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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.
rose idiotic famous landscape painting
  04/17/26
"hehe!"
aquamarine office affirmative action
  04/17/26
They should be put in charge of all proles. Imagine how capa...
Mauve Deer Antler
  04/17/26
these people are the easiest to rip off, which is indeed cou...
aquamarine office affirmative action
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Flushed police squad forum
  04/17/26
Yeah, how can any business make money making loans at 200 pe...
Maniacal space giraffe
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insanely creepy histrionic stag film scourge upon the earth
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aquamarine office affirmative action
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lavender hunting ground public bath
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Glittery ladyboy
  04/22/26
any small business will run circles around wagecucks once yo...
Crimson aromatic kitty
  04/17/26
It’s almost entirely predicated on lending to poor tra...
lilac trailer park
  04/17/26
i wonder how much of their business is fencing stolen shit.
aquamarine office affirmative action
  04/17/26
I think it's a very small portion. For criminals trying to m...
Aqua mind-boggling abode
  04/17/26
When I did criminal law, the local cops had inventory system...
Transparent jewess
  04/17/26
is that gasoline i smell?
self-absorbed fanboi
  04/17/26
buy high sell low
Hairless chapel stock car
  04/17/26
lol i RAN here to make this exact post word for word
lavender hunting ground public bath
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Hairless chapel stock car
  04/22/26
if they advance ranks six times they turn into Queen Shops w...
Chestnut brethren mad cow disease
  04/17/26
Underrated
onyx organic girlfriend
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Chestnut brethren mad cow disease
  04/22/26
i wonder if their business has been hurt by facebook marketp...
lavender hunting ground public bath
  04/17/26
hurt by availability of more non-traditional financing, help...
insanely creepy histrionic stag film scourge upon the earth
  04/22/26
agreed. what a scourge. i didn't see it coming like this, ...
lavender hunting ground public bath
  04/22/26
It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol
provocative plum halford
  04/22/26


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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:39 AM
Author: rose idiotic famous landscape painting

Dealing with the worst in society.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:40 AM
Author: aquamarine office affirmative action

"hehe!"

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: Mauve Deer Antler

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: aquamarine office affirmative action

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: Flushed police squad forum



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:57 AM
Author: Maniacal space giraffe

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: insanely creepy histrionic stag film scourge upon the earth



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: aquamarine office affirmative action



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: lavender hunting ground public bath



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: Glittery ladyboy



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Crimson aromatic kitty

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: lilac trailer park

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: aquamarine office affirmative action

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

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Aqua mind-boggling abode

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: Transparent jewess

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.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: self-absorbed fanboi

is that gasoline i smell?

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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Hairless chapel stock car

buy high sell low

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: lavender hunting ground public bath

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

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:44 AM
Author: Hairless chapel stock car



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: Chestnut brethren mad cow disease

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

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Date: April 21st, 2026 11:36 PM
Author: onyx organic girlfriend

Underrated

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:46 AM
Author: Chestnut brethren mad cow disease



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Date: April 17th, 2026 5:04 PM
Author: lavender hunting ground public bath

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

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:50 AM
Author: insanely creepy histrionic stag film scourge upon the earth

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

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: lavender hunting ground public bath

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

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:46 AM
Author: provocative plum halford

It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol

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