Don, a pawn scenario like yours is absolutely where I could see that happening... in my state, pawn brokers have to track and record seller and property information and report it all to a pawn system that user police agencies and cities mandate by law and thus can access. But on the other hand coin shops, antiques dealers, jewelers, and non-pawn gun dealers do not. It is maddening to pawn shops that they have to follow a set of rules that other sellers who are basically different do not.
So a pawn shop being involved in your case is not surprising. And what a bummer!
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