We are honored to be the exclusive pawn software vendor attending the Oklahoma Pawnbrokers Association Annual Convention! Join us for our presentation offering you ideas you can take back and use in your shop right away — most of which WON’T COST YOU ANYTHING!
Here at Data Age, there are many of things that we do as a company to stand out when it comes to how we provide for our team and for our customers. I am fortunate enough to not only work closely with our customers on a daily basis but also with all departments including Tech Support, Marketing, Development, Training, and Sales. One thing my colleagues and customers will say about my work ethic is that going the extra mile is something I do with no questions asked and truly believe is a quality that any employee/manager should own.
Lawsuits against firearm dealers generally are filed under one of two theories: irresponsible distribution of
firearms that arm those breaking the law and unsafe design of firearms. This latter category is applicable
to not only a firearm manufacturer, but also to firearm sellers.
It has been stated that each year the BATF receives thousands of reports of the theft/loss from federally
licensed firearms dealers. As a pawnbroker, the risk of criminal activity for those that deal in firearms
increases for those individuals seeking to target that aspect of the business. In many incidents, the criminal
will spend a considerable amount of time casing (evaluating) the business to determine their weaknesses
or vulnerabilities only to later try and capitalize on these. While it may be impossible to eliminate all risk, as
a pawnbroker with an FFL there are many ways to reduce the risk by “hardening the target” and making
criminals think twice about their activity. The following are considered the best practice physical security
and procedural controls to reduce that risk. While some of the following measures require time and capital
expenditure, others can be implemented at no cost and in little to no time.
One federal law, The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act—15 U.S.C. sections 7901-03, may provide some relief to firearm dealers in the pawnbroker industry. This law was passed by Congress in 2005 to attempt to shield firearm sellers and manufacturers from liability. This law bars the filing of new firearms cases against firearm dealers unless
certain exceptions apply.
Stone removal is, and should be, an important part of the pawnbroker’s and jeweler’s process. If you’re not doing it, you should be, and if you’re not familiar with how to do it, that’s where I come in. Stone removal is a terrific, easy process. It’s incredibly affordable, and it’s a simple way to gather items of value to bring to a convention to be able to sell. (more…)
If you are a shop that deals in Firearms, you know how important it is to keep accurate records of the firearms that come in and out of your shop. This means anything and everything, up to and including the mistakes. The ATF understands that we’re all humans, we make mistakes. Rather than try to make a mistake appear as though it never happened, use the tools at hand to make the changes manually, and keep your records accurate. Let me show you how PawnMaster helps make it easier for you.
Recently, I was confronted with two events which provoked this entry.
Over the years, Data Age has converted over hundreds of pawnbrokers from competitive systems to PawnMaster. Brokers continue to make that change because they really want to focus on one thing… Operating to the basics of their business and not having to worry about the stability of the vendors they select.
When we designed PawnMaster, we set out to build a total pawn shop solution that would give pawnbrokers the tools they needed to operate and grow their business. Over the past 30 years, we’ve improved and enhanced PawnMaster with the input and feedback of thousands of pawnbrokers. (more…)
Data Age Business Systems, the developers of PawnMaster pawn management software, have announced its plan for expansion to a three-tiered customer-centric service model to continue enhancing customer experience as it rapidly increases market share. In preparation to satisfy this massive growth, PawnMaster is promoting Alan Kircher & Brent Nocera to Sales Director positions. (more…)