Jägermeister Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Who actually watches this garbage anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I assume by female cast member's plastic surgery, they mean Brandy?! I like the show, mostly because of Barry. Although I always knew it was likely staged. I know the lockers they show on tv are the ones the tv cast members buy, so the other people in the crowd buy other lockers which aren't "salted". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Next thing you'll hear is that WWF is staged... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 You really think Rick knows all that crap about some of the things that come in? They're all rigged to an extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 While I agree that they are all rigged to some extent, I wouldn't doubt that Rick knows as much as he does. Considering the business and the fact he grew up around it, I'm sure he knows a tonne. The thing that's always bothered me with that show is why the hell people bring in collectables and high priced items into a Pawn Shop? I've always figured that the producers always compensate the people that bring in items to sell. As for Storage Wars, it was pretty obvious some of it was staged. But for Dave to go in and bite the hand that made him a tonne of money, thats really weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetica Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 OH MY GOD! A reality show that isn't real?!?!?! Must be Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 My wife loves this show. I tried to watch it a few times but its not really hard to see that some of the storage units were planted with gems. She and I were discussing this today . We understand that he is suing, but he was on the show for years and never complained before. He knew it was rigged and never made a sound for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biznasty Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Who actually watches this garbage anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surtur Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 considering one of the first so called reality shows was what Survivor ? and there was nothing about reality, it was controlled the entire time by the producers, now if they dropped 16 people with minimal supplies on a remote island and just followed them around for 30 day trying to actually survive and every week cast out the weak link, no games, no immunity, no challenges other then find your own food and shelter and try not to eat your cast members. that i would watch. but also remember not all the news you see on tv is reality either or the whole truth ....and you think a tv show made for entertaining the masses of people with ADD is going to be true and honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I'll have you know that "Storage Wars" is considered by many to be a work of reality TV genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Put a camera on people and they act differently than they would otherwise. There's no such thing as reality tv. The Shaw Yule Log is more real. Sports might be the closest thing to reality TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbiep Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Totally fake....lets see I see an Item being sold on Pawn Stars...then a couple of weeks later I see the exact same item on American Pickers being " found "....lol so lame that I see the same stuff on American Restoration as well....I think they just have a warehouse full of this stuff and production assistants from various shows go rent items...lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Meh, who cares? It's just checking out antiques minus the snooty british "charm" with cleavage and tomfoolery added instead. BTW, I am sure that you would in fact often find that people would leave valuables in storage lockers and not pay for them. No doubt due to being dead or simply leaving town and not bothering to move it. But of course there's fakeness to it. It's the TELEVISION. Everything is fake. Even the freaking news is fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Wooooww. I'm never watching that show again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I always figured the show was faked to some degree. What really got me was how there were always so many random people bidding on lockers and none of them would ever win, the main cast members would always get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 i just figured they only showed the ones they won, though Auction Hunters seems a bit more realistic, what with them showing the lockers they lost as well as won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 i just figured they only showed the ones they won, though Auction Hunters seems a bit more realistic, what with them showing the lockers they lost as well as won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 And heck if they really are seeding them why don't the otehr people in the crowd simply make sure they win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 While I agree that they are all rigged to some extent, I wouldn't doubt that Rick knows as much as he does. Considering the business and the fact he grew up around it, I'm sure he knows a tonne. The thing that's always bothered me with that show is why the hell people bring in collectables and high priced items into a Pawn Shop? I've always figured that the producers always compensate the people that bring in items to sell. As for Storage Wars, it was pretty obvious some of it was staged. But for Dave to go in and bite the hand that made him a tonne of money, thats really weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I wouldn't doubt that rick knows a little about a lot because that's the nature of his business. When they go to the cutaways of him talking about a particular piece that is all scripted. The items that come in are all chosen before hand for the show. So they get to hand pick the items, research the items, script the show and they've found a good cast for it. I know the cast of comic book men know a metric F tonne about comics but if you listen to their podcast they will tell you right out that they get a chance to know what's coming through the door so they can research it if they need to. I like what TruTV does because they're at least somewhat honest about it. IIRC the motto is..."it's not reality, it's actuality". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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