A pawn shop is a place where you can buy, sell, or trade goods, or borrow money using your valuables as collateral. Unlike chain stores, pawn shops work directly with customers to offer personal, fair transactions. This means you can sell your items for a fair price or find great deals on the things you want to buy, often at negotiable prices.

Pawn shops have been around for thousands of years and were once the main source of consumer credit in the United States before modern banking took over.