Posted on 07/28/2012 6:26:47 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
This is one of many reasons why the last TV I watched was Sara Palin’s acceptance speech at the 2008 Republican Convention.
Storage Wars HAS to be rigged. How can the same four buyers keep getting the storage rooms? Only good thing is that people watching might discover they have items of value at home.
American gun .... The Colorado gunsmoke store. Fake prices, breasts an shabby snake oil owner.
I don't think these two shows are staged. Keep in mind, there is a difference between "staged" and "edited."
One time a guy had a BetaMax that wasn't working but he wanted $30 for it so I refused. To sweeten the deal he tossed in about a dozen porno tapes. I took the deal, fixed the BetaMax right away, and then took it for a barter deal. I wanted to trade for an IBM Selectric 3. The guy was interested in the BetaMax but didn't want to do the trade because the Selectric 3 was used by his wife and she was at work. So I popped a porno tape into the BetaMax and the guy was amazed. Keep in mind this was the early 80s when many people still hadn't watched much video as was apparent in this guy's reaction. After a few minutes, I popped out the porno tape to the other guy's obvious disappointment. I told him I would toss the tape in with the deal and he began wavering so then I told him I had a bunch more tapes just like it in the car and would toss those in. The guy thought for a moment and finally agreed. As I was hauling the Selectric 3 out, the guy began worrying if his wife would become angry because he traded away her Selectric 3 so I said, "Don't worry. She'll love the VCR," and just continued straight out the door. I was so nervous the guy would come running out to change his mind that it took me 3 tries to turn my engine over. Finally, it turned over and I got out of there FAST.
A week later, after my ad for the Selectric 3 appeared in the Recycler newspaper, I got a call from a company near LAX. I brought it over and the office secretary asked if I would accept a company check for my $780 asking price. Normally I don't accept checks but I figured I knew where the company office was and could come right back if there were problems with the check. I took the check to their bank right away and cashed out for a profit of $750. I actually got what I asked for which surprised me. I was willing to shave a couple of hundred bucks off my asking price but they didn't ask.
The funniest thing is that IBM Selectric 3 machines were already obsolete due to word processors then coming out on the market so I was lucky to sell it for the price I did.
On "Cake Boss," they were commissioned to make a cake for an identity theft company, which was also a sponsor. Another cake was for an "Ice Age" movie, which I'm guessing was a similar deal.
And on "American Pickers," on one episode the boys stopped in Subway for lunch, and that looked like an in-show commercial.
I’ve had my doubts about “Undercover Boss.” In any company, there are bound to be employees with sad stories, and setting up a scholarship fund or training program for one employee is bound to cause misgivings among the rest of the workforce.
Ahhhh, shout out to my Boys! Nice to see another fan on here. Had the extreme pleasure of meeting them last fall. What a good, hardworking bunch - and so kind.
I totally agree with you about the stupid reality shows.
No way. The two Awipes on horseback chasing two other Awipes. Does anyone get it that there is a complete camera crew following these nitwits. Hell, a blind man could track those Joffs!
Are you seriously saying I’m not nice?! :O
I was a cop before I came to Japan... and, I was nice :)
Hmmm... Wondering if the Grey Goose guy would be open to trading for 3 dozen bottles of low dose aspirin?
I do not know about seeding the units,,,they may to make for better tv...but I always am suspicious of the cavalier way they assign values and I wonder about the experts pricing of items.
I've known quite a few people who run storage yards, and have attended one of the Storage Wars auctions. Units that are up for auction for Storage Wars are pre-inspected by producers and the locks replaced. That is why they ALWAYS look new when cut. The morning is spent shooting the 'entry' scene, then it's off to the side to film the various bits, and near noon they shot the three auctions the characters were bidding on - the public was welcome to bid against them, but bins that might have gone for $200-$400 suddenly go for $2000.
Valuation of the found items is pretty far from the actual sale value - more than a few times I've seen them give insurance valuation (about 10x what it should sell for.) But do these 'finds' happen? Oh, absolutely.
Anything on “True” TV is completely fake. I find it odd that it is even named that since everything is so scripted and badly acted. Also, the show on Spike TV that I think is called Worlds Worst Tenants.
Justified
Hell on Wheels
The Closer
Mad Men
Anything on “True” TV is completely fake. I find it odd that it is even named that since everything is so scripted and badly acted. Also, the show on Spike TV that I think is called Worlds Worst Tenants.
Anything on “True” TV is completely fake. I find it odd that it is even named that since everything is so scripted and badly acted. Also, the show on Spike TV that I think is called Worlds Worst Tenants.
I thought it was ILLEGAL to enter a storage bin before a sale takes place.
sorry for the multiple posts. My trigger finger must have gotten itchy
It’s all trash.
Pickers is not rigged. The arrival and leaving of the property may be staged to get the camera where they need it to get the shot, but the actual picking is real. They came to my small town last year and did a pick.
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