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How do pawn shops make money? It seems like a colossal pain in the ass

Dealing with the worst in society.
silver tanning salon
  04/17/26
"hehe!"
Histrionic area potus
  04/17/26
They should be put in charge of all proles. Imagine how capa...
Aggressive hyperventilating locus
  04/17/26
these people are the easiest to rip off, which is indeed cou...
Histrionic area potus
  04/17/26
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milky curious theater useless brakes
  04/17/26
Yeah, how can any business make money making loans at 200 pe...
cordovan spot
  04/17/26
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Razzle-dazzle dopamine prole
  04/17/26
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Histrionic area potus
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Carnelian drunken parlour mediation
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Contagious rose dilemma fortuitous meteor
  04/22/26
any small business will run circles around wagecucks once yo...
Floppy white institution
  04/17/26
It’s almost entirely predicated on lending to poor tra...
Fear-inspiring garnet wagecucks double fault
  04/17/26
i wonder how much of their business is fencing stolen shit.
Histrionic area potus
  04/17/26
I think it's a very small portion. For criminals trying to m...
Fiercely-loyal demanding theater stage shitlib
  04/17/26
When I did criminal law, the local cops had inventory system...
Narrow-minded community account sex offender
  04/17/26
is that gasoline i smell?
Disturbing Ebony Hell Boiling Water
  04/17/26
buy high sell low
misunderstood party of the first part
  04/17/26
lol i RAN here to make this exact post word for word
Carnelian drunken parlour mediation
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misunderstood party of the first part
  04/22/26
if they advance ranks six times they turn into Queen Shops w...
soul-stirring menage toaster
  04/17/26
Underrated
big-titted kink-friendly indian lodge
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soul-stirring menage toaster
  04/22/26
i wonder if their business has been hurt by facebook marketp...
Carnelian drunken parlour mediation
  04/17/26
hurt by availability of more non-traditional financing, help...
Razzle-dazzle dopamine prole
  04/22/26
agreed. what a scourge. i didn't see it coming like this, ...
Carnelian drunken parlour mediation
  04/22/26
It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol
Ruddy Laughsome Locale Cuckold
  04/22/26


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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:39 AM
Author: silver tanning salon

Dealing with the worst in society.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:40 AM
Author: Histrionic area potus

"hehe!"

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: Aggressive hyperventilating locus

They should be put in charge of all proles. Imagine how capable you have to be to make $$$ from the absolute dregs of society who are trying their hardest to rip you off and scam you every minute of the day.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 11:12 AM
Author: Histrionic area potus

these people are the easiest to rip off, which is indeed counterintuitive since they also tend to be the biggest scammers. poor areas always have liquor stores selling overpriced pints and lottery ticket, payday loans, buy here pay here auto dealerships, furniture rental store, etc.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: milky curious theater useless brakes



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:57 AM
Author: cordovan spot

Yeah, how can any business make money making loans at 200 percent APR while being 150 percent secured?

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Date: April 17th, 2026 1:06 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle dopamine prole



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Histrionic area potus



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: Carnelian drunken parlour mediation



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: Contagious rose dilemma fortuitous meteor



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Floppy white institution

any small business will run circles around wagecucks once you factor in all the tax scam bs

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Date: April 17th, 2026 1:04 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring garnet wagecucks double fault

It’s almost entirely predicated on lending to poor tradies who run into financial trouble and then reselling their hocked tools to other poor tradies at only about 10% less than the tools would cost new at Home Depot.

And I understand that a substantial angle on the whole thing is that they’re serving a financial intermediation purpose for illegal laborers who can’t easily tap other sources of credit.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:09 PM
Author: Histrionic area potus

i wonder how much of their business is fencing stolen shit.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal demanding theater stage shitlib

I think it's a very small portion. For criminals trying to move stolen goods, it's probably easier, more lucrative, and less risky to do it on your own, without the middle man--selling on the street, at flea markets, Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, guys just walking around hocking it. More sophisticated organizations (i.e., organized crime) have their own distributors or storefronts/distributors and storefronts with whom they have an understanding and arrangement.

Police regularly roll through pawn shops. Back in the day, the police came through literally every day. You had to log with the cops in writing everything you bought and sold that day. Unless the pawn shop owner or the organization with which the pawn shop owner was working (see above re organized crime) had the cops in their pocket, it likely was not and is not worth it to deal in a significant portion of stolen goods.

To the extent there is or was stolen property coming through--beyond the ocassional item here and there that the pawn shop owner reasonably doesn't know is stolen--I suspect it's kept and sold off the books: e.g., I see you're looking at our diamond rings. My brother has a couple that aren't displayed out here. He can get you a great price if you want to take a look out back."

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:25 PM
Author: Narrow-minded community account sex offender

When I did criminal law, the local cops had inventory systems with the pawn shops & metal scrap yards. It was the first place they always went whenever something was stolen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2/#49823792)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: Disturbing Ebony Hell Boiling Water

is that gasoline i smell?

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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: misunderstood party of the first part

buy high sell low

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: Carnelian drunken parlour mediation

lol i RAN here to make this exact post word for word

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2/#49823810)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:44 AM
Author: misunderstood party of the first part



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: soul-stirring menage toaster

if they advance ranks six times they turn into Queen Shops which are much more lucrative

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2/#49823787)



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Date: April 21st, 2026 11:36 PM
Author: big-titted kink-friendly indian lodge

Underrated

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:46 AM
Author: soul-stirring menage toaster



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Date: April 17th, 2026 5:04 PM
Author: Carnelian drunken parlour mediation

i wonder if their business has been hurt by facebook marketplace, as well as more available consumer credit - it would sure seem like it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2/#49823811)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:50 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle dopamine prole

hurt by availability of more non-traditional financing, helped by emergence of easy-to-access legalized gambling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2/#49834073)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: Carnelian drunken parlour mediation

agreed. what a scourge. i didn't see it coming like this, infused in everything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2/#49834085)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:46 AM
Author: Ruddy Laughsome Locale Cuckold

It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2/#49834059)