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GoPro – The Most Popular Stolen Item Sold to Pawnshops
KOAT in Albuquerque reports that GoPo, the small "go anywhere' cameras are the most popular stolen items showing up at pawnshops. Many local shops have stopped taking them because of this trend. See KOAT's Laura Thoren report here.
Great Falls MO Moving to Leads On Line Police Reporting
GREAT FALLS - In March the Great Falls City Commission adopted an ordinance that required local Pawn Shops and Secondhand stores to register all of their items in a secure database program provided by the Great Falls Police Department.
Universal Background Checks on All Gun Sales Gets Mixed Support from Law Enforcement
The law enforcement community is divided on initiative 594 which would expand the universal background check to include sales at gun shows and private sales. It would also include gits and loans. This Columbian article outlines the different view points from both...
Kennesaw GA Bans New Pawnshops for One Year
Kennesaw GA, located in the grater Atlanta area, has put a one year moratorium on any new pawn shops, title loan shops and payday lenders.
Pawnshop Owner Sees High End Items Coming in his Shop
This Aiken Standard article did a really nice article about Morgan Milner, owner of The Whiskey Trader in South Carolina. The article outlines the basic difference of using a pawnshop vs. eBay or even a bank. To me the main point for people in our industry is the...
5 Quick Tips to Help Keep Your Small Business on the Right Path
Allison Turner, a business, marketing and sales consultant, wrote a great article that has 5 basic tips every business owner needs to remember. If you've been in business more than a few years you've probably heard most of them, like work on your business, not in it,...
FDIC and Operation Choke Point – Did they Lie?
On August 20th we posted about this article in the Wall Street Journal. In it the FDIC lawyers asked the courts dismiss a lawsuit that accused the regulators of a campaign to drive pawn shops, payday lenders and other businesses out of business by targeting their...
Drone Wars
Google has unveiled some details about its drone delivery program, which it is testing in Australia. The project called Project Wing and has been in the works for two years. Amazon has also been testing the use of drones for delivery of items to its customers. Media...
Medford Oregon Considers Extending Hold Periods, Updating Police Reporting
Medford Oregon City Council is considering a longer hold period for items sold at pawn shops and second hand dealers. The new rule would extend the current hold period of 5 days to 15. They are also looking at requiring these shops to include a photo of all items...
New York Man Discovers Selling Stolen Items at a Pawnshops can Get You Caught
A Kent NY man sold some stolen jewelry to a pawn shop thinking he had pulled of the perfect crime. He left very few clues at the crime scene but didn't take the same precautions when he sold his booty at a pawnshop. Here's the Lohud.com story.
Rare Natural Purple Diamond of High Cut and Clarity Found and Sound for $4 Million
Leibish & Co. announced it has polished an extremely rare, natural purple diamond and will be presenting it to the public at the September Hong Kong Jeweler & Gem Fair. The diamond, called the The Leibish Purple Orchid diamond, took 3 months to polish this...
ATF Offers $10,000 Reward for Information on 18 Stolen Guns
The ATF is offering a $10,000 reward that leads to an arrest and convection of the thieves who took 18 guns from a Greer, South Carolina. The building had security bars at every point, except the doors. This is where the thieves broke in. They simply threw a piece of...
Bridging The Communication Gap: “Ocean County Aims to Block Sale of Stolen Items to Pawnshops in Atlantic City”
Bridging the gap of communication is what authorities are working towards for Ocean County and Atlantic City, New Jersey. When items are stolen from Ocean County they are, more often than not, sold at pawnshops in Atlantic City. Ocean County Prosecutor, Joseph...
“Second Look At Secondhand Laws: Rules Surrounding How Secondhand Dealers & Pawnbrokers Will Get Some Closer Scrutiny”
Canada - Monday night, city council hosted a meeting where the council, "instructed staff to examine potential changes to the secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers bylaw." Game Quest owner, Kelsy Polnik, did a presentation suggesting the rules be relaxed. Polnik's...
First Cash Financial Services, Inc. Acquires 47 Pawnshops in Mexico, 5 in Colorado and 4 in Texas
Today, First Cash Financial Services, Inc. announced the completion of a 47 store acquisition in Mexico and 9 other stores in the U.S. In Mexico, the pawnshops are are located in 12 different states. The company also announced that the U.S. shops were in two separate...
Time Management Tool – Toggl.Com
Who Knows where the time goes? Time management tools, an absolute necessity in any business ( unless your business is just sitting on a lawn chair taking in the sun). Your business has many tasks, and if not measured and prioritized it will suffer from poor...
Google Local Search: Can Your Customers Find You?
A key question to ask yourself as a business owner can be something as simple as, "Is my business Localized?" How many of you can think of businesses in your area that just don't show up in search engines, or show up with wrong information? Being found in Local Search...
TTB Announcement: BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE AUGUST 24, 2014 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
www.TTB.gov August 25, 2014 BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE AUGUST 24, 2014 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) recognizes that the devastation caused by the August 24, 2014, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE may have...