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Courts leave pawnbroker out of pocket
A PAWNBROKER says he has lost so much money trying to catch criminals he will no longer help police. Kevin Fisher, who runs Cash in Hand, in Queen Street, Colchester, said he has lost thousands of pounds by passing on stolen goods to the police. Despite customers...
Congressmen demand answers on undercover sting
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Four congressmen are demanding answers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives about whether anyone has been held accountable for a botched, undercover guns and drugs operation in Milwaukee. The congressmen, including Rep. Jim...
Multiple firearms stolen from Petersburg gun retailer
Petersburg police are investigating the theft of multiple firearms from a gun retailer Sunday morning. Around 11 a.m. Sunday, police said, an alarm was triggered at the Dunbar Gun Company in the 200 block of N. South Street. Police said several rifles and shotguns...
Officials eye tighter rein for Naperville pawnshops
Naperville City Council members are taking a look at tightening the rules for businesses that buy and sell precious metals, gems and jewelry. An ordinance to be scrutinized by the council Tuesday evening would require pawnbrokers and secondhand sellers of those goods...
Smash and grab bikers snatch valuables from pawn shop display
Robbers on a motorbike made off with valuables from a window display in a smash-and-grab raid at a pawn shop. The two men on a trial bike struck at Cash Convertors in Farnworth on Saturday morning. They rode onto the pavement to the front of the shop before smashing a...
Cheer: Customer says Ace Pawn honored warranty even after she lost receipt
The cheer: Cheers to Ace Pawn Shop on Bragg Boulevard. The staff is truly awesome. Jeff and his crew amazed me with their above-and-beyond customer service. I bought a laptop from them about 30 days ago with a 30-day warranty. Right at day 30 or 31, it would not come...
Want Hard Proof that LinkedIn Works? Ask a Lawyer
This is the story of an old friend and new convert to social media marketing, a lawyer in Northern California named Mark D. Poniatowski who runs a small practice with just a handful of partners. They suffer from the traditional business development issue most small...
West side pawn shop owner experiences two thefts in one week
Jeff’s Trading Post & Repairs has been at 238 N. Main Ave. for about two weeks, and the bars Jeff Decker ordered for the windows should be up any day now. Two thefts in one week and a smashed front window made the bars necessary, the 21-year-old pawn shop owner...
Police investigate Greensboro pawn shop robbery
GREENSBORO − Police are investigating a robbery Thursday night at Velazquez Pawn. Police responded to the store, at 3632 Spring Garden St., at about 6:30 p.m. Police said three men wearing hooded sweatshirts entered the store and one began shaking a gated door...
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts – How Long Can Phase II of the Gold Pool Be Sustained
"The London Gold Pool was the pooling of gold reserves by a group of eight central banks in the United States and seven European countries that agreed on 1 November 1961 to cooperate in maintaining the Bretton Woods System of fixed-rate convertible currencies and...
Growth Capital: Borro’s Paul Aitken — he’ll lend you a million pounds, just don’t call him a pawnbroker
"We had a guy asking if he could get a loan against his livestock,” says Paul Aitken. “Which obviously we turned down.” The founder of Borro, which has been labelled as a pawnbroker for the wealthy (more on that later), is remembering some of the assets he has refused...
10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Pawn Shop Management – POS System
In today's environment, efficiency is critical. Pawnbrokers everywhere are under pressure to cut operating costs so more of the money spent by customers' turns into profit. On top of that, customers are more demanding than ever for a quick, problem-free experience and...
South Shore Shooting Wounds Two Men in Pawn Shop
SOUTH SHORE — Two men were shot in an apparent pawn shop robbery in South Shore Friday morning, police said. The men, 49 and 29, were both shot in a leg about 10:15 a.m. in the 1900 block of East 79th Street, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a police spokeswoman. They were...
Robber nabbed inside pawnshop
THE Eastern Mindanao Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (EastMinCidu) is set to file charges before the City Prosecutor’s Office against a high-profile robbery suspect arrested for trying to pawn P1.8 million worth of stolen jewelry items at a pawnshop on San...
ATF under investigation for undercover storefront stings
Just as America's premier gun-policing agency began to crawl out from under the embarrassment of Operation Fast and Furious, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is again under fire -- this time for tactical mistakes tied to a separate program...
Head to the Pawn Shop for tasty cocktails poured in a wonderland of secondhand delights
The bar: Pawn Shop, in the former Dr. Feelgood’s space on Clematis Street The vibe: The first thing you need to know is that no matter what the “We Buy Gold” sign in the window says, Pawn Shop is not buying your gold. They are, however, wanting to sell you delicious...
Cash-for-Gold shop opens near Sugarhouse Casino
A store that buys gold has opened up across Delaware Avenue from SugarHouse casino, and once again, neighborhood groups and city leaders are fighting it.“We were promised these kinds of businesses would be kept out, that this would never happen,” said Fishtown...
Sales of gun parts worry ATF
It was John Zawahri’s failure to pass a background check that prevented him from buying a firearm in California several years ago. So the 23-year-old obtained an “unfinished receiver,” the metal piece that holds the critical mechanisms that allow guns to fire, and...