Maui gold buyer

Tales from a Pawn Shop: Our coin maven visits

One event we at Kamaaina Loan look forward to each year is Dennis Ryan's winter visit to escape the snows…

13 years ago

Maui clout

Twenty-five years ago, Maui County was riding high in the state Legislature. Mamoru Yamasaki was chairman of the Ways and…

13 years ago

The newest pawn on TV entry

"Hardcore Pawn Chicago" has begun showing, in case you cannot get enough via the original Detroit-based "Hardcore Pawn" or "Pawn…

13 years ago

Gold’s good year

Gold momentarily touched $1800 an ounce last year and is now trading under $1700, so it may come as a…

13 years ago

The beginning of the end for Mount Trashmore?

According to The Maui News. the county is issuing a request for trash-to-power proposals in order to divert a lot…

13 years ago

President Obama and gold

At Kamaaina Loan, we are always interested in gold -- buying it, selling it, lending money on it. But not…

13 years ago

Pawn 101: Check under the hood

Here's a story that every pawn shop operator can give personal testimony about. A man brought us a book to…

13 years ago

A campaign high point

Every campaign deserves a memorable hula, and kumu hula Patrick Makuakane delivers with the "Birth Certificate Hula." If you follow…

13 years ago

We don’t take collars any more

Pawn shops will consider a loan on anything of value (unless, as we say, it eats), but fashions have pushed…

13 years ago

Are you too slow to vote?

At the very least, you should vote because that other guy who's for all the wrong things is voting this…

13 years ago