The Ford Barn

29spcoupe · 01-21-2015, 09:33 PM

I know for a fact that when they came to a friends place, they pre-arranged for a part to be bought for $450 when it was really worth only about $50. It is all staged. John

Marvin/TN · 01-21-2015, 09:52 PM

Well the way I look at it is that the people have a choice, either sell it to them or not and take it back home.

Marvin/TN · 01-21-2015, 10:03 PM

Why would anyone go to a pawn shop to sell something of value especially today with E-Bay and Craigs list. I did try Craigs list one to sell something and only got two scam replys. Both of them were on a ship out in the middle of the ocean somewhere.

Tom Wesenberg · 01-21-2015, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tbirdtbird

you ain't missin' a thing!

Not so sure about that.........I'm watching Julia Duffy right now on Newhart.

Dave Mellor NJ · 01-22-2015, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by james hitchcock

Pickers are due in my town in Feb. They had an add in the paper asking for leads. Visalia, Ca.

A classified ad in a paper! Now that's something rare.

Keith True · 01-22-2015, 08:12 AM

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I've never seen any of those shows.The idea of spending 25 bucks a month,(or whatever it is)just to watch a TV bothers me.If you are in a spot where you can't get a signal that is different.A couple of years ago we were at a Christmas party at the local junkyard.My wife was talking to a bunch of people we know,and they started talking about the show Pawn Stars.We talk a little funny here,and porn is pronounced pawn.My wife said who would want to watch a show about porn stars?If you want to see porn stars,just watch the porn.They were all looking at her like she had two heads,nobody had a clue what she was talking about,and she'd never heard of the show Pawn Stars.

fordcoupe · 01-22-2015, 08:18 AM

[QUOTE=tbirdtbird;1019737]Y'all are right on.
They do already have buyers and the prices they show for what they intend to sell at are BS. The prices in the Nashville store are a million dollars apiece for anything of any interest at all. The cheapest thing was one of their own coffee mugs but they wanted 25 bucks. sorry, not gonna happen. have not watched them since....all smoke and mirrors

I agree

james hitchcock · 01-22-2015, 09:52 AM

Dave, I should have said it was a story in our local newspaper. No classified ad. Asking for names and leads.

joeypoconos · 01-22-2015, 10:20 AM

Take it for what it's worth.

http://www.networth2013.com/mike-wolfe

Nuff said.

mshmodela · 01-22-2015, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Fred

Change the station !!..

LoL!

ronn · 01-22-2015, 11:38 AM

ericr-you mention how they make a living.........?

off of their sponsorship for the show. Mike was paid over 500k a year before Pickers
to sponsor Polaris snowmobiles.............
much better income then "pretending" to buy and sell junk for a living.............

I cant watch that show any longer either. Was fun for a short few.................

BlueSunoco · 01-22-2015, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tbirdtbird

you ain't missin' a thing!

Amen to that and we're about to pull the plug here on TV too, same old senseless waste of time pretty boring. The old shows on ME TV are about all I watch, stuff from the 60's early 70's. I could give a hoot about today's reality junk. That's all the better the untalented script writers and producers can come up with while they 'sell' their tainted way of life to the impressionable youth today.
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Bob-A · 01-22-2015, 03:48 PM

BlueSunoco I agree with you 100% on the state of today's TV content. But there is no way I could give up my TV completely. If I did how could I see
our beloved "A's" and other late 20's, early 30's cars. As they lived in their natural wild habitat via TCM/Turner Classic Movies.

Bob-A

31 Model A · 01-22-2015, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob-A

BlueSunoco I agree with you 100% on the state of today's TV content. But there is no way I could give up my TV completely. If I did how could I see
our beloved "A's" and other late 20's, early 30's cars. As they lived in their natural wild habitat via TCM/Turner Classic Movies.

Bob-A

Buy DVDs from the TCM library and play them on your PC monitor!!!!

ronn · 01-22-2015, 04:16 PM

I know it's off topic, but I gave my TV up for 3 years and didnt miss it much.................

just installed netflix for 8 bucks a month and watch what I want when I want-good for the winter.

2935ford · 01-22-2015, 06:38 PM

Like it or not.....at 6 figures a show..........hmmmmmm, not a bad living, yes?

takomaned · 01-22-2015, 06:39 PM

My wife and I went to NYC last fall for Antiques Roadshow. We had things that we weren't able to identify. One of the appraisers we saw was knowledgeable and friendly.
The next "expert" we saw told us to "Go home and look it up on the internet". I asked him to show me where it is on line, and after 15 mins. of scrolling he said he'd need to do more research. He than gave us a price he thought it was worth, even though he didn't know anything about it. We weren't impressed.

Vonn Ditch · 01-23-2015, 03:24 PM

Actually the guys you see on TV aren’t Mike and Frank at all. They are stand in doubles. The real Mike and Frank are parked outside in an air conditioned bus directing every move. They employ sleeper cell pickers in every town in the USA to feedback secret data on the where abouts of copious amounts of Americana. Mike and Frank, both former CIA agents themselves, then hire detectives to stake out the unsuspecting holders of valuable cars, motorcycles and antiques of all kinds. All this information is fed back to Danielle, who herself is not what she appears, being heavily involved as a secret agent in international reconnaissance and demolition, all while disguised as a roller derby, and burlesque queen.
Yes my friends what seems to be an unsuspecting television show is in reality an elaborate plan to corral every single Harley Davidson and Indian motorcycle on planet earth to be kept in a former nuclear missile site underground in a location know only to the three pickers.

1wonton · 01-23-2015, 03:37 PM

While it's obvious that these two clowns are as phony as the buys they make what is interesting is seeing all the American collectors/hoarders and their collections. Makes me not feel so isolated.

Nabco · 01-23-2015, 04:04 PM

JMHO but I enjoy these shows and never miss them, of course they are scripted, but so is a movie and those are entertaining, so why can't a scripted television show be entertaining.

No way I could give up my TV's, between my primary residence and my vacation home I'm spending $250 plus per month on cable and satellite TV, plus Netflix. It is the way I choose to spend money for entertainment, I'm sure a lot of people spend this kind of money on cigarettes, cigars, booze and other things that I think is a total waste of money.

SO, again IMHO, to each his own.

Rant over......

01-21-2015, 09:33 PM	#21
29spcoupe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Rhinebeck, NY Posts: 761	Re: American pickers I know for a fact that when they came to a friends place, they pre-arranged for a part to be bought for $450 when it was really worth only about $50. It is all staged. John

01-21-2015, 09:52 PM	#22
Marvin/TN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chattanooga, TN area Posts: 832	Re: American pickers Well the way I look at it is that the people have a choice, either sell it to them or not and take it back home.

01-21-2015, 10:03 PM	#23
Marvin/TN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chattanooga, TN area Posts: 832	Re: American pickers Why would anyone go to a pawn shop to sell something of value especially today with E-Bay and Craigs list. I did try Craigs list one to sell something and only got two scam replys. Both of them were on a ship out in the middle of the ocean somewhere.

01-22-2015, 08:12 AM	#26
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 2,987	Re: American pickers Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I've never seen any of those shows.The idea of spending 25 bucks a month,(or whatever it is)just to watch a TV bothers me.If you are in a spot where you can't get a signal that is different.A couple of years ago we were at a Christmas party at the local junkyard.My wife was talking to a bunch of people we know,and they started talking about the show Pawn Stars.We talk a little funny here,and porn is pronounced pawn.My wife said who would want to watch a show about porn stars?If you want to see porn stars,just watch the porn.They were all looking at her like she had two heads,nobody had a clue what she was talking about,and she'd never heard of the show Pawn Stars.

01-22-2015, 08:18 AM	#27
fordcoupe Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: pennsylvania Posts: 156	Re: American pickers [QUOTE=tbirdtbird;1019737]Y'all are right on. They do already have buyers and the prices they show for what they intend to sell at are BS. The prices in the Nashville store are a million dollars apiece for anything of any interest at all. The cheapest thing was one of their own coffee mugs but they wanted 25 bucks. sorry, not gonna happen. have not watched them since....all smoke and mirrors I agree

01-22-2015, 09:52 AM	#28
james hitchcock Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Visalia Ca. Posts: 617	Re: American pickers Dave, I should have said it was a story in our local newspaper. No classified ad. Asking for names and leads.

01-22-2015, 10:20 AM	#29
joeypoconos Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 90	Re: American pickers Take it for what it's worth. http://www.networth2013.com/mike-wolfe Nuff said. __________________ I just took a leaflet out of my mailbox informing me that I can have sex at 79. I'm so happy because I live at number 71.

01-22-2015, 11:38 AM	#31
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,787	Re: American pickers ericr-you mention how they make a living.........? off of their sponsorship for the show. Mike was paid over 500k a year before Pickers to sponsor Polaris snowmobiles............. much better income then "pretending" to buy and sell junk for a living............. I cant watch that show any longer either. Was fun for a short few.................

01-22-2015, 03:48 PM	#33
Bob-A Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Central FL, USA Posts: 1,137	Re: American pickers BlueSunoco I agree with you 100% on the state of today's TV content. But there is no way I could give up my TV completely. If I did how could I see our beloved "A's" and other late 20's, early 30's cars. As they lived in their natural wild habitat via TCM/Turner Classic Movies. Bob-A

01-22-2015, 04:16 PM	#35
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,787	Re: American pickers I know it's off topic, but I gave my TV up for 3 years and didnt miss it much................. just installed netflix for 8 bucks a month and watch what I want when I want-good for the winter.

01-22-2015, 06:38 PM	#36
2935ford Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 1,013	Re: American pickers Like it or not.....at 6 figures a show..........hmmmmmm, not a bad living, yes?

01-22-2015, 06:39 PM	#37
takomaned Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Near D.C. in Maryland Posts: 106	Re: American pickers My wife and I went to NYC last fall for Antiques Roadshow. We had things that we weren't able to identify. One of the appraisers we saw was knowledgeable and friendly. The next "expert" we saw told us to "Go home and look it up on the internet". I asked him to show me where it is on line, and after 15 mins. of scrolling he said he'd need to do more research. He than gave us a price he thought it was worth, even though he didn't know anything about it. We weren't impressed. __________________ Ned in MD

01-23-2015, 03:24 PM	#38
Vonn Ditch Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 74	Re: American pickers Actually the guys you see on TV aren’t Mike and Frank at all. They are stand in doubles. The real Mike and Frank are parked outside in an air conditioned bus directing every move. They employ sleeper cell pickers in every town in the USA to feedback secret data on the where abouts of copious amounts of Americana. Mike and Frank, both former CIA agents themselves, then hire detectives to stake out the unsuspecting holders of valuable cars, motorcycles and antiques of all kinds. All this information is fed back to Danielle, who herself is not what she appears, being heavily involved as a secret agent in international reconnaissance and demolition, all while disguised as a roller derby, and burlesque queen. Yes my friends what seems to be an unsuspecting television show is in reality an elaborate plan to corral every single Harley Davidson and Indian motorcycle on planet earth to be kept in a former nuclear missile site underground in a location know only to the three pickers. Last edited by Vonn Ditch; 01-23-2015 at 03:29 PM.

01-23-2015, 03:37 PM	#39
1wonton BANNED Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Vallejo, Ca Posts: 125	Re: American pickers While it's obvious that these two clowns are as phony as the buys they make what is interesting is seeing all the American collectors/hoarders and their collections. Makes me not feel so isolated.

01-23-2015, 04:04 PM	#40
Nabco Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Dublin, OH & Clyde, NC Posts: 494	Re: American pickers JMHO but I enjoy these shows and never miss them, of course they are scripted, but so is a movie and those are entertaining, so why can't a scripted television show be entertaining. No way I could give up my TV's, between my primary residence and my vacation home I'm spending $250 plus per month on cable and satellite TV, plus Netflix. It is the way I choose to spend money for entertainment, I'm sure a lot of people spend this kind of money on cigarettes, cigars, booze and other things that I think is a total waste of money. SO, again IMHO, to each his own. Rant over......