pawn shops in Dublin
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gonk
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Re: pawn shops
Not many left - there's one on Capel Street, Brereton's I think.
Not many left - there's one on Capel Street, Brereton's I think.
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z108
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Theres at least 3 on this webpage.
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Kearns and P Carthy are both within 15 minutes walk of O Connell Street. Kilbride is further out in the direction of Harolds cross
Theres at least 3 on this webpage.
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Kearns and P Carthy are both within 15 minutes walk of O Connell Street. Kilbride is further out in the direction of Harolds cross
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Guest118
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Re: pawn shops
Cash Converter on Thomas St too
Cash Converter on Thomas St too
Re: pawn shops
Unless you are considering setting up a pawn broking business then this section is not for you.
Im moving this to Other Financial Issues.
aj
Unless you are considering setting up a pawn broking business then this section is not for you.
Im moving this to Other Financial Issues.
aj
Hi,
I don't know much about pawnshops except that I have always heard that you get very little money for your goods. Also heard that Cash Convertors have a bad reputation in the UK. You can check this out if you google them.
If possible could you sell your goods through Buy & Sell. I have both bought and sold there over the years and overall found it good. There is also eBay though personally I have no experience of them. It might be viable for small items which can be posted to the buyer. I have also bought and sold goods advertised in the local supermarket notice board.
I know I am not much help and best of luck
Guby
I don't know much about pawnshops except that I have always heard that you get very little money for your goods. Also heard that Cash Convertors have a bad reputation in the UK. You can check this out if you google them.
If possible could you sell your goods through Buy & Sell. I have both bought and sold there over the years and overall found it good. There is also eBay though personally I have no experience of them. It might be viable for small items which can be posted to the buyer. I have also bought and sold goods advertised in the local supermarket notice board.
I know I am not much help and best of luck
Guby
The point of a pawnshop for many customers would not be the figure they get for an item - say a piece of jewellery normally valued at €1K. For example if a pawnbroker gives the customer €200 for the piece of jewellery, they get a note and have a set amount of time to pay the money back and redeem their jewellery.
If you're selling an item and do not require it back, then Buy & Sell etc make perfect sense, but if you want it back and in the short term will have funds to redeem it then it makes sense to use a Pawnbroker if you are really stuck.
If you're selling an item and do not require it back, then Buy & Sell etc make perfect sense, but if you want it back and in the short term will have funds to redeem it then it makes sense to use a Pawnbroker if you are really stuck.
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z108
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You're right mo3art. I'd never go near a pawnshop for a loan unless desperate. And if selling something of value it pays to shop around for buyers and use buy and sell etc
I've heard too many stories of the 'good ol days' when people were so poor they'd take their Sunday suit out of the pawn on Saturday, wear it to Sunday mass and put it back in for Monday morning
I've heard too many stories of the 'good ol days' when people were so poor they'd take their Sunday suit out of the pawn on Saturday, wear it to Sunday mass and put it back in for Monday morning
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You're right mo3art. I'd never go near a pawnshop for a loan unless desperate. And if selling something of value it pays to shop around for buyers and use buy and sell etc
I've heard too many stories of the 'good ol days' when people were so poor they'd take their Sunday suit out of the pawn on Saturday, wear it to Sunday mass and put it back in for Monday morning
I've heard of this too but I don't get what was in it for the pawnbroker? It appears to me that it was a social service but that can't be right.....old time pawnbrokers with a heart??
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z108
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Its a funny story especially today but those in the older generation swear to me that its true !
I suppose people back then were more innocent and less financially aware and didnt realise the kind of deal they were getting ? Or so much poorer that they lived from day to day.
In many ways people have been burdened (im tempted to say ripped off) by high charges for years with such things as investments , pension charges etc
If only they had askaboutmoney.com to consult back then
I wouldnt think a pawnbroker would intend to lose money on any deal ?
I suppose people back then were more innocent and less financially aware
and didnt realise the kind of deal they were getting ? Or so much poorer that they lived from day to day.In many ways people have been burdened (im tempted to say ripped off) by high charges for years with such things as investments , pension charges etc
If only they had askaboutmoney.com to consult back then
I wouldnt think a pawnbroker would intend to lose money on any deal ?
...I've heard too many stories of the 'good ol days' when people were so poor they'd take their Sunday suit out of the pawn on Saturday, wear it to Sunday mass and put it back in for Monday morning
From the traditional song "The Waxies' Dargle"...
Says my old one to your old one
"Will ye come to the Galway Races"
Says your old one to my old one,
"With the price of my aul' lad's braces.
I went down to Capel Street
To the Jew-man moneylenders
But they wouldn't give me a couple of bob on
My old lad's red suspenders."