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                This eBay listing is a great example of why buying diamonds online is dangerous.   This was live as of June 27, 2017 and the seller had 1319 positive feedback. They’re advertising...

With gold prices trending upwards we are seeing the return of travelling gold buying companies.  Competitive selling options are a good thing but there are definitely things you should consider before you sell. Firstly, not all buyers are the same.  In 2012 “International...

              2016 marked our third year of supporting the Kelowna Women’s Shelter.  This year our charity auction was for a set of dazzling 1 carat diamond stud earrings.  Appraised at $7700 the bidding closed...

This weekend we celebrate 21 years in business!  Last year we hosted our first ever 20% off birthday bash and this year we’re doing it again.  Nearly everything* in store on sale for 20% off.  Save on diamonds, luxury watches, TV’s, stereos,...

Do a good deed and get rewarded in diamonds! Premier is very proud to partner with Castanet Media in presenting this 1 CARAT DIAMOND CHARITY FUNDRAISER!  Buy a dazzling set of diamond studs as a holiday gift and 100% of...

We are extremely excited to announce the successful completion of our Kelowna Women’s Shelter Charity fundraiser.  Hosted by KelownaNOW we auctioned a pair of 1.4 carat (total) diamond earrings.  The final bid was $2000!  We presented the cheque to the...

We are proud to be the ONLY pawn shop ever featured by BUSINESS ELITE CANADA magazine.  Celebrating 20 years of serving Kelowna with best in class  pawn services including: Pawn lending Cash for Gold / Diamonds / Rolex / Luxury Fashion...

In December (2014) after work we took some time to make a difference. Every year we support a charity and this year we chose the Kelowna Women’s Shelter. We contacted them and got a list of things they needed and outfitted...

Consumer alert: we’ve seen some fake Pandora charms lately so here’s a quick alert. The top two are counterfeit, the bottom is real.   Here is a quick guide to telling the difference: The printing is even, well spaced and...

Today marks one of those fun days when we put something exceptional out for sale.  People often have a belief that pawn shops don’t deal in nice things or that there is a stigma to ‘buying used’.  I find it...

Apprentice Pawnbroker / Product Specialist Kelowna’s leading pawn shop has a full-time position available.  The work is exciting, dynamic and constantly changing as we deal with a diverse array of products.  Viewers of PAWNSTARS will know how interesting this industry...

In March of 2013 we offered up some advice on detecting appraisals of questionable quality. We’d like to refresh that since we’ve now got some examples.  The lawyers require me to state that the following is an ‘opinion only‘ and...

     On December 14th 2013 Premier will DONATE over $955 to a Kelowna Charity picked by our Facebook Fans!  We’re challenging OTHER Kelowna businesses to do the same this holiday season!   Give back to the community we live...

As jewellery retailers we field alot of diamond questions – many of them about ‘used’ diamonds. At a simple level we reply that there’s no such thing as a used diamond, but there ARE pre-owned diamonds. The difference is subtle...

Last year we were fortunate enough to be contacted by the folks at SHAW-TV about appearing in one of their TV segments.  The show features a ‘Trade-Up’ theme in which the producer starts with an item and barters it with...

Now that we have our new blogging platform online I thought I’d take a few minutes to relate a rather disturbing situation that we ran into late last year: a fraudulent diamond appraisal.   While we posted about this on...

Wow – it’s been over half a year since we’ve done an update for the store. Whoops. Recently, the interesting part of being in the pawn business is the success of the TV show “Pawn Stars” and the new light...

The holiday season tends to be a busy one for merchants across the board. Although we’re in a recession year and figures are down for most it’s still a time of great activity. However this year we’ve seen people hit...