Tales from a Pawn Shop

Pawning and banking in China

On the same day that The Maui News reported that China opened bidding for the first five private banks in…

12 years ago

Pawn shop treasure: Peace out

In a sense, this is old news, but a Nobel Peace Prize discovered in a pawn shop is headed for…

12 years ago

Do we have too much aloha?

The short answer is no. But a story at the National Pawnbrokers Association website got us to thinking about our…

12 years ago

Keeping up with ‘Pawn Stars’

First, according to formerly famous Alec Baldwin in his last interview in New York magazine, the autograph is dead. Not…

12 years ago

Bad press for pawn

So, at Kamaaina Loan blog, we are quick to pass on just  about any news item that untarnishes (is that…

12 years ago

To catch a thief — or several

We have surveillance cameras at our Maui pawn shop, but we DO NOT do what Portland pawnbroker Mike Fink does:…

12 years ago

The ‘lumpy incomes’ of the rich

A little late -- and a lot more illiterate than the predecessors -- Barron's comes to note the arrival of…

12 years ago

Pawnbroker heads for paradise

From the headline West coast pawnshop owner moving to Paradise we thought we were going to get some more competition…

12 years ago

Redeeming a pawn the hard way

So last week, we noticed a story from Nampa, Idaho, about police catching a burglar cutting through the roof of…

12 years ago

Being ‘female friendly’

We have been in pawn shops that do look kind of like a man cave, but we think this story…

12 years ago