ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With inflation soaring, people are looking for ways to make a few extra bucks wherever they can. That has business booming at some pawn shops and consignment stores. “We hear a lot that gas is killing me, inflation, you know all of that is killing me, so I understand how it goes,” said Chris Reeves, the owner of Uptown Pawn in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights.
For him, the business has been booming in the last few months because more people are selling off their possessions to make an extra buck amid record inflation. Reeves says anything from electronics, guns, to jewelry, the shop is seeing it all.
He added business has doubled recently something Uptown Pawn has never seen before. In fact, they have even had to turn some items away, which they don’t like to do, but have to during times like this. “You know certain items, bigger items, we have definitely turned away because…
