RCBH928 wrote:How come Rick from Pawn Stars is knowledgeable about everything? Guitars, Gold, Jewellery , paintings, cars, boats, guns, cannons, dolls, music, Civil War, and fake shrunken heads. It is really rare times when some one comes in the store and he says "I know nothing about this " . I understand some added information was given to him by research team of the show about certain items, but most of the time he seems like he knows what he is talking about.
I think you answered your own question.
THIS. The show is not live either, makes me wonder sometimes if it is scripted. When a so called expert is called in, usually the item is devalued to help in the purchase. I love both Pawn Stars and American Pickers for seeing all the unusual items but don't the idiots bringing stuff in realize they can sell it for a lot more off the camera some where else!? If anything I would mark it up knowing the show itself makes a huge profit through the History Channel commercials.
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Adam wrote:I found it. I asked one of my friends on Skype and he confirmed that it is called Talmit's Adventure. Link.
It is actually a really good game. I'm going to download the ROM.
I was wrong, it was a Mega Drive game and not a Master System game. That's why I could never borrow it from friends when I was a kid.
Curse You! Never heard of the game and now want to play it! Its not on the AT Games 80 game console either. Ah well, always nice discovering another "new" retro game.
I've also seen him say he has no idea what the item is or it's value often enough. I think, just as in most reality type shows, there is a level of it being scripted (especially the little funny skits or side stories) but he has also been doing this a long time and seems to be a genuine history buff.
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I've enjoyed the show from the start but this season it seems half the time is spent on characters themselves doing dumb personal shit i don't care about or the misadventures of chumley's dumb ass. Keep the show about items.
Jmustang1968 wrote:I've also seen him say he has no idea what the item is or it'd value often enough. I think, just as in most reality type shows, there is a level of being scripted (especially the little funny skits or side stories) but he has also been doing this a long time and seems to be a genuine history buff.
The "I have no clue what this is worth" items are always the best.
What I'd really like to know is how the "transactions" are actually processed.
