I like pawn Stars but sheesh....

[sipowicz]

Okay, even if the customers are faked, I like learning the value and history of old stuff...but does every "expert" that walks through the door have to say the exact same thing every time?

"So what are your concerns?"

Duh. Is it real and how much is it worth?...that's why you were called in and you would know that over the phone. How about, "okay let's see it" or "I'm really stoked to see this old Smith model 1."

 

[DeathGrip]

They could use a new scrip.

And they shirley need a new comedic writer.

 

[ditrina]

They could use a new script.

And they shirley need a new comedic writer.

Don't call him Shirley!!

 

[JcMack]

I bought one of those bowling ball cannons. Now I can roll a few frames at the local alley without leaving my yard.

Give me Brandy on Storage Wars any day.

 

[sipowicz]

Don't call him Shirley!!

YES! And there's a "t" in "script"...I should know, I'm a write.

 

[ditrina]

No proble I fixed it for him..

 

[Airpark]

I think that the filming is done on a set they have constructed.

All transactions are on the same spot of the counter.

All floor transactions are in the same area.

The experts always comes in the door,,,minus any customers...and immediately picks up the item and begins his speil.

Fun to watch but had a friend who went to Las Vegas and went by the shop and he said none of them were there.

 

[sqhead]

what concerns me is that you are concerned about something that really is not all that disconcerting.

 

[sipowicz]

No proble I fixed it for him..

Sal, never fix a pointed out mistake! It makes the pointer outer look crazy when people go back to find it!

 

[sipowicz]

what concerns me is that you are concerned about something that really is not all that disconcerting.

Look you...I'm just over 50 and on this Board that makes me a junior curmudgeon. And the rules state I am supposed to have at least 5 stupid rants a month....and this was only my first!

 

[sqhead]

two down three to go........i'm a fan of rants..keep em coming!!

 

[diamonback68]

....and this was only my first!

Today or this month?

 

[DeathGrip]

No proble I fixed it for him..

From the hood.

Scrip=RX.

 

[JcMack]

Brandy has such big...eyes

 

[jdh]

Been there, it is filmed in the store. However, the long isle with the velvet ropes and the display counters down both sides is full of t-shirts and tourist trinkets when they are not filming. If you are in the store when is it time to start filming the production crew, not the store employees, rather unceremoniously and rudely tells you to leave NOW!

Most of the store employees are courteous and helpful. Buy something, other than the tourist trash, and they will give you their card and say ask for them next time. He remembered me and what I bought a year later and gave me a better deal on what I bought this time.

They are open 24 hours BUT after 9 pm business is conducted through the window.

It is a cool place and if you are in LV I suggest you go and see for yourself just how small and cramped it really is.

 

[GaryS]

Look you...I'm just over 50 and on this Board that makes me a junior curmudgeon. And the rules state I am supposed to have at least 5 stupid rants a month....and this was only my first!

The needle on my Rant-o-Meter barely moved, you need to try harder.

 

[GaryS]

Most reality shows are staged. Back in the 1990s when "Cops" was in Boston they recreated a lot of the calls so they could get better camera angles and more drama.

 

[Dashriprock]

Meh. Back when I still had cable, I kinda liked the first episodes I saw. Then it got better. Even saw some cool firearm stuff.

Then they got signed to some bat-guano-crazy 80+ episode contract (unheard of, I'm sure Sip can confirm) and it went wonky.

In short order, a great idea got turned into Antiques Roadshow for a different demographic. If even a fraction of those items walked into a pawnshop for real, I'm the King of Spain. Puh-leeze.

One of the best things I ever witnessed on that show, though, was Rick positively identifying a real Faberge spider brooch that a woman brought in. Didn't know what it was, thought like a $1000 would be nice. Rick told her what she had and gave her five figures for it. That's the right way to do things.

 

[yaktamer]

Look you...I'm just over 50 and on this Board that makes me a junior curmudgeon. And the rules state I am supposed to have at least 5 stupid rants a month....and this was only my first!

"Young fogey."

 

[mkk41]

They had one episode where a young man brought in a beautiful cased set of Colt 1860s that he supposedly found in the wall of a house he was demolishing or renovating. Anyway , the case , accountrements and guns all looked good to me , but their expert said that while the guns were real , the set was wrong because they didn't have consecutive ser.nos. Offered the kid like $5G.

Special orders were usually consecutive , or close , and I suppose one could have been a replacement for a lost twin , but Colt was known to draw random production samples from storage for engraving and presentations , especially during the war.