Storage Wars is so damn fake[/obvious]

[SAWYER]

My 8 year old has been watching this today and I can't believe how fake/scripted this junk is, I don't see how anyone could seriously keep watching this stuff.

 

[olds]

Cool story, bro.

 

[Zeze]

Tell me other reality shows aren't fake!!!!!

 

[purbeast0]

you think that is fake, you should check out the version of that type of show on TruTV ... think it's called Storage Hunters. it's A LOT faker than that one.

and i'm not so sure storage wars is even fake. they have actually had a few round-table specials with them talking about the business.

 

[velillen]

it was all real. I knew a guy who would do what they do for fun. Not for a living or anything and he wouldnt be paying more than 100 bucks for a unit. Like any sort of reality thing that you follow real life people itll start as the actual job and just progress into more and more scripted for tv. just look at dealdiest catch. First season or two were great. Then it wa jsust them finding as much drama as possible

 

[a123456]

I remember a previous thread on this. It's fake in that they jack up the "prices" on the items. There's no way they sell for what they claim they'll sell for. So they make less money than they claim they make. It's kind of annoying but not that big of a deal.

The lockers aren't really fake, if that's what you mean. They talked about it before in interviews. They bid on and win hundreds of lockers in tons of locations but just cherry pick the interesting ones to put on TV for an episode so yes, there's always one interesting item in there for each person but that's more selection bias in filming rather than being outright fake. I'm sure if you win 50 lockers, one of them will have something "interesting."

Of course, all the dumb drama is fake but that's all reality shows.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Is it Pawn Stars fake?

 

[OutHouse]

you think that is fake, you should check out the version of that type of show on TruTV ... think it's called Storage Hunters. it's A LOT faker than that one.

and i'm not so sure storage wars is even fake. they have actually had a few round-table specials with them talking about the business.

well yea, on the credits it does say they are reenactments of their best finds. its the same as that dumbass repo show. all reenactments.

storage wars texas is stupid as all thell. i was expecting new characters but nope the have the same exact people. total fail, i cant stand watching it.

 

[0roo0roo]

its pam from the office...with boobs

 

[ViviTheMage]

its pam from the office...with boobs

honestly, all I watch the show for... hahaha

 

[OutHouse]

its pam from the office...with boobs

brandy is so yummy.. and Jerrod her bf is always throwing shit at her. lol

 

[OutHouse]

ive been to a few storage locker auctions and ive seen lockers PACKED full of junk go for 2K. WTF. this show has really jacked up the prices of lockers. its great for the auctioneer and the storage facility. sucks for the buyers.

 

[purbeast0]

well yea, on the credits it does say they are reenactments of their best finds. its the same as that dumbass repo show. all reenactments.

storage wars texas is stupid as all thell. i was expecting new characters but nope the have the same exact people. total fail, i cant stand watching it.

ah I never saw that before. I know operation repo is fake as hell but it is entertaining too haha.

i will see storage hunters in 15 minutes!

 

[Patranus]

You have it all wrong, Hardcore Pawn is where its at.

 

[0roo0roo]

hardcore pawn is for gawking at trashy people... its just different, pretty much nothing pawned there is interesting as the folks that bring it in. kind of a peek into the crumbling society in detroit, some of those folks probably should be in institutions.

storage wars and pawn stars...even if fake sometimes ...interesting to watch.

 

[Gothgar]

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[Rage187]

honestly, all I watch the show for... hahaha

Same.

 

[kmcrowl]

15 yrs ago lockers in my home town never sold for more than a few hundred on a good day. Sometimes a large packed locker would sell for good money but was rare. I never bought a locker that had real treasures. Just the usual porn mags,Polaroids of nasty chicks and crap that was hard to give away.

 

[Newbian]

15 yrs ago lockers in my home town never sold for more than a few hundred on a good day. Sometimes a large packed locker would sell for good money but was rare. I never bought a locker that had real treasures. Just the usual porn mags,Polaroids of nasty chicks and crap that was hard to give away.

Those are worth their weight in gold and generally are a bit heavier after a few years of use. :awe:

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I find the show kind of entertaining, but what mostly lets it down is the way they arbitrarily assign values to the lockers after the fact. I saw one episode where two morons bought a locker containing, among other things, an Atari 2600 and an NES. The buyers said (and the show producers accepted) that they were worth $2,000 - in reality the number is more like $80-100. Since the values are so obviously flawed, there's no way of knowing whether or not people got a good deal, which in turn ruins the drama of it.

 

[purbeast0]

I find the show kind of entertaining, but what mostly lets it down is the way they arbitrarily assign values to the lockers after the fact. I saw one episode where two morons bought a locker containing, among other things, an Atari 2600 and an NES. The buyers said (and the show producers accepted) that they were worth $2,000 - in reality the number is more like $80-100. Since the values are so obviously flawed, there's no way of knowing whether or not people got a good deal, which in turn ruins the drama of it.

i don't think you are remembering it correctly...

there was one where a guy who was with one of the regulars saw some NES that he claimed was a very limited edition that was the first batch off the manufacture plant. he claimed it was worth $13k or so, and that was labeld as the "value" for the episode...

until they got to the store where they had someone actually appraise it, and saw it was a normal nintendo that is worth $80 or so, but it was broken and had no power and said it was worth about $10.

 

[SKORPI0]

i don't think you are remembering it correctly...

there was one where a guy who was with one of the regulars saw some NES that he claimed was a very limited edition that was the first batch off the manufacture plant. he claimed it was worth $13k or so, and that was labeld as the "value" for the episode...

until they got to the store where they had someone actually appraise it, and saw it was a normal nintendo that is worth $80 or so, but it was broken and had no power and said it was worth about $10.

:biggrin: Mark Balelo

Perhaps a AT member?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

i don't think you are remembering it correctly...

there was one where a guy who was with one of the regulars saw some NES that he claimed was a very limited edition that was the first batch off the manufacture plant. he claimed it was worth $13k or so, and that was labeld as the "value" for the episode...

until they got to the store where they had someone actually appraise it, and saw it was a normal nintendo that is worth $80 or so, but it was broken and had no power and said it was worth about $10.

This was a different one. The "winners" of the 2600 and NES I saw were those two giant hillbillies, and it was an episode where they were bidding on vaults rather than lockers. They never got to the store to confirm or disprove the appraisal.

 

[KK]

Is it Pawn Stars fake?

Nah, hardcore pawn is though.

 

[edro]

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