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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.
Khaki Irradiated Business Firm
  04/17/26
"hehe!"
mint territorial locale philosopher-king
  04/17/26
They should be put in charge of all proles. Imagine how capa...
Mustard Concupiscible Prole
  04/17/26
these people are the easiest to rip off, which is indeed cou...
mint territorial locale philosopher-king
  04/17/26
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marvelous fanboi area
  04/17/26
Yeah, how can any business make money making loans at 200 pe...
razzmatazz ladyboy cumskin
  04/17/26
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Heady base
  04/17/26
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mint territorial locale philosopher-king
  04/17/26
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razzle double fault cruise ship
  04/17/26
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Ruddy Space
  04/22/26
any small business will run circles around wagecucks once yo...
poppy fat ankles
  04/17/26
It’s almost entirely predicated on lending to poor tra...
navy son of senegal corn cake
  04/17/26
i wonder how much of their business is fencing stolen shit.
mint territorial locale philosopher-king
  04/17/26
I think it's a very small portion. For criminals trying to m...
Hairless faggotry love of her life
  04/17/26
When I did criminal law, the local cops had inventory system...
Amber curious new version idea he suggested
  04/17/26
is that gasoline i smell?
metal light crotch partner
  04/17/26
buy high sell low
Dashing Chest-beating Library Community Account
  04/17/26
lol i RAN here to make this exact post word for word
razzle double fault cruise ship
  04/17/26
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Dashing Chest-beating Library Community Account
  04/22/26
if they advance ranks six times they turn into Queen Shops w...
Bateful mood
  04/17/26
Underrated
Opaque Blood Rage
  04/21/26
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Bateful mood
  04/22/26
i wonder if their business has been hurt by facebook marketp...
razzle double fault cruise ship
  04/17/26
hurt by availability of more non-traditional financing, help...
Heady base
  04/22/26
agreed. what a scourge. i didn't see it coming like this, ...
razzle double fault cruise ship
  04/22/26
It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol
Awkward appetizing den
  04/22/26


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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:39 AM
Author: Khaki Irradiated Business Firm

Dealing with the worst in society.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:40 AM
Author: mint territorial locale philosopher-king

"hehe!"

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: Mustard Concupiscible Prole

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: mint territorial locale philosopher-king

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=2most#49823273)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: marvelous fanboi area



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:57 AM
Author: razzmatazz ladyboy cumskin

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: Heady base



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: mint territorial locale philosopher-king



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: razzle double fault cruise ship



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: Ruddy Space



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: poppy fat ankles

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: navy son of senegal corn cake

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=2most#49823555)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:09 PM
Author: mint territorial locale philosopher-king

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

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Hairless faggotry love of her life

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: Amber curious new version idea he suggested

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=2most#49823792)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: metal light crotch partner

is that gasoline i smell?

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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Dashing Chest-beating Library Community Account

buy high sell low

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: razzle double fault cruise ship

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

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:44 AM
Author: Dashing Chest-beating Library Community Account



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: Bateful mood

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: Opaque Blood Rage

Underrated

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:46 AM
Author: Bateful mood



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Date: April 17th, 2026 5:04 PM
Author: razzle double fault cruise ship

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=2most#49823811)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:50 AM
Author: Heady base

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=2most#49834073)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: razzle double fault cruise ship

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=2most#49834085)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:46 AM
Author: Awkward appetizing den

It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol

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