Talk:Pawnbroker
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- "The symbol of a pawn shop in Hong Kong is a bat holding a coin": is "bat" the animal or is it a wooden baton? Anthony Appleyard 22:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- One of the photographs appears to show a highly stylized flying mammal clutching a coin. J S Ayer 02:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Symbols? WTF???
I've never seen a more garbled section in an article. SHouldn't be too hard to fix though. Justinmeister 15:54, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
the information about the hold placed on purchased items is incorrect. i work at a pawn shop in Kentucky, and our police hold lasts only 10 days. i would have fixed it myself but couldn't access that part of the page.
you dumb fuck... the 10 day hold on purchased items is not for the whole state, the hold is a law that has been passed by a county or city (such as lexington).
[edit] Interest rates
Can someone check the chinese pawn rate please. The british rate was miles off so I fixed it and added a reference. ---*- u:Chazz/contact/t: 23:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Police Hold & Reporting
The time of a required "Hold" varies in the United States. 30 days is the norm, but it also can be higher or lower, depending on the jurisdiction and item sold/panwed. All states require a pawnbroker to report everything they take in, be it a buy or a loan. This is cross-referenced against theft reports.
Having worked in a pawn shop, it is very rare to find stolen items. Of those that were found at our shop, all but 2 were stollen by a friend or family member. These are the hardest to validate, because there are rarely police reports filed. In most instances, the thief tells the person where their things are, and police are not involved because of the desire to not prosecute the thief. Real criminals avoid pawn shops because legitimate owners report everything to the police. Less then 1% of pawn shops are "crooked". 75.120.79.138 15:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
