West Maui Gold & Loan

If you like to buy stolen goods this is the place for you. Better yet if you are a thief, and you need somewhere to sell your stolen goods… this is also the place for you. The employees themselves are thieves and drug addicts and the owner doesn’t seem to care about anything but making a dime. There are plenty of pawn shops on this island. DO NOT GO HERE! They will rob you blind!

I am getting married in a couple weeks and I’m moving so I’m getting rid of things I don’t need. I owned a ovation elite lx 1778lx guitar in great condition. Anyway, I play more classical than I do steel so I thought I’d let it go for a few hundred even though I paid a grand for it ten years ago. I told the guy I wouldn’t let go of it for any less than $ 300. He said the best he could do was $ 200 so I said I like the guitar so I’m totally fine keeping it. He then offered me $ 250 and $ 260. I apologized and began packing me guitar. He seemed upset then said, «fine!» And threw three crumpled hundred dollar bills in front of me and stormed out like he was upset. The young girl at the counter printed the paper work and mentioned to me that the woman behind me was looking for her stolen jewelry… nice… Anyway that night I googled the model of my guitar and the guy had already put my guitar on eBay for $ 1,500! It included my distinct strap and two packs of expensive strings too! I’m not saying he’s in the wrong for buying a guitar I only asked $ 300 for but the guy is slimy because he tried to get it for $ 200 just to flip it that very day for $ 1,500! If you want to sell for a good price don’t go here but if you want some stolen jewelry this might be the place.

There no are deals there. It’s kind of like a game for them… to see how much they can get from you so they can brag to each other about it. Why buy there? There practices are to sell you something at 80% of internet prices and buy from you at 20% of what they’ll try to sell for. For example, if something cost $ 100 on the internet, they’ll sell it at there shop for about $ 80, in which case they only paid $ 16. And did I mentioned, all of there stuff are beat up junk. Avoid this place, buy online! You’ll get a way better deal. You can find used or refurbished stuff online, and I’m sure its in way better condition. There are no deals there.

Rent a board!
This place is what it is… It is a whole in the wall pawnshop. It is cluttered, dusty, dirty and yet a good treasure hunt. The jeweler sits in a closet/​office that might qualify to be on a television show for hoarding. We had GREAT luck renting surfboards and paddle boards for literally ¼
the price of any of the other rental places on the island. The con of the board rentals is that they don’t offer a damage waiver. We had a verbal agreement on dinging the boards. I believe that if you really hurt the boards, you could be buying them. I believe the deposits on the boards are very high for the quality. With all this in mind, I think our rental was a great deal and would do it again. I assume as the owners become more experienced with rentals, they could add a waiver. BTW… The boards displayed out front are the beater boards they rent. The boards hanging from the ceiling and in the shed are much better quality.

The store is… bad. Items are literally piled upon each other. The store is «organized» into some distinct pattern, but you can tell a lot of the things are just thrown haphazardly where there is space. Hell, I saw a bunch of Laptops just stored like cord wood in reusable shopping bags. Electronics seem to be missing items such as remotes, controllers, and power cords. Good guess is they are in the boxes mixed it with other random cords and items. Little to no prices on items, not even signs with «general «pricing (like the wall of DVD’s, Blu –Rays, and Video Games).
What prices are on items is EXPENSIVE. Some items are ridiculously priced or the price is pulled out of the head of someone. Couldn’t quite tell who works in the place. I did walk away with something, but only because I wanted to get at least something for the effort to walking into the shop.
The store could do with a through makeover… and new management.

They sell stolen goods and lie straight to your face. Buyer beware unless you want the police knocking on your door. Not to be trusted.

Do not waste your time here. We were looking for a watch and my husband asked to take a look and the guy working there said «are you just here to look at what’s wrong with everything?» totally out of nowhere. Later, we went to the second shop in Kihei, discussed the price on a watch, went and got the money and the guy told us they have now increased the price by $ 250. The way they do business is dishonest and the guys that work there are absolutely terrible. I would never go near the place again.

Tried to buy a boat trip of craigslist for them. They made us drive all the way up to Lahaina from Kihei to get the tickets and said they would hold them and then when we got there they said there was a problem and they couldn’t sell them to us. They knew we were coming from Kihei too and they didn’t even have the courtesy to give us a call to let us know. Not to mention the shop was disgusting the the I’m pretty sure the owner strung out on something.