HISTORY CHANNEL****FOR SHAME***AMERICAN PICKERS

Two years later this bad boy thread keeps on giving up gem after gem.

I'm with you, how much cooler would the show be if they were rolling in an Astrovan.

I don't see the big deal myself, the guys travel 1000's of miles to buy rusty old crap and every now and then find something worth having. Hell I've seen them pay $600 dollars for a rusty beat up sign that Lyin in somebody's field and has done for years !!
I rekon your just moanin your ass off cos they ain't bought some of your shit .
As for pawn stars it's a buisness not a charity they are in it to make money that's what people do.... Do you moan like shit when you buy a big mac with your last dollar because your broke and mcD shudnt be making a profit off you cos your broke ?
Get over it and start watching something you can live with like "How it's made " or something similar ...

hahahahaah thats life dumb fuck. its the market. wow iggnorant people now adays

Well said, the programme is great! Are they robbing people?
Get real folks!!!!! That stuff would just sit there rotting but if they
Sell it for a price they are HAPPY with, they can spend the money
On something useful! If you don't like the programme, simple, don't
Watch it!

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OMG, I am absolutely floored. Everyone of you people who are on here are yelling about general commerce? Are you for real? Plus on top of all things your on a website called God like productions and your all cursing, yelling and being just absolutely moronic..and for what reason? Because you idiots forget that we are a nation that was built on commerce. The deal is only as good as the people involved think that it is. If dudly doright thinks that 450 is a good price for something and they guys end up getting a good payday out of it then so be it. The people they bought it from would have not had a penny if the guys had not purchased it. So something is better than nothing. Half the time there climbing over and under rotten wood, floors, through tunnels and into rooms and barns that no one had been in for years, sometimes decades.

The next time you go to a baseball game and pay 7 bucks for your hot dog and another 9 dollars for your beer..... think about all the 8 pack of dogs that are at the store for 1.25 for the WHOLE PACK OF 8. Value is and always will be in the eye of the seller and until the United States decides that everything is going to be free or were gonna start horse trading again just because you dont wanna hurt someones fealings over a rusted piece of equipment that is really worth 100 bucks more than they paid for it. Heck for that matter I got ALOT of stuff Id like for you to buy... at FULL PRICE ,feel free to hit me up.

What idiots!
Nobody is forcing anbody to sell their stuff!
If they didn't want to sell it they don't have to
GET A LIFE

How many of you that are bad mouthing these guys understand the concept here? How many of you really believe these "poor old people" would have even sold those things?? Do you REALLY believe Leland was going out to dig those things out of the barn to have a few more bucks in his pocket??? Oh!! Think he may be on our WONDERFUL SS system and getting $ 300-400 in income a month?
I think, compared to Pawn Stars, they are honest and fair. They have even increased the offers at times to the surprise of the sellers! Have you noticed them pulling out 1/3 of and old bike in the dirt?? And the old timer was going to do what with it rather than,"being robbed".
Why don't you losers get a hobby for cripes sake!
If their families think it was such a bad deal(or Elder Services) something would have been done.

get a life!!! if you don't like the show then don't watch it. Seriously grow up and btw i love the show

Each one of the negative comments that I've read have been posted by pompous assholes. I've never seen such a resistant bunch of hoarding sympathizers. Most of these old guys will end up dying and leaving overwhelming burdens to their next of kin.

I've never seen such strong reactions to the consented sale of material possessions. Such foolish people to endow such value in trivial material objects.

Why is everyone complaining about American Pickers? I love whatching both shows. Is it any different than selling stuff at a flea market?

Not sure what episode or incident you are speaking of, but I just watched the show and witnessed Mike and Frank do an extremely noble thing. They had purchased two large carnival paintings for a few hundred dollars from an amusement park owner. The Pickers then sold the two paintings for $10,000, and returned to the original buyer and gave him half of their profits. This doesn't sound like someone trying to take advantage of anyone. In the same episode, they asked another seller what he would sell an item for. He told them $200. Mike told him it was worth more than that and paid him $500. You have to remember that television producers edit, edit, edit their taping. What you see in the final show is not exactly what took place, because it makes "good tv" and evokes emotional reactions. So much has been edited out that it can change the context of what really took place.

Nothing wrong at all with the show.

I want to start my own reality tv show where everyone buys high and sells low.

those two fools just got mickey gilleys piano , damn I would have paid 2500 for it. They stole it from the gomer for 1300

WHAT A SHAME!!! I can't believe that these criminals give cold hard cash to poor elders while stealing their old treasures. A lot of this stuff should be left rusting away in their owner's garbage heaps and barns as the good Lord intended. How is it legal to earn money off the willing pack rats?

ok seriously people have to eat, live and make money. What they do is legit, and fine. I don't get why you big babies are complaining haha

How dare these bastards turn a profit.

Did you know that a soda really only costs 2.5 cents?

Gas station thieves!!!

I think you people are wrong. American Pickers run a business, they pay people a fair price so that they can still make money off the things they buy and transport. They can't pay retail price on these items. They pay about half what they can make on the item.

Then, there are people out there who don't know what to do with stuff they've inherited and it will most likely go to auction fetching only a dollar for items that the pickers are paying $75 for.

If you actually watch the show, you'll see that when someone says you can buy that for 10 bucks, Mike will say, well actually it's worth more than that, I'll be honest with you. And then will give them a fair price.

You guys are acting pretty violent for posting on a "godlike" page. I'm not much of a religious person, but I have morals and ethics. And saying things like 'I'd like work out a deal with them, i.e. to beat up the american pickers guys for robbing old people' is a pretty immoral thing to say. When in fact they're giving these "old people" some money to buy meds or other old people things.

Think before you go ranting. There are much worse things in the world that deserve your attention. Like world hunger or terrorists.

They give people money for junk. Hell these people don't have any idea how to sell this junk or much less restore it. I see nothing wrong with them needing to make money considering they have to travel to get it, search all over junk piles, then restore it before they find a buyer.

American Pickers is great! I love seeing the old stuff and I even saw one where they took the guy back 1500 because they made a lot off some posters. Pretty fair I would say.

Your stupid. People are allowed to sell things and buy things and make profits. I hope they get all the peoples stuff and all the money in the world. In fact i hope he hits your grandparents house next! DUN DUN DUN!

I would just like to say that I think you are mistaken. These guys seem to enjoy huntiung for a piece of American history and many times rescue those pieces from darkness and disaster and ruin. I'm old - I love the show and think its great to share these pieces of Americana. They never break down a door or force anyone to sell anything. Why are you angry because people want to get rid of some things before they die? My children seem to have little interest in things I have saved from my grandmother etc. I am looking for people who will appreciate these things as much as I do and gladly part with them when I find them. Everyone benefits and precious pieces are rescued from the trash bin.

Did you guys see the episode where they bought some hand painted circus banners? they got them for like 200-300 each and then had them appraised to be like 7-10k. They went BACK to the guy who they bought them from and GAVE him like 5k. That is honest to me. So I am not sure what you guys are talking about. That episode with the old man on the tractor that they ignored was a mistake, they even admit it on the show and felt bad about it.

Giving people money for somthing that they never new was of value and would have left it to rot away is wrong? Are you serious? Running a business has overhead expenses. Buy a shop, buy a truck, pay employees, insurance, utilities, etc. Not to mention make a profit in order to pay your bills and EAT.
If you don't like capitalism and the free enterprise system then move to one of the countries where socialism works so well.

I actually like this show and disagree with most the comments on here.
They don't force anybody to sell a thing. They ask to see what people have that they would be willing to get rid of for a buck. They offer a fair price that is below market value (think yard saleing) and they try to make a profit off of it.
In some episodes, I have seen them go back to the original owner and give them a cut of the profits. But then, I am sure that the original owner would feel cheated if they didn't.
It gives people an idea of what their junk is really worth. Most people have no clue.
A lot of the time, the stuff they buy the owner had no clue he had it, doesn't care about it in the first place or it will just rot away to the elements being uncared for.
Occasionally, not very often, they offer more than what the owner thought something was worth.
The owners usually contact them to come out and buy stuff, the driving around and looking on the back roads is a minor part in it. That was how they got their start, but now people are trying to downsize and get rid of their stuff. Frank happened to drive to my parent's farm and stopped to look around. He bought a few things (wish he would have bought more) and I got an autographed picture out of it. If you're reading this Frank, thank you...
Family heirlooms? People don't sell their family heirlooms. Never seen it happen on this show. Mostly junk there.

Frank and Mike work hard at what they do, they risk buying and selling (much like the stock market or gambling) and they make an honest living out of it.

YOU ARE FORGETTING ONE THING THEY DONT BUY JUNK THEY BUY ITEMS THEY CAN MAKE BIG BUCKS ON NOT YARD SALE ITEMS TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE BUYING FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR AND THEY DONT BUY UNLESS THEY HAVE A MARKET FOR IT ALSO REMEMBER THEY ARE BACKED BY THE HISTORY CHANNEL MAKING MORE MONEY DONT BELEIVE WHAT YOU SEE IT JUST TO MAKE MONEY THEY HAVE BOTH BECOME MILLIONARIES SINCE IT AIRED

Stupidest thread ever.

mike is on the same level as rick harrison...A THEIF!! Take your precious, historic belongings(including your LOADED firearms) and run these people off of your property!!