GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I don't think you guys realize how successful Dave was before the show. I don't think he needs the money from the show at all.
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Storage Wars on A&E TV (1 Viewer)
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root of all aliai
If he was so successful, then why did he change everything from "Newport Consignment Gallery" to "Dave Hester Auctions" and buy a giant "YUUUUP!" truck? He's changed his entire business model to leverage his appearance on the show.
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Luke Skywalker
Guest
He is successful, but not that much. His net worth was something like $600K before the show and now it's 2.5 million. Not exactly peanuts, but I'm pretty sure he's not just going to throw it away on principle.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
I thought I saw that they were getting paid $12,000 an episode and Hester wanted $20,000. I also believe I read that A&E was getting something like $150,000 for each commercial, so they certainly had the money to pay them more.
I think those are two separate companies.
UOFI_316
Footballguy
He bought a 5000 square foot warehouse. He also mentioned in the between seasons "catch up one the storage wars people" show that he got divorced and had a home invasion. In one of the first episodes they showed his house and it was full of paintings and other crap he found in units, and he said it was all for his daughters college fund or something. My guess is that is why he now has the warehouse, someone saw all the crap he had in his house and decided to take it.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
These reality shows like Storage Wars, Pickers, Pawn Stars...very little overhead, lots of profit.
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Rayderr
Footballguy
On the Storage Wars:Unlocked specials, she said that she and Jared weren't married. A&E referred to Beth as Dog's wife years before they were actually married. I think they just refer to them as "married" to indicate that they're in a long term relationship.
Great one tonight, top three after the cigar comment and the "careful or they'll edit this out" with Hester:
comfortably numb
Footballguy
O/U on how many years before Brandi gets a nose job?
flapgreen
Footballguy
I hope she gets her #### bigger.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
About the same time she gets into porn.
Johnny Rock
Footballguy
If they're only making $12,000 per then I don't blame him for asking for more. The others probably agreeing to whatever is offered makes him look bad. These shows are cash flow monsters. It's what any successful business person would do -- negotiate.
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root of all aliai
Hester built her up like the greatest bidder and toughest competition ever. Not seeing it.
The Doctor
Footballguy
only competition she brings is to brandi's twins
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
He's not very smart.Everyone on that show is jealous of Hester and they care more about seeing him leave with an empty truck then they do about making money.
Bogart
Footballguy
When the show started, I hated Hester, but now I have some respect for his shtick and methods. But Darrell brings absolutely nothing to the party.The only thing that would be interesting with him is if his son branched off and started bidding against him. But even that would get old fast.The best three reasons to watch this show are still:1. Barry2. Brandi's left one3. Brandi's right one
Rayderr
Footballguy
I think he just needs a good pair of sunglasses. (next time you see them driving in the truck, take a look around.)
UOFI_316
Footballguy
I noticed that last night, at least 3 glasses clipped along the top in every shot, and I think they were different.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
I am now convinced more than ever that they pull numbers out of left field when determining the value of items and what they "sold" for. My family was in the book business for years (like 50-60 years). When Hester bought a unit filled with books, they showed him scanning bar codes to come up with values of books. Those were the retail price of books that could be found new and in a store or on a retail book web site. Used books never sell for retail value or the price on the book. In fact, used books are hard to sell at all (and sometimes are hard to even give away). Our family got stuff with NEW books that we couldn't sell for 10% of the value of the book. Some books we tried giving away to libraries and charities and even they wouldn't take them (so we had trouble trying to even get a tax write off.)
On a good day, each of those boxes he lined up (I think he counted to 90 boxes that were laid out on the ground) ***MIGHT*** sell for $5-$10 if all the books were sorted into categories and then sold by the box. The best way to sell the right books for decent money would be to sell them on-line and rake people for shipping costs. But unless he knew which books might be worth something (unlikely), he would have to look them up individually and make a web site listing on somthing like EBay or somehow add them as a seller on Amazon. I really doubt he had the time (or the desire to pay people) to do all the leg work and follow through on all that. It would be labor intensive to the extreme for very lower dollars. His best hope would be to try to list each book for a buck and then make another buck or two on shipping. Is it really worth the trouble to sort / clean / store / list / pack / ship the books to make two dollars while the huge majority of books sat idle? In practical reality, he would be lucky to get back what he paid for the unit (like $900 or $1000 if I remember what he paid for it). The stuff about him turning a $25,000 profit is hogwash.
I guess that's my overall main critique about the show. People can throw out a value of an item, but that doesn't mean it would sell for that or that there would be an immediate market to sell the item without major time consumption and wasted energy trying to find a buyer.
On a good day, each of those boxes he lined up (I think he counted to 90 boxes that were laid out on the ground) ***MIGHT*** sell for $5-$10 if all the books were sorted into categories and then sold by the box. The best way to sell the right books for decent money would be to sell them on-line and rake people for shipping costs. But unless he knew which books might be worth something (unlikely), he would have to look them up individually and make a web site listing on somthing like EBay or somehow add them as a seller on Amazon. I really doubt he had the time (or the desire to pay people) to do all the leg work and follow through on all that. It would be labor intensive to the extreme for very lower dollars. His best hope would be to try to list each book for a buck and then make another buck or two on shipping. Is it really worth the trouble to sort / clean / store / list / pack / ship the books to make two dollars while the huge majority of books sat idle? In practical reality, he would be lucky to get back what he paid for the unit (like $900 or $1000 if I remember what he paid for it). The stuff about him turning a $25,000 profit is hogwash.
I guess that's my overall main critique about the show. People can throw out a value of an item, but that doesn't mean it would sell for that or that there would be an immediate market to sell the item without major time consumption and wasted energy trying to find a buyer.
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Luke Skywalker
Guest
This kills me too. The unique or collectible stuff, where they end up going to a third party for appraisal, is actually reasonable. But it blows my mind when Dave buys a unit with a bunch of old furniture and starts rattling off all these big numbers. I know it's California and things cost a lot, but nobody's going to spend $1000 on some 5 year old couch.There was one episode where he found a TV and goes "that's 300 bucks". Bull. I have the exact same TV in my bedroom. I bought it 8 years ago and I paid $260 for it brand new.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
I actually wonder at this point if they actually make more on their stuff then they claim. We saw what Brandi and Jared did with the matchbox cars. In the show they valued them at $3 or something. But then they turn around a put a bunch of them on Ebay and some go for $50. I wonder if they have people go to their stores or tables at the swapmeet and just pay whatever it says no matter price just to say they bought from these "stars."
David Yudkin
Footballguy
We never really know what the stuff sells for. Like when they had Stewart Copeland sign the drum kit. They picked a number out of the blue. Maybe they should wait a while and then show how much they actually made after 90 days time or something like that.
Major
Footballguy
But those were signed and autographed by Jared + Brandy. Huge difference.
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root of all aliai
Wife and I can't stand him either. He's totally typical of the type of guy who lives where he does (Inland Empire, CA). Middle class white trash.His teeth are fused together and he spits when he talks. And the hairy shoulder tank top look is not good.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
That's the cow factor!
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Max Power
Footballguy
I think that was the same episode where he pointed out 4 iron bar stools and said it was "$1,000". Come on Dave...
Pipes
Footballguy
That's a $300 bill right here. That's another $200 bill there...
David Dodds
Administrator
I think the pricing is the best part of the show. $1,000 for 4 bar stools. awesome. Of course the estimates are high so that these guys don't look like clowns. It's pretty obvious to me outside of the really lucky box, that you can't be paying thousands on storage lockers and make a killing. People watching the show want immediate feedback though. Plus a lot of what this show is about is to then go talk to an expert describing the unique item. This show is almost 100% schtick, but I am still a big fan.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
I was not aware that the woman Nabila that has been on the show a few times once bought a storage unit (unknown to her) that was full of personal belongings of Paris Hilton for $2775. She sold it all for TEN MILLION DOLLARS to someone who created a subscription website that enabled subscribers access to personal Paris info (medical records, photos, diaries, pics, etc.).
Hilton's personal effects were sold because she owed a balance of $208. It is believed to have included the sex tapes that later circulated across the web.
Hilton's personal effects were sold because she owed a balance of $208. It is believed to have included the sex tapes that later circulated across the web.
UOFI_316
Footballguy
On Nabila's first episode they mentioned something about her buying "the paris hilton unit" but never said what it was or what she made on it.Their pricing of items is crazy, but when they walked through Brandy and Jarod's new unit they had priced things the same way. $800 for a used bed frame, $500 for a dresser. I can buy something new for those prices.
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
I always giggle anyway when they are pulling trash bags of old clothes out "that's $25 a bag right there" but last night they finally had something I know about, office furniture. Redneck Daryl, was pointing out boxes of Sauder furniture(the cheapest crap of the cheapest crap) saying "these are all full desk sets worth $250 each!!1!". No, that is the POS hutch only that retails for about $120.Agree with the public opinion on Nabila and Barry too. Brandy needs to tone it down. She is now becoming #####y wife that I would do everything in the world to avoid.
Rayderr
Footballguy
That's actually not unreasonable if everything in there is in good condition. Of course, the chances of that are rather slim. Plus he'd have to wash and dry them, which is more money out of his pocket.
Rayderr
Footballguy
Went down to Short North (Arts and antique district) over the weekend. We went into the biggest of the antique/consignment stores. While looking around, I came across this knight helmet/cooler thing. It looks like a knight helmet, but open it up and it's a cooler (Probably big enough to hold a can of coke if you want close it, a bottle of wine if you want to leave it open. They listed the price at $140 (but was on sale for $110 that weekend with the storewide sale.) I have one of those. My parents got it long ago and a few ears back asked if I wanted it or should they give it to good will. I took it because, after all, it looked like a knight helmet. This is something that I would not value at more than $10. So maybe there is some legitimacy to these prices.
southeastjerome
Footballguy
I've missed all of this season, so is Nabila a new, regular character?
Rayderr
Footballguy
She's only done a few episodes. Mostly when Brandi & Jarrod weren't on.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
You can slap whatever price tag you want on something, but you still have to be able to sell it. Even if, theoretically, you could hold out and sell something eventually, you are still out the money you put up for it and there are associated carrying costs (takes up space in a store, you have to advertise to sell it, you have to pay to transport it to a swap meet, etc.). Since most of them have stores and/or warehouses, buying too much stuff or having 22 bedroom sets will cause them to have limited storage options and will drive the price down of all of them.We have consignment stores where we live and the prices are nowhere near what they throw out on the show. It doesn't change the fact that the show is entertaining.Like the Elvis newspaper episode. In reality, Dave would have to sell them one or two at a time, as there is no way he could sell them in bulk for the amount they were suggesting per issue. He'd have to keep them in storage, list them on Ebay or other collectible sites, pay someone to fill orders and pack shipments, postage, etc. Sure, he'll end up making money, but I am not feeling the $90,000 they were tossing out there.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
She was in 5 episodes this season but the other folks seemed to know her from the past (I guess she's been buying storage units at auctions for years).
UOFI_316
Footballguy
Anyone else find it annoying that every "new" place they go to was where Dave bought his best unit ever. I think he has now said that about at least 3 places. I am sure if he has been in the business for 20+ years that he has had some great finds, but don't keep calling it your best ever. And were these great finds of his based on actual prices he got for the items, or based on his own overpricing methods. Like David said there are associated costs with holding onto a full locker waiting for the right person to come along.
I would like to see a "Storage Wars - 1 year later" show where they go through the items in a unit and show what they actually sold them for, how long it took... Especially for the really odd collectable stuff where the expert prices it "to the right collector this could go for up to _____", how much did they actually get for those items.
I would like to see a "Storage Wars - 1 year later" show where they go through the items in a unit and show what they actually sold them for, how long it took... Especially for the really odd collectable stuff where the expert prices it "to the right collector this could go for up to _____", how much did they actually get for those items.
Rayderr
Footballguy
Oh definitely. Just pointing out that some of the older stuff does seem to have a higher value than one would think simply because they don't make the stuff anymore. And I'm sure the items in the store I went to can afford to have their prices higher just because they're in the artsy part of town where only those with money buy stuff. Same items in one of the crappy areas would go for less.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
It especially makes me laugh when Darrell acts like he can get retail prices on stuff. Dude sells his stuff at swap meets. You're not getting nearly the same prices at swap meets that guys like Dave or even Jared are getting in their shops.
Yeah that was the episode where Darrell wanted to keep Dave from winning that unit so he "teamed up" with Jarrod and told him that there was about $8000 in the first five feet of the unit.
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