You know how much para loves this trend of online begging? How about THIS one?

'Pawn Stars' Corey Harrison turns to fans for help with medical bills

The poor little fellow only has $400 in his bank account, and supposedly $120K in medical bills. Oh, wait, what? So this rocket surgeon decided that cruising around on his bike without health insurance of any kind, even catastrophic high-deductible from the Exchange, was a splendid idea? And now he'd like Joe Q. Public to bail him out?

Not sure what he did to piss his dad off, but this quote from the article speaks volumes:

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Corey is a grown man and he will deal with his life as he sees fit.

So, his father with an estimated net worth of $10MM has taken the position that you have fucked up enough that this time you're on your own. But we should help him out.

For the love.....

Here's a link to his plea for those that want to help.

I'm sure he made good money off that show, no $$$ sympathy

He crashed in Mexico. Just exactly where I would want to be in the Hospital! Right next to cartel gunshot victims!

Stupid should hurt.

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Originally posted by kz1000:
Stupid should hurt.

Sounds like something his dad would say.

When the old man, Ricks dad, passed away, I read that Corey got a large part of it. I read that Corey an Rick are partners in the pawn shop operation.

Grifters!!! No respect or a f*** given to those people.
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The shop is a tiny hovel of abandoned dreams. Those who have more continue to obtain more through legal below market value acquisition. I am not a fan.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
When the old man, Ricks dad, passed away, I read that Corey got a large part of it. I read that Corey an Rick are partners in the pawn shop operation.

Grifters!!! No respect or a f*** given to those people.
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And I read that Corey's grandfather specifically stated in his will his grandson was to receive zero, no part ownership. Link.
It appears Corey became merely an employee, his father owned the shop, and it looks like there is no love lost between the two.

I used to watch the show in its early seasons back when the old man was around, but haven't watched it in years.

Read somewhere that Corey is a 5% owner in the shop. He left the shop/show in 2025 and moved to Mexico. I always thought he and Chumly were both phony.

I'm sick of ALL OF IT. Every time someone comes across a life event, which we all do, there are fucking hands extended asking for money.
Maybe it was the way I was raised, but that shit's none of anyone elses business nor is it their problem.

Sure as fuck not interested in a rich reality "TV star".

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Originally posted by MikeGLI:
I'm sick of ALL OF IT. Every time someone comes across a life event, which we all do, there are fucking hands extended asking for money.
Maybe it was the way I was raised, but that shit's none of anyone elses business nor is it their problem.

Sure as fuck not interested in a rich reality "TV star".

Word.

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Originally posted by MikeGLI:
I'm sick of ALL OF IT. Every time someone comes across a life event, which we all do, there are fucking hands extended asking for money.
Maybe it was the way I was raised, but that shit's none of anyone elses business nor is it their problem.

Sure as fuck not interested in a rich reality "TV star".

Happened to me going to a store to have my water tested. I shut my car door, lock it, and I’m walking in with my water sample. A 20 something guy gets out of the passenger seat of a BMW and says “sir” then escalates the decibels with every “sir” until he is screaming. I turn around, still walking and he asks if I could spare “five dollars”. I stopped and asked him do I look like a fucking bank? He nods yes. I say “I just pulled up in a damn Nissan hatchback and you are sitting in a fucking BMW. Why don’t you give me five dollars?” Then I said, loudly, I don’t carry fucking cash anyways, only lead, and I put my hand on my handgun and holster, where it remained concealed. Tired of this bullshit.

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Originally posted by MikeGLI:...Every time someone comes across a life event, which we all do, there are fucking hands extended asking for money.
Maybe it was the way I was raised, but that shit's none of anyone elses business nor is it their problem. ...

Yep. I come from the world of "handle your own shit"

Life's tough, get a fucking helmet...

Maybe I’m not charitable, caring, sympathetic, whatever, but this virtual panhandling is getting out of hand.

I’m in a couple of FB local groups, many times the only way we can get true information of what’s going on around here. The panhandling has gone from “anybody have cans and bottles I can cash in for gas money?” to “needing fifty dollars until payday”, “need help with food”, “need a place to stay” to one last week “does anyone have a car I can have?”

What next “Anybody have an extra house they can give me?”

These GoFundMe and other sites like it are little different from this:

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Pawn Stars’ Corey Harrison launches GoFundMe after motorcycle crash — but dad Rick claims he paid his son's medical bills

Big Hoss” needs a big assist from fans!

Pawn Stars’ Corey Harrison has launched a GoFundMe to help pay more than $100,000 worth of medical bills after a January motorcycle accident in Mexico left him with only $400 in his bank account.

Harrison, 42, suffered life-threatening injuries, including 11 fractured ribs, a concussion, punctured lung, and internal bleeding, all of which required multiple surgeries, according to the GFM page started by his friend Aron Chambers.

After spending 14 days in a Playa del Carmen hospital, “the financial pressure became too much, and Corey had no choice but to check himself out against medical advice,” Chambers wrote. Once back at home in Tulum, Harrison began to experience “excruciating pain” and his oxygen levels “plummeted to dangerously low levels.”

Chambers continued, “In a heartbreaking moment that shook all of us to our core, Corey looked at us and said, ‘I’m just going to die out here. I don't have the money to keep paying these people.” Harrison’s friends then drove him to a more affordable medical facility four hours away in Merida, where he spent another 18 days in the hospital.

Harrison is now on the mend, but “the challenges aren’t over”: The reality star is three months behind on his rent in addition to his mounting medical expenses.

On the heels of his GFM news, though, Harrison told TMZ that his father Rick — whose wedding in Tulum he missed because of the motorcycle accident — has paid at least half of the six-figure hospital bill, however, he needs to reimburse him.

But that’s not exactly the case, counters Rick Harrison. “As far as I know, I paid all of Corey's medical bills long before he put the GoFundMe out,” the patriarch told TMZ on March 6, adding that there is no "repayment schedule in place" for his son to make good on the personal loan. “He is a grown man in his 40s and is responsible for how he handles his finances."

Corey Harrison seemed surprised by his father's flexible payment policy, when informed by TMZ.

"If he decided I don't have to pay him back the money, then happy birthday to me," retorted Corey, who turns 43 on April 27. "But based on our personal and business relationship, I don't see how that's possible. I love my father very much, he's always been there for me, and I don't have a problem with him at all."

According to the GoFundMe page, a goal of $100,000 was originally set. However, as of press time it was lowered to $18,000, of which only $7,596 had been raised.

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GFM page started by his friend Aron Chambers.

The friend from his own FB page:

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Originally posted by 4MUL8R:
The shop is a tiny hovel of abandoned dreams. Those who have more continue to obtain more through legal below market value acquisition. I am not a fan.

Many years ago I was on a business trip to Vegas. The show was popular at that time, so one evening I walked down to see it.

All it had in it were refrigerator magnets, bobble heads, etc of the show. Honestly it was a dirty little novel of a shop like most pawn shops. Just an over-hyped dirty pawn shop in a seedy part of the city. Not sure why I expected anything more.

Hats off to the film crew who made it look more spacious and clean than it was. (And no, no sign of any of the tv personalities being present.

Apparently bobblehead and magnet money doesn't go very far.

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Hats off to the film crew who made it look more spacious and clean than it was.

Probably the same people who photograph real estate.