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I’ll start off by saying I don’t know diddly squat about their business or collectibles in general. Firstly, the History Channel is undoubtedly paying them money. Maybe that’s where they make the profit. But even without the channel paying them, if they were losing tons of money, there’s no way their business could survive for any length of time unless they were both multi-millionaires before they started the buiness.

They aren't showing the buys they make where they pay $50 and get $1000 for it, either on purpose or because they got lucky. When I get invited to someone's house I will be fair with them, but I need to sell what I buy for 2 or 3 times the buying price or I will soon be losing money. And if something sells for much more than what I thought, then I have gotten lucky. There have been three times when I have gone back to someone and given them more money because something sold for MUCH more than what I thought it would. Two out of those three times the people recommended me to others and I made several more good buys out of the deal. HOWEVER, when I go to a yard sale or estate sale and I see something for a quarter that I know I can get $100 for I sure don't argue with them and tell them it's worth much more than what they are selling it for, I just buy it, sell it and make my profit.

My wife, who knows a little more than I do about that business, thinks those guys are ripping off the people with all the junk/stuff. I don’t know, it’s not one of my favorite shows, and as I’ve stated, I’m no expert. I’ll defer to people like you who do it as a business.