by Data Age | Aug 29, 2014 | Compliance, Industry, Laws, News
Medford Oregon City Council is considering a longer hold period for items sold at pawn shops and second hand dealers. The new rule would extend the current hold period of 5 days to 15. They are also looking at requiring these shops to include a photo of all items...
by Data Age | Aug 29, 2014 | Laws, News, Security
A Kent NY man sold some stolen jewelry to a pawn shop thinking he had pulled of the perfect crime. He left very few clues at the crime scene but didn’t take the same precautions when he sold his booty at a pawnshop. Here’s the Lohud.com...
by Data Age | Aug 27, 2014 | Business, Compliance, General Merchandise, Industry, Laws, Management, News
Canada – Monday night, city council hosted a meeting where the council, “instructed staff to examine potential changes to the secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers bylaw.” Game Quest owner, Kelsy Polnik, did a presentation suggesting the rules be...
by Data Age | Aug 20, 2014 | Business, Industry, Laws, Management, New to the Industry, News
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp lawyers have stated in a filing to U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler that, “[T]he banks, not federal banking regulators, terminated those business relationships”. U.S. banking regulators have asked a federal judge to...
by Data Age | Aug 20, 2014 | Business, Education, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, Laws, Management, New to the Industry, News
With bipartisan support, particularly in the state Senate, governor of Oklahoma, Republican Mary Fallin, signed into law legislation that recognizes gold and silver money. Oklahoma doesn’t force anyone to accept gold or silver in payment. It simply exempts them from...
by Data Age | Aug 15, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, Business Licensing, Compliance, Firearms, General Merchandise, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, Laws, Management, New to the Industry, News, Safety, Security
GRAND HAVEN, MI – Brian Brookman, 43, says he doesn’t know why his business could have been targeted by federal authorities. Brookman once dealt in guns but has since retired that portion of his business, even letting his federal firearms license expire,...
