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Pawnbroking
Beat the Credit Crunch with H&H, your local independent pawnbrokers.
Pawnbroking is an way of raising money using your jewellery, watches or other items
of value as security. Bring in your jewellery or watch, we'll appraise the items
and tell you how much we would be prepared to lend against them. You then decide
how much you would like to borrow, complete the paperwork and receive your cash.
Your valuables will be securely stored in our safes or strong room until you redeem
them.
The contract is for seven months and interest is added to the amount loaned to you
over the seven months, the earlier you redeem your valuables the less interest is
added. We can provide a breakdown of repayment amounts over the course of the loan,
so you’ll know exactly the amount of interest that's being added to the amount we
loaned you.
H&H Pawnbrokers offer competitive rates, complete confidentiality and a warm and
friendly welcome.
For more information on alternatives to pawnbroking visit www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
H&H is a member of the National Pawnbrokers Association.
Click the logo for more information on pawnbroking.
Jewellery can either be in beautiful condition or broken and bent, we don't mind
which, even odd ear rings & cuff links can be used as security towards a loan.
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H&H is authorised & regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Items you can use as security for a loan
• Gold & Silver Jewellery, even if it’s damaged or broken
• Gold Coins like full & half sovereigns mounted in pendants or loose
• Quality Watches
We do not use electrical items as security because there value can greatly depreciate
over the course of a 7 month loan but we can offer a much shorter 28 days Buy Back
option on electrical items like mobiles, laptops & tablets, check out our buy back
page.
We will need to see some identification
To help protect our selves and you against theft and fraud we need some proof of
your identity and address. These could be a utility bill, bank statement, Government
issued letter, bank card or current photographic ID such as Passport, Driving Licence.
Where possible please provide both proof of address and photographic ID.
Representative Example £500 Loan
|
Loan Amount
|
Period
|
Total amount payable
|
Monthly rate
|
£500
|
5 weeks
|
£566.52 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
£500
|
10 weeks
|
£611.68 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
£500
|
15 weeks
|
£660.43 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
£500
|
7 Months
|
£797.50 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
We offer competitive monthly interest rates but don’t take our word for it, look
at the other local pawnbrokers to compare rates.
Representative Example £100 Loan
|
Loan Amount
|
Period
|
Total amount payable
|
Monthly rate
|
£100
|
5 weeks
|
£113.3 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
£100
|
10 weeks
|
£122.34 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
£100
|
15 weeks
|
£132.09 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
£100
|
7 Months
|
£159.50 APR 123% (fixed)
|
8.5% (fixed)
|
Representative Example £6,000 Loan
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Loan Amount
|
Period
|
Total amount payable
|
Monthly rate
|
£6,000
|
5 weeks
|
£6716.31 APR 106.3% (fixed)
|
7.49% (fixed)
|
£6,000
|
10 weeks
|
£7197.90 APR 106.3% (fixed)
|
7.49% (fixed)
|
£6,000
|
15 weeks
|
£7714.02 APR 106.3% (fixed)
|
7.49% (fixed)
|
£6,000
|
7 Months
|
£9145.8 APR 106.3% (fixed)
|
7.49% (fixed)
|
The interest rate we offer is dependant on the value of the loan amount, use the
table above to see the different rates.
Representative Example of £100 loan
Total amount of credit - £100 for seven months.
Total amount Payable in one instalment : £159.50 (at contract end)
Total charge for credit : £59.50 (Interest only). Interest Rate 102.0% pa (fixed).
APR 123% (fixed)
The term of our loans is seven months for any amount from £5 to £50,000.
You can redeem your loan at any time within the seven months term, we will use the
rules set out in the The Consumer Credit (Early Settlement) Regulations 2004 to calculate
the redemption amount, so you will only be charged interest for the number of days
you used the loan.
The examples below give details of early settlement amounts at 5, 10 & 15 weeks
If your looking for a larger loan please come in branch and we can provide details
showing the repayment amounts for any day of the loan so you can make a more informed
choice.
Our Monthly Interest Rates
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Loan Amount
|
Simple Monthly Interest Rate (fixed)
|
APR% (fixed)
|
£5 - £5,000
|
8.5%
|
123
|
£5,001 - £7,500
|
7.49%
|
106.3
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£7,501 - £10,000
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6.49%
|
90.3
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£10,001 - £15,000
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5.49%
|
74.8
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£15,001 and above
|
4.49%
|
59.9
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Will my credit score be checked or be affected
No, we do not check your credit file or update any information to your credit file
about your pawn loan agreement if you decide to use our pawnbroking service. This
is because we are using your valuables as security for the loan and have no need
to check credit scores.
You can redeem(get back) your valuables at any time from the first day to the last
day of the loan agreement. We charge interest on a daily basis so the quicker you
redeem your item(s) the less interest you will pay because will only charge interest
for the days you used the loan.
The Representative Examples show the different repayment amounts at the different
periods within the loan, so if your circumstances change our best advise is to redeem
early.
If you do use our pawnbroking service you will be given details of repayment amounts
for each day of the loan, so you will always know the exact repayment amount on any
given day.
Paying back the loan is simple, just come in branch, pay the amount shown on the
repayment schedule that was given to you when you took out the loan and pay the amount
shown for that day of the loan agreement.
To further help we can take part payments towards your loan agreement and we would
recommend this to help manage your loan.This will reduce the amount you owe when
you come to redeem your valuables and may reduce the total cost to you if the part
payments made are greater than the interest that has already accrued on the loan.
Please note whoever that if multiple items were used as security on a single loan
agreement you will not be able to redeem any item(s) separately, any part payment
made is towards the whole agreement.
Another way to help manage the redemption of your valuables if you are using multiple
items as security for a loan is to put them in on separate agreements, this allows
you to redeem some items at an earlier point, reducing the over all interest you
will have to pay.
If you have any questions at all about the pawnbroking process, please ask us at
the time.
You have the right to make part payments or redeem your agreement earlier then the
end date of the agreement, as detailed in the The Consumer Credit (Early Settlement)
Regulations 2004 amended by the Consumer Credit EU Directive February 2011. We
use these regulations to calculate an early loan redemption and when part payments
are taken towards your loan. You also have the right to withdraw from the agreement
within 14 days, the early redemption calculation will not be used and you will only
be charged the daily interest amount which is shown on the pawn agreement in the
withdraw section.
What happens at the end of the 7 months, your options
Option 1: You redeem your item(s), the best option
Come in and pay the redemption amount shown on the agreement. The pawn agreement
is then finished and your property used as security for the loan is returned to you.
Option 2: You can renew your pawn agreement
With this option you come in and pay off all the accrued interest, this will finish
the original pawn agreement and you will be given a new pawn agreement for the original
loan amount with same interest rate and duration of the original agreement. No fees
are charged to do this.
Option 3: You can renew your pawn agreement and pay off some of the loan amount
This is the same as option 2 but you can pay more than the renewal amount to reduce
the loan amount on the new agreement which means you’ll pay less interest on the
new agreement when you decide to redeem your item(s)
Option 4: You can ask us to hold your item(s)
If any of the above options don’t work for you right now you can ask us to hold your
item(s) beyond the expire date. You must remember that interest will continue to
be added to the pawn agreement on a daily basis
Option 5: You can do nothing
You are under no obligation to actually redeem or renew your item(s) if your circumstances
have changed or you simply feel you no longer want your item(s) back, we will follow
the due process and sell your item(s) either by sale from our shop displays or at
auction if it/they failed to sell within three months to recover the amount you borrowed
at the start of the pawn agreement plus the interest that has accrued up to the sale
date of your item(s). At no point in this process will you ever end up owing us money.
Depending on the amount your item(s) sell for there may be a surplus amount for you
to collect. The process of settling your pawn agreement this way will have no affect
your credit rating and you are more than welcome to use our service again. Please
remember that if we sell your item(s) we will charge a cost of sale fee and that
interest is added to agreement on a daily basis up to the sale date so it might be
in your best interest for you to redeem your item(s) and then sell them privately
yourself.
What happens to my item(s) used as security
Your item(s) will be securely packaged and stored in drawer to protect against damage
within our safe once we have completed the agreement and then not touched until you
return to redeem them.