For years, students of pawn lending have described it as an alternative to regular banking or -- in the words…
Gold futures have declined, trading near the bottom of their recent price range, which is $1240 an ounce. (The spot…
A customer came in today with a Niihau shell necklace she was interested in selling. We, of course, were interested…
Another insight from this year's National Pawnbrokers Association convention. This one came during the roundtable on Police Confiscations, but the…
OK, so this is a little bit Inside Baseball, but if you cannot navel-gaze about pawnshops on a pawnshop blog,…
Among the smaller items in the Maui County budget -- which will far exceed half a BILLION dollars, we are…
Reporters who show no interest in the millions of ordinary working people who patronize the nation's 13,000 pawnshops are endlessly…
First, our regular disclaimer whenever we blog about gold and silver prices: We have no idea what the trends will…
So, at Kamaaina Loan blog, we are quick to pass on just about any news item that untarnishes (is that…
We have surveillance cameras at our Maui pawn shop, but we DO NOT do what Portland pawnbroker Mike Fink does:…