Dok se kriza pojačava a Grci zahvaćaju sve dublje u svoje džepove da bi platili sve, od skoro alarmantno rastućih poreza do kredita koji im vise nad glavom, pojava ove zadnje godine zalagaonica na svakom ćošku, onlajn oglasa za zalagaonice i na stotine letaka dnevno na kojima piše "kupujemo od vas zlato", mnogo govori o toj sasvim novoj realnosti.
As the crisis intensifies and Greeks dig even deeper into their pockets to pay off everything from alarmingly rising taxes to their looming loans, the emergence in this last year of pawnshops on every corner, online pawn banners and the hundreds of daily flyers claiming to "buy your gold" speaks volumes of the stark new reality.