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<p>[QUOTE="rlspears10, post: 1122900, member: 29413"]I would like to chime in, as I manage a pawn shop and have for the past 3 years. Not all pawn shops are the ripoff, stolen merchandise shops that people seem to think. I have very strict rules on what we take in and we work very closely with the local police dept to watch for possible theft pawns.</p><p><br /></p><p>We do not carry much as far as coins go, but we do sell a few from time to time. Silver and gold bullion is usually marked up around 5% over spot for the simple fact that we don't hange the price daily as spot changes. I will reevaluate the prices once a week.</p><p><br /></p><p>We keep our store clean, well lit, and well staffed. I want more of a retail feel when going into a pawn shop. Unfortunately, however, there are still shady shops out there. But please, do not assume all pawn shops are bad. Stop in and check them out for yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rlspears10, post: 1122900, member: 29413"]I would like to chime in, as I manage a pawn shop and have for the past 3 years. Not all pawn shops are the ripoff, stolen merchandise shops that people seem to think. I have very strict rules on what we take in and we work very closely with the local police dept to watch for possible theft pawns. We do not carry much as far as coins go, but we do sell a few from time to time. Silver and gold bullion is usually marked up around 5% over spot for the simple fact that we don't hange the price daily as spot changes. I will reevaluate the prices once a week. We keep our store clean, well lit, and well staffed. I want more of a retail feel when going into a pawn shop. Unfortunately, however, there are still shady shops out there. But please, do not assume all pawn shops are bad. Stop in and check them out for yourself.[/QUOTE]
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