BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

Empire Loan & Empire Guitars

Now offering online payment

East Side Monthly Magazine ·

As we continue to emerge out of the Great Recession there are many who still need a quick short-term loan. Pawnbroking services at Empire Loan can help you get cash in hand quickly, and with their new website portal at www.empireloan.com you can use PayPal to satisfy the full loan repayment. Jeff Keithline, business co-owner, explains, “If a person has a time sensitive payment due, in the past it has really been his or her responsibility to come down. Even though we offer generous grace periods, our customers on occasion incur extra expense because they are unable to make it here in time. The Empire Loan online site allows that this will never happen.” And Jeff’s business will soon be offering the ability to make online installment pay- ments as well.

The atmosphere at Empire Loan is very professional, with all of the terms explained up front. They offer loans in amounts from $50 to $5,000 and beyond. In the off-chance you can’t repay the loan, the jewelry used as collateral is forfeited and there aren’t any further repercussions, including anything connected to your credit rating. Gold prices are also still high, so if you have unwanted jewelry stop over for a quote, as Empire Loan offers some of the best prices in the state.

Empire Guitars, the sister business upstairs, always has exciting new instruments coming in. “We have a bunch of new synthesizers made by Critter & Guitari that don’t really use keyboards,” Jeff mentions. “They have buttons, kind of like those old button accordions, but they are little rectangular boxes with wood exteriors.” These synthesizers are handmade and have all sorts of neat features, like a sampling keyboard with a microphone for recording audio. These synthesizers retail for under $200. “We’re always adding to our inventory up there,” Jeff says. And they carry one of the best selections of vintage guitars in New England.

So whether you need to secure a short term loan, are looking to sell some unwanted jewelry or want to browse their guitar shop, stop on over. They also have a large array of pre-owned jewelry in their display cases.

Empire Loan and Empire Guitars, 1271 North Main Street, Providence / 437-8421, 358 Broad Street, Providence / 273-7050

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