maui silver

Gold gets interesting

As readers know, the daily and weekly gyrations in the price of gold (and silver) don't concern our Maui pawn…

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

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

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

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