Pawn star load of crud

At least Chumley is real! And I'll hear nothing to the contrary!

 

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I know a guy who was on the show and Chumlee was a "richard" to him and would not even talk with him when he said hello.
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It amazes me how many "experts" they can call in. A real pawn shop doesn't call in an expert.

 

A real pawn shop only has a few experts. Firstly, anyone who has some expierence on the floor can be considered partway to be ane expert. Secondly, if they have the internet, they have the google and its internet expertise.

These people really have neither

 

Pawn Star pros- It is a reality show that is actually about something. They do have interesting things that come in, like the old cars, military items, occasional coins, autographs, ect. There is an actual shop, my friend did go there. I like the expert from the museum.

cons- any of those scripted scenes like going to "Subway" out of the blue. Doubtful that all the items featured on the show are actually purchased by the shop. Most pawn shops don't have experts, obviously the ones on the show get to plug their business on TV and get a couple bucks from the History channel.

 

Yeah, it's a funny show. We like to watch it to see Chumlee. I don't care about the accuracy of what is presented. It's a TV show about a pawn shop. They have to take some liberties to keep it entertaining. A show about what really goes on in a pawn shop would be mighty dull and have zero viewers.

 

Or their own spin-off show, like the guy who fixes all of Rick's cars. His names escapes me at the moment.

 

Yeah, but dang it, if its the SAME regardless of whether you tell the truth or a lie, why not tell the truth? Would it have changed the episode if they told the truth about when this coin was minted, or where, or what the REAL value of that coin was? No, they were just lazy and therefor spread disinformation intentionally by either their laziness or ineptitude.

If anyone from Pawn Stars happens to read this thread, (I know a long shot), why not ask us here about FACTS, and not spread lies due to your own incompetence.

 

Those were my thoughts exactly. I visited the shop about three years ago when I was in Vegas and my first thought was how small the shop was compared to what it looks like on TV. The shelves were filled with junk. The only coins they had were overpriced junk. The souvenier area was the best part of the shop. Naturally none of the cast were working the day I was there.

 

I thought the same thing and then I remembered that it is a scripted TV show.

When I was in high school one of my classmates' father had a junk yard (aka salvage yard). Several times I went with him to car auctions where he would buy wrecked cars that had parts that he needed. Practically all the cars were totaled and were being sold by the insurance companies that had insured them.

At every auction there would be cars that had not been wrecked. I asked him why they were being sold if they had not been wrecked. He explained that the cars had been stolen and recovered after the insurance company had paid the owner for the car so the car became the property of the insurance when it was recovered. Similarly the Roman coin should become the property of the insurance company that had insured it. I guess the script writers didn't think of that.

 

I'm no lawyer but there must be something we are missing....I'm sure plenty of real lawyers watch the show.

A show like this has to be scripted to some extent, 30 minutes of live action at the shop would not work.

I'm sure I know more about coins than those guys....at least US coins.

They showed (P)rick opening the box from the grading service and saying it's real, but not giving any details. He seemed disappointed !

I trust the opinion of the ancient specialist here greatly, I know very little about them beyond that a 2,000 year old coin can be worth as little as $5

 

The real facts don't matter on TV, it's entertainment....

Do you think WKRP really threw live turkeys out of a helicopter on Thanksgiving as a promo , thinking they could fly....and if they could why would they not fly away ?

 

[video=youtube;lf3mgmEdfwg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg[/video]

 

You should volunteer to be one of the experts they call in when they need help. I would love to watch you explain ancient coins to Chumley.

 

I'm sure he is qualified, but he'd have to live in Vegas

probably some dirty deals going down with the experts too !

I know how Vegas works, lived there from 1989-1995, it's kind of a rough little city, I don't want to move back, an occasional visit is enough for me.

I want to move out of Connecticut ( again) did so in 1982 after HS and spent years in San Diego, Colorado Springs and Vegas. I'm not military but those are all military ( USAF in particular) places. I've lived in every state that starts with the letter "C" , plus Nevada, kind of weird before I moved to the silver state.

I moved back here to care for my elderly mother, got married in 2001 or so, mother died in 2002. Beats the **** out of me why I'm still here and married to a woman I hate. House is for sale and I'm extremely unhappy with my life. If I were a hostage in some robbery situation, I'd walk right up to gunman and try to disarm him peacefully,....if he shoots me, well my misery is over !

NEVER GET MARRIED !

 

Every real pawn shop I ever go to has jewely, maybe coins, electronics, musical instruments, and tools. If I went in there and said I had some document Lincoln signed for sell, they would laugh so hard! Then probably tell me to hit the road.

 

I wonder if the National Archives has someone watching the show...just to make sure no current or former employees make an appearance.

 

I'm guessing that because WKRP was a fictional radio station, no one ever really tossed turkeys from a helicopter.

 

I feel for you, buddy. My first wife was a miserable hag. My second wife is great.

My advice? Always marry your second wife first.

 

A point of clarification.
My first wife was fine through the wedding ceremony.
She didn't turn into a miserable hag until the wedding reception.