USA Today reported in a recent edition that inventory in Pawn Shops is up 44%. That is good news for the buying public. Once the repository of musical insturments pawned by desperate and strung out musicans or their former desperate and strung out girlfriends. Pawn Shops now boast a sterling and bountiful selection of items hocked by, Investment Company Executives, Mortgage Company Executives, Auto Executives and former Arena Football Players. This diversity is reflected in the merchandise that is now dangling from the hooks of every Pawn Emporium in this once great nation of ours. Pawn Shops now have top shelf goods, cashed in by homeowners facing eviction from those homes that they couldn’t really afford, but with those sexy sub prime loans, who could resist moving into a 6500 square foot mini villa with an Olympic sized pool and a 4 car garage for 5 % down and a monthly mortgage payment of $758 with a ballon payment that would only kick in if the economy faltered. Well, once we were all pantsed by the economy, desperate measures were taken, meaning backing up a U-Haul to YeOlde Pawn Shop where items such as; Gucci Puppy Purses, silk pajamas with ruby encrusted buttons, Bakhtiari Oriental Rugs, the length of airport runways or Piccaso print shower curtains, actually painted by Piccaso himself, are now selling at Big Lots! prices, because the Pawn Master is running out of room and more crap is arriving by the hour.
So, if you still have a couple of bucks left, hurry down to the nearest Pawn Shop and feast on the bargains. And if you don’t have a few bucks, bring in those monogrammed custom weighted golf clubs you just had to have, and see what he’ll give you for them. If nothing else, you’ll be in good company.
