In this section, we will learn how to pawn and how pawn shops work.
Pawn shops tend to take a lot of merchandise but when you are talking about appliances like washers and dryers, very few pawn shops will take them in. They are normally just too big to store many of. 2 or 3 sets will take up a lot of space, and they aren’t incredibly valuable – … Read more
So you are looking to sell your comic books? Well if you don’t have a comic shop in your area and are uncomfortable with eBay – maybe consider giving your local pawn shop a call. While not all pawn shops accept comics books – if you books are at all collectible there are many shops out … Read more
Will a pawn shop buy or loan against your gently used leather? We look at and answer that question in this article.
Are you looking to sell rare coins? Good news… Most pawn shops are not only happy to buy or loan on rare coins but will give you a great value on them as well. You see, pawn shops do a lot of business with precious metals. Most pawnbrokers check the scrape value of metals everyday and … Read more
Pawn shops can be an interesting experience if you have never had to use one before and don’t know what it is that they do. Of course, there’s always what you see on TV, but is that really a representation of what pawn shops actually do? Some people think that resale shops are pawn shops … Read more
Will a pawn shops take your titanium ring in for pawn and buy it from you as a sale? Find out what we have to say about it inside.
Sometimes you need to come up with some quick cash to get your through a rough point in time where bills are stacking up or there just isn’t enough to go around. It’s completely reasonable and a lot of people have this happen. One thing that you might think about doing is using a pawn … Read more
Ashley Broad, love her or hate her is probably the most distinguished member of the Hardcore Pawn cast. Yes, even more distinguished than Mr. Pawnbroker of the Year Seth. With her superior customer service skills and unique ability to see value in things the guys don’t – she is someone every pawn shop would be … Read more
Just yesterday I wrote about a law that may force some pawn shops to upload their transaction information to a third party vendor and they would then make it available to police departments. Turns out, that isn’t the only law in the works to do that – but this one is far more intrusive. I … Read more
There was a recent news story about Sioux City. They want to update their pawn ticket reporting system to something digital – leadsonline is a commonly used service. I think this is great news! Having to fill out little cards for each transaction is a major pain for pawn shops. It’s also slow and pretty ineffective for … Read more
You know, pretty much every day I hear customers tell us how much they love doing business with our pawn shop. But every now and then, I do hear something negative. It’s not often… For the most part I shrug it off, but to be honest it has gotten under my skin more than once as … Read more
It’s official, as of today Seth Gold, best known for his role in Hardcore Pawn was award the ‘Pawnbroker Of The Year’ Award in Las Vegas. The news was released today by the NPA. The NPA is correctly holding the Pawn Expo in Las Vegas, NV as they do every July. You can read more … Read more
We’ve all been there. Unexpected bills roll in. Maybe a sudden expense. Maybe you just got sick and couldn’t work as much as you had hoped to and you ended up short this paycheck. So what do you do when that happens? Well one options is to get a short term loan to help get … Read more
Sometimes bills come in or you get sick and can’t work and that ends up leaving you a little short to make all of your payments and take care of the things that you have to take care of. It happens all the time and to a lot of good people. In these scenarios it … Read more
If you haven’t seen it yet – I put a question page up on the blog so that you can ask me questions directly. If you have a question about the pawn industry, just leave me a question and if it’s particularly interesting I’ll be happy to answer it in a blog post dedicated just … Read more