no more heading to the neighborhood pawnshop to get cash, though. the pawnshop just went high tech. >> reporter: from this yellow diamond wedding ring to this pave watch, to the cardier roadster, customers are choosing to sit at home and hock their belongings online. >> there's no place where you can get $100,000 in less than 24 hours. >> reporter: this is the newest incarnation of pawn stores online. >> it's a totally different audience than your normal brick and mortar star. about 15% of our customers earn over $100,000. >> reporter: mark lancaster never pawned anything before. he mailed them his rolex for a $1,000 loan with a quick turn. >> three days later i had the money in my account. >> reporter: the online lender makes it easy to sign up, then ship your valuables at no cost. but customers also sell items. one got $150 for this mickey mantle signed photograph. another sold "playboys" dating back to 1979. >> they're willing to send in something as precious as their wedding ring, a watch that was passed along down the generations. and they real

it wouldn't a good idea to sell anything and -- steal anything and bring to a pawnshop. especially this one. >> police urge women to keep jewelry under the clothing until they reach destination. don't let a phone call or music disstrakt you from the surroundings. some women are already living that way. >> do queue wear a gold necklace? >> no. and i'd hide it. >> that's what they say to do. >> be alert. a.c. transit bus driver put the robbery in perspective. >> it happens on the bus. people sitting on the bus, they snatch stuff and run off the bus. it's sad that this world has come to that. >> there have been number of robberies in lake merritt area of oakland. we checked around, check out san pablo and el cerrito, we check with caltrain and sam tran. they are not seeing anything like. it seems to be concentrated in oakland for now. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. >>> the gold prices are skyrocketing but so are back to school clothes. retail analysts say the stores are trying everything to disguise the fact you will be paying more for

it wouldn't a good idea to sell anything and -- steal anything and bring to a pawnshop. especially this one. >> police urge women to keep jewelry under the clothing until they reach destination. don't let a phone call or music disstrakt you from the surroundings. some women are already living that way. >> do queue wear a gold necklace? >> no. and i'd hide it. >> that's what they say to do. >> be alert. a.c. transit bus driver put the robbery in perspective. >> it happens on the bus. people sitting on the bus, they snatch stuff and run off the bus. it's sad that this world has come to that. >> there have been number of robberies in lake merritt area of oakland. we checked around, check out san pablo and el cerrito, we check with caltrain and sam tran. they are not seeing anything like. it seems to be concentrated in oakland for now. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. >>> the gold prices are skyrocketing but so are back to school clothes. retail analysts say the stores are trying everything to disguise the fact you will be paying more for

they may want to sell it, so they had go to a pawnshop. down the street there was a pawnshop.l of my grandmother's furniture inside. i got the manager, and the manager said, is this your stuff? i said, yes. who were the people that brought it in? and he said yes. >> and they gave you that information, names, addresses. >> and i.d.s. >> then you took it further. you didn't call authorities. you said i'm going to investigate myself. >> yes, so one day me and my mom, we were driving around, randomly around the town, and we happened to pass by one of the streets where one of the suspects lived. so then i saw a man standing outside with his mom by his mom -- well, the man said hi. then my mother and i, we stopped the car and said, could you come here, please? we asked him his name. this was the exact same guy on the i.d. then we started asking him questions like, do you know that house on cypress street? he kept saying ran done things like, yeah, yeah, and we asked, did you break in? he said, no. we asked him more questions, like how old are you? he said, 17, and then he finally ad

forget about the old pawnshop. everyday women are selling those rings online to the highest bidder.sites like idonowidon't.com are popping up. at ex-boyfriend jewelry.com, users can sell, trade or give away their memories for $1.99 per listing. but there is one condition. sellers must accompany the sale with a story. one scorned seller, for example, wrote, gorgeous engagement ring i got in the divorce. apparently my ex-husband would rather be with his secretary than his loving wife. >> it's a really nice sense of closure. when you're ready to post something on the site. we get a few of the people where it's still raw. >> reporter: megan started the site with her stepmother marie when she was looking to unload some of her own ex jewelry. >> i had a wedding set. i'd been married very young. woops. and to go to a pawnshop, that seemed really --icy. >> reporter: within day, the site had so much traffic it crashed. since then, one engagement ring has sold for $25,000. with gold selling at record highs, there's never been a better time to unload that old hardware. do you get a lot of angr

pawnshop. is spreading. >> reporter: on the hit show pawn stars we have seen sales on everything from swords. >> how much do you want it? >> reporter: to super bowl ring. the family has opened a pandora's box for opportunities for everyone out there looking to make some fast cash. >> 40 bucks. >> really? >> reporter: he's also seent all. he said that weird is now the new normal. got a neon clock, he'll buy it. even an urn with the ashes of a pet sold here for 50 bucks. >> i had a girl bring in the ashes of her cat. i actually gave her a loan on it. >> reporter: even this painting by serial killer john wayne gacy was up for sale. >> the last eight to ten years, there have been a lot more people who have never, ever come into a pawnshop. people need money and they know if they bring me something they'll get their money right now. >> reporter: the tough economy has desperate people selling things right off their backs or out of their mouths for thaha matter. >> they come from the dentist office. a

. >> won business is fair and very well that is pawnshops.d there's been a really big increase in customer traffic a lot of people pawning things so that they can pay bills. for some the pawnshop is really a last resort for getting a loan. >> was the bottom falling out of the housing market a lot of people are coming in actually to make rent money, to put off the foreclosure on their house or whatever might be going on. face it, if you have a chapter 7 of chapter 13 bankruptcy no one will lend you money. there has been and always will be a need for people to have ready cash, for to be able to satisfy whatever needs that they might have. now in this economy there are more pressing needs than ever. >> the owner says that there are some good news for things of people that like to pawn jewelry, gold is at its highest without you ever. a rash of school burglaries. the targets have been in elementary school, middle school, to different high schools on the map. rob fladeboe reports that one of the schools has been hit again and again. >> break-ins h

. >> who won business is very no very well that is pawnshops.een i huge increase of people trying to pawn things up pawnshops are a last resort to some people. >> i lot of people are coming in to make rent money wha. there is always the need to have ready cash and satisfy whatever needs they might have there are allot of pressing needs with this economy. >> those that want to ripon and uri those plotting a gold your way to get a little bit more as the gold prices rise. >> they're going to have a rally outside city hall san francisco was named the hose for the sailing races the rally is expected to start at 10:00 a.m. >> back with more in just a moment sis, help me create my oasis. ok, romantic garden? oh, is there a castle nearby? no, but there's a charming farmhouse. right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. get your annual ikea catalog today. investors pulled out of the market say was a wild day on wall street once again yesterday this is a time lapse of the dow down 300 and in the final eight m

the most of the local palm pawnshops. are very straight up with us and can give us what we need. we do not think that is really the problem but we think that we should be able to be able to understand the problem because they're able to get rid of the cold somewhere. --teresa estacio, kron 4 news. >> more fog tonight your full forecast coming up. @ okay, kids, we can record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. and >> in national news freedom from the west memphis three. the three young men convicted of boys out in a satanic ritual. these are the mug shots at the time of their rest. they were convicted at teenagers and now why they are being rel

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pawnshop operators say dozens of unlicensed rogue gold buyers are sprouting up across oakland and thetate. >> it's huge. i'm assuming it's probably tens of millions has been channeled out. under the counter. >> reporter: this pawnbroker didn't want to show his face on camera. but he's so frustrated with the illegal deals, he says he fired a private eye to go undercover to videotape just how easy it is to sell gold on the street. time after time, the private eye walked into retailers such as record stores and pizza parlors to trade gold for cash without so much as being carded. >> it showed that the private investigator walks into the shop, sells the jewelry, nobody requires any i.d.s, no signatures required, no fingerprints required. they just walk out with cash. >> we need to identify where the suspects are able to off load this merchandise. it shouldn't be this easy. >> reporter: police say they're very interested in learning more about the rogue gold buyers. and hopefully shutting them down. meantime, they're urging folks to be on guard and perhaps think twice about wearing gold. >

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>> we know that ryan several years ago purchased an ak-47 in a pawnshop, and we know that his brothersed several high-caliber rifles and handguns. we were informed by family members they have a large arsenal and when we searched the house there was nothing left. so we know they took them with them. as you can see in the bank photos here, the sister was carrying what appears to be an uzi in her hand and had her finger on the weapon. we know they are trained on the weapons. they are extremely dangerous. >> with so many states involved how are law enforcement officials coordinating your efforts? >> we've been working with the fbi, they've been fantastic, with the zephyrhills police department, our detectives have been doing an outstanding job and their tenacity will help solve the case. law enforcement at its best, a lot of resources, and that's what we want to reiterate with the dougherty family. if they want to battle us we have the resources and we will win. >> i hope you're heard by them. sheriff noco, thank you very much. >> thank you, robin. >> appreciate it. they wanted to reitera

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