"American Pickers" tv show

DewieCox wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

It's cool show, I just wonder how much of it's fake. A pretty high percentage I would think. In this day and age people are just alot more aware of the value of stuff and I don't see so many people letting stuff go for the prices they do.

Im sure a vast majority of it is real...it's just the way it's set up that's fake. Like when they randomly knock on someone's door and the family answers but there's already a camerman inside their house filming from behind them. I don't know about anyone else but I would notice a camerman in my house.

I dunno...After reading how a ton of stuff is completely stage on Pawn Stars(which sort of set the stage for Pickers) I have my doubts.

I don't think so. I actually read two different interviews ( :geek: :geek: :geek: ) with Mike Wolfe and he has been doing this a very long time and seems very sincere. A lot of the people on this show have SO MUCH stuff that it really doesn't matter. Most of them comment how it's overbearing or they're getting older and need to get rid of it. They are aware that Mike and Frank are pickers and are looking to make a buck. Most of them did the same thing- either getting the stuff for free or cheap. Plus it's quick cash and who in BFE wants to go to the hassle of finding a real auction or online auction without knowing for certain they'll get a specific dollar amount? But as DS said, some of those are definitely staged set-ups. They have to be. I'm sure that they have to get the okay to film and go into a bar/restaurant/house without the cameras first and then set up a scene once they find something and find out it's okay. Lets just say they're not good actors

Just my thoughts...not saying they're right.

I dunno, I'm a resident of capitol city of BFE(BFCairo?) and while there's a fair share of older folks that don't even know what the internet is, there's still a good portion that have the internet and are very aware of ebay. My 75 year old grandmas sells cookie jars on ebay when she gets overrun, which is pretty often. She'd whip these fellas' asses if they showed up and offered the kinda insulting prices that these guys offer. I understand these guys have to make a buck on the stuff, I'm just making a statement on the likelihood of the deals they get.

Even without the internet most people have the general knowledge that old stuff is worth big money, even when it sometimes isn't. Alot of the people they go check out are junkers still junking or getting out of the game. Seems too convenient that they can get some of that stuff sometimes.

I have no idea if it's fake, I just know that Pawn Stars has a huge mess of fake shit on there and it's hugely popular so I'm assuming History would go out of their way to make sure there was as much interesting cool stuff pop up on this show.

I love this show. The guys seem like the nicest, friendliest, most curious and interested people ever. I really want to be friends with them, haha. And i think I even have a crush on Mike, lol.