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Who do you trust?

One cool thing about being in the pawn business is that we can (usually) make money on gold whether its…

12 years ago

Two colorful pawn shops

These two pawn shops, one in Maine and one in Florida, make our little Maui pawn shop seem kind of…

12 years ago

We see this happen, too

From  a summary of a new episode of "Hardcore Pawn," set on a day when gold has taken a big…

12 years ago

Why did gold swoon?

Don't get your hopes up. By the end of this post, we will not be able to tell you. But…

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

More good press for pawn shops

A ReutersMoney feature discovers (again) that well-to-do people use pawn shops for short-term loans. Pawnbrokers like to emphasize this, because so…

12 years ago

Real secrets of reality TV pawn shows revealed

One of the newer entries in the unending stream of pawn shows, Hardcore Pawn: Chicago, started out its latest program…

12 years ago

A pawn shop chain moves upscale

Pawn America is one of a couple of large (for the pawn business) chains that started in the past generation.…

13 years ago

And soon, a daily pawn show in cable TV

America's thirst for pawn shops shows appears to be limitless. History, truTV and TLC already produce a variety of weekly…

13 years ago

Warning: Fake US silver coins flood Canada

According to the Hamilton (Ontario) Metroland news service, police have recovered "hundreds" of fake US Silver Eagles. Although described as…

13 years ago