Unredeemed items
Equivalent collateral
Uniformity absence
Reputability is always dubious in certain transaction scenarios. Nevertheless, pawnbroking has existed for centuries, with examples operative in ancient Greek and Roman empires. Establishing ostensible value for different used objects is based on predicted resale expectation plus ongoing overhead costs.
“He breathed, with his assistant, the dust of the much-handled merchandise, the imaginable odors of sweat and pride and weeping; and it was an indefinable yet powerful atmosphere, which gave them an intimacy neither desired.” – Edward Lewis Wallant