Purveying art

10 years ago

Besides the tools, surfboards, guitars and fishing poles that we usually comment on, Kamaaina Loan is -- quietly -- the…

You can find anything in a pawn shop

10 years ago

We say that all the time, and we mean it. For example, news reports say that a San Francisco pawn…

Imaginary pawn shop

10 years ago

This is a new one on us -- an imaginary pawn shop where you can look through the windows but…

More oil for your gold

10 years ago

We are Kamaaina Loan and Cash For GOLD, so we are always fascinated by what gold does. Not that we…

Advice to the clueless: How to buy your gal a handbag

10 years ago

We were so clueless we did not even realize that the handbag is "most beloved of all in a lady's…

Why we love pawnbrokers

10 years ago

From the news: In Chula Vista, California, thieves tried twice to sell a stolen flute at The Pawnshop Inc. Both…

Pawnshops in the service of literature

10 years ago

So far as we know, no desperately poor but brilliant novelists are customers at our Maui pawn shop. But you…

Country music goes to the ‘Pawn Shop’

10 years ago

We can hardly wait to hear the lyrics of "Pawn Shop," a new song by the moderately well-known duo Brothers…

Backing off the pawn reporting law

10 years ago

This is something we haven't noticed before. Across the country, there has been a wave of local ordinances requiring collection…

Catching up with Rick Harrison

10 years ago

America's most famous pawnbroker now has a bartender's card, to go along with his saloon and other businesses opening in…