
In December of the last year Estonia people mortgaged in pawnshops by 20% more of personal property, than the year previously, and the total amount was more than ever before. This was reported by the Manager of Public Relations of the Luutar
Luutar Hans Saarvelt. Lombard. Photo: Egert Kamenik
In December of the last year the people in Estonia mortgaged in private property by 20% more than personal property, than the year earlier, and the total amount was more than ever before. That is
reported by the Manager of Community Relations of the Luutar Pawtucket Luutar Hans Saarvelt.
According to Saarvelt, the most increased in the branches of Tartu, Pärnu and Kohtla-Järve, significant growth was also in Rakvere. In the pre-Christmas days behind the doors of the lombards were really queued and some branches were no longer able to receive new goods, because the storage rooms were overcrowded. The second bigger wave usually comes in February, when people bring to the commissioned sale of the holiday gifts and items that have become unwanted.
For two to three years the average amount given for bail has increased from 70 to 250 euros.
“In December there were few 100-gram gold chains, a wedding ring valued 10 thousand and a real Rolex. He explains that the lateral period is on average less than a month, but in the majority of the surrendered items are returned to their owners. The Strict rules apply to property surrendered to a pledge: more expensive items are immediately taken into the safe in a single-use closeable package and not touched by employees until the expiration of the time limit. “In December people not only sold very many things, but also very many bought, it was evident that they didn’t save on Christmas. The top selling items were jewelry, but even now there are still more than 17 17 000 different decorations in the safe. New technology is also quickly finds ownership, for example, for the sale iPhone 16 or Playstation 5 takes just a few days. You should be cautious when purchasing any expensive items on Facebook, because there are very many fraudsters. You send money, and the goods are never sent to you. – advises Saarvelt. – – Mostly fraudsters attempt to deceive customers by offering popular technical and electronic goods, such as the iPhone. In some cases they are being counterfeited. So when purchasing from the hand in the hands you should check the authenticity of an expensive device and request a document proving the purchase.” Which characteristically, judging by the statistics of purchases, the interest of Estonian residents in Soviet era decorations has clearly increased. Since now the majority of jewelry stores in trade centers sell mass products from Turkey, and the decorations like the fresh are no longer produced (moreover, there are many handmade articles ), this makes this makes this a possible cause that they are not made.their demand. Many decorations are also available with laboratory-grown diamonds, but, as production becomes cheaper and easier, in the secondary market they are in their quality as precious stones, in substantially only aesthetic value. According to Luutar’s Communications Manager, in Estonia in the last months sales and purchases of jewelry gold have been record-breaking: “If a year backinamonthtoalombardwereone or twokilogramsofgolddecorations,thennow4-6kilograms, andthereasonforthisistherecordhighpriceofgoldontheworldmarket.”