Pawn Shop Economy
Submitted by mooneytake5 on Mon, 2008-06-09 13:44.
Times are tough. People are having trouble paying basic bills -- food, fuel, utilities -- not to mention those adjustable-rate home mortgages. So, what does Washington, do, if anything, to get this train-wreck of an economy back on track?
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Yeah.....and your point is?
Is this suppose to start some sort of a discussion - I bought into your subject line, what does that mean? Pawnshop economy. We are having to hock<sp> everything just to survive? Where are you going with this?
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Forget Washington
How about getting a second job or living in with your means?
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
- General George Patton Jr
"A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."
-- G
And Jheaton rises to the surface again....
Keep going- making sense - keep going....
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Pawn Shop Economy
Gas, prescription drugs or groceries....
Yes - and gold is paying very well right now - I am seeing a lot of signs for people buying gold and lots of ads on the television.
The Money Marts - payday loans - those things are unreal.
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Pawn Shop Economy
Wow.
How sad.
Senior citizen's have been dealing with choosing between food and medication for years, this is nothing new. Many must choose between food or space rent too. But, having to hawk family treasures, just to buy gas, makes me mad!
Maybe we could talk one of these major corps into donating gas cards as gift cards to seniors? It might be worth a try.
Yeah Linda...
You get right on that.
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Oh for pete's sake
Do I have to do everything? When are you going to get moving?
Can you make a few phone calls... or is that too much to ask?
Exxon:
Corporate Headquarters
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, Texas 75039-2298
(972) 444-1000
Downstream Operations
3225 Gallows Road
Fairfax, VA 22037
(703) 846-3000
Exploration and Producing Operations
800 Bell Street
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 656-3636
I told you before...
I pick my own battles - Considering myself as a community leader, I follow no one - particularly whisps of smoke like yourself.
I think you should be more interested in socialized medicine to cure the ills of the seniors - or at least give a good start.
I thought you hopped on the Sicko bandwagon....or was that just another rant?
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Besides...
I consider you and I enemies, Linda. I think it would be unwise to give you undue information about anything I am involved in, until it is too late for you to interfere with your bellowing.
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Pawn Shops...
Oh the pawn shops and how I am thankful for them, but don't miss them. But make no mistake, I always know where to find one. When I was a single mother I used to pawn items quite regularly to make rent, buy groceries, pay bill, etc. One time I got an appraisal order that was about 2 hours away. I had to pawn my laptop (which had software necessary for me to complete the appraisal), in order get the gas money to get there. Then after I was paid for the appraisal, I went back to the pawn shop and got my computer back, completed the appraisal and made like 50 bucks or something. It's pretty humbling. I hated going in there. It was the worse feeling to HAVE to do it. I feel for people right now because it's getting harder and harder to get by.
Though they are heavily regulated
by local and county law enforcement - I feel like they take advantage of people.
My understanding (for the legit ones) is that they are more interested in you returning to pick up your stuff and pay off the loan then they are in keeping your items - The appropriate business model is that good customers is what drives the business to success for them, and a good customer pays their bills and interest rates. One would think it would be the other way around though.
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Enemies?
I don't consider you to be an enemy Stanford.
All the better...
You should.
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Are you sure
about that? Think it through.
Could some people be using consignment stores or antique stores
Do you mean, instead of?
That's a very good thought - generally people that use pawn shops are usually going right away from there to pay a bill or get gas - like in the story earlier in the thread about the appraisel.
And of course there is the other set - for drugs - stolen merch. etc.
Robert Stanford
Airport Neighborhood Activist
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22robert+Stanford%22+modesto
Living within our means!
Are we so poor there is zero income coming in?
Most seniors I know have a lot more coming in than what I make working. Problem i see is credit was too easy to get and mostpeople just bought what they wanted with no concideration of budget.
Trick is to cut all expenses including Credits Cards and expensive car loans! Don't get sucked into paying for bankers and oil company's big profits.