People across the US are flocking to pawn shops, cleaning out their garages and closets in an effort to get some extra cash in their pockets. Read the full story here from USA TODAY.
Online pawn shops are also benfiting, giving people an easy way to sell unwanted jewelry without even leaving their homes. Selling jewelry is the most popular as theses items are typically small and can be shipped easily with some insurance from the post office.
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January 27, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Yeah I see the advertisements on TV and online on banner ads all the time to get rid of old jewelry and get a good rate of payment back for it. The items can be ugly as sin, but as long as the precious metal percentage and weight is good, then the seller will get a good amount of influx of currency. As much as the economy is faltering right now, people are still going out of their way to purchase good deals: There’s no better time then now not only to sell unwanted goods, but purchasing items in good to excellent condition from a re-seller like pawn shops.