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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.
excitant henna stag film patrolman
  04/17/26
"hehe!"
Smoky lettuce
  04/17/26
They should be put in charge of all proles. Imagine how capa...
Aquamarine temple fortuitous meteor
  04/17/26
these people are the easiest to rip off, which is indeed cou...
Smoky lettuce
  04/17/26
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stubborn talented pozpig chapel
  04/17/26
Yeah, how can any business make money making loans at 200 pe...
curious state
  04/17/26
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sick 180 theater therapy
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Smoky lettuce
  04/17/26
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Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs
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razzmatazz shaky field
  04/22/26
any small business will run circles around wagecucks once yo...
Disturbing Dead Stead Candlestick Maker
  04/17/26
It’s almost entirely predicated on lending to poor tra...
razzle-dazzle magenta shrine factory reset button
  04/17/26
i wonder how much of their business is fencing stolen shit.
Smoky lettuce
  04/17/26
I think it's a very small portion. For criminals trying to m...
Bateful greedy old irish cottage
  04/17/26
When I did criminal law, the local cops had inventory system...
fuchsia cowardly private investor
  04/17/26
is that gasoline i smell?
Pearl resort
  04/17/26
buy high sell low
Laughsome blue church weed whacker
  04/17/26
lol i RAN here to make this exact post word for word
Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs
  04/17/26
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Laughsome blue church weed whacker
  04/22/26
if they advance ranks six times they turn into Queen Shops w...
internet-worthy regret home
  04/17/26
Underrated
wonderful menage
  04/21/26
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internet-worthy regret home
  04/22/26
i wonder if their business has been hurt by facebook marketp...
Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs
  04/17/26
hurt by availability of more non-traditional financing, help...
sick 180 theater therapy
  04/22/26
agreed. what a scourge. i didn't see it coming like this, ...
Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs
  04/22/26
It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol
kink-friendly odious sweet tailpipe alpha
  04/22/26


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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:39 AM
Author: excitant henna stag film patrolman

Dealing with the worst in society.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:40 AM
Author: Smoky lettuce

"hehe!"

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: Aquamarine temple fortuitous meteor

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2:#49823227)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 11:12 AM
Author: Smoky lettuce

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2:#49823273)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: stubborn talented pozpig chapel



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:57 AM
Author: curious state

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: sick 180 theater therapy



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Smoky lettuce



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: razzmatazz shaky field



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Disturbing Dead Stead Candlestick Maker

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: razzle-dazzle magenta shrine factory reset button

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2:#49823555)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:09 PM
Author: Smoky lettuce

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

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Bateful greedy old irish cottage

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: fuchsia cowardly private investor

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: Pearl resort

is that gasoline i smell?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2:#49823718)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Laughsome blue church weed whacker

buy high sell low

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs

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: Laughsome blue church weed whacker



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: internet-worthy regret home

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: wonderful menage

Underrated

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:46 AM
Author: internet-worthy regret home



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Date: April 17th, 2026 5:04 PM
Author: Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs

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: sick 180 theater therapy

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: Rebellious iridescent hell hairy legs

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: kink-friendly odious sweet tailpipe alpha

It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol

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