Manager and employees very nice and helpful. Time I come, they always give me a good deal and treat me with respect read more

Fernando the salesman at this pawnshop is Awesome ! He is very pleasant to work and talk with. Always greeting you with a smile. Very friendly respectful and polite. He goes far and beyond to help you with your loan and any other business there. He makes you feel like you have known him for years. Thank You Fernando. For Always giving your best to me as a customer. You have impeccable customer service skills. Keep up the Awesome job. read more

Always friendly and helpful, very respectful of other people and keeping everything confidential and private it was a pleasure to go there and to take advantage of their services highly recommend and i will continue to do business there, no reason to go anywhere else. Thank You, read more

Best collateral altered the clasp on the gold chain I had on layaway and their customer service is ridiculous. We had to actually call the Oakland Police and in order to resolve a matter in regards to our purchase of a chain which they switched. The only resolution is that they wanted to give us half our money back in store credit in the store which clearly we would never shop in again why would I take store credit in the store that wouldn't honor the refund. That's ridiculous they do bad business I recommend that you not go here go to Zales jeweler or regular jewelry store don't go to this bottom of the pit jewelry exchange place. Get something new from Zales. read more

Best Collateral - Pawn Shops Near Me - Oakland, California

Fair prices and good collateral for my watches. Made a lot of good investments with this place.

This is concerning the Manager at the Oakland Store. He is a scammer a con artist a thief and very unprofessional. He altered the Jewelry I had on layaway and tried to sell it to me. It wasn't the same, I seen that he had altered the items, so I pointed it out to him, he said I was crazy and swore those were that same items but they wasn't. So I ask for my money back . I had spent $4000.00 in the store. He told me he could only give me store credit and no money back. He actually wanted me to keep the items that had been altered and switched up. I couldn't believe that he was actually making me pay for items that I had not picked out and items that he had altered while they were on layaway, this is crazy. I've been doing business with Best Collateral for over 20 years and I've never had no problems in the store with anyone. The Oakland Police had to be called out in order to resolve the situation . At that point all I wanted was my money back and he was not willing to give me any money back. So while trying to figure out the best way in resolving this whole issue he ended up giving me like only $800.00 a $400.00 little cheap chain that I never wanted and still don't, I just picked it out to try and as much of my money back as possible , I also picked out a $300 TV . That's all I got after spending over $4000.00 of my money in that store. Where is the rest of my money ????. I guess it went into his pocket. This is why I'm letting everyone know not to deal with the Best Collateral jewelry store in Oakland they're scammers and thieves, they're going to scam you out of your money and they're going to alter your Jewelry .Do not mess with them, go to any other jewelry store but them. I am still in shock by the way the manager treated me in that store I will never ever in my life go into a Best Collateral store anywhere in the world . I am so done with them. Mind you in the midst of spending $4,000 in that store I​ ended up with no Jewelry, only $800.00 out of $4000.00 and a $300.00 TV. I got totally token advantage of. We're the rest of my money went, in his pocket and no store credit for the rest of the 3000.00 dollars. That 25% 35% 45% all that is is a scam just to get you in the store to get you to pay for something so they can scam you and alter your Jewelry and keep your money. Don't Do It. You've been warned. read more

My wedding ring was in a junk drawer for years, so I decided to sell it. Not much of a resale market for men's rings. Bad luck and all! Decided to go to a pawn shop. I paid $3,000 twenty years ago, but I knew it was worth maybe $150 for the weight alone. The staff here was welcoming. A young woman took the ring, weighed it, and put it in the X-ray machine. She came back and told me it was not solid gold and it was platted 14K. What? The ring was custom made and appraised by an artist I explained. Nope. She said it was not solid gold. I had it checked out by the crew at 14 Karats in Berkeley. I was told it was solid gold, that it showed some wear, and they even knew the jewelry-maker. Sold it to them for the weight. It was heavy and I received a fair price. Either the machine at this store was calibrated wrong or the woman didn't know what she was doing. read more

Very professional and will take care of you. Go there and see for yourself. Nice Jewerly to buy

I recently pawned my $1800.00 laptop and during the riots they lost my laptop. The staff is very rude and attempted to give me $276.00 and still had the nerve to give me the run around dealing with this company is a bad idea and I would not ever do business with them again. It has been more than a month and I need a laptop which they have no customer service skills at all. read more

Great place! I had never been to a pawn shop before walking into Best Collateral with my Mac, needing a fast loan. They made the process very simple, and the loan was exactly what I needed. Thank you! read more

Best Collateral is selling old electric guitars for $599. The local music store is selling brand new electric guitars for $199. I saw an old beat up Nike shoe with a $250 price tag on it. Friendly employees but the outrageous prices are.....outrageous. read more

It's been a year since I've left a review and I still love this place. The new team is great.Joseph, Darlene, and Jacob are amazing. Sad to hear Jacob is now in another location. Thanks for all that you do for your loyal customers your amazing. read more

This is definitely one of the better pawn shops in the East Bay, they don't have the largest selection of any one particular item, but with all of the "B" goods (Electronics, Tools, Instruments) that do they carry the quality always matches the price point. It's clear that this company's main sales focus is on Jewelry, they have a beautifully displayed center showcase with an excellent variety of wearable wealth and the prices are always way cheaper than any retail store around. I love many things about this shop, but one of the things that I appreciate most is the cleanliness of the showroom floor and the professional level of customer service that their employees possess. read more

Man oh man!! My fiancé and I went out today looking for rings! From the onset of coming in the door, our experience was pleasant and comfortable. We browsed around and found something extraordinarily beautiful. Johnothan and Sean are tops! No pressure sales, helpful and a good eye for jewelry. It has been a long time since I actually felt good about spending my hard earned money ... what we found delighted my fiancé and that made me more than happy .. To add, she also got some awesome Louis Vuitton glasses and will be going back for a few more items! read more

Amazing location. Helped me out when I having hard time financially. They explained me well the term and conditions. It was a great experience for me since they even know me when I come to store. I love to come back from time to time to check in to see what new in the store. I got to admit the manager and associates are really down to earth once you get to know them. I recommend this place to anyone. read more

I went to best collateral in Oakland ca and the new employees there try to RIP you off big time they price your merchandise by going on Ebay.they look for the lowest price that someone sells their products for and offer you 23% so I had a new carbon fiber trek that values at $1400 they told me that they couldn't give me $200 because someone was selling one on Ebay for $600 and it wasn't even carbon fiber.so she went and got the manager who said to me another bike no we don't need any more bikes right now but where is the watch you had on the other time you were here.i think that is rude and unprofessional.so I wouldn't go there anymore total tips you off read more

I'd go to Berkeley , This pawn shop wasn't to my liking. Place is a joke. It's making me write more.

I had an amazing experience at this place all the staff are very friendly the manager Jonathan is the best hes able to multi-task and still get the job done i am very pleased and will be back in the future .... FYI Jonathan needs a raise great job i appreciate your service read more

Called to ask a question about an item and the woman I spoke to on the phone was rude and condescending. Not sure why people have to have an attitude for no apparent reason. Would not recommend. read more

Great service. Pawn shops have great deals on used items for sale and Best Collateral has a great selection at great prices. The location also has new items at better than department store prices. read more

We do business with these guys all the time and they are amazing!! Johnathan is super helpful. Great deals. read more

This place is absolutely incredible! I just left there feeling absolutely valued as a customer. They treated me like family and I just met them. Great customer service. This place is very warm. The Manager John and Shawn took good care of me when I was there. Please do business with Best Collateral. You won't be sorry. read more

This place is awesome!!! Top dollar and best service. Nima the store manager is so friendly and helpful. Definitely worth it.

I had read the reviews on this place thinking it wouldn't be too bad seeing as there were more reviews of people having good experiences here it seemed like the only problems people were really having were with loans on items so I went with my ps4 thinking I'd get a reasonable deal it's in good condition two controllers and 4 popular games all about 60 dollars each so I said okay I just want to see how much they might give me for a loan and then see what they'd give me for it if I sell it the woman I spoke too said it would be 100 dollars 5 for each game and 10 for the extra controller she did not take any time at all to do any research or anything so I asked how much I might get if I had just sold it flat out and she said it would be the exact same and to me that was quite confusing considering that loans are supposed to be much lower than just selling it so I took all my stuff back and I was pretty dissatisfied with the experience I feel as if she low balled me on purpose just to get me out of her hair which is understandable she could just be tired of doing paperwork but if that's the way they conduct business here I'd definitely say this is not somewhere you'd want to go to loan or sell anything here even if you really needed money you could take your items anywhere else and make much more off of it I can honestly say GameStop would give me more and no one even thinks of taking anything there and selling it because they know they won't give up anything for it so that's saying something. read more

This place is great, real expertise, very professional team and excellent selection. Great values to be had and super pleasant team of people. read more

I went to Best Collateral to look for camera lens for myself and to look at there jewerly. I found a vast array of jewerly and the watches were amazing I had to try a few on. The prices were great and the store was extreme clean. I found the staff very helpful and made me feel like they were here to make sure I got what I wanted at a fair price. When I went to the display of lens I found the one I was looking for. It was at a extremely fair price compared to ebay and I was able to check for scratches, damage and wear. I wouldn't been able to do that for a purchase on ebay until I waited for it to be delivered and if I didn't like it had to spend my time mailing it back. I tried the lens on my camera and snapped a few pictures and the lens worked like new. All in all I saved an average of 125 dollars from the lowest lens on ebay. I was totally delighted with Best Collateral and I think you will be too. A total gem and the staff is very welcoming. read more