Pawn 101

Too little to borrow

Kamaaina Loan blog has linked to many newspaper or television stories about the new status of pawning. Here is an unusually…

12 years ago

Can you pawn wine?

Not at our Maui pawn shop, where gold, watches, surfboards and fine art are accepted. But Kamaaina Loan would need…

12 years ago

Banks abandon the average Joe

I cannot say I think much of this New York Times Dealbook story about changes in the pawn business. It…

12 years ago

More good press for pawn shops

A ReutersMoney feature discovers (again) that well-to-do people use pawn shops for short-term loans. Pawnbrokers like to emphasize this, because so…

12 years ago

‘I didn’t know you were legit’

Les Gold, the Hardcare Pawn guy, is promoting his new book, so he's all over the interview shows this week.…

13 years ago

‘Is Pawn the new Prada?’

It is in Miami, according to this press release from the Jiminez Group. (Full disclosure: our Maui pawn shop, Kamaaina Loan…

13 years ago

How your old gold becomes new again

crucibleGold is recycled more than any other substance. Here is a 9-minute video showing how old jewelry is turned back into…

13 years ago

Education of a pawnbroker

In principle, pawnbroking is simple. The borrower presents some portable collateral and the lender gives him money. Later, they settle…

13 years ago

Big dog

Here at Kamaaina Loan And Cash for Gold, we often brag about being Maui's biggest pawn shop. But that's big-frog-in-small-pond…

13 years ago

Arizona loves to pawn

Nationwide,  about one American in 5 uses a pawn lender to raise cash, according to the private financial regulator FINRA.…

13 years ago