What do you think about the pawn stars shop?

[rulesoferick]

I've recently been in Vegas and visited this store for the first time; everything full and expensive and not that cool as the tv show..

What do you think of it?

[mart]

Their pawn shop is not, and to me, never was the point of the show !!  The point is to teach about the history of these things and to get people interested in saving many of these items !!  That is  why the show goes into detail about the items, has the experts ect !! 

[ghopper1924]

Agree with Mart, but the drama sideshows with the staff and "difficult" customers add some human interest. But as far as the real worth of the show goes, it's when they bring the experts in to look at the goods. Besides that, it's just entertainment.

[Ipcress]

Much of it is self aggrandising, promotional hokum. They offer little information or experise in how items are appraised

[mart]

Thats true but if they did,, it would turn into Roadshow and there are time limits involved !!  I personally had rather watch American Pickers !! To me its never boring !!

[KC]

Apparently the show has a following and has done well with it's quirkiness of cast, historical information and treasure hunter dreams.  I have heard of others that have gone to their location and said items are priced high.  Well, I would whole-heartedly agree if you are the one who wants to "discover" unknown or unknown valued items and then reap the increased benefits of value.   They most likely are riding on the show's popularity and cashing in on that successfully with top pricing - majority would.  They are not going to be the one to go to for cheap or "great" pricing - the little unknown pawn store would better fit that bill as well as the traditional garage/estate sales and resale shops.

I do enjoy the American Pickers if I watch something Mart.  There have been quite a few places they have scrounged through that I would love to go scrounge! 
 

[mart]

Oh !!  I would love to hit a few of those places !!

[Ipcress]

They visited a place recently which was just vast and filled with boxes and cartons - it's the one where he finds the military baseball outfits.

I would have loved a day in those barns !

[mart]

I remember that one Ipcress !!   Might take me a day or two but I could make a serious dent in those boxes !!

[jacon4]

I enjoy watching most of these shows but hey, it's entertainment mostly as are those house shows like Flip or Flop. 80% entertainment & 20% knowledge based. For killing a little time watching TV, you could do a lot worse.