My hometown is a good example, the home of Pratt and Whitney in Connecticut. When Pratt was doing well and military contracts were plentiful, the town did well. When the Cold War ended, so did many of the contracts and the town all but died. We never had any pawn shops in town, but gradually we had one, then two. Now the town has 8 of them as the town continues to decline.
I'm more than happy to bash them and I won't do business with them either. The last time I was in one was to take a picture of stolen merchandise that still had price tags on it from a retail store.
I don't know what kind of pawn shops you have in your area, but we have some real scumbags.
Years ago I had a Auto Repair Shop fleece me on a repair job on one of my cars. I guess I need to blast every repair shop in my town for the deed that they did. There are corrupt individuals in every business and profession. Pawn Dealers are no exception. That doesn't mean they all are criminals.
If you have a Pawn Shop so openly dealing in stolen merchandise, then instead of taking pictures contacting your local Police Department may be the way to go. I believe here in Texas a police officer can place any item on hold in a pawn shop that is suspected of being stolen merchandise. In some cases they can actually seize the item on the spot. I can not believe the laws are that much difference in Connecticut. If you come back and tell me the police are in cahoots with the shop, then with that much corruption in your town, I would have to do some serious thinking about my future.
I guess I have had my say in this, I don't want to sound like a defender for the Pawn Profession. I have a couple in my area, and on occasion I go in to check out the tools and such. I can live with or without them, Home Depot is just down the street.
My Opinion
Fred
