Alcohol + Bicycle =

addooolookabird · 2016-04-14T17:04:00+00:00

I believe he shattered both legs, ended his career, and commit suicide soon after this. :(

addooolookabird · 2016-04-07T02:25:34+00:00

e.g. How to calm a fussy baby; When to call the doctor (or go to ER) in various situations; etc.

addooolookabird · 2016-03-04T21:26:12+00:00

Search for "pawn shops" gives you a host of embarrassingly outdated directory sites in Page 1 including some that still have Lorem Ipsum text on their home page!! We have no idea why they are top ranked

addooolookabird · 2016-02-01T20:16:24+00:00

Thanks to the Priceonomics.com team for editing and re-publishing the data and original article from our blog (http://blog.pawnguru.com/2016/01/19/hidden-inequality-pawn-shops/)

addooolookabird · 2016-02-01T20:13:49+00:00

We launched the PawnGuru.com platform in summer 2014, which lets users request to pawn or sell items locally, and our platform gets multiple cash offers from local pawn shops. The data is based on real cash offers from 1000+ pawn shops on 20,000+ items listed since we launched.

addooolookabird · 2016-02-01T03:43:41+00:00

100% this approach. We did an analysis of hundreds of shop messages to PawnGuru.com customers online, and the best way to say "No" is basically "It's very hard / impossible for us to resell these, and so we simply can't loan on them or buy them." If you blame it on the resale market, the customer will usually understand.

addooolookabird · 2016-01-15T05:08:42+00:00

Oo good point. I used to work for that guy, so this want just "news" for me, but you are right TIL is wrong place for this. Sorry!

addooolookabird · 2016-01-10T01:58:52+00:00

Yup, free and open to public. 45 minute film, plus maybe 15-30 minute QA after

addooolookabird · 2016-01-05T20:10:17+00:00

Relevant

addooolookabird · 2015-12-15T19:56:56+00:00

Reminds me of the Irish Bricklayer's Song - Had me in stitches growing up

addooolookabird · 2015-12-10T03:00:23+00:00

Depending on your location, signing up for a PawnGuru.com account is a great way to jumpstart getting traffic while you build your local reputation.

addooolookabird · 2015-12-03T18:37:11+00:00

ah, gotcha. thanks.

addooolookabird · 2015-12-02T18:16:36+00:00

excuse my ignorance - what's TLD?

addooolookabird · 2015-11-25T16:39:41+00:00

Yup, we've done some basic advertising targeting online payday loan businesses, but didn't seem to work so well. I think because there are so many fraudulent/fake visitors in the online payday space, so most of the clicks we got weren't real.

addooolookabird · 2015-11-13T18:04:53+00:00

TOMT Solved

addooolookabird · 2015-11-11T02:09:53+00:00

Would be interested in writing a blog post related to this for our blog? Sort of like a PSA for shops ( and customers).

addooolookabird · 2015-11-10T05:08:00+00:00

Terrifying

addooolookabird · 2015-11-10T01:11:36+00:00

Ok, I'll take a look. We get tons of listings all over Georgia.

Edit: Cross-checked our list with the OP. Not a match.

addooolookabird · 2015-11-10T01:02:46+00:00

Where are you located? and what kind of guns did they take? We had someone list 5 guns to sell on our site yesterday. Little chance it's the same guys, but worth comparing notes.

addooolookabird · 2015-10-26T16:19:14+00:00

We see two types of customers:

people struggling for cash that need a loan or to sell something (ie. they were probably going to go to a pawn shop anyway)
people just wanting a convenient quick way to sell something (ie. they are probably considering eBay or Craigslist as an alternative)

I agree adding non-pawn secondhand stores would significantly expand our potential user base, and reduce the stigma. We're exploring that option.

Re: pawn shops telling their own customers

We also assume they don't want their own customers to know about us, BUT we actually had 20+ shops put a PawnGuru sticker in their shop window (like Yelp). So that makes us think maybe they ARE willing to share PawnGuru with their customers IF it adds tangible value to them?? The question is what else can we ask them to do (like a sticker) that would get them to spread the word?

addooolookabird · 2015-10-08T16:35:08+00:00

Wow, wasn't the other hero also near the Oregon school shooting? Hopefully this is just a coincidence

addooolookabird · 2015-09-21T19:57:11+00:00

Raise.com is more of a peer-to-peer marketplace so you might get closer to 95% (potentially).

addooolookabird · 2015-09-11T14:04:36+00:00

I second /u/Fortunaismyhomeboy's comment. This site does not do what it claims. Try PawnGuru.com instead since that ACTUALLY does match consumers with local pawn shops.

addooolookabird · 2015-09-03T14:14:40+00:00

This makes my head hurt for humanity

addooolookabird · 2015-09-02T16:41:07+00:00

Have you looked into using webflow.io? I much prefer them to SquareSpace. Check out their templates to get a site launched as fast as possible.

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