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eBay Changes Outage Policy Without Giving Sellers Notice
When the eBay site goes down, the company is not committed to extending listings or refunding seller fees anymore. These changes were made - without informing sellers of the policy change. In 1999, when founder Pierre Omidyar and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman first put...
Man Sells President Lincoln’s Signature To Pawnshop For $50, Signature Is Worth $50,000
Kameron Kephart's pawnshop in California had a customer, needing fast cash, walk in and sell a document for $50. Right under the Secretary of Treasury's signature, is that of former President Abraham Lincoln. Kephart had the document authenticated, when to his...
South Africa: Illegal Diamond Ring Busted
An alleged involvement in an illicit diamond dealing syndicate, forced police in South Africa to arrest 19 high-profile business leaders. They were caught as part of a countrywide sting targeting diamond traders, police said on Friday. Police believe they are part of...
Fighting Inflation: 5 Best Funds
Want to develop an inflation fighting game plan? Consider some of these funds to help protect your portfolio. Full article
Selling Items to Pawnshops vs Selling on eBay
When it's time to get rid of some unwanted belongings, should people look at pawnshops or eBay to gain a little cash out of their spring cleaning? Here is Hot City Pawn's comparison. The benefit for selling to a pawnshop is that you get to work with a pawnbroker...
Uncle Sues Nephew For Allegedly Opening Up A Pawnshop On Same Block With “Stolen” Goods
A Brooklyn pawnshop owner is suing his nephew for "swiping his inventory and using the secondhand goods to open a competing shop on the same block in Bushwick." The nephew claims that he opened the shop with his own money and never wanted to open up a competing shop...
Window Shopping
Kim Johnson suggested this video from YouTube. It's a slightly humorous take on something pawnshop owners and employees have to watch out for everyday.
“Swamp Pawn’s Coy Gomez Dies in Louisiana”
Donaldsonville, Louisiana native Coy Gomez, 68, died on Monday after a lengthy battle with cancer. Gomez was a cast member of the CMT reality series, Swamp Pawn. The most recent season of the series explained Gomez's illness in detail. The new season of the show is...
Backpacks For Less Bucks: Vista Pawn Back-to-School Backpacks
What a special deal this is! Vista Pawn has provided parents with a great option for this back-to-school season. For $25 parents can come into Vista Pawn and pick up a backpack loaded with "elementary-school supplies fitting criteria on local schools' shopping lists,...
Fort Worth: Man on Trial for Murder of Pawnbroker 30 Years Ago
A 50 year old Forth Worth, TX man is standing trial this week for the accusation of a murder he allegedly committed when he was just a teenager, thirty years ago. Melvin Lavine, 61 at the time of his murder, was a pawnshop owner known in the community for the...
“Barely Legal Pawn, Feat. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Julia Louis-Dreyfus”
Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul go into business together and this time it's legal…barely. Find out what happens when Julia Louis-Dreyfus becomes a client, trying to offload television’s most coveted item, in this video starring three Emmy Award winners. ...
5 Things Joe Theismann Learned On The Gridiron That Work In The Boardroom – Tampa Bay Business Journal
My son played baseball with Joes son and I had the opportunity to speak with Joe Theismann, he's the real deal! Twelve years in the NFL taught former Washington Redskins Quarterback Joe Theismann a lot - and he’s parlayed that knowledge into business success. As a...
“Regulators Seek Dismissal of ‘Choke Point’ Lawsuit”
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp lawyers have stated in a filing to U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler that, "[T]he banks, not federal banking regulators, terminated those business relationships". U.S. banking regulators have asked a federal judge to dismiss a...
Oklahoma: Moving Towards the Gold Standard
With bipartisan support, particularly in the state Senate, governor of Oklahoma, Republican Mary Fallin, signed into law legislation that recognizes gold and silver money. Oklahoma doesn’t force anyone to accept gold or silver in payment. It simply exempts them from...
“Ancient Industry of Pawnbroking Enjoying Modern Economic Revival”
MORE than half a century ago, the three brass balls of the pawnbroker's shop were a familiar sight on high streets across the land. On a narrow strip of Alfreton Road, between Canning Circus and Bentinck Road, there were five such businesses. Back in the 1950s, they...
Online Pawnbroker, Borro.com, Has Been Banned From Using Ad That Encourages ‘Frivolous’ Borrowing
A television ad for Borro.com featured a couple talking about what they would spend their loan money on. Mentioning things like, " help start a business, pay school fees" and "fly us to the Caribbean". On-screen text listed a representative APR of 69% before a...
Tell Tale Signs – As Home Depot Goes so Goes the Economy
For decades the expression “as GM goes, so goes the economy” was adhered to by many economists and Wall St. Investment firms. Times have changed and the new bell weather indicator is now Home Depot. Yesterday Home depot reported a healthy 5.8% increase in quarterly...
Dealing In Precious Metals By Professional Numismatist & Owner of Modern Rarities
1. What is a numismatist? Well, numismatics is the study of coins, tokens, precious metals and paper money. So, a numismatist is someone who studies those things, and a professional numismatist is someone who makes their living dealing with those things. ...