Tales from a Pawn Shop

They got his number, and his, too

Kamaaina Loan blog has often pointed out how stupid a crook has to be to fence stuff at a pawn…

12 years ago

Pawn shop busts ring thieves

From New Mexico, a story about how an alert pawnbroker used a tip from a savvy theft victim to catch…

12 years ago

We admire a fake

Yesterday found us around the desk admiring a phony Mexican 50-peso gold coin. A customer had offered to sell it,…

12 years ago

Annals of dumb crooks

And a not-too-bright employer, as well. This story about a minor fiddle (total value to crook: $507.93) leaves us with…

12 years ago

Mean streets

As Kamaaina Loan blog has noted many times, a pawnshop is a stupid place to try to fence stolen goods,…

12 years ago

Crying all the way to the pawn, shop, no doubt

So many people -- 5,000 a day -- want to check out the "Pawn Stars" store in Vegas that it's…

13 years ago

Too much aloha?

So, is this the reason our Maui pawn shop wasn't selected for a reality TV show? Are we too nice,…

13 years ago

Words we like to hear

Kamaaina Loan blog often grouses about the difference we perceive between how we see ourselves (and other pawnshops) and how…

13 years ago

Another pawn shop movie

There are not a lot of films set in pawn shops. The best known, "The Pawnbroker" with Rod Steiger, is…

13 years ago

If that’s a 4-foot-long catfish, we must be in Indiana

An Indiana pawn shop has started a reality TV show about itself for local cablevision. Early submissions were a large stuffed…

13 years ago