High Street Pawnbroker Launches Innovative Online Service

Aug. 27, 2009 - PRLog -- Access to loans secured against personal property is about to get even easier with the launch of a unique pawnbroking website.

Ramsdens Financial Ltd, which has 43 branches across the north of England and Scotland, is the first of the high street outlets to set up an internet service to extend its services beyond its well-known chain.

Established since the 1950s, Ramsdens has long been a trusted and reliable source of short-term cash loans.  With its new online pawnbroking site at www.PremierPawnbroking.co.uk the company now aims to make this aspect of its services more widely available.

Ramsdens has operated an award-winning web-based gold-buying service, GotGoldGetCash, for the past 3 years.  CEO Peter Kenyon says that the addition of an internet pawnbroking operation is aimed at offering the same convenience as that service and anonymity, if required.

He explained: “Our new website is ideal for those who live in rural or remote areas as they now have the option to pawn their goods with a well-established and respected High Street operator.

Adding: “The company has spent some time researching the most effective way to run its virtual operation and has developed a service that is both simple and completely secure.”

A Premier Pawnbroking Pack can be requested online and, once delivered, all the customer has to do is package up the items they wish to receive a loan against.  They then send them to Ramsdens using the free prepaid special delivery envelope which is insured for up to £2,500 for their piece of mind.

One of Ramsdens’ professional valuers will then assess the item and determine an amount that can be lent against the goods. Once the valuation is accepted the cash is transferred the same day.

Ramsdens online pawnbroking service is available at www.PremierPawnbroking.co.uk

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Ramsdens Financial Ltd is a privately owned business which was founded in Middlesbrough in the 1950s by Herbert Smith, father of the current Chairman, Stewart Smith. Ramsdens is the largest independent pawnbroker in the UK and operates 43 shops across the north east and Scotland from Sheffield to Aberdeen.
Ramsdens' online services include the award-winning GotGoldGetCash website.