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More oil for your gold

We are Kamaaina Loan and Cash For GOLD, so we are always fascinated by what gold does. Not that we…

10 years ago

What will pawnbrokers think of next?

On little Maui, we refer to our retail store at 96 N. Market as "our big store," because it's about…

11 years ago

Should you line up to buy silver?

You might have to, according to this report from Numismatic News: Rationing the supply of new 2014 silver American Eagle…

11 years ago

Why make a police report?

Here's an unusual story from Wyoming and South Dakota which reinforces the notion that you should always make a police…

11 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

Class acts

A repeated theme here at Kamaaina Loan blog has been the turnaround in the attitude toward pawn shops in the…

12 years ago

A ‘blue feather’ day

At our Maui pawn shop a "blue feather day" is one when someone says, "Gee, it's been ages since anybody…

12 years ago

According to this Huffington Post story, in the five years 2007-2012, the number of pawn shops in the United States…

12 years ago

Pawn 101: Pawn shops get more respect

As an old newspaperman, it pains me to say it, but TeeVee is capable of performing feats -- so far…

12 years ago

Who is a pawnbroker?

As this editorial from the Wheeling Intelligencer demonstrates, pawnshops and other dealers in secondhand goods sometimes have to surmount poorly conceived…

12 years ago