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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2628783, member: 27832"]Wait, what?</p><p><br /></p><p>First, he specifically said the buyer started getting calls from the person who <b>defaulted on the loan</b> for the tools. Now, while the rates charged by a pawn shop might have some ethical similarity with theft, they aren't legally theft.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, if you're patronizing pawn shops, you're <i>already</i> "part of the commerce chain for stolen merchandise" -- because I don't think even the pawn shop operators themselves would deny that a great deal of stolen merchandise makes its way through their stores. When presented with evidence, they'll cooperate to make it right, but they don't (and never will) require proof of legal ownership before they buy something.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, as [USER=44034]@Joe2007[/USER] pointed out, giving this information to the pawn shop actually <i>put the buyer at increased risk</i>. It's not about ease of buying; it's risk of becoming a target for violent crime, at least in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p>My takeaway from all this is that there are definitely pawn shops I won't consider dealing with, and I'm not terribly motivated to go looking for ones I <i>can</i> deal with. Well, maybe for musical instruments -- they seem to be a critical part of the musicians' economy...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2628783, member: 27832"]Wait, what? First, he specifically said the buyer started getting calls from the person who [B]defaulted on the loan[/B] for the tools. Now, while the rates charged by a pawn shop might have some ethical similarity with theft, they aren't legally theft. Second, if you're patronizing pawn shops, you're [I]already[/I] "part of the commerce chain for stolen merchandise" -- because I don't think even the pawn shop operators themselves would deny that a great deal of stolen merchandise makes its way through their stores. When presented with evidence, they'll cooperate to make it right, but they don't (and never will) require proof of legal ownership before they buy something. Third, as [USER=44034]@Joe2007[/USER] pointed out, giving this information to the pawn shop actually [I]put the buyer at increased risk[/I]. It's not about ease of buying; it's risk of becoming a target for violent crime, at least in this case. My takeaway from all this is that there are definitely pawn shops I won't consider dealing with, and I'm not terribly motivated to go looking for ones I [I]can[/I] deal with. Well, maybe for musical instruments -- they seem to be a critical part of the musicians' economy...[/QUOTE]
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