"Each violation of the act—every fingerprint or item not recorded and uploaded on a daily basis—could result in a $500 fine. The act exempts items sold on eBay, Craigslist and other electronic forums."
“The legislature doesn’t see the logistics,” he says. “We have seven stores taking in maybe 15 to 30 items a day each. Our customers already have a trade card with their name and address. We already have to grade and price each item. We already have to hold the merchandise for 10 days. Now we have to enter the information about each item—including a serial number if there is one—and the customer’s fingerprint into a database every night.”
“The legislature doesn’t see the logistics,” he says. “We have seven stores taking in maybe 15 to 30 items a day each. Our customers already have a trade card with their name and address. We already have to grade and price each item. We already have to hold the merchandise for 10 days. Now we have to enter the information about each item—including a serial number if there is one—and the customer’s fingerprint into a database every night.”
Is this truly about crime fighting? Doubt it.
"Sanders believes the board’s pawn shop owners have more sinister motivations than crime fighting for trying to impose their rules on every secondhand business in the state."
“They have a vested interest, a personal interest in parity for all secondhand shops,” he says. “Their intent is to put other secondhand dealers out of business.”
It would appear that this is exactly what this is about...putting others out of business.
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