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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pilkenton, post: 913404, member: 23961&quot;]Ok.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what I think.&nbsp; Take the guy who restored the motorcycle on the same episode.&nbsp; He&#039;s been on there before.&nbsp; This is a real guy.&nbsp; He restores a lot of things for Rick.&nbsp; He has a web site.&nbsp; Let&#039;s say Rick bought the bike for a grand.&nbsp; This guy charges 2,800 to restore, then tells Rick it&#039;s worth 5K.&nbsp; Why doesn&#039;t he give Rick 2,000, restore it himself, and resell it himself.&nbsp; If there was no tv show, who would come into a pawn store looking for that particular motorcycle?&nbsp; No one, unless the restorer told someone about it.&nbsp; The restorer would have a much better selling it than a pawn shop owner.&nbsp; If he charged Rick 2,800 bucks to restore it, the restorer didn&#039;t pay 2,800 bucks to actually restore it.&nbsp; Why would he charge to restore it, then turn around and buy it, when he could have bought it as is, restore it for cheaper than he charged Rick, and sold it for an even bigger profit?</p><p><br /></p><p>These experts don&#039;t do anything for free.&nbsp; They either get a kickback from the sell, or the free advertising they is enough to cover their expenses.&nbsp; With shows like Pawn Stars and American Pickers, I could very well see this restorer getting his own show in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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