Fall River: Pawnshop owners say sales, loans remain low amid COVID
FALL RIVER — Daniel Jaynes says contrary to what some people might assume, pawnbrokers haven’t been making a killing as result of the nearly year-long pandemic. “That’s what people might think, but we’ve seen considerably less (foot) traffic,” said Jaynes, who runs Pawtucket Pawn Brokers Too at 302 South Main St. “People think business must be booming, but I talk to pawnbrokers around the country, and everybody is down,” he added. Fall River has three pawnshops downtown on South Main Street all within a block and a half of one another. Andrew Jaynes, Daniel’s father, opened ...