— MEMBERSHIP
2024 Associate Member Benefits
We have a new website www.texasassociationofpawnbrokers.com
We have a page that links all of our Preferred Vendors. We update the website and Facebook regularly.
Our publication goes to 897 different shops/people. 790 of those are pawnshops (all active pawnshops on the OCCC listing of pawnshops in Texas) and the rest are either political partners, or vendors so that vendors can see the publication.
We represent over 200 shops in Texas.
We only give out the spreadsheet of Members store address if you are an Associate Member.
- You are listed on preferred vendor card provided to all our members
- Recommended to any members who call TAP looking for particular vendors
- Links on our website
- Listed as an Associate Member on our website
- ASSOCIATE MEMBER listed on your name badge at convention so members know you are Associate
- Special consideration given for placement at convention
- Associate page in Convention handout
- Highlighted on Facebook page quarterly
- $100.00 off Convention Booth
- Name listed on Associate Page in “The Texas Pawnbroker”
Associate Members Application
Please fill out and email us
Preferred Vendors
We Greatly Appreciate All Our TAP Members and Sponsors:
TAP would like to largely recognize those Associate Members in BOLD: These Members have regular ads in our newsletters or significantly sponsor the annual conventions. A BIG THANK YOU to those who contribute to our association and our industry.
Associate Application 2024
If you would like to become a TAP Associate Member Contact Tammi Springett, TAP Managing Director
TAP Scholarship
TAP’s Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship Fund was developed to honor the memory of Lance Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, who was kill in action January 13, 2005 in Iraq. Juan was a 23-year old Marine reservist assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, based in Corpus Christi. After completing his basic training for the Marines in 2001, Juan went to work for L. Buffalo Pawn in Laredo. Bob Simpson, owner of L. Buffalo Pawn and long time member of TAP, remembers Juan as his hardest working, least complaining, and a most trustworthy employee. According to Mr. Simpson, when Juan was activated to serve his country, he did so proudly and with honor.
COVID-19
We want to thank everyone for your cooperation during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The TAP Board of Directors & It’s Legislative Committee are dedicated to seeing our industry through this difficult time. Below are a few resources we have collected, that may be beneficial to your shop:
Helpful Links
- NPA Covid link for all pawnbrokers:
https://nationalpawnbrokers.org/covid-19-corona-virus-alerts/ - OCCC current Covid alert:
https://occc.texas.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/disclosures/b20-3-pawn-coronavirus-emergency-measures.pdf - Department of Labor link:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic
Important Documents
- OCCC Covid oct 2020 update
- Ken Paxton – Authority of Opinion (KG-0306) Dallas County
- CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) Guidelines
- Governor Abbott’s Stay-At-Home Order
- City of Austin Stay at Home Order
- Letter from Department of Treasury: Memorandum for Financial Services
- “Essential Business” Letter: by Pawnshop Consulting Group, LLC
- Shelter In Place Letter for Employees to carry
- 2nd Amended Emergency Regulations
- Signed Letter from Attorney General, Ken Paxton: FFL Dealers may remain open
- FAMILY FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT
- The Following Posters will be required to be posted in shops as of April 1, 2020
- Federal Employee Rights Poster
- Employee Rights
- Poster