid or needed to make room for the wife, etc.
Now if you walked into a pawn shop and saw a shit ton of current-gen in-demand games, there's a better chance those are stolen since regular people would probably just take those to GS. In the case of stuff GS doesn't take, pretty much everything at a pawn shop is probably a legitimate trade in. I really doubt a thief would break into someone's house and steal a bunch of retro games. 90% of the populace believes older games to be worthless, I don't think a thief would be any different.