I play the Change Machine. Put in a dollar...get 4 quarters back. I play all night and break even.:killingme:
Pool Treasure Found On Storage Wars . . .
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I play the Change Machine. Put in a dollar...get 4 quarters back. I play all night and break even.:killingme:
One reality show that I like is Swamp People.
Not much fake going on there.
Not much fake going on there.
If I am not mistaken the ball on the end of this stick unscrews and has a dagger on it! I really Don't think it would fetch $50 tho lol :grin-square:
This is the most entertaining and funny thread I have read in a long while.
How about the couple that got 2 custom Harley Davidson motorcycles in perfect condition. Freshly polished and ready to ride.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about my $40,000 pair of Harley's and didn't pay the storage fees. Darn!
How about the couple that got 2 custom Harley Davidson motorcycles in perfect condition. Freshly polished and ready to ride.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about my $40,000 pair of Harley's and didn't pay the storage fees. Darn!
Only True buys
The only true buys I have seen of auction units are military crates and you must have a cold heart to buy them in most cases.They do not go cheap also because you can just pretty much look at the rank and guess the value like a E2 your rolling the dice but a 06 then you have a traveler whom may have collected items of value.I bought a Few but then found out WHY most of them were available in those sales and smacked my palm to my head and left.They are metal strapped wooden crates
The dealers said at the auction I went to most storage units are looked through by the auctioneers or owners then another lock placed on them to cut. If there is a honest auction of storage units I am not aware of it to be true or not. I do not have experience in that area other than the cold one I felt when I was told they were mostly KIA crates or a person had just passed away when out country.
I am not into the reality shows to tell if they are real of fake I can not understand why anyone would want to even have a face book yet to collect friends they really do not know or could trust, but I am old.
The only true buys I have seen of auction units are military crates and you must have a cold heart to buy them in most cases.They do not go cheap also because you can just pretty much look at the rank and guess the value like a E2 your rolling the dice but a 06 then you have a traveler whom may have collected items of value.I bought a Few but then found out WHY most of them were available in those sales and smacked my palm to my head and left.They are metal strapped wooden crates
The dealers said at the auction I went to most storage units are looked through by the auctioneers or owners then another lock placed on them to cut. If there is a honest auction of storage units I am not aware of it to be true or not. I do not have experience in that area other than the cold one I felt when I was told they were mostly KIA crates or a person had just passed away when out country.
I am not into the reality shows to tell if they are real of fake I can not understand why anyone would want to even have a face book yet to collect friends they really do not know or could trust, but I am old.
I used to play pool with a guy that ran a storage place. It is true that they auction off these lockers when folks fall behind in rent. By law they are not supposed to enter the lockers or take anything from them (he never admitted to entering any of them). This part of the show is true, no going inside and looking around, just see what you see from the door.
There were some lockers auctioned off where he worked that actually had some thing in them that were quite valuable, though probably 98% of the lockers were just a collection of an average families stuff. He would always let us know at the hall when someone hit the jackpot on one of these auctions, but it wasn't very often.
Do I believe this show is "real"? Not really. No more than pawn stars. Ever visited the site in Vegas where pawn stars if filmed? Believe me, TV folks make it look a lot bigger and more appealing than it really is. I would venture to say this show is along the same lines.
My favorite is American Pickers. I haven't seen them run into anything pool related as yet though.....but I can always hope.:smile: Maybe I should call them and tell them to find some good pool stuff.
There were some lockers auctioned off where he worked that actually had some thing in them that were quite valuable, though probably 98% of the lockers were just a collection of an average families stuff. He would always let us know at the hall when someone hit the jackpot on one of these auctions, but it wasn't very often.
Do I believe this show is "real"? Not really. No more than pawn stars. Ever visited the site in Vegas where pawn stars if filmed? Believe me, TV folks make it look a lot bigger and more appealing than it really is. I would venture to say this show is along the same lines.
My favorite is American Pickers. I haven't seen them run into anything pool related as yet though.....but I can always hope.:smile: Maybe I should call them and tell them to find some good pool stuff.
I play the 5-dollar change machine, and get upwards to five dollars back every time.
Almost a 100% payback...:scratchhead:
I'm going for the $10.00 machine next. Time to start taking chances.
I was in a production meeting with a company that produces reality shows. Some you would know. One of the main dudes said "Ok...up front you guys have to understand all reality shows are staged. All of them."
Most surprising thing I learned is how little the people on the show actually make. They make money by selling merchandise, appearances, books, interviews and things like that very little money is actually paid to them from the show. It was mentioned that shows like OCC and Pawn Stars made all their money from merchandise and eventually appearance fees after the guys became "stars". This also was made clear right up front. Basically a reality show is just a big fat commercial for whoever it stars.
Also they talked about how big a pain in the ass it is to do one of these shows. Filming story lines 12 hours a day Monday-Thursday and interviews all day Friday. Week after week. After the meeting (which had nothing to do with TAR it was a side job I was doing) I came away thinking "Who the hell would want anything to do with that mess?"
The whole process was pretty interesting and it was cool to see how these things really get made. One of the guys mentioned something funny "If you ever see some crazy thing happen on a reality show that seems to happen out of the blue not involving a cast member and you hear the guy talking during it ask yourself just how it is that he happened to be wearing a wireless mic at the time." Its all staged to some degree. They may not write the dialogue but they set up situations very carefully with an idea in mind what they are looking for.
I would be shocked if a show like Storage Wars didnt have someone salting the lockers with interesting shit. They are not gonna spend $10K a day on production only to have nothing but dirty clothes and empty boxes to cut together at the end of the week.
Most surprising thing I learned is how little the people on the show actually make. They make money by selling merchandise, appearances, books, interviews and things like that very little money is actually paid to them from the show. It was mentioned that shows like OCC and Pawn Stars made all their money from merchandise and eventually appearance fees after the guys became "stars". This also was made clear right up front. Basically a reality show is just a big fat commercial for whoever it stars.
Also they talked about how big a pain in the ass it is to do one of these shows. Filming story lines 12 hours a day Monday-Thursday and interviews all day Friday. Week after week. After the meeting (which had nothing to do with TAR it was a side job I was doing) I came away thinking "Who the hell would want anything to do with that mess?"
The whole process was pretty interesting and it was cool to see how these things really get made. One of the guys mentioned something funny "If you ever see some crazy thing happen on a reality show that seems to happen out of the blue not involving a cast member and you hear the guy talking during it ask yourself just how it is that he happened to be wearing a wireless mic at the time." Its all staged to some degree. They may not write the dialogue but they set up situations very carefully with an idea in mind what they are looking for.
I would be shocked if a show like Storage Wars didnt have someone salting the lockers with interesting shit. They are not gonna spend $10K a day on production only to have nothing but dirty clothes and empty boxes to cut together at the end of the week.
I'm thinking some people hide stuff and for one reason or another never get back to it. If there was money in lockers on average big operators would buy them all.
http://www.westcoasttruth.com/ this is the home page of the website you got your 'Fake' story from.
here's a top 10 list from TODAY'S West Coast Truth's front page....only a couple stories missing. The Batboy who lives on the Moon, and Elvis....
1. Cure for cancer
2. Ku Klux Klan
3. Space Dog Radio Show
4. Live to be 200 yrs old
5. WW 3 to start within 1 year
6. The truth about AIDS
7. Top Secret 9/11 part 1
8. Against sex change for children
9. Gov't scanners instantly know everything about you
And Number 10 on the list...
..............Anti-Zombie strongholds for sale!!
Fred...it's obvious you don't read the news, or at least the right news anyway. :wink:
I have never been a advocate of the reality TV shows but nothing here has proven that Storage Wars is fake. I am not saying the show is real but a link to a article doesn't mean it is fake. I am guessing, like most reality shows, it is part scripted and part reality. I do think these guys probably do not know what is in the storage before they bid on it (whether the money is real or not).
Wiki has a small section about this and it:
Criticism
While some have speculated that some of the units have been stocked by producers, an A&E publicist said, "There is no staging involved. The items uncovered in the storage units are the actual items featured on the show." Executive producer Thom Beers has stated that the vast majority of the storage lockers investigated during production contain nothing of interest and therefore do not appear in the final show. Beers has explained that the series avoids delving into back stories of the lockers' original owners because, "All you see is misery there, and I didn't want to trade on that
Wiki has a small section about this and it:
Criticism
While some have speculated that some of the units have been stocked by producers, an A&E publicist said, "There is no staging involved. The items uncovered in the storage units are the actual items featured on the show." Executive producer Thom Beers has stated that the vast majority of the storage lockers investigated during production contain nothing of interest and therefore do not appear in the final show. Beers has explained that the series avoids delving into back stories of the lockers' original owners because, "All you see is misery there, and I didn't want to trade on that
I always wondered if someone is watching the show and they realize, "Oh shit - that's my storage unit!!"
Sounds crazy but in the real world people forget. Most States have Offices that take control of old bank accounts, and hold the money for people to claim. I once checked my name with the State of CA, find they were holding ZERO for me.This is the most entertaining and funny thread I have read in a long while.
How about the couple that got 2 custom Harley Davidson motorcycles in perfect condition. Freshly polished and ready to ride.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about my $40,000 pair of Harley's and didn't pay the storage fees. Darn!
But my Uncle in Huntington Beach Ca was owed about 500 Bucks, I told my dad the next time he spoke with his brother to let him know.
Her a story from a guy who did the storage locker auction thing before the TV Show. He said he once scored a very large amount of US saving bond in a locker.
Problem was the owner was dead, and he was trying to track down a next of kin, or executor of the dead person estate, who could cash the bonds, and split the value with. Last I heard the bonds were still in his procession, and no net of kin was to be found.
Crap I liked that show.LOL.
I worked with the outdoor channel on a hunting show a few years ago.(I was the guide but not in the show) If I told everyone how fake that was they wouldn't ever watch another one.LOL John B.
I worked with the outdoor channel on a hunting show a few years ago.(I was the guide but not in the show) If I told everyone how fake that was they wouldn't ever watch another one.LOL John B.
Followed up by "but WTF, I did not leave a antique 1910 fortune telling machine in it..."
