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…
From Florida, a story about a burglar who thought he'd fence the sterling silver he'd robbed at a pawn shop.…
From England, a story about a minor celebrity pawn customer. Mary Unwin was featured on a British TV show about…
The Pawn Stars franchise has announced it will televise a British version. The original, Nevada-based Pawn Stars is already big…
According to gossip site TMZ, Wayne Jefferies, one-time manager of the Pawn Stars crew is suing them. The split came…
All pawnshops are regulated by the states, and some municipalities add additional regulations. The national government is not involved. But…
(with apologies to Lerner & Lowe) The Friday afternoon of Maui Fair week is always busy at Kamaaina Loan. The…
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…
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…
In a previous post, we talked about a Kamaaina Loan customer who needed -- and got -- cash just overnight.…