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How do pawn shops make money? It seems like a colossal pain in the ass

Dealing with the worst in society.
Aqua cruise ship
  04/17/26
"hehe!"
Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night
  04/17/26
They should be put in charge of all proles. Imagine how capa...
Exciting Jap Faggotry
  04/17/26
these people are the easiest to rip off, which is indeed cou...
Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night
  04/17/26
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Sickened parlor internal respiration
  04/17/26
Yeah, how can any business make money making loans at 200 pe...
slimy corner mental disorder
  04/17/26
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pink alpha
  04/17/26
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Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night
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olive stirring shrine
  04/17/26
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motley water buffalo temple
  04/22/26
any small business will run circles around wagecucks once yo...
Chest-beating stimulating gas station
  04/17/26
It’s almost entirely predicated on lending to poor tra...
Heady background story garrison
  04/17/26
i wonder how much of their business is fencing stolen shit.
Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night
  04/17/26
I think it's a very small portion. For criminals trying to m...
Idiotic hyperactive range kitty cat
  04/17/26
When I did criminal law, the local cops had inventory system...
marvelous people who are hurt
  04/17/26
is that gasoline i smell?
learning disabled brass state
  04/17/26
buy high sell low
Glittery Sadistic Step-uncle's House
  04/17/26
lol i RAN here to make this exact post word for word
olive stirring shrine
  04/17/26
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Glittery Sadistic Step-uncle's House
  04/22/26
if they advance ranks six times they turn into Queen Shops w...
Navy 180 Knife
  04/17/26
Underrated
magical nubile dilemma
  04/21/26
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Navy 180 Knife
  04/22/26
i wonder if their business has been hurt by facebook marketp...
olive stirring shrine
  04/17/26
hurt by availability of more non-traditional financing, help...
pink alpha
  04/22/26
agreed. what a scourge. i didn't see it coming like this, ...
olive stirring shrine
  04/22/26
It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol
charismatic library mediation
  04/22/26


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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:39 AM
Author: Aqua cruise ship

Dealing with the worst in society.

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:40 AM
Author: Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night

"hehe!"

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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: Exciting Jap Faggotry

They should be put in charge of all proles. Imagine how capable you have to be to make $$$ from the absolute dregs of society who are trying their hardest to rip you off and scam you every minute of the day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49823227)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 11:12 AM
Author: Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night

these people are the easiest to rip off, which is indeed counterintuitive since they also tend to be the biggest scammers. poor areas always have liquor stores selling overpriced pints and lottery ticket, payday loans, buy here pay here auto dealerships, furniture rental store, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49823273)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: Sickened parlor internal respiration



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:57 AM
Author: slimy corner mental disorder

Yeah, how can any business make money making loans at 200 percent APR while being 150 percent secured?

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Date: April 17th, 2026 1:06 PM
Author: pink alpha



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: olive stirring shrine



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: motley water buffalo temple



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Date: April 17th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: Chest-beating stimulating gas station

any small business will run circles around wagecucks once you factor in all the tax scam bs

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Date: April 17th, 2026 1:04 PM
Author: Heady background story garrison

It’s almost entirely predicated on lending to poor tradies who run into financial trouble and then reselling their hocked tools to other poor tradies at only about 10% less than the tools would cost new at Home Depot.

And I understand that a substantial angle on the whole thing is that they’re serving a financial intermediation purpose for illegal laborers who can’t easily tap other sources of credit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49823555)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:09 PM
Author: Self-centered Abode Queen Of The Night

i wonder how much of their business is fencing stolen shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49823750)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:14 PM
Author: Idiotic hyperactive range kitty cat

I think it's a very small portion. For criminals trying to move stolen goods, it's probably easier, more lucrative, and less risky to do it on your own, without the middle man--selling on the street, at flea markets, Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, guys just walking around hocking it. More sophisticated organizations (i.e., organized crime) have their own distributors or storefronts/distributors and storefronts with whom they have an understanding and arrangement.

Police regularly roll through pawn shops. Back in the day, the police came through literally every day. You had to log with the cops in writing everything you bought and sold that day. Unless the pawn shop owner or the organization with which the pawn shop owner was working (see above re organized crime) had the cops in their pocket, it likely was not and is not worth it to deal in a significant portion of stolen goods.

To the extent there is or was stolen property coming through--beyond the ocassional item here and there that the pawn shop owner reasonably doesn't know is stolen--I suspect it's kept and sold off the books: e.g., I see you're looking at our diamond rings. My brother has a couple that aren't displayed out here. He can get you a great price if you want to take a look out back."

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:25 PM
Author: marvelous people who are hurt

When I did criminal law, the local cops had inventory systems with the pawn shops & metal scrap yards. It was the first place they always went whenever something was stolen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49823792)



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Date: April 17th, 2026 2:28 PM
Author: learning disabled brass state

is that gasoline i smell?

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Date: April 17th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Glittery Sadistic Step-uncle's House

buy high sell low

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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: olive stirring shrine

lol i RAN here to make this exact post word for word

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49823810)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:44 AM
Author: Glittery Sadistic Step-uncle's House



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Date: April 17th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: Navy 180 Knife

if they advance ranks six times they turn into Queen Shops which are much more lucrative

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Date: April 21st, 2026 11:36 PM
Author: magical nubile dilemma

Underrated

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 1:46 AM
Author: Navy 180 Knife



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Date: April 17th, 2026 5:04 PM
Author: olive stirring shrine

i wonder if their business has been hurt by facebook marketplace, as well as more available consumer credit - it would sure seem like it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49823811)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:50 AM
Author: pink alpha

hurt by availability of more non-traditional financing, helped by emergence of easy-to-access legalized gambling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49834073)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: olive stirring shrine

agreed. what a scourge. i didn't see it coming like this, infused in everything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49834085)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:46 AM
Author: charismatic library mediation

It’s like asking how Junkyards make money lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857806&forum_id=2#49834059)