Pawn 101

A sordid crime

From India, a story about pawn customers murdering a 14-year-old assistant in a pawn shop: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/2-arrested-for-murder-of-boy-in-pawn-shop/articleshow/17012776.cms As usual, the complete…

13 years ago

Dumb criminals

From Florida, a story about a burglar who thought he'd fence the sterling silver he'd robbed at a pawn shop.…

13 years ago

Sad news — a good customer lost

From England, a story about a minor celebrity pawn customer. Mary Unwin was featured on a British TV show about…

13 years ago

Pawn reality TV coming to Britain

The Pawn Stars franchise has announced it will televise a British version. The original, Nevada-based Pawn Stars is already big…

13 years ago

Reality TV fight

According to gossip site TMZ, Wayne Jefferies, one-time manager of the Pawn Stars crew is suing them. The split came…

13 years ago

Wonk alert! A hot issue in the pawn world

All pawnshops are regulated by the states, and some municipalities add additional regulations. The national government is not involved. But…

13 years ago

Pawn 101: You can take me to the fair

(with apologies to Lerner & Lowe) The Friday afternoon of Maui Fair week is always busy at Kamaaina Loan. The…

13 years ago

Credit score shenanigans

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (according to a http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/consumers-given-different-credit-scores-than-lenders-cfpb-says.html report by Bloomberg News) has found that in about one case out…

13 years ago

Pawn 101: Lucky we pawn on Maui

This past week's episode of "Hard Core Pawn," the reality show shot in Detroit featured this http://cleverrealitytv.com/2012/09/16/hardcore-pawn-94-news-flash-pawn-shops-sell-your-stuff-les-finds-a-ruby-in-the-rough-a-muscular-woman-rock-em-sock-em-robots-and-crazy-comes-in-all-colors-in-detroit/incident: A guy then…

13 years ago

Pawn 101: Borrowing local vs. national

In a previous post, we talked about a Kamaaina Loan customer who needed -- and got -- cash just overnight.…

13 years ago