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Back in the day I made a modest amount of money selling books online. Comics, paperbacks, new and used; that sort of thing. The biggest headache I had at the time was keeping track of my inventory across multiple platforms. When I sold something on eBay, I had to quickly take it off Amazon. If I sold it on Amazon, I had to quickly take it off eBay. And if it was a hot item, invariably I would double sell.

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1. Education sessions, networking events, and a trade show featuring over 100 companies, all designed to help new and veteran pawnbrokers strengthen and grow their businesses
2. Pawn Expo will be held July 10-12, at The Mirage in Las Vegas, NV, in a new, more convenient meeting space
3. Registration includes sessions led by national-recognized speakers, such as:
   • Joey Coleman, The Changing Face of the Customer: How the Customer Will be the Next Great Disruptor in the Pawn Industry
   • Nikolas Badminton, Future Shock – A Cash Business in a Cashless Society
   • Jeffrey Hess, A Pawnbroker’s Primer in Identifying Fake Watches: Luxury or Lie?
4. Offers extended education sessions, including Deanna Thompson and Michael Mack on designer handbags
5. Will hold round-table discussions with other pawnbrokers on topics important to them and their business
6. Offers a series of manager-level seminars
7. Includes industry expert seminars led by David Sexton on loss prevention and Ezi Rapaport on the future of the diamond market
8. Provides the opportunity for attendees to network with their fellow pawnbrokers from around the U.S. and the world
9. Is the only national convention and trade show for the pawn industry

Early Bird NPA member full registration is $525. First-time attendees, or those who haven’t attended since 2015, can take advantage of a special $299 NPA member full registration rate. However, they must register by May 25 to be eligible for these special rates. Visit PawnExpo.com for more information.
 
Non-members can join NPA at nationalpawnbrokers.org. Single store membership is $600 per year, multi-store membership is $550 per store per year.

The key to assigning a vendor when adding inventory is checking the “New Item” checkbox at the bottom left of the inventory screen. This does two things, it allows assigning a primary vendor and it allows setting a reorder level for the item. (Please note that if the “Max Quantity” is set to “0” the item will not be listed on the reorder report even when the quantity on hand reaches zero”)

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PawnMaster has an E-mail option in the Tools section. To use this utility, you should start asking customers for a valid e-mail address. Although I do not recommend making it a required field, as this will force your employees to enter “None” and PawnMaster will attempt to send an e-mail to non-existing accounts.

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The first question isn’t clear as to which of the two “Discrepancy” reports are being referenced, so I will address both.

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