Vice: Have you noticed a change in your business since the economy has slowed down?

Paul Sullivan: Who are your regulars? I understand Australian pawnshops used to be a lot different. How so? Is there a difference between what people sold back then and what they sell nowadays? Gross! What are customers bringing in now? So the recession is not much of a help to your business?

 

Vice: Have your customers changed since the slump in the world economy?

Kiyoshi Kojima: What are some of the more peculiar things you’re seeing? What about the girls who work the bars? Are the pawnshops full of designer crap that customers give them for Christmas? So slutty customers are what make Japanese pawnshops so special?

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A PAWNSHOP IN… New York | Mexico City & Brussels | Amsterdam & Vienna | Paris & Milan | Berlin & São Paulo | Helsinki & Barcelona | Melbourne & Tokyo | Vancouver & Aukland | Stockholm & London |